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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

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02:18:11

529: The Cycles of Marco

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2023/04/07

Pre-show: Mugs & some pint glasses are in stock! Fixes: Member’s episodes and iPod & iTunes/Music users (yes, really) Prospective members from 🇮🇳 Thank you, new and existing members! 💙💙💙 Follow-up: Quick correction about the CalDigit TS4 Apple Photos de-duplication in shared libraries Regarding NSTrackingArea’s “quiet” behavior change The Radar grass ain’t really greener ☹️ Camera-related follow-up Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes Fuji PC AUTO

02:20:28

528: My Favorite Slap in the Face

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2023/03/30

Pre-show: Samoas vs. Caramel DeLites Casey found 🎉 More Occasions! 🎉 John’s anniversary & ATP #476 Jonathan’s anniversary ATP Movie Club returns! We watched My Neighbor Totoro Follow-up: HDMI Quick Media Switching (QMS) in action Threaded rod suggestions McMaster-Carr Tool lending libraries are a thing (via Sean Cameron & Chris Chelberg) The 🔩 trick Camrote for geotagging & control (via Josh Calvetti) Baby needs a new set of 🦷 Original tweet Nairobi’s

02:07:22

527: The True Siri Experience

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2023/03/23

Pre-show: Marco has solved his Apple Watch Ultra band problem? Orange Alpine Loop Trail Loop Ocean Band Solo Loop Follow-up: iOS 16.4 will detect duplicate photos in iCloud Shared Photo Library Kurt’s screenshot John chose… poorly RTINGS OLED Burn-In testing update Quinn Nelson on Apple’s headset Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant lost the AI race A video of Siri in action RIP, DPReview 😢 Chris Niccolls & Jordan Drake to PetaPixel Marco’s

01:57:14

526: Food Comes From Cans

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2023/03/16

Pre-show: Marco’s load-bearing pinky We stand in support of trans people, including trans youth. 🏳️‍⚧️ Alex Cox’s words Alex Cox’s voice 5calls.org Moltz’s toot Happy 10th anniversary, ATP! Follow-up: Press ↑ to see the Apple TV screensaver location. (via Ted) Recording Screen Time password isn’t possible in iOS 16.4 beta (via Gui Rambo) melle points out you can guess the Screen Time passcode ∞ times in some cases. Not good, Bob. Settings → General →

02:16:43

525: The Glory Speakers

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2023/03/09

Pre-show: Declan made an interesting observation Marco files a bug report… AND ACTUALLY GETS A RESPONSE unlike FB12026558: “Media services reset repeatedly upon initiating audio playback in iOS 16.4 betas” John has…returned. Follow-up: Avoiding Shoulder Surfing Screen Time passcodes, turns out™, do not protect against takeovers Protecting iCloud Photos (via Erik Smets) Could you previously protect Settings? You can actually set a many-digit numeric-only

02:15:31

524: The Anti-Fireplace Lobby

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2023/03/02

Pre-show: Please go decline your Tweetbot/Twitterrific refunds! Follow-up: John’s COVID project mcg’s Experience with the Sony HT-A9 Larry King’s band’s Rivian Parody “Not yellow” ≠ “no fun colors” Adam Wunn on iMazing Report on the Apple TV remote with touch disabled Bad Apple TV news Diabetes and blood glucose monitoring Diabeetus Sonos does allow you to shout requests into the air Criminals are shoulder-surfing passcodes and then swiping

02:07:46

523: I Can't Give Him the Carrot Fast Enough

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2023/02/24

Pre-show: ✅ ATP hat-trick achieved ☹️ Follow-up: Getting a copy of your data from Apple privacy.apple.com Zack Whittaker’s experience in 2018 GDPR iMazing On our slagging of Dolby Pro Logic (via Rob Howard) A tip about Skip Intro on Apple TV (via Mark Johnson) More on the Sony HT-A9 & SA-SW5 from John Coke and Ian White Linus Tech Tips Alternative thoughts on why Xcode downloads are huge (via Michael McGuire) Marco should buy a Ford F150 Lightning? Maybe? (via William

02:08:12

522: I’ll Just Keep You for Ten Years

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2023/02/16

Pre-show: Marco is living the true Land Rover experience TFL Offroad Your Daily Lex Follow-up: The foibles of a 2.1 setup (via Samuel Polay) Sony HT-A9 & SA-SW5 Video review Bundle on Amazon What’s the ∆ between Apple TVs? (via Andy Galletly) An Unsolicited Streaming App Spec Streaming App Sentiments Current vs. Previous-Gen Apple TV 4K YouTube video Identify your Apple TV model imessage-exporter (via Christopher Sardegna) Google Takeout Apple dropping Product Design

02:06:04

521: Dance Compatible

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2023/02/09

Pre-show: Marco relives his middle-school years Follow-up: HomePod 2 Siri speed test video And a related #askatp from Justin Saucier Sonos Premium Entertainment Set with Arc HomePod 2 power connector IEC 60320 A fix for tapping the HomePod near an outlet Foo Fighters performed at iPhone 5 launch (via Sverrir Björgvinsson) Twitter shenanigans continue Twitter Dev’s tweet Coverage on The Verge Elon’s completely ambiguous tweet Coverage on The Verge Movetodon killed for

02:09:45

520: Bananas Ingestion System

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2023/02/02

Pre-show: Your hosts have a discussion about music. We’re… um… sorry. macOS: Settings → Advanced → Add songs to Library when adding to playlists iOS: Settings→ Music → Add Playlist Songs Follow-up: Overview of US healthcare terminology Ars Technica on the US healthcare situation HomePod updates MKBHD video 9to5Mac’s photo Marco’s charging woes (via Jonathan Dietz) A kludgey fix suggested by Conrad Poohs M2 Pro/Max MaxTech video Vadim Yuryev Backing up

01:54:05

519: Paint My Wings

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2023/01/26

Pre-show: Frame Game ❗️ New Member’s special ❗️ Belated observation of an anniversary Casey’s ATP announcement tweet Follow-up: The new Mac mini is the same dimensions as the old one But the base-model SSD is far slower… again. Max Tech Twitter officially bans third-party clients Diff (via Andy Baio) Twitter Dev’s tweet Jason’s thoughts, which are 😗👌🏻 Jason’s follow-up Twitterrific Goodbye Linea Tot xScope Tweetbot

02:22:40

518: Deconstructed iMac

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2023/01/19

Pre-show: Marco’s window-washing woes Chicken hat dregs ❗️ Imminent members-only special ❗️ Follow-up: Getty Images suing creators of Stable Diffusion Stable Diffusion Litigation One more from CES: solid-state cooling PC World video Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Twitter kills (some) third-party clients Craig Hockenberry The Verge Twitter’s sole “statement”, five days later 🙄 × ∞ The Verge on “🫡” Upgrade+ 442: Filing bug reports with

02:13:25

517: A Tesla Full of Kindles

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2023/01/09

Pre-show: Marco still has his red hat cursed car Follow-up: Backing up iPhoto Libraries (via Jonas) Dell 5K monitor Dell 6K monitor Teaser video Dell resolution: 6144 × 3456 XDR resolution: 6016 × 3384 CES TV News Samsung 77-inch QD-OLED LG Signature OLED “wireless” TV LG Micro Lens Array Samgung microLED TVs Roku is making TVs 🤨 Sony is not showing TVs Qi2 is MagSafe? Rewind.ai internals (via Kevin Chen) ScreenCaptureKit Vision Framework Video Toolbox #askatp: What

02:10:12

516: One of My Fits of Rage

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2023/01/03

Pre-show: Vacations, illness, birthdays, and carrot cake Follow-up: AI Art & Copyright (via Amy Lee) Github Terms of Service Github Corporate Terms of Service CRUD chkbit True Life Diary Marco, CloudKit, and Overcast Under the Radar #258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook Samsung ViewFinity S9 The Verge Samsung Announcement HDR600 #askatp: How do we backup & store Xcode project folders? (via Eshu Marneedi) Tim Bray on Mastodon search How does John feel about lossy streaming on his

02:13:18

515: The Elder Programmer Look

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2022/12/28

Pre-show: Marco has decreed today is Christmas Eve. Project Highrise Don’t Starve Together Follow-up: Butterfly Keyboard class-action lawsuit payouts Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion Have I Been Trained? Have I Been Pwned? A fun Twitter → Mastodon web app (via Ted Tschopp) Nullsoft Scriptable Install System macos9.app Rewind.ai is available Lensa AI (App Store link) John’s iPad Mystery iPad Pro (4th generation) iPad Pro (6th

01:45:25

514: My Immense Softness

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2022/12/22

Pre-show: Period pieces about x2 and k56flex Superbad DIVX Follow-up: Casey has fixed his Docker problems with Colima? Apple is considering dropping the WebKit requirement? Blink Gecko Some clarifications and feedback about the SR-71 (via Chris) Trident II D5 Inertial Navigation System Schuler tuning Astroinertial Navigation System in the SR-71 Podcast story about the missing hemisphere of star data in the SR-71 (at 43:31) John McElhone’s Detective Work Moisturizers are, indeed,

02:09:32

513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat

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2022/12/15

Pre-show: Is moisturizer real? Orange Goop The 🐔🧢 is back!! Follow-up: Recovery keys & backup contacts Apple’s information Oliver Ames’ thoughts More on StoreKit 2 and Refunds Tech Talk Request a Refund The Sharrow is real, John. WWDC 2017 Relevant clip Enabling Advanced Data Protection for “enthusiasts” Apple’s support article Quitting the Finder defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true Apple Music Sing, Atmos, and

01:56:33

512: Owned With a P

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2022/12/08

Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price Follow-up: Mastodon instances and federation Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually Sharrow 👍 Merlin is vindicated; it’s a real thing 👎 …but it’s not exactly a “share arrow”. But it is. Kinda. Sorta. 🤪 ButtDB Blackbird has been open-sourced Publisher! Custom string interpolation Function Back Deployment Apple announces 3 new “advanced safety

01:50:29

511: Moving to Antarctica

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/12/01

Pre-show: Sharrows EVERYONE has written in to tell us about the bike-lane symbols, thank you, no need for anyone else to write in – ed. The ATP On-Demand Store is live for your holiday needs! Follow-up: Bridging async/await ↔ Obj-C (via Aaron Farnham) Marco’s 🍑💨 Some updates on Mastodon Ivory by Tapbots Don’t Use Services that Hate the Internet John’s 🍑💨: He’s outraged! A Better Mastodon Friend Finder Merlin & John’s excellent discussion about

02:09:12

510: It's Occupied by Bears

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2022/11/22

Pre-show: Marco makes Casey’s day B FCModel Hacking with Swift Follow-up: Using network locations in macOS Ventura ControlPlane Casey’s adventure with date formats Bonus: man pages in Preview John’s iPhone Cases Bullstrap $85 → $68 Ryan London $54 Mastodon The Real Slim Shady ActivityPub Micro.blog support Scalability Moderation Burnout On evaluating new platforms Running an instance is… not easy Founder in Time Client app reviews by Anna Nicholson Client

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