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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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01:53:25

657: Ears Are Weird

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2025/09/16

Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️ Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra” μm is a “micron” The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter Anker Nano 45W charger A19 vs. A19 Pro A19 Pro benchmarks The N1 is in every new iPhone The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera

02:36:29

656: A Long T-Shirt

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2025/09/10

🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️The Marco Offset iPhone event AirPods Pro 3 Apple Watch Series 11 No new System-in-Package? Whoop Band Apple Watch SE 3 Apple Watch Ultra 3 LTPO Satellite can-kicking continues iPhone 17 Memory Integrity Enforcement iPhone Air iPhone Air MagSafe Battery 💔 iPhone 17 Pro & Pro Max Software ship dates Post-show: Apple trade-in ✨ Tina’s dream has come true! ✨ Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s competing implementations for

02:04:21

655: Shorts-Compatible Body Type

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2025/09/04

Pre-Show: Trouble in Razer paradise 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️ The Marco Offset Follow-up: Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari Settings → Apps → Safari Apple device advice for those that are athletically engaged Place your phone face-down (via. A. O.) Sleep focus is an option (via A. M.) So is Theater Mode and, if taps are an issue, water lock (via Ryan) How to stop Siri from randomly activating all the damn time by D. Griffin Jones Fun fact: you

01:47:59

654: Athletically Engaged

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2025/08/28

Pre-Show: Casey and Marco are sadBen Rice McCarthy Under the Radar Follow-up: 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️ The Marco Offset Anonymous crushes the dreams of Marco and Casey about cellular MacBooks Another Anonymous shares a bit too much information about accidental Siri activations 😆 🤬 John’s AppleCare One update 🤬 Help with Trackpad dragging System Settings → Accessibility → Pointer Control → Trackpad Options… → Dragging Style → Three Finger Drag Screenshot …or

01:47:01

653: Warning Stories

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2025/08/21

Pre-Show: AI slop vs. not… so… AI… slopAITAH Follow-up: Casey spends 24 hours with iOS 26 on his carry phone John’s dancing controls ☝️ Well, actually ☝️, myriad of is okay (via Jason Eccles) Merriam-Webster’s take Are size classes similar to today’s design changes? (via Bryan Guffey) Auto Layout John’s HomePod has risen from the dead! Nic’s Fix Watch John’s actual repair happen 🍿 John would like to air some AppleCare One grievances

02:08:41

652: You Have 24 Hours to Comply

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2025/08/14

Pre-Show: Marco and Casey’s no-good, very bad days.Follow-up: Casey didn’t read the fine print on Express Replacement 🤦🏻‍♂️ Short Pump John cycled his mouse again AppleCare One Moving a device on a payment plan (via “Clark Griswold” and Anonymous) Tina’s iPhone Tina’s Mac Studio Tahoe beta 5: checkbox contrast improves iOS 26 beta 6 Liquid glass changes Smart TV interfaces over time “Shortcut” New Magic Remote Running your own mail

01:44:15

651: Your Judgement About Pockets

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2025/08/07

Pre-Show:Brief vacation results Tim Cook kisses the… ring Video Follow-up: HDTVTest reviews Sony Bravia 8 II and Panasonic Z95B TV shootout results Nilay’s comments AppleCare One iCareCalculator Reddit post (removed by moderators) iCare Calculator web app John’s experience B&H Casey’s roughly equivalent Mac, available for special order Retro computing corner Revisiting eWorld More on Tahoe Gus Mueller …on checkboxes …on sliders Beta 5 improves

01:27:19

650: Whatever It Takes to Get the Laundry Folded

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2025/07/28

Pre-Show: Casey’s french-fry problem Follow-up: D. Griffin Jones takes one for the team Casey’s struggles with iperf3 Tutorial iperf3 -t 60 -c {ip} -P 4 -i 10 -R John’s new toaster and E01 (via J-P Teti & John F.) Chemical vs. physical sunscreen (via Prodan Statev) Research paper Apple security for unreleased devices Low-cost Apple laptop (via Jason Anthony Guy) Ed: Please don’t give Apple ideas like this. 🫣 Getting customer support from Apple (via

01:56:31

649: Prove It With Cameras

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2025/07/22

Pre-Show: Casey did Marco’s favorite thingCalDigit TS5+ (affiliate link) CalDigit TS5+ (product page) iperf3 Follow-up: F1 (the sport, not the movie) Apple expected to win 🇺🇸 rights F1 TV Vroom John’s video != Casey’s immersive ride-along To see the immersive ride-along, you need to be wearing a Vision Pro; scroll down on that link John’s toaster update AirPods & AppleCare+ Keratoconus Water resistance IP54 AirPods Express Replacement

01:55:28

648: Part of the Movement

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2025/07/17

Pre-Show: Live music & failed air conditioners🗣️ New ATP Members Special: Tier List: Pizza Toppings Follow-up: Meta Hires Top Apple AI Models Executive SFSymbols 🤝🏻 Tahoe Folders Standard SFSymbol: xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"camera.viewfinder"}' folder Private SFSymbol: xattr-w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"solar.system"}' folder Random string: xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"emoji": "HIMOM"}' folder FB18022272: “summary” symbol missing in SF

01:58:30

647: You Get One Exclamation Point

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2025/07/07

Pre-Show: John’s almost an empty-nester 😱Reconcilable Differences Follow-up: FireWire now with Thunderbolt! (via Timo Hetzel) Tahoe without Xcode beta: Device Support for macOS 26 Beta Developer downloads ↳ Direct link Putting older OSes on newer hardware (via Gui Rambo) UPS VA ratings (via Marshall C) Apple’s LLM/LRM paper (from Overtime in ATP #643) Training data vs. distribution (via Deon Garrett) Rebuttal Rebuttal of the rebuttal More from Gary Marcus The original

01:57:22

646: On the Shelf With the Pickles

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2025/07/01

Pre-Show: John has made an important purchase11 June 2011 Documentation of the journey (spoilers!) John’s beloved Ninja Anova After Dark Follow-up: We’re doing good work here, folks YoLink leak sensors Leak sensor 4-pack with compulsory hub Travel insurance is more than you think it is (via Jason Poole and Levi Dalton) Allianz concierge Window widget size in Tahoe Apple Intelligence is now allowed when booting from an external in Tahoe beta 2 Floating tab bars in iOS

01:42:53

645: More Frosting

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2025/06/26

Pre-Show: Phish & Wabbit Dave Matthews SeasonAllianz Ampitheater at Riverfront Belkin UltraGlass 2 Some Administrivia: 🗣️ New ATP Member’s special: ATP Movie Club: Sneakers 🗣️ Sneakers (1992) ATP Performance Shirt Inventory Sale Follow-up: Persistent icon replacement helper apps Pictogram Replacicon Tahoe beta 2 Finder icon updated! Louie Mantia tries again New menu bar background setting! Beta 2, with background Tahoe’s [Not-So-] Naked Robotic Menu Bar (via

02:22:24

644: You Have to Invert

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2025/06/19

Pre-show: G4 Doorbell ProBespoke 3D-printed mount Fancy-schmancy Marco-recommended Flashlight What betas are we running? Virtual Buddy 𝑥OS 26 & Version Numbers iOS Apps built against old SDKs get 19.0; new ones get 26.0 (via Gui Rambo) ProcessInfo /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersionCompat.plist Tahoe returns 16 when reqiured for compatibility and 26 otherwise (via Howard Oakley) SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 = 16 null or SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0 = 26 Liquid Glass Adopting

02:53:57

643: You Go to Squircle Jail

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2025/06/10

Pre-show: Initial Switch 2 ReactionsMario Kart World WWDC F1 Sam Henri Gold Marcel Flighty Parcel Control Plane Acorn Post-show: RIP, John’s Mac Pro Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s latest paper on the limitations of LLMs Previously discussed on ATP #609 GaryMarcus’ blog post which quotes a summary from Josh Wolfe Gary’s 1998 paper Gary’s 2001 book Sponsored by: Clic for Sonos: Elevate Your Sonos Experience with Clic Sponsored by Betterhelp: Give online

02:18:59

642: A Rebuilding Year

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2025/06/05

Follow-up:Apple “emergency” App Store appeal denied Additional lighting solution (via Nathanial) macOS 26: Tahoe? macOS 26 supported hardware Laurene Powell Jobs & Jony Ive interview MacRumors coverage Molly White’s newsletter Polycom “star”/”spider” phones Vision Pro & John Siracusa Corner Bono: Stories of Surrender Open: An Autobiography Rattle and Hum Apple Immersive Screenshots: Crowd Stadium TV PSA: Plex privacy

02:09:33

641: We're Saving That for the Egg

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2025/05/29

Pre-show: ATP’s relationship with AppleFive Whys Follow-up: SSD longevity details from an anonymous SSD firmware engineer Vision Pro on The Price is Right What are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building? Ming-Chi Quo’s opinion Upgrade #565: The Scent of Humane Alexa Plus Update Neutral: Slate Truck Top Gear review TELO, a potential Slate competitor (via Kevin Ayers) There’s a Discord (via Kevin Cash) DeMuro’s review Classic Mini vs. Modern MINI Pickup beds over

02:15:21

640: Put It in a Potato

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2025/05/22

Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Top Four: Game Consoles 🗣️Follow-up: Home Networking Corner 🤝🏻 Vision Pro Corner How I use my AVP to retrofit Unifi Access Points in finished homes SSDs and long-term storage was covered on Security Now #1023 (via Paul Chernoff) SpinRite (Intel-only) Fornite is back in the US App Store App Store link Judge YGR’s filing Apple 🤝🏻 Epic Epic courts Apple developers Gurman on the Apple Intelligence fiasco Previously on ATP The EU App

01:58:47

639: Crimp the World

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2025/05/15

Pre-show: Marco’s [kinda] brief review of the M4 MacBook ProCalDigit TS5 Follow-up: Letterboxd SF Symbol Procured via volunteer Alyce D! 💙 Custom Symbols App (App Store link) AI App Store summaries != spam email filtering (via Kevin Markham) “A fine is a price” (via Kieran Healy) A Fine is a Price by Gneezy & Rustichini Apple 🤝🏻 Anthropic Apple appeals App Store rule changes Riley Testut details changes to Delta’s IAP options More (Ed:

02:14:02

638: Hop, Hop, Hop

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2025/05/06

Pre-show: Chromebook-block evasionsFollow-up: At least one person did miss our WWDC sale. 🙁 Vision Pro Corner: StagePlay Blue Man Group Epic vs. Apple The Verge on Apple’s decision making Apple’s Response Apple Appeals App Store rules have been changed MJ Tsai’s Roundup Ryan Jones Gruber Upgrade #562: Let’s Break the Law Tim Sweeney continues grandstanding Fortnite may be coming back… via 🇸🇪? Epic Games announces plans for a shop for iOS developers Press

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