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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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02:16:53

240: Undefined Wait Period

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/09/21

Stephen Hackett's St. Jude's Fundraiser Follow up: iPhone X screen size John Siracusa, Dongletown, USA Bigger OWC dock John's forthcoming OWC dock Elgato dock Window management Apple Watch LTE pricing: Data is substitutive, not additive (via Oliver Thomas) More on Apple TV 4K Whether it has a fan or supports 24 Hz output 32 vs. 64 GB Craig Federighi's Face ID apology tour The Talk Show #200 Confirmation of John's prediction about face swipe timing Running Mac betas No APFS for Fusion

03:11:34

239: Set This Money on Fire

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/09/14

Apple Special Event, September 2017 Dan Frommer's photo essay Today at Apple Apple Watch intro video Featuring Kyles the Gray! Louis CK: Everything is Amazing & Nobody is Happy Overcast and Apple Watch offline playback Watch Dots Qi charging standard ATP #172: iPhone X Five Years of OS X iPhone X in the HIG Disappearing scroll thumb Jokey notch scrolling Rolodex Light L16 camera Back to Work #341: Rich Boy Phone iPhone Folio Case Inside Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: Marco figures

02:33:30

238: Begging for the Hub

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/09/07

Follow-Up: Isn't iCloud close to full-machine backup? Do you really need to spend $1000 on a camera? Printing photos Photo resolution #askatp iPhone-buying strategies Casey's lessons learned Is 4K worth it? Steve Yedlin on 4K Viewing distance calculator Why & how we use Plex Casey's Plex Primer Don Melton's scripts ffmpeg John's 2017 MacBook Pro impressions Apple LED Cinema Display Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad Logitech Optical USB Mouse ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa

01:54:50

237: You Are Not a Datacenter

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/09/01

Follow-Up: Marco's tukhus, sit bones, and cushioned saddles Backing up /Applications Casey's new-Mac strategy CrashPlan native client may not be for small business CrashPlan migrations over 5 TB Arq and macOS metadata Michael Tsai: What Backblaze Doesn't Back Up Backblaze's 30 day retention Peer-to-peer NAS backups Synology C2 backup Dan Moren: iCloud Backup for Mac? Casey's MacBook keyboard woes Apple KnowledgeBase article (👋🏻, @ismh) #askatp Photo storage between generations Camera

02:10:31

236: Irresponsible Use of Infinite Terabytes

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/08/24

Pre-show: Baby Clocks Casey has news iZotope RX Follow-Up: iTunes U → Apple Podcasts Joel on Software: Things You Should Never Do, Part 1 Panic Omni BBEdit Marco's hindquarters #askatp OLED vs. LCD Mall of Marco Gazelle Mac Me an Offer Have we had RSI issues? Microsoft Natural Keyboard Casey's Bad News Google Photos Uploader The new M5 CrashPlan sunsets consumer backups Official announcement Backblaze on NAS business model Backblaze B2 Pricing Casey justifies using a

02:08:53

235: Notch-Savvy

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/08/18

Pre-show: Always on vacation in... New York? Follow-Up: Mighty, the Spotify "iPod Shuffle" Audio bit depth 24/192 Music Downloads... and why they make no sense Monty's explainer video "iPhone Pro" notch What happens in landscape? Why bother with a notch? Android notch 1Password backpedals a bit A a a a a Very Good Song #askatp How do you sync your home directories? Old tech that's still in use? 🙄 Destiny 🙄 Google's diversity "memo" Yonatan Zunger, ex-Googler Suzanne Sadedin, Ph.D. in

01:54:15

234: Everybody Has Asterisks

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/08/11

Toasters Toaster reviews Do By Friday Cameras O-MD E-M10 Zoom lens Sony α7R II Sony α6300 Ad Blockers 1Blocker Better A/V FLAC Pono Tidal Brace styles Dolphin emulator behind the scenes Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Sponsored by: Betterment: Investing made better. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Squarespace: Make your next move with a beautiful website. Use code ATP for 10% off your first

01:47:56

233: Nobody Cares But Me, But I Do Care

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/08/06

Follow-Up: TSMC 10nm vs. Intel 10nm Naming of process nodes Intel's claimed three-year advantage Intel set to lose process leadership after 2018? Home audio & subwoofers HiFiMan HE-6 Christmas Island crabs Neutral Coast? Isla Pronunciation video Woom Derailleur gears Priority Coast Huffy and Wal-Mart A Christmas Story quote corrected by @ATPReferences The HomePod firmware leak Steve Troughton-Smith His Patreon Guilherme Rambo Allen Pike's take Max Rudberg's take "Ferrari" RIP

02:12:26

232: You've Exceeded Some Limit

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/07/25

Send us questions! Tweet with the hashtag #askatp! The A10X is 10nm as per AnandTech Source & Drain Larrabee Netflix credits skipping John's original complaint Community management Disney may have wanted to buy Twitter... a long time ago Player Unknown's Battlegrounds Odd Overcast crash Post-show: Mongoose Californian Alternative image Storming Mortal #15: Apple Kool-Aid and the Mongoose (dated 18 June 2014) John realizes his full potential Pee Wee's bike Huffy White Heat Sponsored

01:53:15

231: I Am Not a Salad Power User

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/07/20

Follow-up: Calibrating a TV Rtings TV Settings Chopt or SaladWorks Smart Signage Samsung Frame TV THX Tune-Up app Lightning Digital AV Adapter Panic's surprise Sony / 7669 Marco's discontinued small speaker amp: NuForce Dia. Some alternatives Marco has considered (but not tested!): Grace Digital GDI-BTAR513, $110 SMSL Q5, $140 NuForce DDA-120, $300 Teac AI-301DA, $350 NAD D 3020, $400 Type-C Personality OLED image retention Marco's image retention test Apple's silence on Net

01:39:07

230: Auto, Dynamic, Fresh, Dank

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/07/14

Follow-up: Windows Hello Demo video Telling Twins Apart Rubber-hose cyptanalysis Relevant xkcd Comic Apollo Robbins mDNSResponder Never re-write software Vint Cerf Zero-config mDNSResponder source Siracusa on Rendezvous On rewriting dyld Mac IIfx F/X Movie Magic Marco's latest impulse buy LG 2017 4K OLED Series Worse Products Through Software Canonical Bagel Flavors Aerial screensaver Paradigm Atom Harman Kardon Soundsticks G4 Cube Speakers Ending theme by Jonathan Mann (a brief return of

01:36:05

229: Just Smush the Screen Somewhere

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/07/06

Follow-up: DragonDrop replacement: Yoink (App Store) Mac stuff for 👵🏻👴🏻 (including Stephen Hackett) dyld vs. dyldd vs. closured App launch time thanks to dyld Relevant WWDC 2016 talk Encoding/decoding new formats on old hardware Sorenson WebRTC and Opus WebKit announcement Codec requirements Acid2 Test iOS 11 Multitasking Connected with Federico Viticci, Myke Hurley, Stephen Hackett Canvas with Fraser Speirs and Federico Viticci Cortex with CGP Grey and Myke Hurley Upgrade with Jason

01:50:22

228: I Never Cancel a Drag

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/06/29

Follow-up: MacBook Adorable Example multi-use hub Casey's Review Keyboard "shim kit" USB-C hubs Belkin hub HomePod's "screen" Marco's favorite follow-up ever in Analog(ue) #10 Echo Show iOS Drag and Drop Dr. Wave DragonDrop dyld 3 App Startup Time: Past, Present, Future Marco gets his VBR wish Original ATP discussion (Overcast timestamp link) This episode, for example: Official CBR version, 80 MB VBR version, 56 MB Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: PC

01:58:21

227: Typing on Pillows

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/06/22

Follow-up: Serenity Caldwell on the new iPad Body size comparison Screen size comparison Typing to Siri Ryan Jones makes some observations New lock & power off behavior "Offload"ing unused apps Springboard treatment Steve Troughton-Smith makes some observations Spaces persistence Spatial Finder Document-based apps' launch UI FaceTime capture of Live Photos ADAs and default apps HEIF is good! is good 32-bit support "sunset" in macOS Non-fragile ivars High Sierra Format CD

02:16:14

226: Smooth Scrolling Is For Suckers

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/06/15

Pre-show: Lots of Follow Up John's ancient, slow, Mac Pro APFS WWDC session and file name encoding Norm forms Compression vs. HFS+ iOS 11 Dots vs. Bars for signal strength Drop of third party service integration Perhaps the APIs were removed? Many touch options for iOS 11 home screens on non-Force Touch devices Log your friends into your WiFi Multiple file uploads → Mobile Safari Tidbits from The Talk Show #193: Crack Marketing Team tvOS iCloud storage: 1TB → 2TB Sonnet eGFX Apple Wireless

01:47:53

225: A Conversation with Siri

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/06/06

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02:40:49

224: Yearning for Reflection

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/06/01

Follow up: Multiple versions of photos Quietly improving MacBook Pro keyboards Pre-WWDC hopes and dreams Upgrade #143: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2017 What If the iPad Smart Keyboard Had a Trackpad? Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Sponsored by: Jet: A shopping site that makes it easy to save money on the stuff you buy all the time. Use code ATP at checkout for 20% off your first 2 orders over $35 (terms and conditions apply). Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price

01:43:09

223: Throw the Fork Away

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/05/25

Follow up: Those ✂️️🔑 What do Apple Geniuses do? Official procedure Sketchy keycap removal procedure Regrets from home repair More on box lunches! Denise Young Smith: VP, HR → VP, Inclusion & Diversity Denise Young Smith Lisa Jackson The Talk Show #188: Apple VP Lisa Jackson Thunderbolt to become royalty-free (Intel press release) Apple Siri-speaker-with-screen Google I/O Keynote Google Photos improvements Hypercritical #9: No iLife is an Island Kotlin Compared to Swift Ending theme

01:44:44

222: As Thin as Humans Will Tolerate

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/05/18

Follow up: Revisiting the quiz from last episode MP3 is dead; long live MP3 Fraunhofer's announcement Cookies LAME encoder Audacity 💔 MP3 Spotify uses Ogg Vorbis Opus codec DivX codec DIVX disc format iPad Mini is dead? MacBooks and MacBook Pros are alive? Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: Apple Park MIT Stata Center Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Audible: With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day

02:10:48

221: Personal Body Chemistry

Accidental Tech Podcast ·

2017/05/11

Follow up: The politics in the last episode Rear Touch ID and prototypes Dirty laptop fabric Alcantara Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Oleophobic coating Are people being backed into liking touchscreen laptops? WikiTribune ...is based on Wordpress and not maintained by Wikimedia ...already has a competitor called Wikinews Amazon Echo Show Previous rumor Marco was enamored with Hunt for Red October You Should Use DuckDuckGo 3Com Audrey Brief Quiz Dropping Dropbox Ending theme by Jonathan

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