Accidental Tech Podcast

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  700: A Wet Dishrag Full of Lies 16.07.2026 1h 56min

  Pre-show: Anniversary Corner! catatp (see also Statistics) Bootleg visualization Follow-up: Public beta check-in Casey’s iMessage notification issue Cache in front of CloudFlare Workers! Apple keeps futzing with rendering of .icon files Mac-assed Mac Apps Steve Troughton-Smith on ChatGPT Gruber #1 Gruber #2 Gus Mueller Gruber Globe key on Apple’s extended keyboards (via Philip Hofstetter) LaunchAgent ~/Library/LaunchAgents Casey’s former keyboard Tina’s keyboard: MMMR3LL/A Shouldn’t the Studio Display get a price bump? (via Brian Nehring) Regarding skipping M6 Pro/Max/Ultra (via Anonymous) Gurman on M𝓍 Ultra servers Follow-out to Upgrade #627: What was is FileMaker Agentic development Goodbye, Maestral 🫡 Gruber Apple Sues OpenAI Apple Inc. vs. Liu Chance Miller’s summary The Verge Gruber Dithering OpenAI’s response and part 2 Post-show: Casey vacation results: nerd edition Unifi Travel Router Formerly, GL.iNet KVM GL Comet Q Members-only ATP Overtime: Sony announces the end of PlayStation discs Ars Technica The funeral has begun Ars Technica on library erasure The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last.
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  699: Not the Correct Squircle 07.07.2026 2h 20min

  Pre-show: Casey’s oops Magic TrackPad Magic Keyboard Marco’s Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard Follow-up: Casey may have fixed his notification problem! Mac-“Arsed” Mac App skill (via Bart Reardon) RAMAgeddon Feel free to donate to St. Jude any of the money you may have saved by buying early! (via Jonathan) Will Apple rethink unified memory given these prices? (via ShutterAperture) Steam Machine difficulties Interview on YouTube (Timestamp link to 12m48s) Collusion! Well, maybe. Would a gold Mac mini be cheaper than a spec with tons of RAM? Awax did math We’re Fable is so back, baby More at Ars Technica Siri AI No web browsing for you! Apple removed the waitlist workaround in macOS β2 Determining what model is used (via Gui Rambo) Revamped icons by Parakeet Design services price list SwitchGlass SwitchGlass dark icon SwitchGlass old icon Front and Center Front and Center old icon Callsheet Callsheet old icon Jelly’s write-up Ste Grainer The ATP member special where we rated iOS icons Overcast Marco’s [REDACTED] Reminders App Fire Island Lighthouse Parakeet’s post about our icons Apple adds paste protection to Terminal Apple support document Opera joins the party Xcode 𝑥OS 27 & DerivedData DevCleaner (App Store link) Post-show: Casey is jealous of Marco Goose Big Modern! Casey likes Savenger, Good2B, and Torero Nugs Micro Tyvek Wallet Micro Soft Shell Wallet Studio Neat Casey’s fan Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple create a handheld gaming platform? Quinn Nelson’s pitch Game Porting Toolkit 4 Sponsored by: Parakeet: The icon design studio. zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  698: And Do What? 30.06.2026 2h 13min

  Pre-show: Who’s bored? 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Dev: Mac-assed Mac Apps Follow-up: Nugs and Sonos As the prophecy foretold… ☹️ Mythos is back, but Fable isn’t Rumors about Siri AI indexing Corrections about 8TB SSDs (via Aaron Raimist) Price increases abound! ☹️ On the Apple TV price hike (via Chris Carley) Steam Machine (More) Xbox Micron points fingers at Apple (News+ Link) Steve Troughton-Smith’s take Previously, in Palm Pilots Apple asks Trump to save their 🥓 Financial Times No M6 Pro/Max/Ultra‽ Touchscreen MacBook Pro Intel to fabricate the M7‽ GFHK? More reporting New Siri Iconography Attraction Theory: The SiriAI Proposition Pepsi logo redesign brand manual from 2008 (via budsNhops on Reddit) Joanna Stern’s review Gui Rambo’s experiment Dan Moren John tries to get it to understand Perl (because of course he did —Ed.) Question 1 Question 2 Ask ATP: Why isn’t Apple on a reliable cadence for processor releases? (via Ammar) If we really embrace agentic coding, what would be the right choice of language for that? (via Matthew Southworth) 3Blue1Brown Avoiding Copland 2010 Do we collect vintage computers? (via Phil Kim) Casey: ThinkPad 701C ThinkPad T30 John: eMate Newton 2000 Trashcan Post-show: Casey asks for technical support Members-only ATP Overtime: Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS Announcement video On the store All Ubiquiti NAS offerings Xserve RAID Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  697: The Chart Is Terrifying 26.06.2026 2h 6min

  Pre-show: Casey has some fantastic news about nugs.net for Marco Marco’s trip report Gucci Osteria Follow-up: John guested on a preview of Designed in California, published as part of Upgrade #624 (also on YouTube) Apple Intelligence 🤝 external boot disks (via Doug Weinfield) Spotlight indexing in 𝑥OS 27 Steve Riggins notes it takes a while Alex concurs Apple’s AI Tech Talk What will Siri be capable of? (via Jochen Marschall) Bootleg video (via sayrer) Is Spatial Reframing in 𝑥OS 27 geographically-aware? (via Kevin Buterbaugh) Tesla 🤝 CarPlay? New CarPlay features (via Alec Hurdle) WWDC session on YouTube The US has approved a new sunscreen ingredient! Marco’s favorite: Rohto Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel Tracking Apple’s environmental progress TOSTracker (via Andrew Leahey) Direct product comparisons Example: M1 MacBook Air vs. M5 MacBook Air Apple’s AI server infrastructure (expanding on ATP #680) General overview (via Gui Rambo) cloudOS job listing How to run PCC (via Zoe Knox) Tim Cook takes one for the Ternus (News+ link) (17 June) Chart South Korean chip company bonuses are creating inflation pressures Even ChatGPT is stupefied by RAM pricing 🤭😭 We’re all trying to find the guy who did this! 25 June: Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads (News+ link) Stephen’s tables Gruber’s tables Apple also raised refurbished prices 🤨 Good timing: tmcgeary Aaron Greg Pierce Ask ATP: Why doesn’t Apple just… make its own RAM? (via Brian Webster) Joe Lion Blake Patterson Is new Siri an attack vector for, say, TSA searches? (via Anonymous) Post-show: Casey’s blog post about AI Members-only ATP Overtime: The Fable about… Anthropic Fable Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It 15.06.2026 1h 59min

  Pre-show: We are not dangerously capable We convince ourselves not to pivot to video Accidental Neutral: The Rivian R2 FYI, Marco: Casey has officially called dibs on the R3X 😈 Follow-up: It’s Road Trip (via Jason Paul) Indexing for the new Spotlight Passwords app does the hard thing macOS 27 “Golden Gate” was the codename for macOS Big Sur… and eWorld 1.1 Microsoft Bob You can use Touch ID for Administrator access There’s a way to skip the Siri waitlist (via Steve Troughton-Smith) sudo defaults write "/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict-add Enabled -bool NO ST-S points out the change in Apple’s documentation The Liquid Glass slider is part of Golden Gate onboarding Corner radius ∆s, illustrated Mickey hands are back They can’t leave well enough alone, Finder icon edition General Golden Gate icon changes Touch Macs are coming Pull-to-refresh comes to macOS ST-S notices NSToolbar changes You can resize the iPhone Mirroring window HIG updates for menu icons iOS 27 Siri AI pull down animation iPadOS 27 ST-S notes the menu is now aligned to the leading edge tvOS (Apparently it’s still an OS in the lineup —Ed.) Hardware compatibility watchOS Hardware compatibility Apple’s AI Tech Talk Images Quotes Dan Moren vanity searches An aside on Apple filtering out some frequencies during utterances of “Siri” Stephen Robles’ Siri AI review (timestamp link to 5m47s) 3Blue1Brown transformers video Apple’s announcement for third-gen models Instruction-Following Pruning for LLMs LLM in a Flash: Efficient LLM Inference with Limited Memory Filippone Stefano’s review Ars Technica’s write-up Post-show: Casey’s trip results UniFi Travel Router GL-iNet Flex Mini Members-only ATP Overtime: The WWDC 2026 Platforms State of the Union OpenDoc iPhone mirroring resizing Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua 09.06.2026 2h 51min

  WWDC 2026 Watch the Keynote (alternatively, on YouTube) Craig Hockenberry on Spotlight Word wall Rob Rhyne’s toot Weird holes Change Detection .well-known Dear EU, 🖕. Love, Apple Post-show: Casey’s unexpected afternoon Music Video Craig’s toot Tim’s Good Morning video [Alternatively, on Xcancel] TN3212: Adopting gesture recognizers for Sidecar touch support (via Vince) Sam Henri Gold Members-only ATP Overtime: The foldable iPhone takes shape White foldable phone More details Sonny Dickson’s images [Alternatively, on Xcancel] Case leaks Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  694: Potential and Homework 04.06.2026 2h 19min

  Pre-show: 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ John and dynamic DNS Former & future sponsor Tailscale (but seriously, I’m obsessed —CL) Tailscale Funnel DynDns.org no-ip.org Follow-up: Ferrari Luce John’s remembered video clip of sandwiching the body (extracted by RG) John’s EV Stupidity Checklist Wassym Bensaid, Chief Software Officer at Rivian, being a dummy Bambu’s battle with its users They were already in hot water (via Steve Riggins) Jose agrees Faking alarm reminders (via Ben Smith) Moving files between volumes Steven Op de beeck demonstrates this with a tiny file and a large file Computer UI designer for Her (via Peter Puleio) Previously on ATP WWDC 2026 All systems glow Wallpaper Gurman prediction More at MacRumors macOS 27, Vision Pro, and Ternus [oh my!] Hardware that has been delayed by Siri macOS 27 name What are we dreading? What we’re most excited for? What will we miss? Post-show: Casey wants some advice Callsheet Channels OAuth VLAN Jellyfin Infuse SenPlayer (App Store link) Tailscale Service Members-only ATP Overtime: Nvidia announces RTX Spark Previously, the DGX Spark This is not a new chip (timestamp link to 55s) They’re the same… but not Surface Laptop Ultra Ars Technica Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  693: Negative Bonus Points 29.05.2026 2h 2min

  Pre-show: Marco has something to commend Ubiquiti marketing video Spanning Tree Protocol Sonos & Networking Documentation Follow-up: Formula 1 on Apple TV The case for alarm reminders (via Matthew Cave) SVG can do animations — and way more! (via Vítor) SVG can do THAT‽ Yes, you can use AI for ffmpeg, but have you tried Lossless Cut? SF Symbols in Marco’s Reminder app (via Clarko) How can we bemoan Electron and cheer WebViews? (via Julian Gamble) If Finder moves are no good, are mvs the same? Defrag lives on …in APFS diskutil apfs defragment [disk] enable [disk] is something along the lines of diske3 or disk3s1, that you get via diskutil list MJ Tsai AI Sentiment AI levels… down?… your worst coworker (via Nathan) Ireland compels data center developers to bring their own clean energy (via Ian Robinson) Large Energy User Action Plan Perspectives on art Original Monet The Ferrari Luce Previously on ATP Purosangue Jaguar I-Pace BMW i3 BMW i8 GMA T.33 Porsche Taycan Galleries The Verge Car and Driver Exterior Interior Coverage The Verge Top Gear Cleo Abram MKBHD (stationary tour) ba-dum tss John’s EV Stupidity Checklist Saturday Night Live Affordance Post-show: RIP Destiny 2 Associated layoffs, because, of course Destiny 1 on Wikipedia Penny Arcade Members-only ATP Overtime: Bambu vs. its community How one private message could change the face of 3D printing Sponsored by: zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  692: A Thinking Hitch 21.05.2026 2h 6min

  Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Movie Club: Her Immersive Inlet: Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness Follow-up: Cut/copy/paste in Finder Terminal John’s Terminal.app state restoration woes tcsh John’s Terminal settings Window tab John’s Terminal settings Tab tab Escape sequence extended tooltip .cshrc Terminal apps for macOS with text-based config files Fancy shell prompts like Starship KornShell Some other terminal resources The Linux Field Guide by Uros Popovic (via Derek) The terminal, the TTY, and the shell The Secret Rules of the Terminal by Julia Evans Wizard Zines Ignoring node_modules and the like In Dropbox Dropbox documentation (via Hunter Hillegas) …or use xattrs Dropbox documentation on ignoring files Automator example from Boz Bundalo In Time Machine pnpm as an alternative to npm (via Paul Galow) Technical explanation Supply chain protection 20th Anniversary iPhone curved display will improve a year later? 🤨 Reminders Has Marco tried “alarm” reminders? Reminders snoozing (via Rob Howard) Updates in 26.5 Flexibits Why does everyone hate AI? Pew Research Concern vs. excitement Ability to think & form meaningful relationships Ability to tell the ∆ between AI & human-generated content Retaining the ability to be self-sufficient Risk vs. reward Young adults are using it The more young people use AI, the more they hate it Commencement speakers aren’t getting the hint University of Central Florida University of Arizona Joanna Stern interviews a recent UCF journalism grad On YouTube Wearable AI friend friend.com omi.me Americans really don’t want data centers in their backyards Stratechery Phantom data centers US nuclear power: 1970-2023 (Chart) Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Angine de Poitrine on KEXP Post-show: Marco gets geeky Modern SwiftUI APIs for Programmatic Scrolling Native all the way… until you need text PaintCode XKCD Members-only ATP Overtime: Googlebook & Aluminum OS Why does the Googlebook exist? Sponsored by: Cotypist: Type as fast as you can think. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  691: A Menlo Phase 14.05.2026 1h 55min

  Pre-show: Project Hail Mary Reconcilable Differences #286: Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Break My Stride Setlist Bandcamp Luke Bloom — Bad D. H. T. — Listen to Your Heart Apocalyptica Vitamin String Quartet Johnny Cash — Hurt Follow-up: CapEx vs. OpEx (via Andrew Leahey) Bloomberg “Hot lot” (via Anonymous & Matt Jones) Ultra/Neo/etc Is the “iPhone Ultra” the 20th anniversary iPhone? (via Janne Ojaniemi) Did we forget about “Studio”? (via Karan J) What’s the ∆ between an iMac Neo and a Studio Display? (via Zoran Nešić) Time Machine …with lots of small files (via Jon Wilson & Andrew Hathaway) Asimov …with spinning disks (via Ben Mattison & Carlos Pereira) …period (via David Fokkema) lsof Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250M for fumbling AI Siri Apple is flirting with Intel and Samsung Apple’s Newsroom post about US manufacturing Apple and Intel have reached an agreement? (Apple News+ link) Ask ATP: How do we actually move files around our Macs? (via Brandon Whichard) Yoink MD5 Do we use a profile/theme for Terminal windows? (via Chris Harper) Prompt 3 Do we use any other IDEs? (also via Chris Harper) LSP Intelephense Post-show: .nofollow Apple developer forum post Symlink .nosync, .noindex, .nobackup Hopper MJ Tsai Apple open-source Swift SE-0529: Add FilePath to the Standard Library Safe Path Handling: Why Secure Filesystem Operations Are Harder Than You Think Members-only ATP Overtime: Non-developers building apps Ben Dansby Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  690: Turn Left at the Next Tree 08.05.2026 1h 55min

  Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧 Follow-up: Backblaze & cloud backups Carbon Copy Cloner & Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein) Support document Maestral Arq’s approach (via Daniel Luz) Neo-ing… other things Mythos What makes this different (via William Moran) GPT-5.5 is equivalent? cURL security/bug reports Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI AI is still ruining everything See also: MacBook Neo More from Tim Culpan Paul Haddad’s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay An examination of Apple’s CapEx Apple’s R&D spending hits new record SG&A MG Siegler’s take Project Titan died in Febraury 2024 Ultra all the things iPhone Ultra MacBook Ultra AirPods Ultra iPad Ultra Apple Watch Ultra 4 Mac Ultra iMac Ultra Ask ATP: What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy) Post-show: Marco’s Great Saunter Ashokan Rail Trail Saunter Map App Pedometer++ Suunto Race S Titanium Barkley Marathons Documentary trailer Members-only ATP Overtime: Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software Jason’s take Foster Brereton somebehemoth Neywiny Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm 30.04.2026 1h 56min

  Pre-show: Mythos Anthropic’s blog post Follow-up: ATP Store Yes, it happened again. The ATP Neo Silver made it! UPenn is an Ivy Kieran Healy’s story Marina Epelman’s thought US News & World Report 2026 Best Engineering Schools Gurman’s transition coverage Tim Cook’s remarks to employees Comparison between Cook & Ternus The Ability to be Hotter New material proves to be more heat conductive Backblaze is no longer backing up cloud storage Backblaze Mac Release Notes for version 9.2.2.878 Backblaze Windows Release Notes for version 9.2.2.877 Response on Reddit Reparse point Additional response on Reddit Backblaze blog post MJ Tsai roundup Alternatives: Arq Parachute for iCloud Ask ATP: What generation is John’s Accord? What’s the plan for replacement? (via Brian Ashe) ATP Neutral: Car Shopping 2014 Honda Accord Which Apple CEO will 💩-can the Mac? (via Jason) How often should Macs be restarted? (via Paul Franz) Bug report Gruber’s take Post-show: Pedometer++ version 8.0 Underscore’s blog post Stephen’s blog post Six Years Perfecting Maps on watchOS Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple MacBook Neo all the things? MaxTech’s musing Sponsored by: Aura Frames: Frames for every memory, gifts for every occasion DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  688: A Company Man 21.04.2026 2h 6min

  🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: GL.iNet KVM security issues? Mark Wadham’s write-up Dan Godin at Ars Technica MacBook Neo cores 🤝 BMW heated seats? (via Edward Munn) Joe Lion waxes poetic about RAM on Apple Silicon More component delays It’s Ternus time Fashion Cook’s shoes Ternus’s Shirt Cook’s Shirt Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer Tim’s letter New York Times coverage Marco’s blog post Post-show: John quizzes Marco & Casey Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue Infinite Loop by Michael S. Malone Revolution in the Valley folklore.org Jason’s recommendations Members-only ATP Overtime: Media consumption & the limits of human perception Stephen Robles’ $3,000 video box Kaleidescape Strato MakeMKV Tom’s Hardware: Audiophiles are full of 💩 Original post One Man’s Dream (Callsheet link) RIP, Ken Fritz Sponsored by: Anthropic: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  687: You Can Bend This Line 16.04.2026 1h 55min

  Pre-show: Casey requests an app from Marco Roon Nugs 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Dev: Nuggets of Wisdom Follow-up: Suunto is… not young (via Henri Sivonen) Garmin did beat Suunto to GPS watch though The other neat explainer John was thinking of (via Ben Landsberg) Previously: Eric Portis on Color Spaces Bartosz Ciechanowski on… anything Is Apple running out of A18 Pros‽ 😱 Apple IDs & passkeys (via Vitor) Others with this issue Apple said it’d be fixed… two years ago Stealing TV… may not be so wise. Shocker! (via Nye Hughes) See also: Krebs on Security Darknet Diaries (via David Brownman) Ads are coming to Apple Maps Newsroom AI-generated code & copyright AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted Can coding agents “relicense” through clean-room re-implementation? No right to relicense this project Monkey selfie Claude, rewrite yourself Ask ATP: When Marco goes on a saunter with two watches, are the measurements similar? (via Jason) Why did Marco bother with colocation? (via Stephen Gozza) Post-show: Casey’s silly new toy Alex’s overview Screenshot of a Linux machine Screenshot of a Mac Members-only ATP Overtime: John tries to reach acceptance Apple approves AMD & Nvidia eGPU drivers What if Apple adopted “MPX”-style modules? (via Jan Wedekind) MK1 High Density Rack Mount Bandwidth comparisons Thunderbolt 5 80 Gbit/s symmetric 120 Gbit/s unidirectional for displays SSD (M5 Max MacBook pro, 4 TB) 109 Gbit/s (13.6 GB/s) read 142 Gbit/s (17.8 GB/s) write PCIe speeds on PCIe 5.0 1 lane: 32 Gbit/s (4 GB/s) 16 lanes: 512 Gbit/s (64 GB/s) …as compared to the Mac Pro’s 64 lanes across 4 slots (2,048 GBit/s) 17× Thunderbolt 5’s maximum single-direction speed Internal vs. external SSD 2025 Mac Studio: ~5.5 GB/s OWC Envoy Ultra: ~5.1 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,250 OWC Thunderblade: ~5.75 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,700 PolySoft third-party internal SSDs Kickstarter (ended November 2024) Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  686: Write Two Letters 09.04.2026 2h 2min

  Pre-show: The new Ceramic Shield 2 in the iPhone 17 Pro is the real deal UniFi Travel Router Cascades trail Shenandoah National Park 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: Studio Display XDR price drop‽ 😱 Stephen Robles 1 2 Casey’s snarky toot Tangentially related: John’s Google One price drop John’s upgrade cycle (via Ryan Himmelwright) How much hotter can a Mac get? Mac Studio power consumption Mac Pro power consumption Apple’s implementation of Passkeys (via Ben Frearson) Apple subsidiary fined over $500k for breaching Russian sanctions RetinaDisplays.com CIE 1931 & Apple’s 2026 CMFs They’re more than just a monitor calibration standard (via Eric Portis) The GOAT, Bartosz Ciechanowski Mechanical Watch CIE updates from 2015 On Apple’s CMF Long Island and “mainland” United States v. Maine (via Craig Bowers) The Greatest Podcast Ad Campaign of All Time Overcast link Every other podcast app Casey’s write-up Marco’s letter to John Ternus A Tale of Two Letters Ask ATP: How does Apple Silicon RAM work, anyway? (via Johnny “Decimal” Noble) Post-show: Marco Garmin-watch update Suunto Race S Titanium (Amazon) Garmin Venu 4 Garmin Forerunner 970 Garmin Fenix 8 Pro MicroLED Members-only ATP Overtime: The Claude Code leak & how Claude “actually works” Regex to detect user anger “Undercover mode” (via Aral Balkan) Future plans Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  685: The Ability to Be Hotter 01.04.2026 2h 15min

  Pre-show: Happy independence day, John! The Great Saunter Pedometer++ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons More about the flag Follow-up: Overcast transcripts Missed Apex MacBook Neo Tim Cook on the MacBook Neo launch New Ice Book? (via Adrian Bengtson) iBook “Snow” Teardown by Framework founder Nirav Patel Framework MacBook Neo vs. Chromebooks “NFW”, says Henry “This could be a breath of fresh air”, says Ari “Medium” Core and M5 Pro/Max information from Apple Chance Miller at 9to5 Mac Original article 🇩🇪 PCI Express Ubiquiti What about site-to-site VPN for Marco? UniFi Travel Router “Not so fast, my friend” re: Wi-Fi 7 MLO YouTube announcement Blog post Some shadiness from January 🪦 RIP, Mac Pro 🪦 Thoroughly Considered #123: The Last Detail with John Siracusa CUDA Ask ATP: Are we running any iOS apps in macOS? (via Alex Kent) How would we balance new shiny vs. familiarity? (via Michael Brescher Jr.) Post-show: John and Marco bicker about islands Merriam-Webster’s definition of “mainland” Members-only ATP Overtime: 🥚 Update 10 February: Delayed to 2027 20 February: Smart speaker with a camera? The Information Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  684: It’s Not What Young People Do 26.03.2026 1h 55min

  Follow-up: Overcast & Transcriptions Marco had never seen inside a datacenter What about podcasts that include their own transcripts (via Matt King) Apple Podcasts transcript options <podcast:transcript> tag MP3 ID3 “SYLT” tag What is Marco using for a job queue? Perhaps Faktory? (via Drew Stephenson) beanstalkd Ansible Monitoring & control interface Imagine a Beowulf cluster of the minis… (via Aaron Dippner) System X RDMA over Thunderbolt was added in macOS 26.2 I Ran a Trillion Parameter AI on a Mac Apple Didn’t Have to Go This Hard Apple Insider Mac fleet management advice Apple Business AirPods Max popularity in New York WWDC 2026 Announced Ask ATP What’s the deal with passkeys, anyway? (via Phillip Miller) XKCD Does having an 8 GB RAM computer keep macOS lean? (via Jon Fabritius) Will we get an iPhone or iPad Pro that will use macOS when connected to a display? (via Keith Heaton) Michael Cook’s contrary opinion Post-show: Casey is continuing to quiet quit his Synology DS1621+ Ubiquiti UNAS Pro Casey’s NUC Channels Proxmox Tailscale on YouTube Derek Seaman’s Tech Blog (the extremely helpful listener 🥰) ESPHome Syncthing & rclone Proxmox Backup Server Transmit Forklift Members-only ATP Overtime: How Apple will add touch support to macOS Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Babble On: Localize your app on iOS, macOS, and Android Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug 19.03.2026 2h 21min

  Follow-up: You’re welcome, world Formula 1 A brief, renewed pitch to watch this season Cameras Are not a large portion of the coverage (via Matt Rigby) Failures don’t [usually] matter (via The Racing Line) Great camera overview video The other perk of in-car footage (via Eric Fox) On getting Sky Sports replays (via Brendan Webb) Rosetta A deep dive from Colin McKellar Instant Final Cut Pro deprecation warning (via Tom Obarski) iPhone 17e teardown MacBook Neo Gruber on the camera & mic on-screen indicators Apple Platform Security Guide On Apple Exclaves (Medium link) CPU benchmark correction (via Philipp Sommer) SSD benchmarks (via Vito Traino) Andrew Marc David’s review M1 MacBook Air benchmarks General Apple Silicon benchmarks AmorphousDiskMark MacBook SSD benchmarks John’s and Marco’s hands-on impressions Teardowns Tech Re-Nu iFixIt Video Blog post AirPods Max 2 Newsroom John wins the bet (Overcast timestamp link) Apple’s compare page Overcast beta now has transcripts! Mac Mini Vault Green Mini Host FileVault over SSH launchd XPC Post-show Neutral: BMW i3 Revealed The Verge Ars Technica Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s 27 OSes and Liquid Glass Gurman on 15 February Gurman on 15 March Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 1Password: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  682: Medium Core 12.03.2026 2h 16min

  Pre-show: Casey brings us back to Anniversary Corner Related episode of ATP Follow-up: An explanation for John’s post that broke containment (via Thomas Dickson) MacBook Neo John’s theory about color & clamshells The M1 MacBook Air was American Walmarts only. (via Pierre-Luc Gagné) Aside also via P-L: does the Neo run Rosetta 2? MacBook Neo inputs 🤝 iPad Air inputs (via Andrew Larson) SSD speeds (via The Verge) The  logo iPhone 5 intro video is what John was thinking of (via Peter Puleio) Jason’s review Dave2D’s review Teardown Tyler Stalman on the Neo running “pro” apps Performance Cores vs. Super Cores New in Xcode 24.6β3: CPUFAMILY_ARM_SOTRA (H17S) (via Brendan Shanks) H17S is the missing M5 Pro identifier from iOS 26.3 RC Quinn’s review M5 Pro & Max are on N3P; M5 is N3E Baidu leakers Super cores (“P-Core”) 4.61 GHz 10-wide decoding Performance cores (“M-Core”) 4.38 GHz 7-wide decoding ~70% the performance of a Super Core Dual operating mode from efficiency cores Efficiency cores (“E-Core”) 3.05 GHz 6-wide decoding Andrew Cunningham at Ars L2 cache Super: 16 MB Performance: 8 MB Efficiency: 6MB Minimum clock speed: Super: 1,308 MHz Performance: 1,344 MHz Efficiency: 972 MHz Fusion architecture (via Frederic_Orange) MacBook Pro Storage pricing (via Richard Allen) MacBook keyboard glyphs (via Dan Moren) Environmental progress (via Andrew Leahey) TOSTracker Example individual comparison Third-party displays (via Dan Boyle) Pro Display XDR or Studio Display XDR? (asked by Imthaz) Studio Display XDR UFO Test MKBHD’s review states it has 12 GB RAM 🤭 Studio Display XDR white paper (PDF) (via Kevin Sliech) Superwide viewing angle Timing controller (TCON) Calibration Display optimization modes Formula 1 news Drive to Survive (Apple TV link) Dad jokey-est promo video (Also on YouTube) 2026 season preview F1TV vs. Apple TV Link accounts Romain Grosjean’s Samsung Galaxy S26 Privacy Display MKBHD The Verge Post-show: Marco’s Garmin adventures Great Saunter Injinji toe socks Altra Torin 8 wide shoes Garmin Venu 4 41mm Garmin Forerunner 570 Garmin Fenix 8 Suunto Race S WorkOutDoors Pedometer++ Members-only ATP Overtime: The future of x86_64 on macOS Tahoe 26.4 warnings Slightly more detail from Ars Technica Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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  681: The Price of Your Nightmares 05.03.2026 2h 46min

  Pre-show: The best (but slowest) website on the internet Million Dollar Homepage 2013 BMW M5 (PDF) 2014 Honda Accord (PDF) M4 iPad Air iPhone 17e New displays (‼️) Studio Display 2 A19 per MacRumors Some excellent throwback snark from Jack Wellborn Studio Display XDR Day-one software update Mac support 120Hz-worthy Macs M5 MacBook Air No change in RAM upgrade pricing? M5 Pro & M5 Max Efficiency cores still exist M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pros If you squint, a 64GB MBP got cheaper MacBook Neo Name leak Prior art Jason’s review & charts No indicator light Jason’s observation about the Apple logo Announcement video Post-show: John had a post break containment Context collapse Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s video podcast experience HLS Dan Moren notes prior art Not based on RSS, laments Manton Reece Stephen Robles’ video Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!