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Accidental Tech Podcast

by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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

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349: Formative Tech Dystopia

Pre-show: Star Wars Episode X.10.1
Follow-up:
- Pi-hole
  - Workflow/Shortcut
  - SwiftUI app
- Microsoft progress-indicator graph
Swift's New Diagnostic Architecture Overview
No Overview Available
- Methodology
- Folklore.org
No October event?
Image of 16" MBP in 10.15.1 beta?
- Animated GIF comparing old to new
New Google Stuff
#askatp
- How can I tell if I would benefit most from higher single core or multicore performance? (via Tom Zosh)
- Is wired CarPlay crummy? (via Kenny Long)
  - BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo
- 🙉 Destiny stuff 🙉 (blame tobogranyte)
Post-show: 🚙⚡

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Posted on 22 October 2019 | 6:58 pm

348: Panic Shutdown

Pre-show: El Camino
- Jesse Pinkman's character bio
Follow-up:
Casey's Docker adventures
- Pi-Hole
  - Inspiration
  - Jeff Atwood's article
- Homebridge
Marco's networking adventures
- Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite (previous router)
- Security Gateway Pro 4 (new router)
- UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 (runs management software)
- UniFi 250W PoE Switch
- UniFi nanoHD Wi-Fi APs
Folding phones
- Connected #265: What Are You, a Dictionary?
- Game Boy Advance SP
Apple and China
#askatp
- Will progress bars ever become more accurate? (via Chris Wright)
- What app(s) do we use to write prose? (via Charles Clements)
- Does a computer really need a UPS? (via Tom Hartnett)
  - Newer version of Casey's UPS
  - Marco's UPS
Post-show: John's Google problems

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Posted on 17 October 2019 | 4:48 am

347: Not Enough Carrot to Take the Stick

Pre-show: Casey's computer and 👽
Follow-up:
- Where is FaceTime attention correction?
- "Coming this Spring"
October expectations
- Noise-canceling AirPods
Disposable AirPods
- "Battery service"
- 99% Invisible: National Sword
Catalina
- Homebrew Bundle
- Go64
An aside about Apple's [lack of] API documentation of late
#askatp
- Why can't we family share contacts? (via Dan Stanton)
  - Hypercritical #9: No iLife is an Island
- Why don't Casey and John join the iPhone Upgrade Program? (via Cameron)
- What non-high-tech tech do we enjoy? (via Phillipp)
Post-show: 🛎️
- The Bell
- ATP #174: A Ding in the Room

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Posted on 10 October 2019 | 6:25 pm

346: Go Back and Pop Myself

Follow-up:
- Casey's broken iMac
- Casey's broken Apple Watch
  - Improved battery life
Apple software quality
iPhone X/XS → 11 Pro Transfer
XDR Display Tech in iPads and MacBook Pros?
Mac Pros + Avid + Chrome = 💀
TiVo shows commercials before DVR recordings
New Microsoft hardware
- Surface Neo
- Surface Duo
Post-show: Marco's UISearchController woes

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Posted on 3 October 2019 | 8:32 pm

345: Unapologetically Digital

Last chance for September donations to St. Jude
- Analog(ue) #166 (to be released Sunday, 29 September)
- Podcastathon video
Pre-show: The fine art of literature, and staying young.
- Recursion
Follow-up:
- AppleCare+ refunds/enrollment details
- iPhone 11 battery/RAM details
  - iFixIt iPhone 11 Pro Max
- A13 is 🍌 fast
Casey's iMac Update
Apple Watch Series 5 impressions
- Casey's battery life, more, more still
iPhone 11 Pro impressions
Post-show: 🐭

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Posted on 27 September 2019 | 9:01 pm

344: Peace in the Battery Kingdom

Donate to St. Jude
- Running campaign total
Follow-up:
- Bank of America and ShopSafe
- Gruber's theory on Apple presenter names
- Midnight Green: Not a China thing
SixColors on the U1 and UWB chips
More iPhone 11 details
- iPhone thickness over time
- Alleged specs
  - Note: 6GB has been mostly debunked after this tweet was posted
- TechCrunch review
- Two-way charging hardware is there but disabled?
Apple software-releases matrix
AppleCare+ goes subscription
iPhone 11 press reviews
Apple Arcade soft-launches
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
#askatp:
- Why do external drives eject after sleep? (via Stever)
- We revisit the "communities" question from Marco Silva
- What game controller should one buy for Apple Arcade? (via Matthias Lüdtke)
Post-show: Casey's tale of woe

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Posted on 18 September 2019 | 8:02 pm

343: The Stand Is Your Hand

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Posted on 12 September 2019 | 7:20 pm

342: The Opposite of Con

Casey, DMB, and Sirius XM
Follow-up:
- Drawbacks to Apple using opt-in privacy
- Apple card activation videos
  - ≤ iPhone X
  - ≥ iPhone XS/XR
- Credit cards advertising based on the weight of the cards
- Kerf bespoke Apple Card cases (via The Kavalier)
  - dbrand Skin
Apple September Event
Post-show: The Summer of Marco

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Posted on 4 September 2019 | 4:14 pm

341: John Is My Default

Pre-show: Marco ran out of dog food at the beach
- He is well-aware that his temporary food is not perfect and has not been reviewed by a vet or dog nutritionist, and will resume using "real" dog food when he gets home in 3 days
- Marco's breakfast story-highlight on Instagram
Follow-up:
- Disabling auto-boot on keypress: sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00
  - Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
  - Melamine foam
- John's Apple Card
Apple Card care & feeding instructions
- Global entry card & sleeve (The card is sitting under the sleeve in this shot)
New Sony APS-C cameras
Tesla's Supercharger advantage vs. other chargers
Apple's Siri Statement
#askatp:
- When would we hire a professional photographer? (via James Gates)
- What do we think about message apps/services for communities? (via Marco Silva)
- What color scheme do we use for Terminal? (via Mike Taffet)

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Posted on 29 August 2019 | 8:51 pm