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Accidental Tech Podcast

by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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

Latest Episodes

440: The Reality of Magnets

Pre-show: Marco’s accident
- DJI Mavic 2
Follow-up:
- There are dozens of people who like compact Safari (via Anthony Lee)
- Perhaps wonky Safari is a nod to an AR future? (via Dan Blondell)
  - Round Rects Are Everywhere!
- Mac Safari’s tab-close UI (via Guy English)
- Other multi-UI apps (via Daniel Jalkut)
  - NetNewsWire
- Photos Extensions
  - Darkroom flag & reject workflow (via Ben Gollmer)
    - Write-up (on Medium 🙄)
  - Raw Power (via Kyle McMahon)
    - Introductory video
    - Caveats
  - OpenDoc
- The best news about Monterey yet (via Aaron Brager)
Apple MagSafe Battery Case Pack Thing
State of iPhone MagSafe
- Elevation Lab MagBase
Post-show: Casey needs the Diamond Dogs

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Posted on 20 July 2021 | 4:00 pm

439: Eventually Converge on Correctness

Pre-show:
- Casey’s macOS Bug Report
- Math Emporium
  - Power Mac G4 Cube
  - Crystal Garden
Follow-up:
- New Safari tab interface in Monterey beta 3
- Elective AppleCare+ Repairs
- Photo Ingest
  - Photo Mechanic
  - Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader
  - “Made for Apple Photos”?
- The Aeron was revised in 2017 (via Alexander)
  - Differences
- Casey’s Shocking News
Post-show bonus #askatp: Does Adam still wear his Apple Watch? (via Andrew Blomquist)
- Apple Watch SE
- Family Setup

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Posted on 15 July 2021 | 6:13 pm

438: Some Amount of Futzing

Pre-show: Case-Liss Casey Liss
Follow-up:
- HomeKit and Bonjour/zeroconf
- HSTS and Safari (via Jakob)
  - DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption
- Thoughts on Safari from Scott Sutton
  - Safari Technology Preview (“Purple Safari”)
- Eye-tracking Memoji? (via Daniel Yount)
  - Executive images
- John mousepad update
Managing Digital Documents (via Jason Abreu)
Casey’s Apple One Epiphany
- Songwhip
#askatp:
- What’s the desk chair update? (via Carlos Luis Portillo)
- How do we import photos taken on a “big” camera? (via Stephen Kim)
  - GeoTag
  - Pipe Dream
- Why wouldn’t Apple want to license the M1 to Nintendo? (via Zephyz Zhaar)
Post-show: Marco is a monster who doesn’t like air conditioning
- ERV

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Posted on 8 July 2021 | 5:05 pm

437: The Right Side of the Mouse Pad

Pre-show:
- Nostalgia for compulsory technology
- Being old in a college town
  - Top of the Stairs
Follow-up:
- Safari reload update in Monterey beta 2
- HTTP Strict Transport Security
  - hstspreload.org
  - Report for hypercritical.co
- iOS 15 can adjust more than just text size
  - Settings → Accessibility → Per-App Settings
- On the need for Apple to defend in-app purchase revenue (via Abel Demoz)
  - The Art of the Possible
John’s Mouse Pad Woes
- SwitchGlass
Cool, Geeky Mac Apps
- Boop
- SwiftBar
  - BitBar (the OG)
    - Falling into disrepair
    - Reboot
  - TextBar (an alternative)
#askatp:
- What’s the deal with Matter (née CHoIP)? (via Jon Strand)
- What’s the deal with Mighty? (via Peter Waller)
- Would Apple ever release a M1 card for Intel Mac Pros? (via Brian Hamilton)
  - MacCharlie
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Posted on 1 July 2021 | 6:41 pm

436: Eddy Cue Shows Up at Your Door

Pre-show:
Follow-up:
- Safari page reloading
  - Pull-to-refresh
  - John’s extension
  - Finn Voorhees’ experiment
- Safari on iOS 15 & Monterey automatically upgrades HTTP → HTTPS… kinda
- iCloud Private Relay
  - Rauli Rikama’s observations
  - What about embedded browsers? (via Maarten Hazewinkel)
  - Private Relay is always used for known trackers (via Renaud Lienhart)
  - FLoC
- You monsters that use unnatural scrolling
  - Scroll Reverser
  - Mos
- Avara source code is available (via Dan Watson)
- Apple Podcasts & our show notes
- SSD wear reporting in macOS
- Mailo
StoreKit refund API (via Jake Mor)
Per-app text size slider
tvOS 15 will allow sign-in via iPhone/iPad
#askatp:
- Have we cut the cord? (via Ian)
- What keyboard do we use? (via Kyle Matson)
- What’s the deal with “side-loading”, anyway? (via Lewis O’Neil)
  - Apple’s FUD PDF
  - Daring Fireball
  - Gui Rambo tweets 1 and 2
Post-show:

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Posted on 24 June 2021 | 3:02 pm

435: A Strong Number Four

Pre-show:
- Freaks and Geeks
Follow-up:
- Universal Control & device arrangement (via Andreas Beyer Bowden)
  - More from Viticci
- Center Stage
- Object Capture quality
  - Matt Waller’s Baby Yoda
  - Mikko Haapoja’s pineapple
- macOS Monterey Live Text (OCR) works with captchas too!
- App Library in the dock is optional
- Safari 15 and Reload Button
  - Instructions to restore old-style Safari tab bar
  - Feature flag
Many macOS Monterey features are Apple Silicon-only
- Apple’s fine print
- Maps app globe after toggling a debug flag
A trip down DOS gaming memory lane
Disk Utility has been updated in Monterey! 🎉
Monterey lets you Erase all content & settings!
- Apple’s explanation
How iCloud Private Relay Works
- Pi-hole
#askatp:
- How is being a developer on Apple Silicon? (via Abel Demoz)
- What year will be the final year of macOS on Intel? (via Ralf Krakowski)
- How do the low-power M1 cores use only 1/10th the power of the high-power M1 cores? (via Brian Pirie)
  - Icestorm cores
  - Firestorm cores
Post-show Neutral:

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Posted on 17 June 2021 | 6:05 pm

434: A Squirmy Soup of Rectangles

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2021
Post-show:
- Original Prince video
  - What happened?
  - Remastered version in which the outcome is more visible
- Todd Vaziri

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Posted on 8 June 2021 | 4:50 am

433: Before We Leave the Dump

Follow-up:
- Casey’s HDMI HOMI Update
- HDMI cable types
- Wi-Fi 6
  - Back to Work
  - Thread
- Dolby Vision and raised blacks (via Kai Kontio)
- iMac Fans
Jonathan Dietz’s Apple Silicon cost-estimate spreadsheet
Apple Podcasts issues:
- Broken show notes?
- Apple Podcasts subscriptions delayed
🤮 Apple’s Self-Serving Puff Piece 🤮
WWDC 2021 Predictions

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Posted on 3 June 2021 | 3:00 pm

432: I Shouldn't Need to Wiggle

Pre-show: Compacted sugar
Follow-up:
- John’s Jade/M1X Twitter thread
- Some speculation about the next Mac Pro
- Base-model 24” iMacs have only one fan
- MacBook Air’s rumored “ski feet”
  - Lord Matthew’s theory
- Apple support document clarifies lossless streaming details
  - John Voorhees’ take
- Bluetooth data transfer speeds
- Lossless vs. Lossy Encoding
  - MP3 & AAC & Opus
  - FLAC & ALAC
- HomePod & HomePod mini will support lossless
- HDMI eARC
- Spatial Audio and AirPods from David Steer
Apple TV 4K (2021 edition)
- Matt Craig’s tweet
- Installation/Migration Process
  - One Home Screen
    - Settings → Users and Accounts → [you] → One Home Screen
  - Accessibility → Increase Contrast → Focus Style
  - Home-button function
- Remote
- Calibration
Casey’s Apple TV Woes
Post-show: Casey’s Fan Resolution
- Casey’s fans
- Lutron Caséta Smart Fan Speed Control

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Posted on 27 May 2021 | 4:31 pm