418: Dangerously Close to Being on a Phone Call
- Pre-show: Join us in our Clubhouse! (That’s a joke; not happening. —Ed.)
- Follow-up:
- Living outside the east coast… or America.
- The Concert for Charlottesville was posted
- Should timers sync? (via Richard Harris)
- What can Mobile Device Management really do? (via Chris Harper)
- An alternate way to think about RAM vs. SSD-wear tradeoffs (via Jonathan Dietz)
- Ada and MISRA C for car-computer safety
- T568A vs. T568B myths revisited (via Jon B.)
- iPhone 13 rumors
- Post-show: Casey’s new toy
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Posted on 18 February 2021 | 6:07 pm
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417: Sand and Water Interface
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Posted on 11 February 2021 | 4:09 pm
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416: I Will Take Away Those Kudos
- Pre-show: Strong corporate affinities
- Follow-up:
- Sony ɑ1
#askatp
- Do we use CleanMyMac X/OnyX/etc? (via Donald Rabideau)
- Does a small amount of RAM limit SSD lifespan? (via Dan Blondell)
- How do simultaneous writes to a SSD work? (via Jan Philipp)
- Would Apple ever offer iCloud Backup for macOS? (via Aidan Trager)
- Post-show: Marco is snowed in
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Posted on 4 February 2021 | 4:24 pm
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415: Sent Without Pants
- Follow-up:
- Marco’s new computer (This is not a joke. —Ed)
T568A vs. T568B myths busted
- Reminiscing about the PowerBook G4’s ethernet port (via Travis Pouarz)
- The 30” Apple Cinema Display and print design (via Ted Barnes)
- Audio accommodations (via Christpher Klein)
- Dan Riccio goes into a bunker
- More Mac laptop rumors
#askatp
- How much do macOS and iOS cost? (via Brenden Becherer)
- Do we care about the
Sent with Siri footnotes in Messages? (via Rohit Sharma)
- Post-show: What is Tesla doing‽
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Posted on 28 January 2021 | 3:47 pm
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414: Promoted Onto the Roof
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Posted on 21 January 2021 | 3:27 pm
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413: Suddenly I'm the Marco
- Follow-up: Casey makes John reminisce about Atlanta[’s food]
- Follow-up:
- “Is it bigger than a breadbox?”
- The Feedback app will automatically run a
sysdiagnose
- Casey’s bugs are still broken, even though Apple tried to 🤬 close them
- The shocking conclusion to Marco’s Thunderbolt ethernet situation
- Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects launched
- Marco’s Pro Display XDR review
- John’s AirPod Anxiety
#askatp
- How is it going from shared-iTunes, separate-iCloud accounts to Family Sharing? (via Peter Yang)
- What are we using for computer speakers? (via Genaro Diaz)
- What do we use to keep track of finances? (via Gage Benne)
- Post-show: CES: Worse Products Through Software
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Posted on 14 January 2021 | 4:55 pm
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412: Love Batteries
- Follow-up:
- Accommodating hearing loss (via “Phredd Phlinstone”)
Settings → Accessibility → Audio/Visual → Headphone Accommodations → Audiogram
- Example app from
Maciej
- Big Sur Update
- Apple guidance on SMC reset via Tom Bridge
- Nintendo Famicom had a microphone built into the second controller
- PS5 controller weight and “following” games
- The galaxy’s largest black hole
- Marco Equipment Update
- A brief
#askatp interlude
- How does Marco sell his unwanted computers? (via Brian)
- Marco’s other Christmas gift
- Post-show: New Liss
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Posted on 7 January 2021 | 4:44 pm
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411: Are My Instructions Not Clear?
- Follow-up:
- Casey’s MMS problems and Apple’s bug-reporting black hole (FB8893003, FB8952395)
sysdiagnose
Settings → Privacy → Analytics & Improvements → Analytics Data
- More on Fitness+
- HDR photos
Settings → Photos → View Full HDR
- Screen brightness
- iPhone 12: 625 nits typically / 1200 nits max
- iPhone 12 Pro: 800 / 1200
displaymate.com indicates 825 nits in full-white image
- iCloud Photo Downloader (via Matthew Smith)
- OWC Thunderbolt Hub requires Big Sur 11.1
- Big Sur Update
- AirPods Max audio settings (via Matthew Taylor)
Settings → Accessibility → Audio/Visual → Headphone Accomodations
Tune Audio for Brightness, Strong
- AirPods Max “fat lightning” connector
- AirPods Max Shield Case
- John’s iPhone 12 Pro case
- The ghost of Marco’s computing past
- The ghost of Marco’s computing future
- Siracusa’s Playstation 5 review
- Marco’s Christmas gift
- Post-show: More on the PS5
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Posted on 30 December 2020 | 2:03 am
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410: The Comfort Is Killing Me
- Pre-show: Living the M1 lifestyle
- Follow-up:
- Casey has tried Apple Fitness+
- All three of us are having dangerous thoughts
#askatp
- Why do HDR videos look so great but HDR photos… not? (via Chris Lenart)
- Is there a way to prevent an application from stealing focus in macOS? (via Wes Chamness)
- What’s the best way to back up your iCloud Photo Library if it can’t fit on your Mac?
- Post-show: Living the M1 lifestyle (reprise)
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Posted on 22 December 2020 | 9:40 pm
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