Low-cost MacBook expectations and trade-offs

• Pre-show: Marco’s Watch and snow blows woes
  • TruFuel
• Follow-up:
  • Casey got the CableCARD email 😭
  • YoLink alternatives (via Joe)
    • IKEA Matter-over-Thread announcement
    • KLIPPBOK (leak sensor)
    • BILRESA (remote control)
    • MYGGSPRAY (motion sensor)
  • House batteries & V2H/V2L (via Russel Prouse)
    • F-150 Lightning
  • On the value of M𝑥 Pro processors (via Rick Baumhauer)
  • Tahoe window resizing workaround (via Nathan Manceaux-Panot)
    • defaults write -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize 8
    • defaults delete -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize
  • macOS document model
    • …was actually introduced in Mac OS X 10.7
    • …and noted in the beginning of the Mac OS X 10.8 review
    • Final Cut Pro X does auto-save (via Ian Robinson)
      • Technical details (via Videoalex)
    • Microsoft Office 365 also auto-saves onto OneDrive in Windows (via Éric)
    • Saving files in Xcode (via Alex Kent)
    • Returning to Save As… (via Eric deRuiter)
      • System Settings
        • Desktop & Dock → disable Close windows when quitting an application
        • Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts create an entry under All Applications for Save As… (using an ellipsis by typing ⌥ ;) and assign it to ⌘⇧S
    • Notepad++ (via Emily Campbell)
  • Alternative to Due (via Patrick Dumontel)
    • GoodTask
• Apple March 4 “experience”
  • MacRumors’ roundup of low-cost MacBook limitations
• Apple to manufacture some Mac minis in the US
  • Wall Street Journal video
  • Accompanying article
    • Apple News link
  • This predates this administration?
• Ask ATP:
  • What are our current home & lock screens? (via Sagar Patel)
    • ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen
    • John: lock & home
    • Casey: lock & home
      • Indigo
      • Croissant
    • Marco: lock & home
  • What’s our current desktop headphone setup? (via ziplyne)
    • Overtime on ATP #675
    • Casey
      • AirPods Pro 3
      • Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 32Ω
      • Desktop speakers
        • Sonos Era 100 × 2
        • Sonos Sub Mini
        • Sonos Combo Adapter
    • John:
      • Sony MDR-7506
      • Kanto ORA4
      • ATP #630
    • Marco:
      • Podcasting
        • Beyerdynamic DT775 Pro 250Ω
        • Beyerdynamic EDT1770D Earpads
        • Schiit Jotunheim 2 (an older model; current is Jotunheim 3)
      • Music
        • HifiMan HE6
      • Speakers
        • KEF Q150 / LSX II & KC62
        • Amp for Q150: Fosi Audio BT30D
• Post-show: Casey’s driven more cars
  • BMW i4 M50
  • Audi e-tron GT
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Skill shortages, Apple Silicon, and AI
  • Empowering the Next Wave of Silicon Engineers
  • Gell-Mann amnesia effect

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