Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
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Jun 16, 2022 • 2h 24min
487: Mid-Life Rally
Pre-show:
🎂 HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, Marco! 🎂
Congratulations, Alex!
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Jason on storage allocation
Copy/paste edits in Photos
Eric deRuiter on Safety Check
Personal Safety User Guide
Passkeys
Can be shared via AirDrop (See 6m14s into the video)
How do you recover them?
About the Security of Passkeys
Set Up an Account Recovery Contact
Semi Analysis on the M2
The MacBook Air has color-matched MagSafe cables
It is also 500 nits
Desk View clarifications
Messages
Stage Manager
James Thomson
The Talk Show (timestamp link to 46m58s)
Purple window widget
archive.org copy of “Shrinkydink” story
Why is it only on M1 iPads?
Statement to Rene Ritchie
Federighi interview with Matthew Panzarino
Swap hardware requirements
Steve Troughton-Smith on Swap
System Settings
Federighi on The Talk Show (timestamp link to 43m11s)
Bento box
Examples:
Dock
“Cross-Platform UI”
Trackpad
Print
Oh notifications still stink too
Craig Hockenberry’s Tweet
Post-show: Casey went on a secret adventure.
Spoiler
Referenced Video
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Jun 7, 2022 • 2h 56min
486: Field Day at Apple Park
Pre-show: Marco is [always on vacation] in California! 😎🌴
Jason & Dan’s view of the stage
WWDC 2022 Keynote
iOS 16
MDM
Parcel
Hypercritical #9: No iLife is an Island
Jacqui Cheng’s tweet and article
Eric Welander’s YouTube channel
John’s CarPlay tweet
MacBook Air
macOS Ventura
Ace Ventura
Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Moom
WebKit updates
Camo
iPadOS
Running Up That Hill
_ on WeatherKit pricing
SubEthaEdit
Paging
Post-show: The food
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Jun 2, 2022 • 2h 27min
485: This Is Casey Actual
Pre-show: Streaming changes
Audio Hijack
Our Twitch channel for live streams
Follow-up:
Fastmail
The Price is Right is available for free on Pluto TV
Regarding filming workout videos
Amulet Hotkey DXZ4
X Windows
Display Postscript
WWDC in-person info/schedule (via Paul Hudson)
John’s Mac Studio report
WWDC Hopes and Predictions
CSS1 spec (1996)
Flexbox
Rediscovering the Mac by Federico Viticci
Casey’s review of the MacBook Adorable
The Talk Show Live from WWDC 2022
Post-show: Is John sleeping more?
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May 26, 2022 • 2h
484: Hot-Spare Price is Right
Pre-show: Sick-kid TV
Channels
Paramount+
AppleTV Channels
Follow-up:
Warnings about PoE splitters from Matias Korhonen
Pro-fiber propaganda
Adam Papamarcos’ OM4 fiber cable
Assmann Group
Ad-blockers on desktops (via Ryan)
“Sign in with X” (via Brian Donovan)
A concert-related Apple Music tip from Jonathan Dechko
Amber gives us feedback on the Apple Fitness+ control room
Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support of FIDO standard
Apple press release
WWDC 2021 video
Ars Technica’s write-up
PGP
Apple’s Self-Repair Program
Quinn fixes a phone
Quinn opens up the tools
The Verge repairs a phone
Old CNet roundup of modular phones
Project Ara
The Verge reviews Project Ara
What Happened to Project Ara?
Dithering
John’s blog post on thin computers
Post-show:
The John Siracusa Podcasting Universe
Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County
Reconcilable Differences: Preparing the Way
John’s headless Mac Studio 😢
Mac Studio Under-Desk Mount
John is preparing the way for a new AV setup (‼️)
TV Stand
Receiver (Pioneer VSX-LX305)
Blu-Ray (Panasonic DP-UD820-K)
Surgery results
Eve Spectrum
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May 19, 2022 • 2h 4min
483: The Faceless Knob
Pre-show: Two is one, one is none.
Zoom F3
USBPre2
MixPre-3
Follow-up:
Cleaning apps and “launch services”
launchd
Launch Control
A hint more on Casey’s frivoLiss ethernet project
Many recommendations for Monoprice slim 6A patch cables
Jonathan Litt reminds us about fire stops
PoE “medusa” cables exist, for USB-C and barrel plugs
Why bother with ethernet at all? (via Andrew Larson)
Millimeter-wave
IPv6
Pi-Hole
NAT
On USB-C KVMs and the Studio Display (via Alex)
Magic cable
Demonstration (YouTube timestamp link)
GSuite is now free for “personal use”
Casey’s Fastmail referral link
Apple Fitness+ “Studio Tour”
iJustine
Etalk
KCAU-TV
John on “filling your TV”
Quinn Nelson’s Rivian and bad controls
Quinn’s Instagram video (seek to 1h10m47s)
2001 Buick
Apple Pre-Announces Accessibility Enhancements
Shelly Brisbin’s take
TextSniper
ADB
#askatp:
Is there any bespoke music app for listening to concerts? (via Bill Steinbach)
Live Phish
Barrowclift’s iOS Music Player Showcase
What Safari extensions are we running and recommend? (via Robert Bateau)
John
Safari Reload Button
Safari Keyword Search
Instapaper
Downie
Hush
Fixerrific is bundled with Twitterrific for macOS
NetNewsWire
Marco
1Password
1Blocker
Casey
Noir (App Store link)
StopTheMadness
Super Agent
Vinegar (App Store link)
How does one remember how one enrolled in a service? (via Brian Hamilton)
Ashley Bischoff’s idea
Post-show: Casey’s Ethernet adventure continues
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May 12, 2022 • 2h 10min
482: I Should Probably Get Reading Glasses
Follow-up:
A little more on Bartosz Ciechanowski’s explainers
Mechanical Watch Explainer
GPS
Naval Architecture
Patreon
Apple’s New Developer Center
More from Parker Ortolani
John’s multi-factor authentication college account update
An aside about password managers
Protobuf
John’s Microsoft Precision Mouse
Casey’s Ethernet Project
Cat 6A cable types
Playdate impressions
Panic Podcast
Playdate Podcast
Altered Beast
Super Mario 64
Total Annihilation
Scorched Earth
Non-Season Playdate Games
The iPod Touch is dead, but the music lives on
…it meets the same fate as macOS Server
#askatp:
Will an Apple Silicon Mac Pro have ECC RAM? (via Robert Boyle)
HBM4
Are software clean-up apps snake oil on macOS? (via Jon Sulek)
Pacifist
Does choice of programming language matter for server-side crawling? (via Abel Demoz)
Go
Rust
Post-show: Marco’s capture system
Sonnet Echo Express SEIIIe Enclosure
Magewell Pro HDMI Quad Capture Card
Sonnet Allegro 4-port USB-A card
Sonnet Allegro 4-port USB-C card
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May 6, 2022 • 2h 11min
481: Accidentally Made It Too Good
Follow-up:
Follow-out: Clockwise #449: It’s Still Working, I’m So Sad
T-Shirt Results (THANK YOU!)
Marco’s tech woes
USBPre 2
Zoom F3
On Double-Clicking the lock button for Wallet
Open the wallet app → double-click the side button (via Trevor Kay)
Andrew notes this still works even if double-click is disabled globally
Control Center
Just hold the phone next to the terminal
WWDC 2022 Apple Park Special Event
MacRumors on the Developer Center
Jason Snell on Apple Studio Display settings
Mechanical Watch How-To
On SEC violations and Elon Musk
Apple TV+ Quickies
Sunday Ticket on Apple TV+?
JustWatch
Apple is making a movie about the Danbury Trashers‽
Untold: Crime and Penalties
Analog #193: Milestones are Being Hit
iPhone 14 Pro Rumored Designs
#askatp:
Is Casey still using Combine? (via André Videla)
Functional reactive programming
Casey’s RxSwift & Combine Posts
AsyncAlgorithms
What is Marco’s Overcast redesign process? (via Steven Garrity)
Where is the Mac’s sound mixer? (via Carl Freyer)
Rogue Amoeba’s SoundSource
Post-show: Casey needs a project
Breakdown of Cat 6/6a differences
Quinn Nelson’s Video
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Apr 28, 2022 • 2h 41min
480: Three Wise Admins
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Frame Game
Explainer post
Fastest solve: 12 seconds
Follow-up:
Apple Studio Display camera update
Snell’s coverage
Snell’s video
Comparison with iMac Pro by James Thomson
Sonos Roam power button (via Brilliant Things)
What is up with iPhone lock buttons these days, anyway? (via Patrick Niemeyer)
Apple’s Self-Service Repair site is now up
Stephen’s write-up
Repair manuals
John Gruber ATP had wondered about “civilians” inside the Apple Park ring
Benedict Evans’ fence observation
Thom Yorke hates Creep (via Spencer Wohlers)
Update on Marco’s game-streaming setup
Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro
Blackmagic DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder
Sonnet Echo Express SEIIIe Thunderbolt-PCIe enclosure
Sonnet Allegro USB-C 4-port PCIe card
Sonnet Allegro USB-A 4-port PCIe card
Magewell Pro Quad HDMI Capture
Elgato Cam Link Pro
Casey has finally moved his email to Fastmail
Referral link
John added a security camera
Physical security hack
Logitech Circle View
Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s buyout offer
Stratechery: Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Musk’s Financing, The Status Quo and Future Variance
Stratechery: Back to the Future of Twitter
The Verge’s coverage
The Origin of “Tweet”
Post-show: We can’t help but have more Twitter/Elon thoughts
Thread about Bill Gross buying Twitter clients, and Twitter’s reaction
Something Awful Forums
Kara Swisher on Elon Musk
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Apr 18, 2022 • 2h 5min
479: Never Mind, I’m Out
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Pre-show: Marco has HomePod problems
Pop Hits: {year} (1955–2021)
Rock Hits: {year} (1965–2021)
Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes
Creep by Radiohead
AirPlay 2-Enabled Speakers
Follow-up:
Hilariously, a third consecutive week of news about Original Gravity, this time via Jared Kole
Which ethernet controller does the CalDigit TS4 use?
Intel I225 PCIe
Ethernet fix
Sleep fix
Ecobee & HomeKit cooperation (via Eric Powell)
Ecobee AC adaptor instructions
Step 3 → Scenario A → Alternative solution: 24VAC plug-in transformer
Some thoughts about 🇪🇺 thermostats via Cameron Wood
USB-C KVM dev boards do exist, as found by Victor Leung
Mac Studios have different power supply… suppliers (via Joshua Prismon)
Ioniq 5 & Kia EV6 & Lucid Air
Do better, Lexus.
RIP, Rob-ART Morgan
What is Elon Musk, anyway?
Unsafe at Any Speed
Chevrolet Corvair
Elon Musk and Twitter
NOTE: We recorded this episode right before his demand “offer” to buy the entire company.
Elon buys 9.2% of Twitter
Elon delays filing with the SEC and “made” $156 million
Parag Agrawal announces Elon joins the board
Twitter says Elon won’t get special treatment
Nilay Patel’s take
Parag Agrawal announces Elon won’t join the board
Elon is sued for delayed disclosure
Paul Singer, Doomsday Investor
#askatp
As the M1 is based on the A14, might the M2 skip the A15 and instead be based on the A16? (via Darin Kelkhoff)
How does Marco stream for Team Arment? (via Uncle Apple)
Elgato HD60 S+
Logitech whatever $50ish webcam
CalDigit TS3+
OBS
Lenovo ThinkVision M14 USB-C bus-powered monitor
NDI
Could/would Apple use OLED in laptops and iMacs? (via Simon Ejsing)
If the Studio Display was released concurrently with the Pro Display XDR, would John & Marco still get the XDR? (via Jon Yergatian)
Post-show: John’s Sonos Roam
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Apr 12, 2022 • 2h 7min
478: No Bum Cores
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Pre-show: Marco has questionable media choices
Severance
The Dropout
WeCrashed
Silicon Valley
Antitrust
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Follow-up:
Tragic Original Gravity news (via Ari Badgers)
Good Karma
The etymology of “decibel” (via Matt Rigby)
Don’t forget the iPhone 12/13 mini (via Carl Rozas)
An aside about House of Prime Rib
Anthony Bourdain’s experience (RIP)
Quinn Nelson’s observation about the Studio Display
His “review” video
iFixit teardown video
USB-C “KVM” (via abcd)
On the crummy Ethernet speeds in modern Macs
Hacker News post
CalDigit TS4
On using Canon EF lenses with mirrorless cameras
Casey’s New Setup (yes, again. 🤫)
John’s new thermostat
Taco box
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