Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 5, 2020 • 2h 24min
368: A Jacket and Some Pins
Follow-up:
Feedback & Radar
Casey's Catalina Catastrophe
Pegasus J2i
Mountain
Certificate revocation
Ben Thompson and nvALT
Just Enough Grammar
How does one back up a Synology?
Backblaze B2
Amazon Glacier
Arq
WWDC cancellation?
Under the Radar #186: Replacing WWDC
An Event Apart
#askatp
What are some of our favorite macOS keyboard shortcuts?
⌘ K for VNC/SMB
⇧ ⌘ A for Applications
⇧ ⌘ 4 for screenshot
⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V for Paste and Match Style
Plain Text app for iOS
⎋ during drag
Drag onto a Finder column heading
⌘ Click on the title of a Finder window
⌘ ↑ and ⌘ ↓ to go up/down the folder hierarchy
Xcode
⌥ ⌘ / for creating documentation
⇧ ⌘ O for quick open
⌥ ⇧ ⌘ ⌃ C for Copy Qualified Symbol Name
Is there a difference between an app's Open at login and System Preferences → User & Groups → Login Items? (via Jon Mitchell)
If you had to use a co-hosts's machine, whose would it be? (via Nicholas Gaffney)
Post-show Neutral: New BMW logo
Concept i4
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Feb 27, 2020 • 1h 54min
367: Antitrust Relief Valve
Follow-up:
SwitchGlass desktop-image update
Apple Music high-quality streamingSettings → Music → Cellular Data → High Quality Streaming
Swift and static analysis
Overcast and UI state restoration
Microsoft Defender ATP
Coming for iOS
Safari and long-lived HTTPS certificates
Let's Encrypt
Apple considering allowing users switch default apps
Spotify's Time to Play Fair
Things
#askatp
How do we handle the business side of the App Store? (via Stephen Gerstacker)
Do we shop TVs based on primary usage? (via starsasumi)
G-SYNC
When do we use a notes app vs. a flat file? (via Future Ben)
Post-show: Casey's Computer Woes
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Feb 20, 2020 • 2h 14min
366: There’s Nothing You Can Fix in a Day
Pre-show: Catalina. 🙄 × ∞
Machine-gun trackpad
Marco on OS upgrades
Casey's Radar
Follow-up:
Grasshopper
Logo
Butterfly keyboards and ergonomics
Finder toolbar bug... defeated?
Mac malware getting worse?
What does Apple need to make most?
iOS 13.4
Mail toolbar fixes
Cabel's take
#askatp
What one trivial bug would you fix if you could? (via Louie Mantia)
Casey's answer
How should one partition an onboard SSD? (via James Irwin)
Would you narrate your favorite author's audiobook? (via Brian Hamilton)
Post-show: John's [continued] adventures in programming
Wallpaper creation tool
Post-post show: Cold medicines
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Feb 14, 2020 • 2h 11min
365: Day-One Cowboy
Follow-up:
SwiftUI previews of UIKit
Gualtiero Frigerio
NSHipster
Folder aliases in the Dock
Snow Leopard Review
Radar #59289423
Shell scripts
Jan Vitturi
Richard Kanson
John's new app (‼️)
Keyboard Maestro
Pastebot
Taika Waititi on Apple Keyboards
IBM Model M
Marco's Best Laptop Ever Made
Swift Playgrounds on macOS
#askatp
What's the situation with macOS security? (via Anthony Scardapane)
Gatekeeper
What does Marco do to avoid recursive Voice Boost? (via Chris Wright)
How do we use show notes as a listener? (via Simo Isto)
Post-show: John's adventures in programming
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Feb 6, 2020 • 2h 11min
364: A Casey Settings Screen
Pre-show: Docks
Follow-up:
Pro Display XDR reference modes
Mac Pro internal disk options
iPad Multitasking and recent apps
Casey's new app (‼️)
Detecting Guided Access
SwiftUI
Knife Switch
Google Photos Privacy Breach
#askatp
What do we think about homebrew? (via Stephan Jacobs)
MacPorts
What's the difference between ⇧/⌘/⌥ keys?
Origin of the ⌘ key
tin
Save for Web Claws
What do we name our Wi-Fi networks? (via Jesse in South Dakota)
Silence Of The LANS
Post-show: Auto-joining Wi-Fi networks
"Free Public WiFi"
iOS auto-joins AT&T Wi-Fi networks without user permission
The mechanism by which Apple does this: carrier bundles
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Jan 30, 2020 • 2h 30min
363: The Floor is Lava
Casey's Complaints about his Co-Hosts Corner
Marco's replaced BMW link
The actual link
Reconcilable Differences #121: Impotent Hydra
Wegmans
Update on Marco's iMac Pro fan issues
SMC reset
Pro Display XDR reference modes
Rack-mount Mac Pro videos from Neil Parfitt
Unboxing
Fan noise
A pro's thoughts on TrueTone
ISO 12646
Xcode layout advice
Video demo
Localization warnings
Marco's Overcast Bug-Finding Mission
Technical Q&A QA1606
kAudioUnitProperty_MaximumFramesPerSlice
AVAudioSession
setPreferredIOBufferDuration
Apple's API documentation
No Overview Available
iOS 14 Shakeup
The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10
Working Copy
WIMP
Surface/iPad Lineup in 2020
Post-show: John's Bug-Finding Mission
NSWindow
isReleasedWhenClosed
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Jan 24, 2020 • 2h 12min
362: Xcode in Anger
Follow-up:
That's the Microsoft logo, you fools
Redesigning the Windows Logo
Removing the Dropbox Finder extension
System Preferences → Extensions → Dropbox → Finder Extension
Pro Display XDR display profiles
Aerial screensaver
Logitech G305 mouse review
Pacifist
Jonathan Mann on his post-WWDC song
Front and Center update
Marco's iMac Pro update
Apple acquiesces to the FBI regarding encrypted iCloud backups?
Gruber's initial reaction
Gruber on Tim Cook on Der Spiegel
Apple on end-to-end encryption in 2016
Android does encrypt backups
Ben Thompson's take
Xcode layout hell
Post-show Neutral: What cars would we each take on a cross-country trip?
🚨 SPOILER ALERT 🚨
Casey's answer
Marco's answer (and backup answer)
John's answer
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Jan 16, 2020 • 2h 12min
361: A Button in the Thumb Shelf
AirPods vs. AirPlanes
neverssl.com & alwayshttp.com
Follow-up:
Camera ergonomics (via Henrik Helmers)
PopSockets
Jumpy mice (via Scott Simpson)
USB 3.0 Radio Frequency Interference Impact on 2.4 GHz Wireless Devices
Photo sharing
Mario Panighetti
Andrew Elliott
Jared Counts
Using a PS4 controller wirelessly with a PC/Mac
DUALSHOCK 4 USB wireless adapter, Japanese version
MFi
The rack-mount Mac Pro is now available
Pro Display XDR TrueTone
Mac Pro Ethernet wonkiness
iMac Pro Ethernet wonkiness
MoCa
Casey's MOCA Bridge
Gigabit MOCA Bridge
Casey's New Switch
John's sleep/wake battles
The Eclectic Light Company
Howard Oakley on pmset
John's Finder toolbar battles
Making the case for macOS Low Power Mode
Pro Mode rumor
Turbo Boost Switcher Pro
TripMode
John's mouse and keyboard reviews
Microsoft Precision Mouse
Logitech Marathon Mouse M705
Logitech MX Master 3
Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Logitech MX Keys Advanced Wireless Illuminated Keyboard
SteerMouse
Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard
Cat reference
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Jan 9, 2020 • 2h 16min
360: Big Hole in the Middle
Intro: Casey was not consulted
CGP Grey
Follow-up:
Boot camp on external drives
WinToUSB
Rufus (via Alexei)
Was the boot restriction issue the one from the start? (via Brad)
Dual-booting with Bluetooth (via Robert Watkins)
2019 Mac Pro speaker module cable
Removing the Mac Pro case while it's running
Asian ladybeetle
Full-resolution iCloud photo sharing
KBase article (via Kyles the Gray)
Great summary photos
Swift is a 🍆
Type erasure in Swift
Method swizzling
Class clusters
John's new app, Front and Center
Buy Front and Center on the Mac App Store
DragThing
ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County
Flying Meat
Salt remote for Apple TV (via David Roessli)
John's Pro Display XDR
Comparison thread to "real" reference screens by Juan Salvo
Marco's vacation tech experiences
Post-show: Casey's Disney Trip
David's Vacation Club Rentals
Bay Lake Tower
Disney Dining Plans
Garden Grocer
Orlando Stroller Rentals
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Jan 1, 2020 • 2h 14min
359: I Could Live in There
John's Computer Situation
State of Catalina
Audiophiles are bananas
Monoprice equivalent
Follow-up: MagSafe connectors
John's Mac Pro setup experience
Storage/RAM effects
Cable-free internals
Time Machine
Boot Camp ideas—none of which work as described 1, 2, 3, 4
Don't forget about this, too!
Peripherals
Microsoft Precision Mouse
Logitech Marathon Mouse M705
Quinn Nelson's (Snazzy Labs) video and observation
#askatp
Is iCloud photo sharing really this much of a mess? (via Dzmitry Tabakerau)
Todd's tweet
Is Swift really a 🍆? (via JK Kross)
John's Swift review
Bondage and Discipline Language
If the ATP hosts took a road trip together, who is sitting where? (via Tim Bornholdt)
Post-show: John visits a Microsoft Store
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