Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 16, 2017 β’ 1h 54min
248: Chili Cookoff
Follow up:
Tradespeople and Face ID
Multitasking gesture wonkiness on the home screen
"I got this phone for $50 and it's fine"
Pro-rated AppleCare+
MacBook key repairs
OLED and burn-in
Kbase article (ππ», Stephen)
iOS' commentary
iPhone X camera
Joe Rosensteel has thoughts
about portrait mode
Casey notices some failures too
Focos
#askatp
GeForce Now (via Kim Ahlberg)
OnLive
VPNs (via MarcMV)
Encrypt.me
AirPower for Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard
What does "close to the metal" mean? (via Jonathan Bowling, who clarifies his position)
Qi chargers
Mophie disc
RAVPower stand
Studio Neat Material Dock
Elevation Dock
Belkin vs. Mophie
IKEA Qi charger
Grovemade charger
The Verge's iPhone X Review (timestamp link)
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Nov 10, 2017 β’ 2h 35min
247: A Place to Stick Your Gum
Follow up:
Apple TV 11.2Γ makes John happy
Time Machine local snapshots
App Camp for Girls fundraiser
#askatp
iPhone X cases (via Nathan Walls)
Apple Leather Case (Casey bought black)
Impact of Siri's ineptitude (via Kapila Wimalaratne)
Sony A7R III (via Ananda)
Canon 5D Mark IV
iPhone X: The ATP Review
iStockNow
FaceID Security Guide
Post-show: Casey's odd in-flight activities
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Nov 2, 2017 β’ 2h 22min
246: I Just Want My Stories
Follow up: F1 flappy paddles
iPhone X preorder results
Recent performance of the rumor mill
Marco's iMac returns
MacBook Pro keyboard repair cost
Apple TV output formats
New "WWDC" video
New Apple TV beta
The Verge's take
#askatp
Mac antivirus software?
Would we use Apple OSes on any other hardware if they were theoretically compatible?
Retro ThinkPad
Back to Work #346
Apple fires engineer involved in iPhone X leak (via Tim Walker)
Casey's Instagram post
iPhone X reviews, and the PR strategy
Stephen Levy's review
YouTube reviews
Matt Alexander's take on the PR strategy
Upgrade #165: The iPhone X Review
Jason's review
Panzarino's review
Juan Bagnell
Post-show: Casey the video editor
Casey's preview
Doug DeMuro
CGP Grey
John's YouTube channel
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Oct 26, 2017 β’ 2h 15min
245: Senior-Citizen Advantage
Follow up: The right to chair arms
#askatp
Bitcoin
The Talk Show #74: Glenn Fleishmann explains Bitcoin
iPhone SE... X?
Macintosh SE/30
How to catch Phish
A Live One
Live Phish
It's preorder time
Casey's tips
What are the iPhone X's biggest risks?
The Mac Mini is... still a thing?
Riccardo Mori's 3 options
Post-show: Casey's still a car journalist
Wheel Bearings
Parking garage clip
ZF 8HP transmission
Ars Technica
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Oct 19, 2017 β’ 1h 54min
244: The Mac Renaissance
Pre-show: ATP 243 notes
Follow up:
Sky platform exclusivity
John's chair
Torx
John's alternative chair
Apple Express Replacement Service
Example image
Apple Watch and proxied notifications
Due weighs in
#askatp
Running Plex with no logged-in user
Strong-ARMed Mac Pro
Marco's Many iMac Pros
Marco's MacBook Pro
MacBook keyboard failures
Somehow Casey got backed into a ton of Mac Pro talk (π βEd.)
Special ending theme by Jonathan Mann! Support Jonathan's work:
YouTube channel
Patreon
Hire him to write a song for you
Songonauts podcast from The Truth: An '80s cartoon for your ears. It's about Doc, Penny and Jojo who are in a band that's going nowhere - until they find a magical drum machine that transports them into their songs.
Post-show: The VBR experiment
Top Four #33: Pumpkin Spice Everything π
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Oct 12, 2017 β’ 1h 43min
243: Knew About the Dollar Signs
Pre-show: macOS upgrades vs. clean installs
Follow up:
Google Pixel preorders (via Hannes Hauer)
Google customer service strategy
Casey has received his first AT&T bill with his Apple Watch
Sonos and Google sitting in a tree...
Anker and Amazon are K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Speaker fragmentation
Google Home Max and Mini
Casey's ππ»β°οΈ FOMO
#askatp
Browser choices (from Kyle)
Accord thoughts (from Sebastian)
Command line (from Comay)
Git Tower
tcsh
Perforce
fish
Apple Phone β Watch notifications
Due
Twitterrific for Mac
Apple TV gaming and Sky
Jenova Chen
Stardew Valley
Flower
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral: Casey has pipe dreams about cars
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Oct 6, 2017 β’ 1h 59min
242: These Arms Are Coming Off
Pre-show:
iPhone X
New Google Pixels
Follow up: John received his Apple TV 4K
#askatp
iOS error-logging frameworks
Qi chargers
Mike Bolton proposes a typing challenge
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Brady Center to prevent gun violence
Hispanic Federation for Puerto Rico relief
New Amazon Echo announcements
Verge Summary
New Echo
Echo Connect
Echo Plus
Fire TV 4K
Sonos One
Echo Spot
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: John buys a chair
Wirecutter
Steelcase Gesture
Herman Miller Embody
Herman Miller Aeron
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Sep 29, 2017 β’ 1h 54min
241: Jazzercise Boot Camp
Pre-show: Jazzercise 1982 video compilation
Follow up:
St. Jude Fundraiser Update
Apple TV 4K has a fan π
Teardown
Downloading 4K iTunes movies
Boot Camp and cheesy Apple videos
Sam Abuelsamid of Wheel Bearings clarifies TLX DCT
#askatp
Being good beta citizens and not making @tapbot_paul angry
APFS and Fusion drives
Apple Watch Series 3 review
Marco's post about APIs
Under the Radar #99: Effecting Change
Upgrade #160: A Helipad on Your Table
Connected #161: A Handbag? Face Cream? A Chainsaw?
ππ»β°οΈ
Stephen Hackett's review
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Casey is a car journalist
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Sep 21, 2017 β’ 2h 17min
240: Undefined Wait Period
Stephen Hackett's St. Jude's Fundraiser
Follow up:
iPhone X screen size
John Siracusa, Dongletown, USA
Bigger OWC dock
John's forthcoming OWC dock
Elgato dock
Window management
Apple Watch LTE pricing: Data is substitutive, not additive (via Oliver Thomas)
More on Apple TV 4K
Whether it has a fan or supports 24 Hz output
32 vs. 64 GB
Craig Federighi's Face ID apology tour
The Talk Show #200
Confirmation of John's prediction about face swipe timing
Running Mac betas
No APFS for Fusion Drives
More on Apple Retail
Genius Bar appointments
Seinfeld on car reservations
#askatp
Mac Pro & Nvidia
Twitter app preferences
Twitterrific for Mac: Project Phoenix
Training FaceID
Federighi interview on TechCrunch
Last week's keynote, continued
Watch capacities and LTE streaming behavior
iPhone cables & dongles & predictions
Casey's theory
Fast-charging equipment
Apple 29W USB-C Power Adapter
Apple USB-C β Lightning cable
Anker 5-Port USB-C charger
AirPower vs. Nightstand Mode
Studio Neat Material Dock
Thoroughly Considered #30
Marco's alarm clock
John's future clock
iPhone X production delays?
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
TwIM
Acura TLX and dual screens
CarPlay, and touch screens
Acura NSX
Original NSX
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Sep 14, 2017 β’ 3h 12min
239: Set This Money on Fire
Apple Special Event, September 2017
Dan Frommer's photo essay
Today at Apple
Apple Watch intro video
Featuring Kyles the Gray!
Louis CK: Everything is Amazing & Nobody is Happy
Overcast and Apple Watch offline playback
Watch Dots
Qi charging standard
ATP #172: iPhone X
Five Years of OS X
iPhone X in the HIG
Disappearing scroll thumb
Jokey notch scrolling
Rolodex
Light L16 camera
Back to Work #341: Rich Boy Phone
iPhone Folio Case Inside
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco figures out how to buy a bike
Penny-farthing
Fuse 6Fattie/29
Orbea Loki 27+ H10
Special thanks to:
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Albert's Westwood Cycle, an excellent bike shop in New Jersey that's worth the drive
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