Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Accidental Tech Podcast

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

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Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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Technology

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

175: Dance Palace 27.06.2016

Marco trying to parallelize the LAME MP3 encoder macOS Sierra and John's comically old Mac Pro /System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist The Talk Show Live Marco's Pictures Deleting system apps on iOS 10 Search ads using names of other apps Apple Photos and controller search Example success List of strings for Photos search Thunderbolt Display has been discontinued Apple File System WWDC...

174: A Ding in the Room 14.06.2016

Recorded live from Marco's hotel room at WWDC Apple WWDC reactions Keynote video watchOS Preview tvOS Preview The Talk Show #146 macOS Preview John's tweet about storage optimization 🛎 New filesystem! 🛎 Platforms State of the Union session video (ding around at 1:00:00) Introducing Apple File System session video Intel AES iOS Preview Home button change in behavior SiriKit app category support Mai...

173: A Series of Heartbreaking Rejections 10.06.2016

Follow-up: No 5K Monitor at WWDC iPhone "7" & SE: Third Time's a Charm macOS in official documentation? Photo evidence App Store changes announced this week Apple's official pages: Subscription changes Search ads Example image Press interviews with Phil Schiller: Daring Fireball The Verge The Loop The Telegraph Under the Radar #31: Today's App Store Announcements Brent Simmons' request for cla...

172: iPhone X 02.06.2016

Last call for ATP Shirts ! Sale ends on Friday ATP-time! John's attic K56Flex vs. X2 Hayes command set Modem sounds More on the rumored new MBPs USB Power Delivery External Retina Display Thunderbolt Display Apple opening Siri iPhone 7 "tick"? Apple considered buying Time Warner Eddy Cue at the Warriors game Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: New Top Gear Chris Evans Sabine Schmitz Simon Peg...

171: WWDC Is Not Santa Claus 26.05.2016

Pre-show: ATP Shirts ! BMW M Marco's illustration Follow-up: App Store review times The Talk Show #154 - Facebook on Your Face Force quitting apps on Android & iOS Rumored new MacBook Pro MacRumors Buying Guide Optimus Keyboard Clockwise #138 – You Know What You're Signing Up For Windows SideShow Cortex #29 - Dvorak Magic Keyboard IBM Model M PowerBook G4 Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard Ap...

170: Casey Beats John, 29–29 20.05.2016

Buy ATP 2016 T-shirts by June 3! Follow-up: Foodgate 2016 Yale/Harvard Bing bans "tech support" ads Debunking an Apple/podcasting conspiracy theory App Store approval times Under the Radar #27 Cabel's tweet Drinking bird Google I/O Keynote Google Home Weebles Google Allo Ello Font size interaction demo Google Duo & Knock Knock Android N Vulkan OpenGL ES Apple Metal AMD Mantle JIT compilation M...

169: My Fingers Are Still Moving 13.05.2016

Casey's iPhone battery woes John's drug days in Reconcilable Differences #25: Zarro Droogs Tesla's In-Car Purchase BMW N55 AccessPort BMW Performance Power Kit Follow-up: Mere-exposure effect New York Times article on Apple meeting with podcasters Marco's response Federico's response Upgrade #88: Happy Apple Watch Users Overcast link to relevant segment Viv & Hound The difference between Siri...

168: Coffee Stops Working 06.05.2016

Pre-show: Our lack of T-shirts Casey's "Doppelgänger" Casey's "Doppelgänger's" Twin Brother Follow-up: No more WWDC failed-charge issues Volvo trashes Tesla SAE Automated Driving Levels Ejecting volumes in Windows Overcast quicksync Unit testing is a Good Thing™ CloudKit JS CloudKit pros and cons Quitter Automatic Social Discipline RescueTime Apple is doomed Apple's Organizational Crossroads Jason...

167: They’ve Opened the Door to Streakers 25.04.2016

John was on vacation in California Alcatraz Cable cars Lombard Street WWDC 2016 tickets and considerations Under the Radar #24 Transfer Policy Layers Conference Expenses Follow-up on EV charging stations ChargePoint.com MacBook One update MKBHD pokes fun at himself Original video More on ad bumper sounds WWDC 2016 changes Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Craig Hockenberry's tweet WWDC Bash Johnny on t...

166: Fitness Turd 20.04.2016

Tesla facelift Neutral #3: A Bra Phase Follow-up: Superchargers vs. gas stations SAE 's automated driving levels Amazon Echo, Dash Button, and Siri outside the U.S. Siri feature availability Networking gear Ubiquiti's 8-port PoE switch Marco's big HP 1810G-24 switch Ubiquiti IP camera Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Key instead of installing Java More on TextExpander changes Bleeps and Bloops Hello Internet...

165: Time Was… 12.04.2016

Follow-up: Tesla model naming Today's Tesla Autopilot, tomorrow's self-driving cars? _David Smith's Tesla Review Self-driving truck convoy completes journey across Europe Tesla Superchargers Marco's surveillance camera Ubiquiti ERLite-3 router UniFi 802.11ac long-range access point HP switch Trivision IP camera Netgear Powerline network bridge Power-over-Ethernet mini injector Synology Surveillanc...

164: Waiting for the Bla-Bloop 08.04.2016

Flash drives for car music Samsung Flash Drive Fit Marco's modification Follow-up: Apple and renewable energy Purple Safari 1Password stable override 1Password beta TextExpander 6 's controversial move to subscription pricing MJ Tsai's summary 1Password for Teams 1Password for Families Marco's adventures in home automation Amazon Echo Amazon Dash Button node-dash-button Chamberlain MyQ Raspberry P...

163: Wet Right Thumb 01.04.2016

Pre-show: Theories on seasonal allergies Follow-up: Walmart is slightly less evil than we thought, at least in renewable energy Sustainability Walmart's Approach to Renewable Energy (PDF) Will we ever see USB ports on the iPad Pro ? Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter Ubuntu on Windows Destiny and a dimming/hiding HUD NPM's recent disaster NPM NuGet CocoaPods CPAN Camel's dependencies CoffeeScript T...

162: iPhone Sorry Erin 25.03.2016

Follow-up: How many iPad and Mac users also carry iPhones? Why not use CloudKit or BackBlaze B2 for Overcast file uploads ? Car break-ins via keyless entry amplifiers Apple's "Loop You In" Event Sad times for the Mac Intel Skylake Oculus founder's comments 40 Years in 40 Seconds Recap FBI stops hassling Apple (for now) Apple and the Environment Lisa Jackson Diversity reports Angela Ahrendts Resear...

161: Dark Mode Is Your Hat 18.03.2016

Why don't we have cellular MacBooks? NSURLSession allowsCellularAccess TripMode Unreleased cellular MacBook Pro prototype Could Photos.app's "UXKit" become AppKit's successor on the Mac? Jason Snell Brent Simmons Chameleon Marco might be a Mac developer shortly Rescue Time Chaos Monkey TaskPaper Overcast 2.5 released Amazon S3 Calculator Construction Set Apple Event on March 21 Intel Skylake Black...

160: Be Careful Out There 10.03.2016

Follow-up: SQL Server on Linux TV Mounts Dynamic Mounting Mantel Mount Marco's surprising product review Marketing the next 9.7-inch iPad Transmission 's ransomware infection Gatekeeper The future of Mac OS X Steve Troughton-Smith's WWDC Wish List Omni Group Textmate Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: John doesn't go to Las Vegas. Sponsored by: Fracture : Photos printed in vivid color direct...

159: A Typo On Your Brake Pads 03.03.2016

Pre-show: The Ferrari Siracusa (really) Ruf Dinan BMW 1M Cobb Follow-up: Mono vs. Xamarin Apple's self-blacklisted ethernet driver Disk Utility typos Disk Utility and SuperDuper John can't resist a history lesson about filesystems (🛎) MFS HFS HFS+ btrfs John's quest for disc-less BluRay movies Plex Casey's reasons to use Plex Casey's Plex tips MakeMKV Don Melton's scripts Raspberry Pi nVidia Shiel...

158: You Can’t Outlaw Math 25.02.2016

Pre-show: Driving John's cold over to Craig's house The Talk Show interview with Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue Follow-up: Figma is in the browser Comic Sans was created for Microsoft Bob Microsoft Buys Xamarin Project Islandwood Ximian Apple and the FBI Statement from Apple Follow-up FAQ Justice Department wants more phones Apple Interview on ABC News Technical analysis by Jonathan Zdziarski More f...

157: As Many People in the Sandbox as Possible 17.02.2016

Follow-up: iPad signatures My Briefcase Microsoft Bob Maniac Mansion Bluetooth-headphone video latency Casey's headphones John's tweet Possible explanation from Myles M. Potential Apple Car ECU Wind River Wind River in space Adobe bug deletes Backblaze folder Creative Cloud Sandboxing on the Mac Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi on The Talk Show Craig Federighi's prior appearance Phil Schiller's appear...

156: A Mac on Fire 12.02.2016

Follow-up: Previous-episode feedback and constructive criticism Einstein's quote Photos.app crop/aspect behavior theories Keyboard shortcuts Bluetoot (©MerlinCo 2011) headphone dongle concept TDK Boombox AGPtek Bluetooth to headphone converter Modern equivalent Sennheiser MM 400-X , Marco's pick for portable Bluetooth podcast listening Arctic P311 , Casey's pick for inexpensive Bluetooth headphone...

155: Edit, Crop, Aspect, Original 05.02.2016

Follow-up: Serial numbers on serviced Mac logic boards Long-distance wireless charging Artemis Shared iPad developer guidelines Walt Mossberg discovers the functional high ground Jim Dalrymple weighs in John Gruber weighs in Apple app design Marco's piece from last year Photos.app UI design Microsoft Word toolbars Apple TV UI design Hockey-puck mouse Rene Ritchie on fixing the remote Operation Why...

154: A Rich Toddler’s Toy 29.01.2016

Follow-up: Audiobus used MIDI SysEx , not loopback networking Inter-App Audio on iOS offers Audio Unit extensibility Could Apple make a universal Lightning-headphone replacement cable? John's Destiny Heads-Up Display HDR Panasonic P55VT60 Pirate Eye Patches Quirks & Quarks Podcast Red lights & astronomy VESA mount iMac serial numbers Apple Earnings More graphs from Kieran Healy iPod graph...

153: Larger, Less Portable Pastures 22.01.2016

Pre-Show: Winter weather The Long Dark Memory barrier Pirate eye patches Follow-up: Protocol extensions Testing NSURLSession with Swift Studies on blue light and sleep quality National Center for Biotechnology Information (via @technorav ) Harvard The shade of blue Casey's iMac Where is the iMac Serial Number? Casey's desk DragThing John on the Dock ( redux ) iAd App Network Discontinued Overview...

152: Daddy Didn’t Want the Good Graphics Card 14.01.2016

Casey bought an iMac... and you won't believe what happened next. Plex vs. Infuse Mac Power Users on Plex Casey's blog post Follow-up: Swift and default final Mocks C#'s treatment (via @neilcronin ) Objective-C's equivalent hack Rust vs. Swift vs. Go MagSafe vs. USB-C UpThere Little Snitch's tweet Crashlytics adds a theory UpThere's Confirmation Apple TV Tech Talk iOS 9.3 WiFi Assist Update f.lux...

151: The Opposite of Final 08.01.2016

Follow-up: UpThere AWS Little Snitch Upthere's response EC2 iPhone 7 Headphone Jack New USB-C peripherals for the MacBook One Griffin "MagSafe" Hyper USB-C Hub CES E3 Swift Code of Conduct linux-kernel mailing list Randi Harper (FreeBSDGirl)'s post Swift proposal for default final Method swizzling Jordan Rose What does Swift mean for Go and Rust ? Post-show grab bag: RIP WebObjects ? Chevy Bolt Fa...

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