Accidental Tech Podcast

🗣️ New ATP Movie Club Special! Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Follow-up: Honda Prologue vs. GM equivalents (via Matt Rigby) Apple insists it’s still going to make fetch happen ship next-generation CarPlay Handheld gaming PCs are having a moment Lenovo Legion Go S Ryan London is trolling John Black Brown John has so much RAM, he can’t even remember how much he has Hyperspace scrolling up...

Pre-show: #GALP 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️ Jeff Atwood: Stay Gold, America Follow-up: Apple pauses notification summaries for news apps Marco’s BMW does have dual-screen CarPlay Acura RSX: Honda’s first all-original EV Another 5K monitor enters the arena: ViewSonic VP2788-5K Thom Bullock’s tweet As per Dave Hamilton (of Mag Geek Gab), $800! Fast directory sizing lives! /System/Library/Filesyst...

Follow-up: AirPod noises Gui Rambo & AirBuddy One of the noises is “the case battery is low” (via Zach) Also, more on status lights (via Tom French) Another noise is a calibration noise (via Ian Williamson ) Knowledge base How to turn off charging sounds Look, ma! We’re famous! AirPod Noises (via Patch) TVs at CES 2025 Hisense’s 116UX with RGB mini-backlight Digital Tre...

Pre-show: Our AirPods are trying to talk to us but we can’t understand them 20k Hz The Sound of Apple 1.0 The Sound of Apple 2.0 Auto-Tone (Rivian) statuslight.com Follow-up: That gas car review post that Marco was thinking of Former example Actual link we couldn’t [previously] find (via K ) Another example And another The Find My app can make Macs make noise (via Miles ) Maybe iOS 18&...

Pre-show: Holiday results Steven Levy: Gone, Without a Trace Casey’s impending mess John needs technical support Follow-up: Satirical posts about gas cars from the perspective of EV owners FotS Spencer’s find (discussed on the show) The one we were actually thinking of ( found afterward by K , thanks!) On Recents in the Finder sidebar Michael Starke points out it isn’t new Odin p...

Pre-show: New member special: ATP Insider: Making The Show Become an ATP Member to listen ATP Gift Memberships Follow-up: “Hey, Future Marco” wasn’t discussed on the member’s special (via Martim ) Can Marco recognize waveforms? Descript Emo Siri It started before 18.2 (via Dan Mielcarz ) She pahks heah cah… sometimes? (via Dave Martin ) Immersive video More about the Blackm...

New member-exclusive ATP Insider: Making The Show Follow-up: John’s [hopefully] (?) forthcoming app A funny conspiracy theory shared by Thomas Alvarez Christian Kent’s correction/joke More app name ideas… Experts have weighed in on John’s idea Alternative space-saving idea from Timm Schoof Using self-service parts for upgrade is not really possible because ✨software✨ Pinstripes...

Pre-show: Laundry tactics Follow-up: Last (?) batch of football (🏈) news Channels Simon B. Støvring on the Festivitas holiday lights CGPath Casey’s phone could recognize his washing machine chime Apple has a self-service repair store (via Ricky Haase) FotS Jonathan Dietz Jr. on SSD performance M1-M3: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3NVMeController M4: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3CGv2Controller M...

Pre-show: Marco [re-]discovers progressives Follow-up: Yet more football (🏈) news Seriously y’all, the Giants are so bad 😭 TVEverywhere & Channels AVP immersive content tallies (via _ ) Cleaning a Mac keyboard while screensaver lock is on (via Paradise Pete ) We are one again asking you to consider CleanupBuddy Another explanation for ballooning app sizes (via Alex ) More thoughts on M...

Pre-show: All John’s apes gone Follow-up: Casey has found yet new ways to make himself miserable Sunday Ticket updates On sale! It was free yesterday… kind of TV Everywhere An alternative approach DAZN NFL Replay Tailscale and Exit Nodes Concert for One: Raye NPR Tiny Desk Concerts NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Raye Using large external drives with macOS Photos library An anecdote from Marc Wickens...

🗣️ New ATP Members’ Special: ATP Movie Club: Kiki’s Delivery Service Kiki’s Delivery Service Follow-up: The Weeknd: Open Hearts Link to the video itself <blink /> <marquee /> Lensrentals: Vision Pro M4 vs. M4 Pro Mac mini SSD speed ∆s (via Thor Johansen) Quinn’s video on PC equivalents to the Mac mini Apple storage pricing Mac mini vs. PlayStation 5 Pro Apple vs...

🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 ATP Holiday Store is open ! 🗣️ Place your orders by Sunday ! Follow-up: Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims ) “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch) Mac mini “Modular” storage Quinn’s teardown dosdude1 demonstrates an upgrade Apple 8TB SSD Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro Differences between M4 and M4 P...

Pre-show: Politics later. #195: The Show Must Go On ( Overcast link ) 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open ! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November ! Follow-up: Mac mini Headphone jack placement Quinn’s observation Cruical 32GB DIMM Samsung SSD iMac Apple removes color-matched pointing devices option M4 vs. M4 Pro/Max SSD limits M4 Pro & M4 Max performance Walmart still sells a Mac with 8GB RAM App...

Pre-show: Marco did his homework! (😱) Submerged Sleep No More Americans, please vote for Harris/Walz . Please don’t elect a racist with facist goals A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles No, Kamala isn’t perfect, but she’s far better. I Will Vote vote.gov 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open ! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November ! October Macs Monday: iMac A...

Pre-show: We’re still grumpy about the most recent member’s special Follow-up: New iPad Mini “Jelly Scrolling” is fixed? David Pierce disagrees though Submerged and Vision Pro demos (via Kevin Markham) Apple may stop producing Vision Pro soon? Some follow-up from the most recent member’s special Photo editing Exposing to the right DPReview More via Sam Doran Color spa...

🗣️ New ATP Member ’s special: ATP Tier List: Storage Media 🗣️ Follow-up: Marco updates AutoSleep iPhone leather backs Suti PhoneBack Nomad Magnetic Leather Back HDR photos from big cameras Apple laptops can run without a battery connected XKCD: Ravioli-Shaped Objects You can soon get Apple TV+ on Prime Video Soccer corner “Drive to Survive” knockoff is coming (via Devon Dundee) O...

Follow-up: NotebookLM podcast Camera Control button material iPhone case suggestions Spigen Ultra Hybrid T MagFit Arc Pulse Leather backs Suti Nomad Atom Studios Sleep-tagging app suggestions Windows anti-malware app suggestions Adaptive Transparency report Wireless phone recovery 9to5Mac screenshot End ↔ end encryption coming for iPhone ↔ Android RCS messages More tweaks to screen recording promp...

Pre-show: Windows woes Follow-up: Thank you , listeners. 💙 Hard-wired camera indicator light AirPods 4 bass & new MagSafe puck (via Wayne Dixon ) Quinn’s AirPods 4 review The A18 is not a binned A18 Pro Fabian Häusler’s interpretation The tiny ∆ between These AirPods iPhones 16 battery life Battery limiting AlDente app for managing charge settings Electrical battery release with r...

Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Ryan Ricard’s great idea Calculate your Marco Offset Podcastathon: Casey was live from noon → midnight on Friday, 20 September Follow-up: John filename extraction from Photos From the ATP Insider: Photo Workflows special John’s AppleScript Other suggestions Shortcuts (for example, Josh...

Pre-show: It’s early 🥱 ATP live announcement post Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Calculate your Marco Offset Podcastathon: Casey will be live from noon → midnight on Friday, 20 September 🗣️ New ATP Member ’s special: ATP Insider: Photo Workflows 🗣️ Follow-up: John finally admits what Casey and Marco knew last week I...

Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Apple September 2024 Event Quinn’s video on Apple’s new OLED Underscore’s Apple Watch size comparison AirPods 4’s hidden capacitive button Camera Control overview Qi 2 [and more!] MagSafe Dr. Drang’s titanium grades iPhone 16 Pro gets JPEG-XL Della Huff on Instagram Al...

Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Follow-up: Mac mini redesign updates from Mark Gurman Minimum Mac RAM (via Brian) Apple’s 1996 revival JPEG XL support (via Kelly Thompson) Google’s Image Coding Comparisons Chromium bug Distance vs. effort vs. quality vs. speed FTC’s noncompete ban was blocked 👎🏻 World vs. App...

Pre-show: Apple’s packaging is still ★★★★★ Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Follow-up: Overcast 2024.8.2 update Downsides to visual screen capture indications (via Josh Hattersly ) John makes it through the Apple Intelligence waitlist Getting Apple Intelligence to create a memory of dirt-covered children (via Simon ) Prompt-...

Pre-show: App Store reorganization 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Domestic Workflows Follow-up: iPhone 16 “Capture Button” (via Aaron Dippner) iPhone 16 Pro’s fourth color More from MacRumors Microsoft Zune Available on Amazon! System color picker (via Gus Mueller ) NSColorPanel Screen recording Vista prompts (via Craig Hockenberry ) Persistent Content Capture Moom R...

Pre-show: 🎉 Happy 600 Episodes, ATP! 🎉 Clear Channel ATP #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier Follow-up: Vista -fication of macOS Is the problem really the UI? (via Nathanial Cohen) What if it’s actually about domestic abuse? The alerts will now be monthly How gas stations make money (via David) Gurman news dump iPhone 16 camera button Advantages of a plastic Apple Watch SE iPhone 17 Slim won&...