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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

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572: Cryptofarts and Copyright Infringement Feb 01, 2024

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Follow-up:
- Vision Pro talk begins next week; some good reviews for now:
- YouTube API (via Alex Chan)
  - Quota costs
- Console hardware margins in the App Store & consoles
- Customer ownership
- Stolen Device Protection & device repairs (via Niru Maheswaranathan)
- European eye prescriptions (via René Schätzl)
Apple’s EU DMA compliance
- Apple Newsroom
- Apple Developer documentation
- Apple Developer News
- Gruber’s summary
- Apple Fee Calculator
- Marketplace requirements
  - MarketplaceKit
  - Developer documentation
- Upgrade #497: The Poison Pill
- Tapestry Kickstarter
- Actual DMA text
  - English
- Steven Sinofsky’s Summary
- MacStories Summary
Ask ATP:
- Do we ever go mono on our AirPods? (via Darin Kelkhoff)
- Are there any apps we’d make if there weren’t already ♾️ takes on that app? (via Aaron Thomas)
  - Total Annihilation
  - Ferrite
- What settings do we use for Apple Music? (via Christian Kent)
  - Mimi Hearing Test
Post-show: Casey is amped about his forthcoming Mac monitor
- Ensemble to pull individual windows into visionOS

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571: Adding Some Carrot Jan 26, 2024

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Pre-show: YouTube updates
Follow-up:
- SCSI DB-25 was on the back of Macs, not DB-50
  - D-subminiature
- iOS Screen Sharing is a thing
  - No control for remote users though
- On Apple’s 30% cut and payment processing fees
  - The Art of the Possible (John’s blog post)
- Whose customer is this, anyway?
- Apple’s compliance with EU law is likely to go exactly as expected
  - Apple News link
- Apple Vision Pro optics (via Todd Zarwell & jkahnk)
- Apple’s software workaround for Masimo-related import ban
  - Gruber’s take
Apple Vision Pro preorders
- Accessories
  - Battery
  - Belkin Battery Holder
  - Travel Case
  - Light Seal
    - Light seal sizes? (via Quinn Nelson)
  - Light Seal Cushion
  - Solo Knit Band
  - Dual Loop Band
  - Optical inserts (readers or prescription)
- Please don’t break one 💸
  - The Verge
- Weight
- You have to pair the optical inserts
- Launch inventory was 80,000 units?
  - But sales may have hit 180k?
- Reseller market is optimistic
  - ebay Search
- Apple Vision Pro Guided Tour
- Sorry, non-🇺🇸
Ask ATP:
- Does the Apple Vision Pro work like a camera viewfinder? (via Nigel Warren)
- Do we do anything to back up our emails? (via Lawrence Koteff)
  - Google Takeout
- Do we use iMessage Contact Key Verification? (via Severin)
Post-show: Family Apple Vision Pro vibe check
- QuickDraw 3D
- Scrapbook

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570: The Local Mooching Situation Jan 18, 2024

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Pre-show: Some Administrivia
- New ATP member’s special!
- ATP episodes are now on YouTube!
Follow-up:
- Marco’s UPS issue
  - Eaton UPS backup (via Jeff Strobel)
  - UPSes don’t like “dirty” power
- Yes, y’all, John can be wrong sometimes.
  - But maybe he was 🤏🏻 right too? 🤔
  - John Gruber on the iPhone launch
- Apple Vision Pro ordering details
- Apple Vision Pro has 10 GPU cores
- More on the Apple Vision Pro demos
  - Apple Vision Pro entertainment experiences
- Maybe not all prescriptions work? (via Justin Yost)
  - Meta Oculus Quest 2 Inserts
- Apple turns off blood oxygen sensor to avoid import ban
Dear Epic, 🖕. Love, Apple
Ask ATP:
- How would we set up an iOS device for the elderly? (via Seppe Rutten)
  - Assistive Access
- Why do audio-free apps sometimes stop playback of other apps? (via Wilson Martinez)
  - Levis app (App Store link)
- Why doesn’t Apple just make HomePod mini into a mesh router? (via Saif Khan)
Post-show: What is a truck, anyway?

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569: Do Grasshoppers Have Tongues? Jan 11, 2024

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Pre-show: Dad Dreams
Follow-up:
- New watch bands will actually be… cases? (via Videoalex)
  - Swatch example
  - NATO straps
- Time-shifting was successful
- OLED iPad Pros will also break the bank
- Apple 🤝 AWS
  - Retrieval Augmented Generation
  - How LLMs work
- People… write answers for Alexa‽ 🤯
- Incase 🤝 Microsoft
  - The Verge article
Vision Pro launches 2 February
- Vision Pro will have 16GB RAM
- YouTubers will get two demos
- Apple’s “Get Ready” ad
  - Previously: “Hello”
- Apple is very particular about how you represent “Vision Pro”
- Apple is offering Vision Pro demos
- Apple Vision Pro focal distance?

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568: The Year of Romance Jan 04, 2024

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Pre-show: Time-shifting
- Dave Matthews Band Crew Q&A
Follow-up:
- AI Agita
- Masimo Mess
  - 26 December: Biden administration does not overturn ban
  - 27 December, 11:55 AM: Ban temporarily paused by US Court of Appeals
  - 27 December, 5:21 PM: Apple Watch sales resumed
Apple 2024 Preview
Post-show: Yearly Themes
- YouTube video

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567: macOS Uranus Dec 26, 2023

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Pre-show: Running public sound
- Automixing
- Sound Devices Mix Pre-10 II
- Zoom F8n
- Zoom LiveTrak L8
- Reminder that gift memberships make for a great last-minute gift!
Follow-up:
- iCloud.com login with only a password
  - Apple Store experience (via Morgan Schönberger)
  - More details via Ian Williamson
  - icloud.com/find
  - Joanna Stern’s prison interview
- Beeper → Beeped
  - Blog post
  - MacRumors
- Virtualization options for macOS
  - UTM was recommended by several, including Luke Channings and Glenn Brown
  - Steve Troughton-Smith’s write-up
- Is Masimo a patent troll?
  - The Verge article
  - LA Times article from October
  - Apple working on a software workaround?
  - Against Intellectual Monopoly, by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
    - Against Intellectual Monopoly (PDF)
- EVs that [allegedly] satisfy all of Rangachari Anand’s requirements
  - Rick Gore really likes VAG
  - Daphne Sakellarides suggests the Hyundai Kona
  - Doug Spry reiterates Casey’s pick of the Chevy Bolt
  - Thestrategery recommends the Mini Cooper SE
  - Sam Abuelsamid
  - Chevy Blazer EV
- On car controls
  - Volkswagen reneges on all the crummy controls
  - Sam Abuelsamid’s take
iPhone 16 “Capture Button”
Next Apple Watch breaks band compatibility? 😱
Google loses antitrust case to Epic
- Stratechery (Paywalled)
#askatp:
- Do Nvidia & Apple mean different things by the word “core”? (via Ammar)
- If Apple really does make Siri better, will it land in existing HomePods? (via Ryan McDonough)
- A complete 🤬 trainwreck of a third #askatp. No spoilers.
  - Hauppage!
Post-show Neutral: Marco’s adventure
- Maxtrax

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566: Using It Is Wearing It Out Dec 19, 2023

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Gift memberships make for great last-minute gifts!
Follow-up:
- Apple devices and OLED burn-in
  - iPhone XS burn-in (via David Gian-Cursio)
  - iPhone 11 Pro burn-in (via Jamieson Weiss)
  - Apple Watch Series 5 & iPhone 13 Pro Max (via Keith)
  - Apple Store diagnostics
- Stolen Device Protection in iOS 17.3 beta
  - Maybe “trusted locations” is unwise? (via Russell Quinn)
  - How does this work with two-factor? (via Richard Harris)
- Exceptions to 🇪🇺 battery legislation (via Matthaus Woolard)
- Vexed has been ported to iOS (App Store link)
- Apple updates “required reasons” for certain APIs
- Resetting your only Apple device
Apple Halting Sales of Apple Watch Series 9 & Ultra 2 in 🇺🇸
- Six Colors
- Software workaround in the works?
Adobe 💔 Figma
Old TestFlight data leaked
- Steve Troughton-Smith
- Rairii
#askatp:
- What’s the best way to run old versions of OS X in 2023? (via Thom Bullock)
- Rangachari Anand wants us to find them an EV
  - Requirements
    - Does not have a full glass roof
    - Has a sunroof that opens
    - Has physical HVAC, gear, seat controls
    - Adaptive cruise control
    - CarPlay
    - Gauge cluster (or HUD)
    - Center screen not safety critical
  - Chevy Bolt
  - Kia EV6
  - IONIQ 5 N
  - BMW i3
- How’s Callsheet doing? (via Josiah Katz)
  - Upgrade #491: The 2023 Upgradies
  - Apple Design Awards
Post-show: The evolution of the App Store awards

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565: Trickle-Up Concern Dec 14, 2023

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Pre-show: Cauterized pants
Show administrivia
- 🎄🕎 NEW MEMBER’S SPECIAL!! 🕎🎄
- 🎅🏻 Give the gift of ATP! 🎅🏻
Follow-up:
- More on Apple’s Blue Ocean
  - The 🇪🇺 is doing 🇪🇺 things
  - …and Apple is doing Apple things
- 📟 Battle
- Yet more on ECC RAM from Jonathan Dietz Jr.
  - Micron whitepaper
- US fabs and semiconductor business (via Joe Lion)
- Sonos Roam audio skipping
  - Report #1
  - Report #2
  - Report #3
  - Report #4
  - Report #5
- How does AWS S3 Glacier store data more cheaply than S3?
- Photos.app processing tied to… external monitors? 🤨
Governments are spying via push notifications
Stolen Device Protection
#askatp:
- Are we worried about burn-in on our iPhones? (via Will Leinweber)
- Does Marco consider embracing Swift & SwiftUI in line with his “extreme minimalism” for libraries? (via Julian Gamble)
- Do we like the Action Button? (via Torstein)
Post-show: Marco’s new desk toy
- Photo next to an iPhone 15 Pro
- John’s game: Vexed (also on PalmDB)
- Marco’s games: Rally 1000 (clone of Mille Bornes) and Hearts
- AvantGo
- Toshiba e740

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564: Always Get the Biggest Pizza Dec 07, 2023

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Follow-up:
- Other People’s Code
  - Audio sample
  - Laura Savino’s Talk at CppCon 2023
- AirJet cooling a MacBook Air
  - Previously on ATP
- Keycap replacements at Apple Stores?
- Apple Stores will price-match?
- Maybe use KidArt for kid… art? (App Store link)
- How does Thunderbolt 5 “Bandwidth Boost” work?
- Idiosyncrasies of ECC RAM
- Apple 🤝 Amkor
- Apple 💩-cans 5G modem development?
- …but there’s always 6G…
- John’s window-dragging bug continues in 14.2 beta 5
Please fix Find my Friends sharing, Apple
Beeper Mini brings iMessage to Android… like, for real for real. 😱
- Quinn’s video overview
- System76
Apple’s Blue Ocean
- Fewer clients. Less money. (Jerry Maguire)
Post-show Neutral: Trip Report

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563: Drain the Attic Nov 28, 2023

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