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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

542: Penguin Camel Monkey Shark Jul 06, 2023

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Pre-show:
- How did we celebrate the Fourth of July?
- Member Episodes Survey
Follow-up:
- As per anonymous, Ternus received our Mac Pro shirt. 🫣
- Adam Eccles expands the ATP Listener Universe™
- Yes, Full Photos Access gives apps carte blanche (via Peter Gertsen-Schibbye)
  - Frameo
  - EXIF data
- Desktop widget chaos whimsy (via Danny Lin)
- A contradictory perspective on the Reddit protests (via Lee Abraham)
Who is the Mac Pro for, anyway?
Top Four Vision Pro challenges
- Steve Troughton-Smith discovers a cursor 1 & 2
Post-show: Threads
- Initial response

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541: Make a Little Maze Jun 29, 2023

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Pre-show: 🗣️ New Member’s Special Just Dropped 🗣️
- Tier List - Wikipedia
- Tier Lists - Know Your Meme
Follow-up:
- With regard to the “real-time OS” and the roles of the R1
  - Secure Enclave Processor
  - Real-time operating system
- Vision Pro and vision
- Vision Pro limits
  - Virtual experiences limited to 100ft²
    - 12 minutes of VR fails
  - Speed limits
- Conflicting opinions about Safelite (via Allan Davis & anonymous)
  - OEM
- On fixing a bug for one developer (via Gui Rambo)
  - AirBuddy
- SwiftUI for the Mac (via Gui Rambo & Clarko)
- Solid-state cooling (via Alex)
  - AirJet
Apollo’s shutdown approach
#askatp:
- What do we think about the Framework laptop? (via David Hadley)
  - Wirecutter
- How do the photo permissions in iOS really work? (via Zach Frechette)
  - PhotoKit
  - Delivering an Enhanced Privacy Experience in Your Photos App
- How do we carry our cameras? (via Stephen Collins)

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540: The Points Don’t Matter Jun 22, 2023

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Pre-show: Good SwiftUI days
Follow-up:
- Vision Pro
  - Privacy considerations (via Brandon Jones)
    - WWDC 2023 #10096: Build Great Games for Spatial Computing
  - Designing for Spatial Input
    - 6m5s
    - 7m8s
  - Vergence & accommodation in eyesight (via Christopher Masto)
    - Vergence-accommodation conflict
    - 4m0s
  - visionOS SDK is out
  - John Ternus on external GPUs on The Talk Show
- Apple adds passkeys to Apple ID & iCloud logins
- macOS 14 Sonoma
- iOS 17
  - Marco (& Casey) get a present
  - Crosswords in Apple News+
- Apple [kinda] explains why third-party Watch faces aren’t supported
- Apple’s new beta install system
- DPReview has been purchased Gear Patrol
  - Ars Technica
Safari 17 Link Tracking Protection
DockKit
#askatp:
- Having seen Vision Pro, are we more enthusiastic about Apple’s automotive adventures? (via Nick)
- Do we use any sort of app uninstaller? (via markblndr)
  - LaunchControl
- The age-old debate about using separate vaults for 2FA gets rekindled by Dave Copeland
  - Sebastian Cohnen clarifies
  - The real threat, as per Drew
Post-show: Casey’s happy technology week, and Marco’s not-so-happy technology week.
- T-Mobile Free Trial

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539: The Strap Situation Jun 15, 2023

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Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi
- Flighty
“Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames)
- “Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching)
- iOS 17: Siri & Search → Listen For
Vision Pro
- Promo video
- xrOS at WWDC
  - Mastodon thread from former Apple engineer
- Fit / Weight/ Top Strap
- Power Estimate
- Guest Mode
- Pixel math
- Refresh rate
- Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara)
- Plane use
- Vision Pro?
- Gaming
- Developer kits
  - Work with Apple
New Macs
- 15” MacBook Air
- Mac Studio
  - Fan Noise Ratings
    - M1 / 2022: 15dB
    - M2 / 2023: 6dB
    - Difference is ~8×
  - Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio
- Mac Pro
  - John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs
  - Metal scores
    - M1 Max: 108,363
    - M1 Ultra: 150,644
      - 1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
    - M2 Max: 131,302
    - M2 Ultra: 267,399
      - 2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
      - #5 fastest Metal score overall
        
        Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro
  - M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA
    - 4080: 16% higher fps
    - 4090: 37% higher fps
  - Non-game GPU performance
    - Blender GPU scores
      - M2 Ultra: 3,412
      - NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster)
      - NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster)
      - NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330)
      - NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU)
  - CPU benchmark
  - M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD
    - Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
      - Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster)
    - Intel Core i9-13900KS
      - Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster)
      - Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster)
  - Mac Pro PCIe lanes
  - Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro
  - Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗)
Gaming
- Apple’s Proton-like tool
  - Source code
  - The Verge’s Take
  - WINE
  - DXVK
  - Steam Deck
  - CrossOver
- Gokhan Avkarogullari
- Anonymous feedback
  - Mike Rockwell’s statement on The Talk Show
macOS 14 Sonoma
Post-show: John’s special treat
- …as a treat
- John’s SSDs:
  - Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB
  - Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB
- Paul Haddad’s toot
- Backblaze Hard Drive Stats

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538: We Studied Thousands of Heads Jun 06, 2023

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537: Worse Than All of Our Toilets Jun 01, 2023

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Pre-show: Phish season
Follow-up:
- The Anonymous Corner
  - Some anonymous thoughts on mail delivery to Apple Park
  - BELIEVE shirts are at Apple Park
  - Rank-and-file engineers also hate Radar
- Why does Apple bother with responses at all? (via Matthew Fenselau)
- Not all subscriptions are created equal, notes Claude Zeins
  - One, Ten, One Hundred
- More on “no subscription” hardliners
- Myth and Oni were given to Take Two Interactive
  - Project Magma
Exit Interviews
- iOS 16
- iPadOS 16
- watchOS 9
- Ventura
WWDC Preview & Predictions
- Apple invites Road to VR to WWDC
- …and UploadVR
- Steve Troughton-Smith notices there are references to xrOS in open-source code
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
- Apple and Hideo Kojima
Post-show: Casey destroyed Erin’s car & computer
- If your Mac doesn’t start up all the way

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536: I Reboot With Reason May 25, 2023

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Follow-up:
- Alex Stevenson-Price’s thread on his initial experiences with the Dell 6K monitor
  - Monitor Control
  - Dell Display Manager (via Ben Smith)
- Hands on with Final Cut Pro & Logic for iPad
  - Ferrite
  - Dan Moren says Time-based rulers don’t work
  - Keep Final Cut Pro open until the export is complete
  - You can make FCP macOS ↔ iPadOS
    - How it works
  - Steve Troughton-Smith’s observations: 1 2
  - Ben Scheirman points out that Final Cut Pro 10.6.6 for macOS has way better mixed SDR/HDR support
- 9 + 10 = 21
  - Pretty much everywhere, it’s gonna be hot
- Reddit on John’s of Bleecker
  - Whoever smelt it dealt it
Beatings will continue until morale improves
- Casey’s take
- Technical Support Incident
Bungie’s New Extraction Shooter: Marathon
PlayStation Q
- SteamDeck
#askatp:
- Which direction is scrolling “down”, asks Jesse Stiller
- Is there really any “re-engineering cost” for Apple Silicon Macs? (via strays_nod00)
  - Northbridge
- How often do we reboot our Macs, wonders Saurabh
- How can we share a ton of pictures with not-savvy family? (via Brian Coffey)
Post-show: More Callsheet pricing
- GIFWrapped

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535: My Computer Supports Math May 16, 2023

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Pre-show:
- 🗣️ New Member’s Special posted 🗣️
- A New Yorker’s View of the United States
Follow-up:
- The Kobo FU continues
  - The Libra 2 does have support, kinda (via Stefano Costatini)
  - Install NickelMenu
  - Add the Dropbox menu item
    - Libra 2
    - Other Kobos
- Multiple Displays on M1/M2 Macs
  - Matthaus Woolard points out there are only 2 display controllers
  - Hector Marcan has now-deleted tweets covering this (via Richard Stephens)
  - Edward Munn (among others) clues us into a DisplayLink-based workaround
  - Wavlink USB 3.0 ↔ HDMI Adapter (via Steve McWee)
  - Lior Shakedd summarizes the drawbacks
- The woes of the iBook G4 (via Ryan Maxwell)
  - Screen Spanning Doctor
  - Compatibility List
- Final Cut Pro on iPad
  - Some M1 Pros had 16GB RAM and virtual memory (via Chris)
  - Final Cut Pro handles project files in ∞ ways (via Brendan)
- Dell UltraSharp 32” 6K Monitor is $3,200
  - Resolutions
    - XDR = 6016 × 3384
    - Dell = 6144 × 3456
    - Dell has an 8K version available
    - Dell offers a variety of sizes
  - HDR600 only
WWDC Vibe Check 🧘🏻‍♂️
- Avoiding Copland 2010
- You Ruined Everything
Big watchOS upgrades coming?
Post-show: How should Casey price Callsheet?

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534: On the Cheerleader Bus May 11, 2023

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Follow-up:
- Marco’s new Kobo
  - Kobo will price-match (via Bob Pekol)
- Games breaking the fourth wall
  - Metal Gear Solid Controller Swap Trick
  - Blackbox (App Store link) (via Andrew Clark)
  - Batman: Arkham Asylum (via David Kung)
- Business perspective on 15” MacBook Air (via Michael Lechter)
- Fully == Uplift? (via Matthew Kraft)
- Downside to camera shutters as sensor guards during cleaning (via Wade Tregaskis)
Apple announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad
Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter, etc.
Post-show: SwiftUI trials & tribulations
- .matchedGeometryEffect()
- Under the Radar #268: Fancy Work

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533: The Beach Is the Beach May 04, 2023

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Pre-show: Marco has e-reader pre-show follow-up
Follow-up:
- Mac Pro Believe art update (thanks, Cristofer Cruz)
- Quick Callsheet Recap
  - Someone help Casey with focusing a .searchable() text field, please!
  - Introspect for SwiftUI
  - Marco’s SwiftUI error message
- Emil Jensen’s 2FA iOS shortcut for iCloud keychain
  - prefs:root=PASSWORD&search=2fa
- CarPlay
  - Rental cars (via Milad Cerkic)
  - At what cost? (via Dave Nicholls)
    - The Verge in 2019
  - Ford CEO doubles down on CarPlay
- More nostalgia via Michael Hannemann
Rapid Security Responses & Cryptexes
- Adam Engst at TidBITS
#askatp:
- Will consumers actually buy a 15” MacBook Air? (via Ben)
- Is HDR and Dolby Vision worth it? (via Torstein)
- What are our thoughts about standing desks? (via Nick from Toronto)
  - Fully Jarvis
    - 60” × 27”, Stone, Unpowered Grommets, silver legs, 3 stage, programmable handset, with cable management
  - Fully Jax Dual Monitor Arm
  - VariDesk
  - Fog Creek’s desks (2008)
  - Uplift
Post-show:
- People love their cars, too
- Marco went to Dave & Busters
- MAME

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