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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

532: The Meat Part of Multitasking Apr 27, 2023

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The ATP Store is BACK, baby! Order your merch before Saturday, 6 May.

Pre-show: Marco re-discovers reading
- Boox Nova Air C
- Kindle Oasis (2nd-gen.)
- reMarkable
- Jason’s e-Reader Roundup
- iPad Mini (6th-gen.)
- Tobor Robot
- PMN Caecilia (the original Kindle font)
Follow-up:
- Mac Pro Believe Shirt
  - Shirt ordered for John Ternus
- John continues to fight his window-dragging lag (FB12122106)
  - New movie
- Belkin Releases USB-C Hub
- Google Authenticator adds account syncing for 2FA codes
  - Not end-to-end encrypted though
- Duncan Wilcock’s Photos.app duplicate management tale of woe
  - Motif
  - Mimeo
- John’s receiver isn’t the panacea he thought it was (via Stephen Brandon)
  - Jonathan LaCour’s solution
  - Zidoo Z9X
Reddit starts charging for API access
- Christian’s thoughts
- Apollo (App Store link)
- app.net
- Officially unofficial ATP subreddit
What was it like before multitasking? (via Torb)
- The Verge’s Lisa video
- John
- Casey
  - config.sys & autoexec.bat & IRQs
  - Null modem
  - Hayes AT command set
  - Kali
  - CD Caddy
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531: Rock It in the Right Direction Apr 20, 2023

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Pre-show: Five K’s is just. not. enough.
Follow-up:
- macOS 13.3 window-dragging lag (FB12122106) has returned 😱
  - John’s demo GIF
  - Demo Video
- CarPlay does avoid some problems
  - Newer version of Casey’s adapter
- GM’s piss-poor decision is only for future EV models (via Nathaniel Irons)
- Apple doesn’t offer lossless Atmos / DTS:X (via Sam Tierney)
  - Infuse post
- Interchangeable lens dust avoidance (via Gilbert Tang)
- Casey doesn’t have to regret his Studio Display yet
- HOAs really do suck
Solid-state buttons dropped from iPhones 15?
A diversion about Apple Watch Family Setup
#askatp:
- Do we run third party anti-malware apps? (via Xerxes)
- Does macOS allow for apps to keep keys and data private from each other? (via Jesse Wilson)
- If John/Tina hadn’t already gotten a Mac Studio, would they get an M2 mini? (via Trieu)
Post-show: Hops is getting nervous. 😬

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530: You Are Not Nintendo Apr 13, 2023

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Pre-show:
Follow-up:
- The Letterboxd app (App Store) are native.
- We know it’s at least in part Daniel Compton’s fault
  - Original acknowledgement
- Future update to IceCubes will note verified URLs (via Henrik Nyh)
- Apple Photos De-Duplication 😬
  - Aaron Gabbert’s experience
  - Mathew Schaffer’s experience
    - Example
- Amazon will keep an archive of DPReview…?
- Manual sensor shake on Sony cameras
  - MENU → Setup → Cleaning Mode→ Enter
- Sony cameras & dual-base ISO
General Motors hates your iPhone
Post-show: 🗣️ BREAKING NEWS 🗣️: The UltraMeh is still ultra meh.
- Dell & Samsung 5K displays

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529: The Cycles of Marco Apr 07, 2023

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Pre-show:
- Mugs & some pint glasses are in stock!
- Fixes:
  - Member’s episodes and iPod & iTunes/Music users (yes, really)
  - Prospective members from 🇮🇳
- Thank you, new and existing members! 💙💙💙
Follow-up:
- Quick correction about the CalDigit TS4
- Apple Photos de-duplication in shared libraries
- Regarding NSTrackingArea’s “quiet” behavior change
- The Radar grass ain’t really greener ☹️
- Camera-related follow-up
  - Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes
  - Fuji
    - PC AUTO SAVE feature
    - Lightning ↔ SD Card Reader
    - X100V focus tip
    - Gen Z realizes real cameras exist
  - Making EDR photos:
    - Pixelmator Photo (iOS) (App Store link)
      - Adjustment sliders → ... menu → Turn on EDR
    - Pixelmator Pro (Mac) (App Store link)
      - Color adjustments section → Customize → add EDR toggle
      - Only for RAW files?
    - Radiance+ (App Store link)
Superzoom rentals
Post-show: Casey’s forthcoming app 🫣

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528: My Favorite Slap in the Face Mar 30, 2023

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Pre-show: Samoas vs. Caramel DeLites
Casey found 🎉 More Occasions! 🎉
- John’s anniversary & ATP #476
- Jonathan’s anniversary
ATP Movie Club returns! We watched My Neighbor Totoro
Follow-up:
- HDMI Quick Media Switching (QMS) in action
- Threaded rod suggestions
  - McMaster-Carr
  - Tool lending libraries are a thing (via Sean Cameron & Chris Chelberg)
  - The 🔩 trick
- Camrote for geotagging & control (via Josh Calvetti)
- Baby needs a new set of 🦷
  - Original tweet
- Nairobi’s true Siri experience
  - Benjamin Mayo’s theory
  - Result
- ChatGPT + iOS Shortcut = Smart Siri‽
- Microsoft vs. Bloomberg News
WWDC 2023 Announced
Let’s attempt another intervention about Radar
- Marco’s recent radar (FB12026558)
- Developer Technical Support
- John’s recent radars (FB11772168 & FB12057505)
  - Toots: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Casey’s thoughts from June 2022
- Jeff Johnson’s thoughts
#askatp:
- What does “federation” even mean, anyway? (via Stephen Gozza)
  - Decoder with Eugen Rochko (Overcast link)
- Is software getting worse? (via Eric Smith)
  - DARPA challenge
- Why does John need lots of GPU in an ARM Mac? (via Thomas Alvarez)
Post-show:
- Please give us members special ideas!
  - ATP on Mastodon
  - ATP Feedback
- …particularly in the spirit of Top Four!
- And, if you’re near Boston, buy John’s camera

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527: The True Siri Experience Mar 23, 2023

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Pre-show: Marco has solved his Apple Watch Ultra band problem?
Follow-up:
Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant lost the AI race
- A video of Siri in action
RIP, DPReview 😢
- Chris Niccolls & Jordan Drake to PetaPixel
Marco’s “real” but “small” cameras
- Ricoh GR IIIx
- Fuji X100V (warning: probably above list price)
- Fuji XT-5
Post-show: John is a mad 👨🏻‍🔬

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526: Food Comes From Cans Mar 16, 2023

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Pre-show:
- Marco’s load-bearing pinky
- We stand in support of trans people, including trans youth. 🏳️‍⚧️
- Happy 10th anniversary, ATP!
Follow-up:
- Press ↑ to see the Apple TV screensaver location. (via Ted)
- Recording Screen Time password isn’t possible in iOS 16.4 beta (via Gui Rambo)
- melle points out you can guess the Screen Time passcode ∞ times in some cases. Not good, Bob.
  - Settings → General → Transfer or Reset iPhone
  - Erase All Content and Settings
  - Continue
  - Enter the iPhone passcode
  - Take ∞ guesses at the Screen Time passcode
  - Feedback: FB12006474
- No-passcode iPhone ain’t so smart after all, says Eric deRuiter
- Another approach to prevent iCloud passcode changes, provided by Jenny Oskarsen
  - Change your iPhone passcode
  - After you enter it twice, the phone will ask for your iCloud passcode
  - Hit Cancel; your passcode has been changed, but you will need to enter your current iCloud password to change it
Tim Cook Orders Headset Forward Despite Warnings?
Samsung’s “Space Zoom” is “enhanced” by “AI”
Post-show: Casey’s Watch band problems
- Wirecutter picks

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525: The Glory Speakers Mar 09, 2023

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Pre-show:
- Declan made an interesting observation
- Marco files a bug report… AND ACTUALLY GETS A RESPONSE
  - unlike FB12026558: “Media services reset repeatedly upon initiating audio playback in iOS 16.4 betas”
- John has…returned.
Follow-up:
- Avoiding Shoulder Surfing
  - Screen Time passcodes, turns out™, do not protect against takeovers
  - Protecting iCloud Photos (via Erik Smets)
  - Could you previously protect Settings?
  - You can actually set a many-digit numeric-only passcode
- Scam Authenticator App Steals QR Codes 😱
  - Mysk’s comment
- Some absolute maniacs YOLO enthusiasts use no passcodes 😱 × ∞ (via Bob Von Scio)
- However, the kids are alright
- Mikael’s good point on ISP bandwidth
- Apple TV remote with touch disabled has an Achilles heel
- Yellow Things
  - 👎🏻 Best and worst car colors for resale
  - 👍🏻 iPhones 14 in Yellow
    - Dakar Yellow II E36
    - 1991 Toyota MR2
Apple Spring Event… Maybe?
- “Compute Card”
- Upgrade #448: I’m Choosing Optimism
More on John’s COVID project (Affiliate links abound!)
- John’s old 5.1 system: Energy 5.1 Take Classic
- Pioneer VSX-LX305
- SVS Prime Center & map
- Micca MB42X-C & map
- ELAC UC52 & map
- Polk R100
- Polk XT15
- Sonos Sub (Gen 3)
- KEF KC62
- SVS SB-1000
- Sealed vs. Ported subs
  - Kanto
  - Audioholics
- Audio Science Review speaker forum & reviews index
- The problem with most center channel speakers
- KEF Q150
- KEF Q350
Post-show: Some more home theatre talk
- RIAA curve
- John reviews his old receiver

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524: The Anti-Fireplace Lobby Mar 02, 2023

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Pre-show: Please go decline your Tweetbot/Twitterrific refunds!
Follow-up:
- John’s COVID project
- mcg’s Experience with the Sony HT-A9
- Larry King’s band’s Rivian Parody
- “Not yellow” ≠ “no fun colors”
- Adam Wunn on iMazing
- Report on the Apple TV remote with touch disabled
- Bad Apple TV news
- Diabetes and blood glucose monitoring
  - Diabeetus
- Sonos does allow you to shout requests into the air
Criminals are shoulder-surfing passcodes and then swiping iPhones
- Mitigation ideas:
  - Alphanumeric passcodes
    Settings → Face ID & Passcode → Change Passcode → Passcode Options → Custom Alphanumeric Code
  - Don’t use iCloud Keychain for banking passwords
  - Screen Time
    - Settings → Screen Time → Use Screen Time Passcode and don’t use the same passcode
    - Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions → Account Changes → Don’t Allow
  - Venmo: Me → Settings → Face ID & PIN → Enable Face ID & PIN
  - Cash: Icon in the upper-right → Privacy & Security → Security Lock
#askatp:
- Is symmetric internet — particularly gigabit — worth it? (via Petar Petrović)
- Do we use AlDente or Battery to manually limit charging levels? (via MaxLaves)
  - Coconut Battery
  - Battery GitHub issue
- Why doesn’t anyone make fun but not-creepy games? (via Brian Hamilton)
Post-show: Marco loses a war of YouTube attrition to Adam

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523: I Can’t Give Him the Carrot Fast Enough Feb 24, 2023

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Pre-show: ✅ ATP hat-trick achieved ☹️
Follow-up:
- Getting a copy of your data from Apple
- On our slagging of Dolby Pro Logic (via Rob Howard)
- A tip about Skip Intro on Apple TV (via Mark Johnson)
- More on the Sony HT-A9 & SA-SW5 from John Coke and Ian White
  - Linus Tech Tips
- Alternative thoughts on why Xcode downloads are huge (via Michael McGuire)
- Marco should buy a Ford F150 Lightning? Maybe? (via William Vabrinskas)
- Some further thoughts on COVID from Keith, medicinal chemist
iPhone 15 CAD drawings
- …and colors
- MaxTech video
Post-show: Marco has many bits of car news

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