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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

512: Owned With a P Dec 08, 2022

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Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price
Follow-up:
- Mastodon instances and federation
- Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually
- Sharrow
  - 👍 Merlin is vindicated; it’s a real thing
  - 👎 …but it’s not exactly a “share arrow”. But it is. Kinda. Sorta. 🤪
- ButtDB Blackbird has been open-sourced
Apple announces 3 new “advanced safety features”
- How to generate a recovery key
- Encryption comparison chart
- Joanna Stern’s article (Apple News) & video
- Platform Security Guide
- Wired article
- Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours
Apple adds 700 new price points to the App Store
- John and Jason discussed on Upgrade #436: I Bend So Many Spoons
Apple introduces Apple Music Sing
- Federico’s tweet
#askatp:
- How does the Mac Studio compare to John’s ideal computer? (via Daryl Thornton)
- How are we backing up our shared photo libraries? (via Mark Roemermann)
- Why can’t we quit Finder? (via Guilherme Alles)

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511: Moving to Antarctica Dec 01, 2022

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Pre-show: Sharrows
- EVERYONE has written in to tell us about the bike-lane symbols, thank you, no need for anyone else to write in – ed.
The ATP On-Demand Store is live for your holiday needs!
Follow-up:
- Bridging async/await ↔ Obj-C (via Aaron Farnham)
  - Marco’s 🍑💨
- Some updates on Mastodon
- There’s a WWDC video about instrumenting/tracing async issues
- Xfinity Wi-Fi does not use customer’s bandwidth (via Clayton O’Neill)
- Casey’s 🍑💨 about iPad at the park bench picnic table
ffmpeg has been ported to web assembly
Reactions to App Store ads
- Gambling ads
- iCloud Storage Over the Years
- The Talk Show #361: A Fit of Pique with Federico Viticci
- Apple Keynote Search Engine
- Apple Pauses Gambling Ads
- Gruber’s Take
- Michael Tsai
- Employees aren’t happy either
  - More from The Information
- Xcode Ads?
  - defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode XcodeCloudUpsellPromptEnabled -bool false
Post-show:

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510: It’s Occupied by Bears Nov 22, 2022

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Pre-show: Marco makes Casey’s day
Follow-up:
- Using network locations in macOS Ventura
- John’s iPhone Cases
  - Bullstrap $85 → $68
  - Ryan London $54
Mastodon
- The Real Slim Shady
- ActivityPub
  - Micro.blog support
- Scalability
- Moderation
- Burnout
- On evaluating new platforms
- Running an instance is… not easy
- Founder in Time
- Client app reviews by Anna Nicholson
- Client app feature comparison Google Sheet
- Client Apps
  - Official client
  - Metatext
  - Mammoth (TestFlight)
  - Tusker (TestFlight)
  - Toot!
  - Tootle
  - Mast
  - Mercury
  - tooot
  - Fedi
  - Mac Apps
    - Mastonaut
    - Hyperspace Desktop
- FedFinder to find the right instance for you
Hive
Twitter Updates
- The Fradulent King by Ed Z
- Twitter is Going Great
  - Previously
- Twitter is hiring! (🦗)
- App Store rules
- Elon Musk’s sexual misconduct
#askatp:
- Why bother with an Apple TV when modern TVs can do all the same stuff? (via Dominic Lemire)
- Is using an Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspot ethical? (via nougatmachine)
- Will data storage ever become scarce? (via Chris Wright)
Post-show: Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
- John’s “Good Products” List

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509: Tiny Tyrants Nov 17, 2022

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Pre-show: John is a Swiftie
Follow-up:
- John’s 2FA transfer options, and a suggestion from particles!
- Automating Watch faces (via Alex Serriere)
- Newer Apple TV 4K models support HDR in YouTube (via Matt Freedman)
- Photos, Smart Albums, and boolean logic (via Jakob)
- Hiding purchases in Music (via Arem)
- Twitter Tribulations
- HomeKit is amazing for some people (via Todd)
  - X10
- Mac enters the third year of “two-year transition”
- Will John and Marco ever be satisfied? (via Jonathan Claydon)
iPhones 14 Satellite Emergency SOS is live
Mastodon
#askatp:
- What’s the best way to download Xcode? (via Eshu Marneedi)
  - Xcodes
  - Reflections on Trusting Tust
- What is the best-designed Mac app that Apple currently makes? (via Claude Zeins)
  - Claris Em@iler
  - Microsoft Entourage
- What advice do we have for leading people at work? (via Andrew Larson)
Post-show: Marco kicks the MySQL-shaped can down the road.
- FCModel
- FMDB

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**508: Later Is Getting Later and Later** Nov 10, 2022
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**THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY!** The store will be open until **Sunday, 13 November**! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!

Pre-show: lol twttr

Hotline

Follow-up:

Rewind has stopped using cloud transcription, so, you’re welcome.

Speaking of screen recording, let’s talk about corporate espionage protection

DTEX

Jason has found the answer to John’s confusion about using ML-generated keywords in smart albums

More on Casey’s wonky iPad volume buttons (via Andre Aguilar and others)

Support article

ECC RAM support is coming to macOS

XNU

Ventura System Settings & third-party preference panes

Mark U teaches us how to read Apple

Steve Troughton-Smith *also* teaches us how to read Apple

John’s “new” 📱 & 🖱️

John’s mouse

John’s 🍄

New Apple TV upgrade *experience*

Bono apologizes for *Songs of Innocence*

How do you remove this darn thing anyway?

Removal URL

iPhone 15 buttons may go solid-state?

`#askatp`:

Is “smart home” tech really worth it? (via James Egg)

Which host is the fastest typist? (via Mark Richard)

Why don’t we have interactive home screen widgets yet? (via Brian Hamilton)

Post-show: Marco made a pilgrimage

John’s of Bleecker Street

Branchinelli’s

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507: It Sucks, Doesn’t It? Nov 03, 2022

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THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!

Pre-show: Marco’s RTD
- BBEdit doesn’t suck
- Land Rover Defender pressures
Follow-up:
- Casey apologizes to Marco… again
- A small update on Casey’s park bench picnic table and his Verizon-connected iPad Pro
- More on Ventura’s System Settings
  - Apple HIG
  - Removal of scheduled sleep/wake GUI (via Aaron Gillies)
    - Apple support guide
- Casey’s flummoxed by his iPad Pro’s volume buttons
- QMS VRR support is coming to Apple TV 4K
  - HDMI 2.1
- Shared Photo Library
  - Camera toggle
  - “Unsaved” photos
  - De-duplication
  - Face detection
  - Automatic sharing
“Lifestreams” and Rewind
- Previously in the John Podcasting Universe:
  - ATP #66 @ 1h52s
  - RecDiffs #169 @ 53m22s
- Lifestream on Wikipedia
- Academic site
- Recording laws in all 50 states
- CEO Dan Siroker
- a16z Announcement
- The Entire History of You
  - San Junipero
Elon Musk owns Twitter
- Elon’s poll 🙄 × ∞
- “Welcome to hell, Elon”
- The Talk Show #361
Post-show: Marco somehow makes a leap from the Ultra to unloading a car. 🤨

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506: Our Only SEO Is You Oct 27, 2022

Show notes

THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! #🐔👒 The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!

Pre-show: Marco’s long local nightmare is now over.
Follow-up:
- Costco has some Sonos stuff on sale starting 20 November
  - Arc (on Sonos’ site)
  - One SL (on Sonos’ site)
- Fire prevention on airplanes (via Andrew Chase)
- Apple mouse shape history
John’s Ventura app updates
iPad Pro Impressions
Ventura / iOS 16.1 / iPadOS 16.1 Impressions
- Jason’s Review
- Jason on System Settings
Post-show: Joanna Stern’s Interview of Federighi & Joswiak

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505: A Mental Laxative Oct 20, 2022

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Pre-show: Marco rediscovers his love for programming, by procrastiworking.
Follow-up:
- Apple TV, Match Content, and HDMI QMS
  - QMS Explainer
  - Audio-dejudder
- Casey’s iPhone upgrade, eSIM, and Verizon fees
- Follow-out for Upgrade #429: Freedom Doors
- John’s mouse
  - ATP #449: An Unclean Mouse
  - ATP #361: A Button in the Thumb Shelf
- John’s speaker adventure
- Apple Watch Ultra screen size
  - Nomad Orange Sport Band
New iPads!
New iPad Pros!
New Apple TV!
Post-show: Casey got scammed on Amazon

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504: Too Much Apple in My Apple Oct 13, 2022

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Pre-show: In a move that surprises nobody, Marco lost a bet
- Coriolis force
Follow-up:
- On portraits and AI image generation
- Glove boxes open via touchscreens‽
  - Model Y review
- Match content setting on the AppleTV (via David Comay)
  - John says “👍🏻”, with reservations
- Mac window management and Stage Manager
- John’s new iPhone case
- Repairing original HomePods (via Timo Bruck)
  - Common issues list
  - Tutorial video
- AI image generation and photography
Apple is turning into Google/Facebook?
- Upgrade+ #427: He Renouned Lederhosen
  The segment in question was the Upgrade+ segment of the week, which requires membership.
- Ninety-Five Theses
- Dithering, 30 September episode, ~8:40 in
- Paul Haddad
- Sebastiaan de With
- MJ Tsai
- TV ads?
#askatp:
- When will we get a bezel-less Apple Watch? (via Bryan)
  - _’s discovery
- Why would one want a M1 Max Mac Studio over an equivalent M1 Max MacBook Pro? (via John Enger)
- Why does router range matter? (via Andy Hyde)
Post-show: Casey has some thoughts about Sonos
- Casey’s shopping list
  - Arc
  - Sub Gen 3
  - One SL
  - Port
  - Roam
- Belkin Soundform Connect
- Arc Unboxing
- Lutron Caséta Pico Remote
- Eric Welander’s Caséta Pico Remote video
- Funk it Up

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503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza Oct 06, 2022

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Follow-up:
- Marco has settled on the Peak Design case
- What even is in Shared Photo Libraries, anyway?
The 🇪🇺 USB-C mandate passes a vote
AI Art
- Cortex #133: The Ethics of AI Art
- Projects
  - DALL-E
  - Stable Diffusion
    - DiffusionBee to run it on an Apple Silicon Mac
  - Midjourney
  - Google Imagen
- Artist found private medical record photos in AI training image set
- Everything is a Remix
- Ornithopter
- GitHub Copilot
- Light & Magic
#askatp:
- Can we give a primer on macOS window management? (via Philipp)
  - Philipp, I’m so sorry for my beloved co-hosts muddying the waters even worse, despite my best efforts -CML
- How do we plan & track app development work? (via Dan Leehr)
- How does John manage color on his TV? (via David Comay & Jeff Nachbar)
Post-show: Casey tries to recover from our earlier debacle
- SwitchGlass
- Front and Center

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