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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

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502: Going Retina Again Sep 29, 2022

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Pre-show:
- Marco has glasses
- …and iPhone cases
  - Pitaka MagEZ Case 3
  - Peak Design Everyday Case for iPhone
- ATP Movie Club: Episode 3: Edge of Tomorrow
  - Remember, only for members!
Follow-up:
- iCloud Shared Photo Library limitations
- There are lots of creaky clear cases out there
- Stage Manager will support older iPads
  - UIScreen.main
  - NSScreen.main
- When the always-on iPhone display goes dark
- Black-and-white always-on Lock Screen
  - Settings → Focus → {focus mode} → Options → Enable Dim Lock Screen
- Casey has some Apple Store experiences
  - Apple Watch Ultra
    - Alpine Loop
    - _’s Video
  - Returning a Solo Loop
    - TechCrunch coverage from 2020
Marco masquerades as a wedding photographer again
#askatp:
- Does the always-on display increase burn-in risk? (via Steve Holroyd)
- What is our version control strategy? (via Thomas Ferraro)
  - GitHub Flow
  - Oh 💩, Git!?!
- Do we use the production or beta versions of our own apps? (via Nick Clinch)
Post-show:
- Casey moves from Heroku → Linode
- John encourages Marco to walk through a forest and fight dragons

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501: Torsional Rigidity Check Sep 22, 2022

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Pre-show:
- Relay FM Feuding Families
- ATP Movie Club: Episode 2: The Rundown
  - Remember, only for members!
  - Casey’s traumatic moment, captured
Follow-up:
- Apple Pay and “valid” addresses
- iPhone 14 has revised, easily-repairable internals
  - Repair costs
  - SIM tray spacer
- John’s second iPhone case
  - Bullstrap case
  - Ryan London case
- Marco’s case updates
  - Pitaka Case
- Casey’s on the HDHomeRun Prime with Channels Train
  - PCMCIA
- Glasses updates
  - Blue-blocking lenses were universally panned
  - Zenni Optical
- Apple’s upgrade guide (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen)
iPhones 14 Pro Experience
Post-show:
- Marco’s car wears a watch (image)

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500: All the Nerds in the Room Sep 15, 2022

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Extended Pre-show:
- Marco finally catches up to Casey & John
  - Dilating drops
- 🎉 ATP EPISODE 500!!! 🎉
  - catatp
  - ATP Episode #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier
  - Mac OS iguana easter egg (video)
  - Mac OS iguana easter egg explanation
  - Some discussions about a 🆕 special members-only perk
Follow-up:
- John’s Polarizer & lens protector
  - Special relativity
  - Variable Neutral Density Filter
  - Bell’s Theorem (via Stepan Dolezal)
  - Polarizing Filter (via Rob Sayre)
  - UV Filters are useless? (also via Rob Sayre)
- iPhone focal lengths spreadsheet (by Colin Robertson)
  - 2× crop goes from 9.8 × 7.3mm → 4.9 × 3.65mm
  - Prior 2× cameras were 4 × 3mm
- Satellite location sharing
  - Collect calls
- Apple Watch S8 is basically the same CPU as S6 & S7
- Apple Delays iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Dynamic Island name recommendation from Dan Engler
  - API
  - The Verge’s iPhone 14 Pro review
    - Subpixel rendering
    - Pentile display
- Krebs unequivocally walks back the Ubiquiti reporting
What did the hosts order last week?
- John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case
- John’s forthcoming black-leather iPhone 14 Pro case
Marco races the clock
Don’t miss a special treat before the after-show. (Thanks, Jonathan!)
Post-show: Marco asks for tips about 👓

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499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me Sep 08, 2022

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Pre-show: A bidding war for a good cause
Apple Event, September 2022
Don’t miss a special treat before the after-show. (Thanks, Jonathan!)
Post-show: Leaks abound

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498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe Sep 01, 2022

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Pre-show: Marco has leveled-up as a nerd. 🤓
- HP M182nw
Follow-up:
- John’s polarizer and lens protector
- Calibration of Rock Band instruments (via Johannes Zander)
- Casey got buzzed by Apple Maps cars
  - “Image Collection” Locations (via Holgr in the chat)
Apple Watch Series 7 exit interview
iPhone 13 Pro exit interview
- John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case
iPhone 14 & 14 Pro expectations
- Single pill/lozenge?
  - Gurman confirmation
- Garmin InReach
Apple Watch Series 8 expectations
- G-Shock
- Garmin adventure watches
AirPods Pro 2?
Don’t miss our special ending theme (thanks, Jonathan Mann!)
Post-show: 👃🏻❓

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497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere Aug 25, 2022

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Pre-show Netural: In a shocking piece of news, Marco’s Defender hasn’t exploded (yet)!
Follow-up:
- On people copying S3 API
- CarPlay navigation voice volume
  - Former setting, prior to iOS 15 (via Daniel Finley)
  - Use the driver’s side volume control on the wheel to adjust volume (via Josh Biggs)
- Postpartum doulas are a thing (via Matt Rigby)
- 4K TV
- Audio/video sync
- TiVo ad skipping
- Casey’s feedbacks
  - FB10566546 is fixed! 🎉
  - FB11080380 is fixed, but includes a new regression. ☯️
  - Five other bugs have had no responses yet, though. 💔
- Marco’s bug (FB10758252) is fixed! 🎉
- Running to the press never helps
  - Martin Pilkington
  - Björn Skoglund
Apple Event is Wednesday, September 7
iPadOS is delayed
The recent Plex Hack
#askatp:
- How in the world are some app updates multiple hundreds of megabytes‽ (via Bart Kowalski)
  - Paws
  - Swagger
- What do we think of Svalt? (via Robert Campbell)
  - Thermal Pads
Post-show: Casey’s modified his car
- 19” Englishtowns
- 18” Pretorias

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496: One of My Lesser TiVos Aug 18, 2022

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Follow-up:
- What’s up with 🚩 on the 🏖️ in 🇦🇺? (via Ross Poulton)
- John’s TV
  - Channels vs. TiVo vs. FiOS TV
  - TVEverwhere
  - HDHomeRun Prime
  - Christina’s Tweet
- John’s tips for alleviating audio delays
  - Calibration Video
  - Screenshot
- Niki Tonsky’s System Settings wonkiness thread
  - Jason on Network Locations
  - Invisible confirm button
Casey has some thoughts and feelings about Feedback/Radar
- For Apple people, these are Casey’s bugs. He has received no response on any of them.
  - FB11080380 (filed 5 August)
  - FB10684032 (filed 14 July)
  - FB10491818 (filed 14 July)
  - FB10636765 (filed 12 July)
  - FB10566546 (filed 7 July)
  - FB10394633 (filed 21 June)
  - FB10391991 (filed 21 June)
- Marco’s bug: FB10758252 (response, paraphrased: you’re holding it wrong/it’s broken as designed)
- Serenity’s tip about documentation Feedback
#askatp:
- How does one manage DNS and certificates for home servers? (via Christopher Anderson)
- What should a first-time parent know? (via Carlos Quinela)
  - Baby Connect
- How do we protect our focus time and balance versus family time? (via Nick Serrano)
Post-show: John rents a Toyota Camry and 🗣 HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT CARPLAY 🗣

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495: Five Points for Smell Aug 11, 2022

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Follow-up:
- Android totally copying Java was fair use (via Rob Sayre)
  - Oracle’s S3 clone
- Branded tires (via TK & Sam Abuelsamid)
  - Ford demands Goodyear remove Wrangler branding
- John’s TV updates
Vacation Tech Retrospective
Post-show Neutral: Marco’s Car Charcuterie

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494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench Aug 04, 2022

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Pre-show: Geometry Dash
Follow-up:
- John on M1 MacBook Air vs. M2 MacBook Air speakers
- You can set up Fastmail to have a catch-all
  - Casey’s referral code
- Find My on vacation
  - Steps via Steve J. Stutz
    1. Open Find My
    2. Tap Devices
    3. Tap on the device you want to silence
    4. Scroll down and under Notifications toggle off Notify When Left Behind
  - Paul Squires understood the assignment
- HomeKit automation & locations
  - Derek Martin has tips regarding how to transfer to a new home address
  - Jim Bruhn provides instructions for how to disable hub features:
    1. Settings
    2. Airplay and HomeKit
    3. Home Hub → My Home
    4. Switch to Disconnected
- Are there any decent AppleTV photo-viewer apps? (via Torb Lunde Mirada)
- Contact address ordering
  - Reorder It! from @takaaki024app (via philuop)
- Robb Woodring saves the day with changing default messaging address/number
  1. Go to an existing thread
  2. Tap the name of the person at the top
  3. Tap Info
  4. Tap and hold the Message/bubble icon
  5. Select the appropriate number
- Unlocking automotive features
  - Blaine Toups’ Jaguar F-Type’s two extra cylinders
    - Car & Driver write-up
  - Tesla’s Acceleration Boost (via Josh Rapoport)
  - Sean Harding makes a good point about API deprecation
John’s New TV
Post-show: Is it okay to copy a competitor’s API?

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493: Downstairs Downstairs Jul 31, 2022

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Pre-show: Last two weeks updates
Follow-up:
- Custom 🇦🇺 emails (via Mark Vos & Brendan Ragan)
  - .id.au Rules
  - Casey’s Fastmail Referral Code
- BMW subscriptions (via Chris Church)
- Steve Stutz tells us you can get the mophie 3-in-1’s from Zagg at a discount
- 🇪🇺 & USB-C regulations (via Vern Johnson)
- Address & contacts (via Soluble Apps and Sherif Hassabo)
  - vCard
#askatp:
- Can an indie app enter a crowded field? (via Abel Demoz)
- Why don’t we use cross-platform frameworks? (via Russel Bernau)
- Is Time Machine still the best feature ever implemented on the Mac? (via Guilherme Alles)
- Would John potentially void his TV’s warranty to prevent auto-dimming? (via Mark Vos)
  - HDTVTest’s Video
  - RTings’ Burn-In Test
- Has John decided on a backup strategy for his son’s MacBook Air? (via Brian Lazarz)
Post-show: Casey’s HomeKit Adventures

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