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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

402: Flat-Side Promoter Oct 29, 2020

Show notes

Pre-show:
- Please, please, please vote.
- The ATP Store returns on 1 November until 14 November… in theory.
Follow-up:
- Peter Pan: Arms akimbo
- 5G upload speeds
- Verizon’s 5G lead
- Photos-related updates
  - Apple Photos file management options
  - Image Capture can import HEIC files if you change a setting on your phone:
    - Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Keep originals
  - Google Photos
- Marco is aware of the Sonos Move
- HomePod tip: disable “Hey Siri” on all other devices
- Marco’s laptop repair covered by credit-card warranty
- Peak Design combines MagSafe & mechanical fasteners (via Michael Luís Brown)
- Studio Neat’s Material Dock
- Thoughts on Apple’s battery specs from Justin Scholz
iPhone 12 Pro Reviews
- Upgrade #323: The Edges are More Interesting
- Marco’s chamfered MacBook Pro edge blog post
- Potential Apple Watch unlock fix
- John’s case request and prospects:
  - Decoded Back Cover
  - Sena Leatherskin
MagSafe at 15W speeds
- …requires Apple’s 20W adapter
- Alvin Lim’s video
- USB Power Delivery specs
- Apple’s Adapters
  - 20W: 5V@3A (15W), 9V@2.2A (20W)
  - 18W: 5V@3A (15W), 9V@2A (18W)
  - 87W: 5.2V@2.4A (12W), 9V@3A (27W), 20.2V@4.3A (87W)
  - 96W: 5.2V@3A (16W), 9V@3A (27W), 15V@3A (45W), 20.5V@4.3A (96W)
- Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise
- iFixIt MagSafe Teardown
Post-show: Marco’s iPhone 12 Thoughts

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401: Sandwich-Closing Force Oct 22, 2020

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Pre-show:
- Dreaming in code
- Grand refactorings
- HomePod, HomePod Mini, and Sonos One (oh my!)
Follow-up:
- Apple’s Magnetic Connectors Patent
- Accessory Design Guidelines for Apple Devices (PDF) (via Michael Bettiol)
- Periscope lenses don’t have moving elements (via Timo Grün)
- iPhone 12 Pricing
  - T-Mobile joins the $30 off club
  - Chargers & earphones & old phones
- Official battery specs for Apple products (via Roland Månsson)
- Settling an old bet from episode 291 at 1:55:14 (via Tim Chaten)
- Marco’s Time Machine woes
  - The 2.5” enclosure that supports large SSDs
- Determining how many photos you’ve taken with each iPhone 11 Pro lens
  - Jason’s write-up on using Photos’ Smart Albums
  - Alex Chan’s post about using exiftool
  - Casey (summarized results) (raw results)
    - Ultra wide: 7%
    - Wide: 83%
    - Telephoto: 10%
  - Marco
    - Ultra wide: 9%
    - Wide: 75%
    - Telephoto: 16%
- Buying decisions
  - Tracking your iPhone shipment
#askatp
- Have we tried watchOS sleep tracking? (via Eduardo Berner)
  - Sleep Cycle (App Store link)
- What is taking up so much space on our phones‽ (via Jayanth Visweswaran)
  - Casey’s storage
- Is John going to get an OLED TV? (via Tobo Granyte)
Post-show:
- Ridiculousness in AT&T’s coverage maps
  - Gruber’s review
  - “Please turn off your MiFis”
- An attempted intervention regarding Casey’s 🍌 photo management setup
  - GeoTag
  - Day One

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400: Reach Is the Next Frontier Oct 15, 2020

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Apple Event overview
Have you heard the good word about Verizon’s 5G?
- MVNO
HomePod Mini
No, but really. Have you heard the good word about Verizon’s 5G?
- MMX
iPhone 12 and 12 Mini
- Steve Troughton-Smith on resolutions
A14
iPhone 12 Pro
Grab Bag
- “Environmental” changes
- USB-C cable ↔ Lightning
  - Power Adapter ($20)
- $30 surcharge?
- MagSafe
  - Leather Wallet
- Ship Dates
- Leather Cases
Purchasing Plans
#askatp
- Is John going to get the new Apple sleeve? (via Lew Piper)
  - Tiff’s joke tweet
Post-show: Why is ATP worth it? A brief episode-400 introspection and retrospective.

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399: Off the Pouch Lifestyle Oct 08, 2020

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Pre-show: Marco’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.
Follow-up:
- Facebook vs. Apple
  - Apple is not taking the 30% cut after all
- Merchants have been allowed to add surcharges for credit card transactions since January 2013 (via Jordan Ryan Moore)
- Adam’s watch battery update
- Cell tower “trees” (via Nathaniel)
  - Examples
  - “Monopalms”
- eFUSE
- Baby Monitors
  - Eufy SpaceView
    - Wirecutter
  - Previous recommnedation: Infant Optics DXR-8
iPhone 11 Exit Interview
Apple Event
- Potential iPhone 12 Sizes
  - iPhone 11: 6.1”
  - iPhone 11 Pro: 5.8” or 6.5”
  - iPhone 12: 5.4” or 6.1”
  - iPhone 12 Pro: 6.1” or 6.7”
- MacRumors 5.4-inch iPhone 12 Size Estimator
- Thursday’s child has far to go…
- John’s “code”
- Apple stops selling rival earphones/speakers
House Judiciary Committee antitrust report
#askatp
- What’s the deal with disk images, anyway? (via Andy)
  - WAD file
  - XIP file
- What’s the reasonable lifespan of a phone? (via Ian Uymatiao)
- What’s the point in a “real” camera? (via Luke Shulman)
Post-show: More on the Sony α7C
- Sony RX1
- Leica Q

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398: The State of Your Baby Oct 01, 2020

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Thank you for all your donations to St. Jude! 💙
Pre-show: Desk Reconstruction Day
- Uplift Desk V2 C-frame with magnetic cable channel and mountable surge strip
Follow-up:
- John’s Headphone Update
  - Correct pad replacements EDT 1770D
- Sony’s digital vs. plastic-disc profits
- Apple now allows returning only Watch bands
Google’s Carbon-Free Plans
Unity’s IPO filing shows the threat of app stores
- Actual filing
- Wall Street Journal calls for Apple’s cut to be halved
Apple blocks Facebook update that tells users about Apple’s 30% cut
Apple Watch Family Setup
- Schooltime
#askatp
- What’s the right way for someone who knows filesystems (🛎) to back up a Mac? (via Mike Lee Williams)
  - Carbon Copy Cloner
  - SuperDuper
- What’s the best baby monitor experience? (via Migirdich Karnigyan)
  - Infant Optics DXR-8
    Note: Modern models do not use USB power input on the receiver, as was stated on the show
- Is Marco watching Tesla competition? (via John Metcalf)
  - MKBHD’s Auto Focus on the Porsche Taycan
  - Rory Reid on the Polestar 2
Post-show: How does USB-C even work?

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397: We Can’t Wait To See What You Do To It Sep 24, 2020

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- Podcastathon 2020 Video
  - Casey’s appearance
  - Siracusa’s appearance
Pre-show:
- Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro, 250Ω
- Light color temperatures
  - LED corn bulb
  - The Stalman Podcast #95: Time Flies Apple Event
    - Video
- Casey’s electric meter lamp
Follow-up:
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition pricing
  - John’s savior
- Xbox One X sales up 747% at Amazon
- Solo Loop inversion
  - Gruber’s mapping onto traditional sports bands
  - Apollo Robbins
- Apple Watch power adapters
- Boring Old Menu Bar
- Deleting APFS snapshots using OnyX
- Apple One and varying logins
- Some confusion about Apple Watch Sport Band sizes? (via Ryan Fung)
  - Apple Watch band returns
- Epic and Sign In with Apple
- Car demonstration videos
  - Spinning Levers: How a Transmission Works (1936)
  - Around the Corner: How Differential Steering Works (1937)
Microsoft Acquires ZeniMax
- January 2018: Xbox One has a serious exclusive games problem
  - Chris Plante’s observation
- Future exclusives will be “case-by-case”
Widgetsmith and home screen customization
- Example TikTok
- Under the Radar #201 (if you see a 404, the episode has not been released yet)
- CandyBar
- Microsoft Plus!
- BitBar
- On Widget Shaming
Post-show: Hotdog Stand

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396: The World of Moving Sep 17, 2020

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Pre-show:
- Sleepy Shirts
- Headphone cups
Follow-up:
- PlayStation 5 pricing and availability
- PlayStation 5 sizes
Apple Event: Time Flies
Post-show: Surprise! iOS 14 shipped!
- Will Hains’s Version History Chart

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395: Receive Their Honking Sep 10, 2020

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Pre-show:
- A heartfelt “thank you” from Casey
- Sand running
- Sorry, California
Follow-up:
- GUI method for deleting APFS snapshots
  - Boot Camp Assistant
  - tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
  - Carbon Copy Cloner
- Xbox Elite Series 2 trigger adjustment
  - PS4 back-button attachment
- Deer apparently are “opportunistic omnivores” (via Matt Harmon)
- Casey’s flashlight mini-review
  - Casey’s photos of his trip
  - Blue Ridge Tunnel
- Mac Pros and waking from sleep
  - (1554.40.13.0.0 (iBridge: 18.16.12370.5.1,0))
- Marco’s least-favorite iOS Mail bug is fixed! 🎉
- Apple implementing promised changes to App Reivew
  - Suggest changes to guidelines
- Wait wait, John got a Finder bug fixed! 🎉
- Surtainly Not: Big Sur menu bar hack
- Apple/Epic update
Apple Event next week
- Clockwise #363: No Guinea Pig Applications
- Under the Radar #199: Spending Dan Riccio’s 2020 Battery Surplus
Game consoles and the future of Apple TV
- PS5 hardware reveal
- Xbox Series X and S
Post-show Neutral: John teaches his son to drive

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394: The Price of an ATP Sticker Sep 03, 2020

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Please join us in donating to St. Jude
Follow-up:
- John’s Mac Pro
  - Reviving a data-only volume
  - bridgeOS updates
  - Other Mac Pro Woes
  - Non-Mac-Pro Woes
    - Hagen Terschüren
    - Leeward
- Roland Månsson on Mac hardware tests
  - ⌥D and then ⌘E
  - Apple support article
- SilentKnight
- /usr/libexec/remotectl dumpstate (via Paul Galow)
- Recycling cables
  - Apple recycling programs
  - Best Buy recycling
- Fortnite “Accidentally” Enables Cross-Play (via DJ Ghostmare)
- US Bill for Unsubscribing to services (via Clarus the Dogcow)
- Epic Games’s developer is terminated
Marco’s Synology
- (Ours are DS1813+s)
- RAID 1
- 7.68 TB SSD and dual enclosure
- Starport75
- Ten internal SSDs for your 2019 Mac Pro
  - More Mac Pro internal drive brackets from the same company
#askatp
- How much disk space is left on my APFS-based storage‽ (via Ron Olson)
  - tmutil listlocalsnapshots
- Is the Mac menu bar going to become window chrome? (via Michael Grossmann)
- Does Marco have a target loudness? (via Jake Bennett-Young)
Post-show:
- Marco’s Running
- Cooking with Casey (oh no)

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393: We’re the Bit Company Aug 27, 2020

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Black. Lives. Matter.
Follow-up:
- Bump starts and heel/toe
- Design resources for developers
  - /r/UI_Design
  - Refactoring UI
- Fortnite/Epic
  - “Seasons”, and Chapter 2 Season 4
    - Tim Sweeney’s tweet
  - Cross-play won’t work anymore (via The Verge)
  - Corporate Relationship Management
    - Microsoft on Cross-Play
    - Sony on Cross-Play
  - Microsoft weighs in
  - Judge’s ruling
Apple’s gross and greedy behavior
- The Once and Future e-book
#askatp
- How much of the macOS reviews of yore changed during the writing process? (via James Andrews)
- What do we use to filter spam? (via Michael Boyle)
- How should we store our older cables? (via Chris Anderson)
Post-show: John’s Mac Pro Tale of Woe

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