Accidental Tech Podcast

607: The Structure and Vibe of a Podcast

October 4, 2024 02:08:16 • Download (124 MB)

Meta Orion, NotebookLM's generated podcasts, leather iPhone 16 cases, and a request for two simple apps. How hard can they be?

Pre-show: Windows woes
Follow-up:
- Thank you, listeners. 💙
- Hard-wired camera indicator light
- AirPods 4 bass & new MagSafe puck (via Wayne Dixon)
- Quinn’s AirPods 4 review
- The A18 is not a binned A18 Pro
  - Fabian Häusler’s interpretation
- The tiny ∆ between These AirPods
- iPhones 16 battery life
- Battery limiting
  - AlDente app for managing charge settings
- Electrical battery release with reversed polarity (via David Schaub)
- Verizon activation problems
  - Verizon self-service (via Steven)
- Bullstrap case review
  - Peel Magnetic iPhone 16 Pro Case
- Apple Store experience (via Eli Liebman)
Marco’s call for help
Masimo founder resigns as CEO after board ouster
- More from Matt Levine
- More from Ben Thompson
Meta Orion
- Meta Connect overview
NotebookLM
- Simon Willison’s writeup
- I Made This
Post-show: Torturing John Again
- Better Pasta
Members-only ATP Overtime: Kids and phones at school
- The Verge coverage
  - California’s Phone-Free School Act

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606: A Decade of Half-Presses

September 24, 2024 02:40:20 • Download (154 MB)

Our first impressions of the Camera Control, iPhone 16 Pro cases, (These) AirPods 4 with ANC, and the Apple Watch Series 10.

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Follow-up:
- John filename extraction from Photos
  - From the ATP Insider: Photo Workflows special
  - John’s AppleScript
  - Other suggestions
    - Shortcuts (for example, Josh Woodward’s)
    - osxphotos (via Muli)
    - Directly read SQLite database
      - Suggestion from Will Leinweber
    - Use Swift/PhotoKit
      - Example from Alex Mazanov
        
        SwiftBar
- Always sending photos to the shared library (via Alexander Faxå)
- JPEG-XL in iOS 18 on iPhone 16
- iPhone apps and spying via the microphone
  - Eavesdropping via Siri
  - Secure Exclave
- iPhone 16 & 16 Plus battery removal
  - iFixIt teardown
  - iFixIt blog post
- Jeff Johnson figured out how to silence the monthly screen recording prompts
iPhone 16 Pro Impressions
AirPods 4 with ANC Impressions
Apple Watch Series 10 Impressions
Post-show Neutral: Volvo EX90’s annoying “feature”
Members-only ATP Overtime: Meta kicks Apple when it’s down

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605: Manage the Moisture Situation

September 17, 2024 02:23:32 • Download (138 MB)

More on the new iPhones, cases, MagSafe, hot tips for migration, and a special Neutral.

Pre-show: It’s early 🥱
- ATP live announcement post
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Follow-up:
- John finally admits what Casey and Marco knew last week
- It’s MicroLED not Micro OLED. The offending party has been sacked.
- AirPods 4 listening time
  - Specifications
  - AirPods 3 listening time
- Case Updates
  - Beats iPhone 16 Pro Case with MagSafe Midnight Black
  - Bullstrap Minimalist Case Black Edition
- iPhone 16 vs. iPhone 16 Pro (via Steve Stutz)
- New charging speeds
- iPhone 16 Pro demand is… not great?
- USB sync speeds
- A Public Service Announcement by Dave Mark
  - Apple support article
- Preview does support HDR
  - Test pattern
- FDA issues AirPods hearing aid certification
  - FDA press release
- Apple Watch bands
  - Titanium watch bands (via Wolf)
    - Milanese Loop
  - New link bracelet (via Josh Harris)
    - Gold link bracelet in 2015
- Third-party cases and the iPhone 16 flash
  - Torras
- Apple Intelligence notification summary memes are surely coming
  - Joe Kimberlin
  - More from Cabel Sasser
- Zach Kahn provides details on Apple Podcasts charts
- Huawei’s newspaper phone
Apple starts activation locking components
- Thieves attempt to get a victim to remove activation lock (via Like Kanies)
Ask ATP:
- Do our phones listen to us or not? (via Yoav Zoldan)
  - Cox Media’s admission
  - 404 reveals a pitch deck
- How do we feel about MagSafe these days? (via Peter Wagoner)
  - Qi
- What are our credit card setups? (via Jonathan Cirillo)
  - American Express Platinum
  - Apple Card website
Post-show Neutral: A Rivian update
Members-only ATP Overtime: Will Apple pull a Google?
- Apple cuts jobs in online services division
- Ping

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ATP Insider: Photo Workflows

September 15, 2024

Sure, our photography gear… but more interestingly, how we manage our photo collections.

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604: Minimized Embiggening

September 12, 2024 02:45:17 • Download (159 MB)

The September 2024 Apple event, with the Apple Watch Series 10, iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, AirPods 4, and These AirPods.

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Post-show: Marco’s 🪿 after-action report
- Goose
- Volvo XC90 Recharge
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