Accidental Tech Podcast

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters. Hosted by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa.

609: You're the Oreo Cookie

October 17, 2024 02:02:14 • Download (118 MB)

Submerged, the new iPad Mini, getting started with photo editing, and a weird new driver-assist mode.

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Follow-up:
- Marco updates
  - AutoSleep
  - iPhone leather backs
    - Suti PhoneBack
    - Nomad Magnetic Leather Back
  - HDR photos from big cameras
- Apple laptops can run without a battery connected
  - XKCD: Ravioli-Shaped Objects
- You can soon get Apple TV+ on Prime Video
- Soccer corner
  - “Drive to Survive” knockoff is coming (via Devon Dundee)
  - On Messi/MLS popularity
- Shipping Forecast (via Antony Johnson)
- Enabling/disabling audio modes on AirPods 4 w/ ANC (via Scott Zero)
- John’s AirPods update
- GPX exports for geotagging photos (via Ryan Mikulovsky)
  - Pedometer++
- More thoughts on global keyboard shortcuts in Sequoia (via Michael Berk)
  - NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents
- Passkey benefits
  - Import/export is forthcoming
    - Press release
    - 1Password blog post
- Apple says “🤨” to OpenAI claims about reasoning
- Google breakup is a possibility
  - Google’s response
New iPad Mini
Submerged
- Making of Submerged
- Vergence-accommodation conflict
Ask ATP:
- How do you get started editing photos? (via Maxel Amador)
- What’s the point in performance cores if they’re not used? (via Scott Schuchart)
  - Amdashl’s Law
Members-only ATP Overtime: What is the right product mix for iPhone
- Max Tech’s iPhone 17 naming wishcasting

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October 15, 2024

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608: Boot to Toot

October 10, 2024 01:55:38 • Download (112 MB)

The Google ruling, sports (?), PC-gaming laptops over time, and whether non-case iPhone cases can tempt case-less Casey Liss.

Follow-up:
- NotebookLM podcast
- Camera Control button material
- iPhone case suggestions
  - Spigen Ultra Hybrid T MagFit
  - Arc Pulse
  - Leather backs
    - Suti
    - Nomad
    - Atom Studios
- Sleep-tagging app suggestions
- Windows anti-malware app suggestions
- Adaptive Transparency report
- Wireless phone recovery
  - 9to5Mac screenshot
- End ↔ end encryption coming for iPhone ↔ Android RCS messages
- More tweaks to screen recording prompts
  - Jason’s toot
- Hotkey registration in Sequoia
  - Response from Apple frameworks engineer
- Liquid detection in Sequoia
Epic gets a win against Google
Apple nopes out of OpenAI investment
Ask ATP:
- Will John buy the new $700 Playstation Pro?
- Have the Vehicle Motion Cues helped John’s motion sickness? (via Justin Waring)
- When will the first true “built from the ground up for AI” phone be? (via Neil McGregor)
- Is it time to move to Passkeys?
  - Ricky’s post
Post-show: Adam’s gaming PC adventures
Members-only ATP Overtime: AI moats & trade secrets
- OpenAI doesn’t want anyone to know what o1 is “thinking”

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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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