Accidental Tech Podcast

390: I Invented This Anti-Pattern

August 3, 2020 01:59:40 • Download (58 MB)

Whether we'd distribute our apps outside of the App Store, a deep dive on the Hey email service, and John's true feelings about our Live Photos.

Pre-show: Zip ties vs. Velcro cable ties
- Monoprice 106463 cable ties
Follow-up:
- Apple’s Public Policy Advocacy (via Kyles the Gray)
- macOS Catalina 10.15.6 can read Big Sur APFS volumes (via Ole Begemann)
Would we distribute our iOS apps outside the App Store? (via Wade Tregaskis)
HEY
#askatp
- How do we move data between computers? (Yes, again.) (via Jon Aumann)
  - Casey on Homebrew bundle
- Will iPhone-only apps be rotated appropriately for usage on macOS/iPad OS? (via John Demco)
- How does John “back up” the junk valuable artifacts in his attic? (via John Larson)
Post-show: John’s incorrect photo-taking preferences

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July 30, 2020 02:42:10 • Download (78 MB)

For some reason, nobody asked us to testify before Congress.

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July 23, 2020 02:23:06 • Download (70 MB)

How many podcasters does it take to open a bottle of seltzer?

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Pre-show: Seltzer: 1, Tiff: 0, Marco: 0
- PV=nRT
- Channellock
Follow-up: T2 and TouchBar from Gui Rambo
Apple’s priorities for 🔋/🏋️‍♀️ for Apple Silicon
- TDP
Apple News “Podcast”
SoftBank is selling ARM to Nvidia?
- x86-64
- Itanium
- RISC-V
- Dark Sky
Apple To Be 100% Carbon Neutral for Supply Chain & Products by 2030
- Lisa Jackson’s Blog Post
- Lisa Jackson Vogue Interview
Apple says Apple’s 30% is Great [for Apple]
#askatp
- If we can go iOS → macOS, can we go macOS → iOS? (via Eduard Rozenberg)
- Will Apple offer CPU options on Apple Silicon powered Macs? (via James)
- Do we really know a lot about Obj-C/PHP/Perl/Javascript/Swift/etc? (via Colby Todisco)
Post-show: Overcast’s iOS 14 “roadmap”

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July 16, 2020 02:22:12 • Download (69 MB)

Guess which host likes the Big Sur UI redesign?

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July 9, 2020 02:00:13 • Download (58 MB)

More from WWDC, ARM Mac hardware possibilities, the court of app review, and an imminent sunset in Virginia.

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Pre-show:
- Phisherman Relieph Phund
  - Fishman Donut
  - Marco’s masks
- Hamilton is good. Turns out™.
Follow-up:
- No Target Disk Mode on ARM Macs
  - But Mac Sharing Mode will replace it
- WidgetKit and Third-Party Watch Faces
  - _clockHandRotationEffect
- Unified Memory Architecture & the Mac Pro
  - Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators
  - Heterogeneous System Architecture
- We’re getting Thunderbolt on ARM Macs
Apple Platform Unification Part II: ARM Mac Hardware
App Store changes
- Phil Schiller digs his heels in
- Apple, HEY, and the Path Forward
#askatp
- How do we handle migration between Macs? (via Jacob Rosin)
  - Casey on Homebrew bundle
  - Casey’s checklist
- What do our in-home wired networks look like? (via Franck Hertz)
  - MoCA Bridge
- What’s the best unsung feature from WWDC? (via Shihab)
  - Design for the iPadOS pointer
Post-show: The future of Vignette

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