Accidental Tech Podcast

702: Isolate the Evil

July 27, 2026 02:30:45 • Download (145 MB)

Safari 27 and web standards, Apple Maps coming to cars (?), and our very different philosophies on packing for a family road trip.

Pre-show: Three old men talk about the Tickety Tocks
Follow-up:
- Adam Wunn published his email as a blog post
- Sharing files in Screen Sharing.app (via Ingmar Wittkau)
- Video game preservation (via Jason Griffey)
- Supplying power to Marco’s army of Mac minis
  - Ubiquiti “Shadow Mode High Availability”
- An update on Passwords.app “doing the hard thing”
  - macOS
  - iOS
- More clipboard changes in macOS 27
  - Video in question
- Apple is reportedly looking to acquire AI chip companies
  - P. A. Semi
- Apple is actually spending money on Broadcom
  - Hartley Charlton at MacRumors
- Slate Truck price & availability announced
  - Previously on ATP
Apple 🤝 Ford
- CarPlay is Additive
Safari on 𝑥OS 27
Ask ATP:
- How is Overcast transcription going? (via Pete Ottery)
- How does Apple achieve “growth the hard way”? (via Elijah)
- How do you create a second Apple account for doing development without a different phone number? (via James)
  - With an aside lamenting the way Apple Stores work
Post-show: How does John pack?
- InstaCrate
- Shibumi
  - Wind Assist
Members-only ATP Overtime: New information about the iPhone 18 family
- RAM
- “Side RAM” on the Pros
  - Supposed leaked drawings
- Battery capacities
- Bodies
  - Colors
    - Original mockups
  - Thicker?

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701: I Improved My Town

July 23, 2026 02:10:55 • Download (126 MB)

3D-printing for fun and utility, a defense of squircle-icon jail, how AirPlay was finally fixed in Overcast, and cutting-edge modern technology such as audio CDs, FileMaker, and the Mac Pro.

Pre-show: Marco’s Mac mini catastrophe
🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Emoji
Follow-up:
- Member’s Special video trimming / John’s Vibe Coded App
  - LosslessCut
- Casey has leveled-up his Sonos experience
- Louie Mantia makes the case for Squircle
- Sony 💔 💿
  - A nefarious motivation for Sony ceasing to sell games on disc (via Glen Jarvis)
  - CD sales are going up
- Price increase corner: Apple Music edition
  - Chart by BasicAppleGuy
  - AppleCare+ too
- FileMaker
  - In defense…
    - CVE
    - Monday.com
  - Marco got Robert Thompson off FileMaker after 18 years
    - Scratch
  - And a special thanks to Adam Wunn 🙌🏻
Gurman on post-Mac Pro plans
EU drops battery removal requirement for Apple Watch & AirPods
- Six additional categories
- The Monkey’s Paw
OLED iMacs?
Ask ATP: What does Marco (or other adults) use 3D Printers for? (via Jack Johnson)
Post-show: How Marco fixed AirPlay in Overcast
- WSOLA
- F Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades
Members-only ATP Overtime: The internal “roles” system in LLMs, and how it relates to prompt injection vulnerabilities

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700: A Wet Dishrag Full of Lies

July 16, 2026 01:56:18 • Download (112 MB)

Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI, the state of the 27 OSes heading into the public betas, what FileMaker was (or is?), and looking for a new home for Maestral.

Pre-show: Anniversary Corner!
- catatp (see also Statistics)
- Bootleg visualization
Follow-up:
- Public beta check-in
- Casey’s iMessage notification issue
- Cache in front of CloudFlare Workers!
- Apple keeps futzing with rendering of .icon files
- Mac-assed Mac Apps
- Globe key on Apple’s extended keyboards (via Philip Hofstetter)
  - LaunchAgent
    - ~/Library/LaunchAgents
  - Casey’s former keyboard
    - Tina’s keyboard: MMMR3LL/A
- Shouldn’t the Studio Display get a price bump? (via Brian Nehring)
- Regarding skipping M6 Pro/Max/Ultra (via Anonymous)
- Gurman on M𝓍 Ultra servers
Follow-out to Upgrade #627: What ~~was~~ is FileMaker
- Agentic development
Goodbye, Maestral 🫡
- Gruber
Apple Sues OpenAI
Post-show: Casey vacation results: nerd edition
- Unifi Travel Router
- Formerly, GL.iNet KVM
- GL Comet Q
Members-only ATP Overtime: Sony announces the end of PlayStation discs

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699: Not the Correct Squircle

July 6, 2026 02:20:29 • Download (137 MB)

Someone got us started on app icons again.

Pre-show: Casey’s oops
Follow-up:
- Casey may have fixed his notification problem!
- Mac-“Arsed” Mac App skill (via Bart Reardon)
- RAMAgeddon
  - Feel free to donate to St. Jude any of the money you may have saved by buying early! (via Jonathan)
  - Will Apple rethink unified memory given these prices? (via ShutterAperture)
  - Steam Machine difficulties
    - Interview on YouTube (Timestamp link to 12m48s)
  - Collusion! Well, maybe.
  - Would a gold Mac mini be cheaper than a spec with tons of RAM? Awax did math
- ~~We’re~~ Fable is so back, baby
  - More at Ars Technica
- Siri AI
  - No web browsing for you!
  - Apple removed the waitlist workaround in macOS β2
  - Determining what model is used (via Gui Rambo)
Revamped icons by Parakeet
Apple adds paste protection to Terminal
- Apple support document
- Opera joins the party
Xcode 𝑥OS 27 & DerivedData
- DevCleaner (App Store link)
Post-show: Casey is jealous of Marco
- Goose
- Big Modern!
  - Casey likes Savenger, Good2B, and Torero
- Nugs
- Micro Tyvek Wallet
- Micro Soft Shell Wallet
- Studio Neat
- Casey’s fan
Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple create a handheld gaming platform?
- Quinn Nelson’s pitch
- Game Porting Toolkit 4

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