Accidental Tech Podcast

711: Hot Dog on an Actuator

October 1, 2026 01:59:32 • Download (115 MB)

The Apple Watch's upcoming Live Rewind and Siri Recap features, some (strong) feelings about CarPlay, and the solutions to all of John's problems.

Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
- Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern
- The Marco Offset™
Follow-up:
- John’s mouse pad (via Andy)
  - Rounded corners are, bad, maybe?
  - AirPower… desk? 🤨
- John’s weird AirPods 5 issues
- Finding Intel apps in macOS
  - System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps
  - Learn more…
- M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores
- New Mac mini storage caveats
- 𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (Timestamp link to 8m50s)
- iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole
  - dazfuller
  - Aaron Vegh
- GM vs. CarPlay
Apple Watch is listening…
- Steve Riggins
- What about “Hey, Siri”?
- Nick Heer
- MKBHD
Ask ATP:
- What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot)
- What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes? (via Mark Bramhill)
- Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper)
Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car
Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus’s “Intelligent Personal Hub” and Apple’s home AI hub
- Digital Hub strategy (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s)
- Intelligent personal hub
- Gurman

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710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling

September 24, 2026 02:13:17 • Download (129 MB)

Impressions of our new Apple hardware so far, plans for iPhone Duo development, and an update on the Mac Mini fleet.

🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
Follow-up:
- New treats
  - John
    - iPhone 18 Pro
      - John’s case
    - AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case
      - IP57
        
        Dust protected
        
        Immersion, up to 1m, for 30 minutes
      - Oddities
      - Volume control
  - Marco
    - Apple Watch S12 Ceramic
      - Apple Watch S12 bezels are bigger than S10?
    - Mac mini
  - Casey: Apple Watch S12 Aluminum
- How should Apple have handled iPhone Duo dev tools? (via Oscar Echeverri)
- Photos libraries on external drives (via Larry Fieman)
- Preliminary M5 Ultra GPU Geekbench scores
  - Chart
- Apple watch “Readiness Score” seem to be mostly bunk? (via Michael Katz)
iPhone Duo dev tools released
- Aaron Vegh’s video
Post-show: Marco’s Mac mini update
- Ubiquiti WAN Switch
- GL.iNet Comet Q and the PoE one
Members-only ATP Overtime: Ubiquiti’s new home Wi-Fi that does “full-duplex MLO
- Previously discussed on ATP #672: Wi Hyphen Fi
- The Disappointing Truth about Wi-Fi 7
- Introductory video

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709: Steel-Cable Insurance

September 17, 2026 02:07:42 • Download (124 MB)

A mountain of follow-up and updates about the iPhone event, new chips, iPhone 18 Pro, and iPhone Duo.

🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Show Q&A
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
- The Marco Offset™
Todd Vaziri on James Bond homages in the event video
- Comparison video
- Previously, in 2018
Making of (via Techzha)
Preliminary Geekbench scores
- A20 Pro (iPhones 18 Pro)
  - CPU
  - GPU
- M6
  - CPU
  - GPU
- M5 Ultra
  - CPU
iPhone 18 Pro Max & Apple C2
Solar phone charging? 🤔 (via flanker)
- Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space
Aperture blades on iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max camera
iPhones 18 Pro Face ID (YouTube timestamp link to 13m34s)
iPhone Duo
- How will iPhone Mirroring work?
- No Action Button 💔
- The Duo does have a split keyboard
- An aside about our enthusiasm for the Duo
- Ternus & Joz interview part 1 & part 2
  - Thomas Ricker at The Verge
- Stephen Robles insights
  - iPhone side-dock example
  - MagSafe accessories will be… tough
- A Face ID complication (via Pedro Fernandes)
- Apple Pencil support
- Fake bezel
  - Benjamin Mayo at 9to5Mac
  - Demo video (Twitter link)
iOS 27 doesn’t include automated password changing
Photos libraries on external drives (via Mike Brogan & Jason Snell)
Optimize Storage (via Jason Snell & Fabrice Neuman)
John’s cheap S3 setup
- Configuration
- CLI invocation:
  aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \ --bucket my-cool-bucket-name \ --lifecycle-configuration file:///Users/yourusername/Desktop/s3-lifecycle.json \ --transition-default-minimum-object-size varies_by_storage_class
_DavidSmith on iPhone Air & 17e sales
- Gruber’s breakdown
  - iPhone 17: 36.5%
  - iPhone 17 Pro Max: 29.9%
  - iPhone 17 Pro: 29.4%
  - iPhone 17e: 2.5%
  - iPhone Air: 1.5%
Post-show: John needed Marco’s 3D printer
Members-only ATP Overtime: The triumphant return of the Genius Bar?

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ATP Insider: Show Q&A

September 16, 2026

On this member-special episode, we answer questions about the history of ATP and Neutral, the ups and downs of the business over time, and the show's most iconic songs and sounds.

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708: Primary, Tertiary, and Third Cousin

September 10, 2026 03:04:10 • Download (177 MB)

The iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro, the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Ultra 4, the AirPods 5, and the other AirPods 5.

🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
- The Marco Offset™
September 2026 event
Post-show: Jetty update
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s new business terms in the EU

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