Accidental Tech PodcastAccidental Tech Podcast

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

209: Making Sausage-Making Glamorous

Planet of the Apps, Chromebooks, and the endurance race between a car and a Mac Pro.

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208: Your Face Is Your Face

The long-term future of the Mac, and the near-term future of Casey's garage.

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207: Selling Hot Dogs on a Stick

Phone-size waffling, taking too many showers, and saving the iPad.

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206: All You Need Is Five Nerds

iOS 10.3 changes, developers responding to reviews, year of iPad, and Casey's morning routine.

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205: People Don’t Use the Weird Parts

A surprisingly deep dive into Swift, now that one of us is finally using it.

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204: You’re Only Stable When You’re Dead

The Consumer Reports test, Lattner leaving Apple, and big ideas for macOS.

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203: Screaming At Us From The Future

All three of us rush to do our homework during the show.

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202: Something Has Gone Wrong

The future of the Mac, and our first listener Q&A.

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201: Volume Micromanager

Super Mario Run, AirPods, tabs vs. apps, and Cook on desktops.

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200: I Had a Dream About the Mac Pro

Our 200th-episode spectacular!

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199: 10,000 Hours of Coughing

John needs tech support, Marco needs tech support, and Casey thinks he doesn't.

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198: Puppy Game Boy

John talks about the Nintendo Switch for a long time.

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197: Life by a Thousand Hugs

Marco buys something, John buys something else, and Casey watches a car show instead.

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196: Roasting Your Own Beans

Apple's art book, Surface Studio, and what happened when John tried to buy a PC monitor.

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195: The Show Must Go On

Touch Bar iPads, all-in-one Mac Pros, ARM Macs, and Mac clones.

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194: Dark Night of the Soul

Pushback on the MacBook Pro, Apple's display business, and why we override Apple's product names.

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193: The Escape Zone

The new MacBook Pros, Touch Bars, and sports analysis.

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192: Hello Again Again

Expectations and speculation about next week's Apple event.

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191: The Failure Mode of a Train

Dash developer dispute, Dropbox dissatisfaction, and DSLR delight.

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190: The Girl Who Never Came Over

Voice-assistant cylinders, Bluetooth headphones, camera contamination, and Casey losing a bet.

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189: The Museum of Pristine Apple Hardware

Casey goes to the Apple Store, Marco touches buttons, and John stays home.

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188: $850 Fidget Cube

Casey almost loses a bet, Marco tries to buy an iPhone, and John thinks he won't scratch Jet Black.

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187: Putting Plastic on Your Couches

Anti-homers, AirPod tappers, Bluetooth codecs, and nauseous laser enthusiasts.

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186: Jony Ive Has a Lot of White Pants

Our coverage of the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 launch event.

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185: The Delaware of Europe

Also available on 17 floppy disks.

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184: Procedural Marriage Mistakes

Marco's critical mistake was forgetting the day of preparation.

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183: I Filed a Radar

More on car software, VBR MP3s, Wi-Fi calling, TiVo, and diversity.

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182: I Had to Reboot My Car Today

Cameras, car infotainment systems, Apple TV Guide, bug bounties, and why podcast MP3s aren't VBR.

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181: Eat Your Vegetables

Cameras at the beach, QNX, TiVo, and why nobody wants a convertible.

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180: Don’t Cry for John, Argentina

Twitter's Verified program, viability of podcast tools, and three Mac nerds figuring out how to play a Windows game.

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179: Free-to-Play Dogs

ARM Macs, the ancient Mac lineup, dog rental, and an algorithm for syncing audio tracks and correcting drift.

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178: Mama Needs That Pokémon

Planet of the Apps, Pokémon Go, and why you're all going to email Casey.

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177: Paying for Someone to Blame

Ripping Blu-rays for Apple TV, stable ice cream, Hackintoshes, and Apple's disdain for the Mac Mini.

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176: Yellow Sock Time

Screen time for kids, more on APFS, and 400 tiny trucks working together to deliver the latest Top Gear.

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175: Dance Palace

More than you ever wanted to know about filenames.

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174: A Ding in the Room

Our WWDC 2016 special.

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173: A Series of Heartbreaking Rejections

App Store subscriptions and search ads, WWDC wishes, and a change of opinion.

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172: iPhone X

MacBook speculation, another 6-series iPhone, the new Top Gear, and K56Flex vs. X2.

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171: WWDC Is Not Santa Claus

The rumored new MacBook Pro, Apple and services, and a hybrid Apple-Google world.

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170: Casey Beats John, 29–29

Three Apple users try to explain the Google I/O announcements.

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169: My Fingers Are Still Moving

In-car purchases, podcast politics, and voice assistants ordering terrible pizzas.

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168: Coffee Stops Working

Server days from hell, Apple as a services company, Marco's new Mac app, and multiplying Casey Lisses.

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167: They’ve Opened the Door to Streakers

WWDC 2016 tickets and changes, the MacBook Two (?), and John's vacation in California.

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166: Fitness Turd

Bleeps and boops, remembering the original iMac, and whether it's trendy to hate the Apple Watch.

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165: Time Was…

Early Apple memories, self-driving cars, and duck surveillance.

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164: Waiting for the Bla-Bloop

Home automation with Amazon, TextExpander's pricing controversy, and the state of USB thumbdrives in 2016.

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163: Wet Right Thumb

USB ports on future iPads, Marco's love of wires, and John's opinion of the JavaScript community.

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162: iPhone Sorry Erin

Our timely coverage of this week's Apple's event.

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161: Dark Mode Is Your Hat

Predictions for the Apple event, why we don't have cellular MacBooks, and why John hates NATO watch straps.

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160: Be Careful Out There

Mac ransomware, the future of Mac OS X, and a surprising product review.

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