Accidental Tech PodcastAccidental Tech Podcast

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

534: On the Cheerleader Bus

Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and the promise of Bluesky in a crowded space.

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533: The Beach Is the Beach

Rapid Security Response, cryptexes, more on e-readers, and the modern arcade.

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532: The Meat Part of Multitasking

E-readers, Reddit's API changes, and our formative computing experiences from the bad old days.

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531: Rock It in the Right Direction

It’s an exciting time for the preeminent podcast about Apple buttons.

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530: You Are Not Nintendo

Cameras with mirrors, cars without CarPlay, and other ancient relics that should probably stay in the past.

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529: The Cycles of Marco

Casey's upcoming app (!), fitting cameras into our mostly-iPhone lives, and testing superzoom cameras and giant telephoto lenses.

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528: My Favorite Slap in the Face

A distinctive sandwich containing the delicious WWDC announcement and some other items.

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ATP Movie Club: My Neighbor Totoro


In this special members-only episode, we watch and discuss John's chosen film, "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988).

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527: The True Siri Experience

AI developments, Apple Watch Ultra bands, furniture surgery, and the experience of using standalone cameras today.

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526: Food Comes From Cans

AI in your camera, ops vs. industrial design, watch bands, and pants-storage classes.

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525: The Glory Speakers

John buys speakers.

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524: The Anti-Fireplace Lobby

iPhone passcode thieves, John's difficult living room, and the one trick you won't believe the kids these days are doing to evade Screen Time limits.

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523: I Can't Give Him the Carrot Fast Enough

iPhone 15 rumors, blood-glucose monitoring, and a special Neutral: Marco drove a Rivian, and you'll never believe what happened… right before that.

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ATP Eats: Frozen Dinners


Casey made us do it. Our stomachs may never recover.

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522: I’ll Just Keep You for Ten Years

Apple's design-management change, the future of the Mac Studio, and why everything about our TV-audio setups is wrong.

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521: Dance Compatible

How the new HomePod compares to its predecessor and competitors, when to use soundbars, fruitful speaker-wire connections, and the kids these days.

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520: Bananas Ingestion System

Foldable iPads, mixed-reality headsets, US health care, sensible iPad multitasking, and other figments of our imagination.

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519: Paint My Wings

Touch-screen Mac rumors, a USB-C charging dilemma, finding apps for kids, and blasting our doorwalls with insufficient pressure.

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ATP Movie Club: The Hunt for Red October


In this special members-only episode, we watch and discuss Casey's chosen film, "The Hunt for Red October" (1990).

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518: Deconstructed iMac

The new MacBook Pro and Mac Mini look amazing, but who was expecting a surprise HomePod?

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517: A Tesla Full of Kindles

John's live coverage from the CES show floor.

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516: One of My Fits of Rage

John's birthday cake, Samsung's new monitor, and why Overcast isn't moving to CloudKit after all.

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515: The Elder Programmer Look

AI training and copyright, a pair of Apple-device mysteries, and the "scaled back" car project.

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514: My Immense Softness

Alternative browser engines on iOS, the latest Mac Pro rumors, and — at long last — the solution to Marco's biggest winter problem.

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513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat

Freeform, convergent encryption, and rumored App Store changes in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act.

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512: Owned With a P

Major new iCloud security features, more App Store price tiers, updates on Mastodon and Blackbird, and the wonderful world of printers.

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511: Moving to Antarctica

Increased traction for Mastodon, fallout from App Store ads, and progress on ButtDB.

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510: It's Occupied by Bears

Mastodon, date formats, testing, and what we're thankful for.

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509: Tiny Tyrants

Mastodon, Twitter's latest BS, iPhone Emergency SOS via satellite, and dim hopes for concert tickets.

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508: Later Is Getting Later and Later

Twitter, Apple TV setup, a "new" phone and mouse, and maximizing the value of smart-home gear.

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507: It Sucks, Doesn't It?

Lifestreams, more on Ventura, and — after months of resistance — we finally broke down and talked about Twitter.

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506: Our Only SEO Is You

Switchglass 2.0, Casey's new iPad Pro, and our first experiences with macOS Ventura and iCloud Shared Photo Library.

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505: A Mental Laxative

New iPad! Well, it's the iPad, but not the iPad, which is still in the lineup at the same price. There's also a new Apple TV, with which you can use the TV app to watch TV or Apple TV+ on your TV.

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504: Too Much Apple in My Apple

Apple adds ads, Casey discovers Sonos, and Marco's out before we get the check.

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503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza

AI-generated art, the EU USB-C mandate, and we all definitely agree on macOS window-management techniques.

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ATP Movie Club: Edge of Tomorrow


In the third of a three-part members-only series, John has us watch and discuss the 2014 film, "Edge of Tomorrow".

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502: Going Retina Again

Now that Casey's running servers, it's time for the rest of us to start looking for the exits.

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ATP Movie Club: The Rundown


In the second of a three-part members-only series, Casey has us watch and discuss the 2003 film, "The Rundown".

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501: Torsional Rigidity Check

A mountain of follow-up and our iPhone 14 Pro thoughts so far.

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ATP Movie Club: My Cousin Vinny


In the first of a three-part members-only series, Marco has us watch and discuss the 1992 film "My Cousin Vinny".

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500: All the Nerds in the Room

Celebrating 500 episodes with the best audience in the nerd world.

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499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me

Apple Watch Ultra and Series 8, iPhone 14 and 14 Pro, the second-generation AirPods Pro, and executives standing on mountains.

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498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe

Wishes and expectations for next week's Apple event, and exit interviews for the outgoing iPhone and Apple Watch.

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497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere

Only on this podcast can a host “get new wheels” and not be referring to an entire vehicle.

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496: One of My Lesser TiVos

More on TV-recording options, the state of System Settings, and how to get a non-coffee-drinker really, really fired up.

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495: Five Points for Smell

This year, the birds were different.

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494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench

John got a new television.

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493: Downstairs Downstairs

A lot has happened since we last recorded.

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492: Umbrella Hammer Toadstool

Actively-cooled houses, passively-cooled laptops, and the long journey to USB-C ubiquity.

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491: Salmon and SwiftUI

Sometimes, you just have to force yourself to keep eating until you like it.

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