Accidental Tech PodcastAccidental Tech Podcast

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

347: Not Enough Carrot to Take the Stick

macOS Catalina, disposable AirPods, and the bells of Arment county.

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346: Go Back and Pop Myself

Microsoft's hardware concepts, Apple's software issues, microLED laptops, and TiVo's proposed innovation.

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345: Unapologetically Digital

Our experiences with Series 5 Apple Watches, iPhones 11 Pro, and… AppleCare.

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344: Peace in the Battery Kingdom

iPhone 11 details and reviews, Apple Arcade's soft-launch, and Casey's tale of woe.

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343: The Stand Is Your Hand

iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Watch Series 5, and our impressions of the event.

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342: The Opposite of Con

Apple's probably pretty busy, so we designed the iPhone 11 for them.

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341: John Is My Default

Actual dogfooding, credit-card care, Tesla Superchargers vs. others, Siri privacy, and Terminal. That's right, Terminal.

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340: You Are a Computer Athlete

Rainbow Apple logos, RSI treatment and prevention, game-console hardware, store-brand cheese* loafs, and breaking Marco's silence on fancy watches.

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339: Ketchup Momentum

Cheese graters, condiment battles, competitive electric cars, then maybe some tech stuff if we have time.

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338: Double Chunking

Two of us fail to adhere to the very simple show format that we've been doing for a long time.

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337: Sea Conditions Are Calm

Car ferries, Dropbox alternatives, algorithmic challenges in our apps, and the Great 2019 Beach-Camera Report.

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336: Your Face Is Not Your Face

Why wait for Apple's not-canceled project when you can get your own AR glasses today?

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335: Withhold the Fun

Apple making exclusive podcasts, Dropbox's blunder, best languages for computer science, and John's attempts to drown Marco.

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334: Mechanical Disadvantage

John's cheese grater broke.

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333: Pesky Human Issues

Jony Ive is leaving Apple, but John's favorite spatula will never leave him.

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332: Fuzzy Muppet Felt

Discovering that wheels are useful, working through a mid-life headphone crisis, the 16-inch rumor, and a special message about installing the betas.

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331: The Technical Burden of Users

Bluetooth permission dialogs, Afterburner, Pro Display XDR longevity, mouse pads, and Marco's fun summer plans.

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330: A Rotation You Can't Complete

Catalina under the hood, John's new "app", and why Casey is getting a Mac Pro.

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329: Mac Pro Day

Our live show from WWDC 2019!

Our live show from WWDC 2019!

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328: The Pixel Stump

WWDC leaks and predictions, final Mac Pro guesses, and the reality of keeping the same computer for ten years.

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327: Better Late Than Wrong

Casey's new app, Apple's new MacBook Pros, Panic's new Playdate, and Marco's failed Greycation.

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326: Blow Your Redo Stack

Doomsday prep, everyday carry, backpacks, star-rating scales, movie-frame guessing, and maybe a few technology topics.

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325: Relive Your Calculator-Watch Dreams

Analyzing the latest rumors for this year's iOS, watchOS, and macOS releases.

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324: Automatic Kicking Machine

Overcast's clip sharing, Apple vs. parental-control apps, and Marco vs. jury duty.

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323: A Slightly Smaller Thumb

New T-shirts, potential threats to the podcasting landscape, and the latest Marzipan reports.

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322: Morale-Sucking Maple Syrup Fires

Overcast nitpicks, black-hole sexism, Apple-Qualcomm-Intel, and Rambo's Week O'Leaks.

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321: Dumbed Down, Locked Down, and Locked Out

Somebody wished on a monkey's paw for iTunes to be broken up.

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320: Here Comes the Big But

Accidental AirPods ASMR, the fate of AirPower, Google Stadia, and time-budgeting for Casey's app.

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319: We Should Probably Get to the Apple Event

ATP+ on the new Apple+ Services+.

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318: Not a Casino I Want to Play In

On Monday, we got iPads. On Tuesday, we got iMacs. On Wednesday, we got AirPods. On Thursday, all we got was this episode of ATP.

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317: We’re Customers Too

A special WWDC segment, our live show, and the Spotify-Apple in-app-purchase dispute.

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316: MacBook Hierarchy of Needs

Two-handed dragging, Apple vs. NVIDIA, the end of configurable Macs, and our minimum requirements for the next MacBook Pro.

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315: 1.0 Was Just Speed

Giant laptops, foldable phones, USB speeds, and rumors of an upcoming Apple event.

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314: Kernel Panic in the Night

Hopeful rumors for 2019 Macs, the state of Mojave, and a tale of Apple ID woe.

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313: The Residue of Seven People

Amazon and Eero, Spotify and Anchor, Marco and ear discharge, and have you heard that Casey has Gigabit internet?

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312: Fashion Phase

Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple, Spotify buying Gimlet, adding MagSafe to USB-C, and Marco's hideous vector code.

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311: Mutually Assured Destruction

Facebook's Onavo scam, Apple's FaceTime bug, early iPhone rumors, and Overcast's Instant Search.

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310: Apple Playstore

Our internets of things, our YouTube careers, and our theories on teenagers.

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309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex

Terminator woes, Smart Battery Cases, and the most impactful things we hope to see from Apple in 2019.

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308: Left-Handed Streaming Service

Apple, TVs, and Apple and TVs. But not the Apple TV.

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307: Casey Apple Pencil

John reviews Casey's stuff, Marco draws on his iPad, and Tim writes a sad letter.

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306: My Watch Has Ended

Bent iPads, screen protectors, a new Apple SVP, and our 2018 in review.

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305: An Uneasy Peace

NPR's RAD proposal, Microsoft Edge, some very fun domains, and a fond farewell to Apple Music Connect.

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304: Island of Shortcuts

A lost video, Shortcuts vs. the command line, fixing a tricky bug, and the debut of the Accidental Trunk Podcast.

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303: Your Mahogany World

Casey runs ffmpeg on his iPad, John defends desserts, and Marco finds himself in a Microsoft commercial.

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302: Paint This Square

Apple Entrepreneur Camp, 5K vs. 8K displays, iPad vs. Mac performance, why Apple's prices are increasing, and Italian-American desserts.

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301: I Cut Them Up in the Air

Audiophile headphone bumps, the Surface Go, adventures with Google Photos, and an ATP Thanksgiving.

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300: First of All, It's Easy

Our 300th Episode Spectacular!

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299: Headphone Bump

Hands-on impressions and info from Apple about the new iPad Pro.

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298: Protective Sandwich

Analysis and hands-on coverage (!) of Apple's October event and the updated MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro.

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