Accidental Tech Podcast
by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
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696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It
Jun 15, 2026
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695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua
Jun 9, 2026
2h 51m 11s
694: Potential and Homework
Jun 4, 2026
2h 19m 58s
693: Negative Bonus Points
May 29, 2026
2h 02m 19s
692: A Thinking Hitch
May 21, 2026
2h 06m 41s
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| 6/15/26 | 696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It | Pre-show: We are not dangerously capable We convince ourselves not to pivot to video Accidental Neutral: The Rivian R2 FYI, Marco: Casey has officially called dibs on the R3X 😈 Follow-up: It’s Road Trip (via Jason Paul) Indexing for the new Spotlight Passwords app does the hard thing macOS 27 “Golden Gate” was the codename for macOS Big Sur… and eWorld 1.1 Microsoft Bob You can use Touch ID for Administrator access There’s a way to skip the Siri waitlist (via Steve Troughton-Smith) sudo defaults write "/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict-add Enabled -bool NO ST-S points out the change in Apple’s documentation The Liquid Glass slider is part of Golden Gate onboarding Corner radius ∆s, illustrated Mickey hands are back They can’t leave well enough alone, Finder icon edition General Golden Gate icon changes Touch Macs are coming Pull-to-refresh comes to macOS ST-S notices NSToolbar changes You can resize the iPhone Mirroring window HIG updates for menu icons iOS 27 Siri AI pull down animation iPadOS 27 ST-S notes the menu is now aligned to the leading edge tvOS (Apparently it’s still an OS in the lineup —Ed.) Hardware compatibility watchOS Hardware compatibility Apple’s AI Tech Talk Images Quotes Dan Moren vanity searches An aside on Apple filtering out some frequencies during utterances of “Siri” Stephen Robles’ Siri AI review (timestamp link to 5m47s) 3Blue1Brown transformers video Apple’s announcement for third-gen models Instruction-Following Pruning for LLMs LLM in a Flash: Efficient LLM Inference with Limited Memory Filippone Stefano’s review Ars Technica’s write-up Post-show: Casey’s trip results UniFi Travel Router GL-iNet Flex Mini Members-only ATP Overtime: The WWDC 2026 Platforms State of the Union OpenDoc iPhone mirroring resizing Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | 695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua✨ | WWDC 2026technology+4 | — | AppleTN3212 | — | WWDC 2026gesture recognizers+6 | Squarespaceatp | 2h 51m 11s | |
| 6/4/26 | 694: Potential and Homework✨ | technologydynamic DNS+4 | — | FerrariRivian+3 | — | Tailscaledynamic DNS+5 | Factor | 2h 19m 58s | |
| 5/29/26 | 693: Negative Bonus Points✨ | technologynetworking+4 | — | UbiquitiApple TV+6 | — | UbiquitiApple TV+6 | zocdoc | 2h 02m 19s | |
| 5/21/26 | 692: A Thinking Hitch✨ | Terminal applicationsAI and technology+4 | — | Real MadridUniversity of Central Florida+2 | — | TerminalAI+4 | — | 2h 06m 41s | |
| 5/14/26 | 691: A Menlo Phase✨ | technologyApple+4 | — | AppleBloomberg | — | iPhone UltraApple News+4 | SquarespaceCODE | 1h 55m 14s | |
| 5/8/26 | 690: Turn Left at the Next Tree✨ | cloud backupsAI security+3 | — | BackblazeCarbon Copy Cloner+4 | — | BackblazeCarbon Copy Cloner+5 | Factor | 1h 55m 14s | |
| 4/30/26 | 689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm✨ | technologyApple+5 | — | US News & World ReportBackblaze+1 | — | AppleBackblaze+5 | Aura Frames | 1h 56m 28s | |
| 4/21/26 | 688: A Company Man✨ | technologyApple+3 | — | KVMMacBook Neo+13 | — | GL.iNet KVMMacBook Neo+6 | — | 2h 06m 13s | |
| 4/16/26 | 687: You Can Bend This Line✨ | technologyapps+3 | — | A18 ProsLinux+25 | — | RoonNugs+6 | — | 1h 55m 34s | |
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| 4/9/26 | 686: Write Two Letters✨ | AppleiPhone+3 | — | Ceramic Shield 2the iPhone 17 Pro+21 | Shenandoah National ParkUnited States+1 | Ceramic Shield 2Studio Display XDR+3 | — | 2h 02m 09s | |
| 4/1/26 | 685: The Ability to Be Hotter✨ | technologyApple products+3 | — | Apex MacBook NeoMacBook Neo+21 | — | Overcast transcriptsMacBook Neo+4 | — | 2h 15m 38s | |
| 3/26/26 | 684: It’s Not What Young People Do✨ | technologypodcasting+3 | — | SYLTAnsible+28 | New York | Overcasttranscriptions+6 | — | 1h 55m 14s | |
| 3/19/26 | 683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug✨ | Formula 1Rosetta+3 | — | Instant Final Cut ProiPhone 17e+20 | — | Formula 1in-car footage+5 | — | 2h 21m 48s | |
| 3/12/26 | 682: Medium Core✨ | MacBook Neotechnology+3 | — | MacBook NeoThe M1 MacBook Air+45 | — | Anniversary CornerRosetta 2+3 | — | 2h 16m 48s | |
| 3/5/26 | 681: The Price of Your Nightmares✨ | technologyApple products+3 | — | M5Accord+21 | — | M4 iPad AiriPhone 17e+4 | — | 2h 46m 54s | |
| 2/27/26 | 680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese✨ | technologysmart home+3 | — | TruFuelCableCARD+47 | US | CableCARDYoLink+3 | — | 2h 34m 33s | |
| 2/16/26 | 679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself✨ | technologyapp development+3 | — | YoLinkLucid Air+27 | Tahoe | Lucid AirChrome+3 | — | 2h 00m 49s | |
| 2/12/26 | 678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers | Pre-show: Marco HVAC update Daikin Trane YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range) YoLink leak sensors LoRa 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: After Apple Follow-up: Units corner Robert Tait’s video WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone) ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGames AI Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻♂️ Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations Three apps in one day On usage limits Dread & fatalism We Mourn Our Craft by Nolan Lawson The Tipping Point by Thomas Ricouard (Medium link 🤢) Productivity promise vs. reality Anthropic study Experienced developers are slower? Microsoft study Atlassian study Berkeley: AI adoption ≠ productivity gains Harvard: Slop hinders productivity MIT: 95% of businesses see zero returns (PDF) Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding by Rachel Thomas AI-Generated Code Quality by Mark Levison Comprehension Debt by Aman Shekhar Your Brain on ChatGPT by Nataliya Kosmyna et al Some related links from our AI conversation: n8n Stratechery interview with Benedict Evans Computer (occupation) Memento mori Steam Machine & Steam Frame delayed due to component shortages/price increases Ferrari Luce Andrew J. Hawkins at The Verge Walkthrough video with Jordan Golon at PRNDL Associated post Dieter Rams Patek Philippe Nautilus Braun Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50 Shift knob & switchgear (timestamp link to 18:04) Other videos Leica Post-show: Casey is car shopping Porsche Taycan Audi e-tron GT BMW i4 Rivian R3 How the second-gen Porsche Taycan is better than the first-gen Members-only ATP Overtime: China’s ban on electric door handles Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit by Andrew J. Hawkins Flush door handles & efficiency by Jonathan M. Gitlin Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | 677: I Accept the Battery Cost | Pre-show: Icepocalypse update Follow-up: Casey’s unit conversions are helpful… ish Other authentication options for John’s Cloudflare apps Cloudflare Access Zero trust architecture OpenID connect tsidp Pocket ID Per-pixel lighting and human perception (via David Schaub) The state of MicroLED Robert Tait of The Hook Up Claude Code & AI ethics Alec’s video Irish wind farm Top Dogs in Apple Vision Pro Marco’s experiment Cortex DuckDuckGo Kagi Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3 John’s Tahoe icon battle continues Rubber duck debugging Kyle Hughes Drop shipping Post-show: Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X Most recent earnings Earnings call transcript The Robotaxi is dangerous according to… Tesla We really need to get to self-driving Waymo’s safety record Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s rumored AI pin Apple buys Q.ai Ryan Christoffel Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | 676: A Sternly Worded Instruction | Pre-show: Snowpocalypse update Follow-up: atp.fm passkey update Google Private AI Compute Apple 🤝🏻 Google Cloud Removing copy/paste crud (via rauli) Screen on RAM ASUS improves color accuracy for Mac users (via Oliver Thomas) Modular headphones AIAIAI (via Graham Dobie) Tyler H’s review of the Fender Mix and Fairphone Fairbuds Window management in macOS (via Ben) FlashSpace AltTab New AirTags The chime has changed from F → G Apple hosting LA event Invite image Jason’s Creator Studio review TCL has bought Sony’s TV business TCL Super Quantum Dot TCL X11L John Ternus takes over design at Apple Sebastiaan de With → Apple Who makes design decisions at Apple, anyway? Post-show: We stand with Minnesotans. Apple employee reaction to Tim Cook Tim’s internal memo Tim’s letter after George Floyd Gruber on Tim’s letter Gruber on language CRDT John’s new bff XKCD #974: Pass the salt Members-only ATP Overtime: TikTok in the US is under new ownership… for real this time Congress is unsure if it complies with law Are content moderation changes afoot? More data slurping definitely is Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | 675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load | Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos 🗣️ Follow-up: We’ll talk TCL/Sony next week! Gruber’s post Top Dogs is coming “Cloud technology”? Google’s blog post Gurman’s post Clipboard hijacking It’s an Apple thing No, really Indonesia is not small MainStage is not new (via Mike Taffet et al) Interview Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle still exists for education users (via Pekka Salonen) Pro apps free trials Prior art (via Karoline) The trials are full versions (via Ian Robinson) Monitors at CES DisplayPort alternate mode for USB-C What about color accuracy? Extended Display Identification Data ProMotion in Safari iOS: Settings → Apps → Safari → Advanced → Feature Flags Test Vision Pro does have Keynote Icons in Tahoe menus Nikita Prokopov Jim Nielsen Colin M. Ford (and an explanation) Apple’s guidelines You don’t have bad aim; it’s Tahoe How to prevent Tahoe update nags Many Tricks Device management profiles Actually it’s a bug 🤭 Ask ATP: Was Alan Dye a better or worse steward of software design than Jony Ive? (via Austin) Will Alan Dye’s departure affect a touchscreen MacBook Pro? (via Tom Armstrong) What is our favorite macOS style? (via Nate) macOS Screenshot Library Post-show: John’s migration continues John’s Fastmail referral link Cron Namecheap Cloudflare Claude Code MiniDV StatusBoard Grafana Prometheus CandyBar Members-only ATP Overtime: Fender’s first wireless headphones The Verge coverage Demo video Sony WH-1000XM6 Auracast Wikipedia Sony MDR-7506 Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | 674: A Reliable, Boring Partner | Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed Ubiquiti Travel Router Verizon Jetpack Marco’s hotspot (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new) Solis Edge Follow-up: The Grim Reaper FiOS CableCARD email came for John TiVo Roamio Pro Casey on Downstream Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman) Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high MSI MEG Vision X (Screen grab) MSI Lightning RTX 5090 (Screen grab) Wi-Fi channel selection & size Wi-Fi 7 8 A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES As a reminder… Apple Studio Display Pro Display HDR MSI MPG 271KRAW16 DisplayHDR 1400 certification MSI MAG 271KPD7 Monitors Unboxed ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM (Photo) HDTVTest Subpixel arrangements Apple Creator Studio Icons over time Photomator lives on… for now (via Chris Welch) MacRumors Apple’s defense of the icons Jason on iWork freemium Apple 🤝🏻 Google More from The Information Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card FAQ Back story on the Wall Street Journal (Apple News) Post-show: NBA Immersive Stratechery Dithering Members-only ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter Elizabeth Lopatto: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Dan Moren: Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store Bloomburg: Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images Robert Hart & Jess Weatherbed: X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of Truth. Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. 1Password: More than a password manager. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | 673: Six Impossible Things | Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco LivePhish Goose on Bandcamp Nugs Thank you, ATP Patrons! Follow-up: Cord-cutting Casey on Downstream suppose.tv Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg) The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay) Quinn’s video on making a 5K display Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson) This started in late 2020 with Big Sur Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control) Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering Docs PlayStation Portal …works with PlayStation Plus …but really needs solid Wi-Fi …and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6 …and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai) Knowedge base System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill Wi-Fi 7 Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid) WPA3 WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve) Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch) Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in …as does pro Saul Sutherland John’s Eero Max 7 setup Thread vs. Matter Thread Matter Derek Seaman’s series To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day Bodi ASML & TSMC Extreme ultraviolet lithography Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained TSMC Analysis playlist The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026 Gartner hype cycle The Trow of Disillusionment Post-show: Casey bought something silly Quinn’s video GL i.Net /r/ubiquiti Teleport Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach Portainer Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones The Information MacRumors Mockup image & video Jason’s & Stepen’s posts iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES? Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of Truth. MasterClass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | 672: Wi Hyphen Fi | Pre-show: Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3 Pepperidge Farm Remembers Follow-up: Contacts Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell) Some non-obvious complications (via Paul) Face ID & Touch ID Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs & Kurt Schwind) Strictness (via Rob Sayre) John’s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via Gui Rambo) Gui’s PR Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui) FB17228659 Developer Technical Support RAM shortage Verge article Micron’s forthcoming fabs Hynix’s approach …and forthcoming fabs Samsung’s approach Thru-Silicon The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular Data portability Git Github will still sink its talons into you (via Simon Jodet) Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett) Android ↔ iOS Display flicker in Tahoe What does this even mean? (via Daniel) One theory (via Sean Santry) Some corroboration (via Philip Hofstetter) Wi-Fi 7 is a bust -protonsandneutrons- Playstation Portal Ask ATP: What’s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson) Post-show: What the heck is the deal with Thread/Matter Home Assistant Nanoleaf Smart String Lights Lutron Caséta (former sponsor) YoLink Members-only ATP Overtime: iMac Pro… phoenix? Previous code name discussion Jason on Apple’s display strategy Sponsored by: Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! | — | ||||||
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