690: Turn Left at the Next Tree

690: Turn Left at the Next Tree

From Accidental Tech Podcast by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

May 8, 2026 · 1h 55m · Episode 690

About this episode

The hosts discuss various technology topics including cloud backups, AI security issues, and recent developments in Apple products.

Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧 Follow-up: Backblaze & cloud backups Carbon Copy Cloner & Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein) Support document Maestral Arq’s approach (via Daniel Luz ) Neo-ing… other things Mythos What makes this different (via William Moran) GPT-5.5 is equivalent? cURL security/bug reports Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI AI is still ruining everything See also: MacBook Neo More from Tim Culpan Paul Haddad’s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay An examination of Apple’s CapEx Apple’s R&D spending hits new record SG&A MG Siegler’s take Project Titan died in Febraury 2024 Ultra all the things iPhone Ultra MacBook Ultra AirPods Ultra iPad Ultra Apple Watch Ultra 4 Mac Ultra iMac Ultra Ask ATP: What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy) Post-show: Marco’s Great Saunter Ashokan Rail Trail Saunter Map App Pedometer++ Suunto Race S Titanium Barkley Marathons Documentary trailer Members-only ATP Overtime: Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software Jason’s take Foster Brereton somebehemoth Neywiny Sponsored by: Factor : Healthy eating, made…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Topics covered

  • cloud backups
  • AI security
  • Apple products
  • technology news
  • podcast discussion

Keywords

  • Backblaze
  • Carbon Copy Cloner
  • AI
  • Apple
  • Barkley Marathons
  • MacBook Neo
  • Adobe

Sponsors

Factor, DeleteMe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Backblaze, Carbon Copy Cloner, Maestral, Arq, Apple, Adobe

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