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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Accidental Tech Podcast
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  • Accidental Tech Podcast

    716: Take the Null

    05/11/2026 | 2h 19 mins.
    Pre-show: Siri AI foibles

    The High Line

    🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️

    Follow-up:

    Fineliner

    Fineliner 🤝🏻 ATP Graffiti shirt (via Nick Foster)

    Download for use in Fineliner (in Fineliner’s settings, Font, Import Profile; note that this will overwrite your icons and avatar, too)

    Palm Vx

    PalmOS emulator

    Why Overcast Radio LLC?

    MacBook PROLED

    Allison points out some dimensional errors on our part

    You can completely turn off the touch screen (via Gui Rambo)

    Pinch-to-zoom

    Glowing Apple logo implementation software details

    Avoiding keyboard marks with a microfiber keyboard dust cover (via Keith Huss)

    Rounded corners (via Jeff)

    Video

    Reimar Servas show us why rounded corners are bad (via Marcin Wichary)

    iPhone Duo

    iPhone Duo will welcome you… sometimes? (YouTube timestamp link to 1m15s)

    Crackgate

    Andy Ihnatko notes Crackgate is a thing

    Jay Peters at The Verge with a statement from Apple

    CuriousHagi on YouTube (via Terrence O’Brien at The Verge)

    Inner case with and without matte protector on JerryRigEverything (YouTube timestamp link to 6m45s)

    Hinge is an ingress point for sand (10m35s)

    iFixit Teardown

    Two batteries are listed separately in Settings

    iPhone Mirroring is outer-screen only (via Stephen Robles) (YouTube timestamp link to 42s)

    Unlocking using the meat of your right index finger (via Sam Shepherd)

    Reachability is coming in iOS 27.3

    Phil Schiller’s long goodbye

    …and Ternus’s long hello

    …and Tim’s long goodbye

    Apple Leadership

    Post-show: Marco’s iPhones Duo

    Members-only ATP Overtime: Some fan-made tools for ATP listeners

    ATP Titles by Cole Orton

    Quiz

    ATP Thingy Finder

    Transcript search sites

    CatATP

    Chapter art

    ATP Search by Marcos Huerta

    ATP Transcripts by Roger Goldfinger

    Podsearch by David Smith

    Sponsored by:

    Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings.

    Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.

    Tailscale: A secure network that just works.

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    715: Diner Lobster

    29/10/2026 | 2h 39 mins.
    Pre-show: Marco has a new toy

    Stock checker

    🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️

    🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Time Management is here! 🗣️

    iPhone Duo first impressions

    Stephen Robles’s shortcut

    New Apple announcements

    Monday: iPad Mini

    Tuesday: M6 iMac

    Tuesday: M6 MacBook Pro

    Wednesday: OLED MacBook Pro

    Launch video

    Advertisement

    🚨 THE LID LIGHT IS BACK! 🚨

    Stephen Levy at Wired

    Design for Touch on Mac

    Mac Studio with 512 GB RAM

    Post-show: Marco’s new app, Fineliner

    Parakeet

    Members-only ATP Overtime: Is Apple re-entering the server market??

    Macworld: Apple may revive Xserve for the AI market

    The Information

    Gurman responds on Twitter

    Sponsored by:

    Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings

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    714: Get the Bigger Pizza

    23/10/2026 | 2h 25 mins.
    Pre-show:

    John’s of Bleecker

    Marco and Casey at John’s

    🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️

    Follow-up:

    HomeView

    When was the HomeView hardware created?

    Is it expensive? (via Paul Heering)

    Amazon Echo Show 5: $99

    Amazon Echo Show 8: $199

    Amazon Echo Show 11: $249

    Amazon Echo Show 15: $349

    Wall-mount & regular HomeView pricing

    Is it to prevent cheapskates? (via mvk)

    Is it to prevent add-on dinguses (via Ben O’Matic)

    Knock-offs coming soon?

    Turns out, Jimmy is that guy. 😏

    Phone screen vs. Duo screen

    Will Marco be adding CarPlay support? (via Rick Allen)

    Apple TV

    Price history

    March, 2015: Apple lowers the price from $99 → $69 (timestamp link to 10m14s)

    Glenn Fleishman’s chart

    Microphones and HomePods

    AV1 (via Michael Barnes et al)

    Reddit feature comparison

    What is “audio passthrough” (via Andrew Haglund)

    Explainer from Caleb Denison

    The iPhone Duo has a replaceable cover layer

    Interview with Kate Bergeron

    iPhone Duo Creator Showcase

    iPhone Duo preorder experience

    iPhone Duo reviews

    MKBHD

    HTX Studio

    Tim Pan

    Joanna Stern

    Nilay Patel & Allison Johnson

    Gruber

    John also brought up Computer Chronicles

    Apple “Pro and Tell” event next week

    Post-show: Marco has something to share

    ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II

    The thing Marco shared

    🚨 You will want to click this after Marco introduces it, but before John talks about his experience! 🚨

    Members-only ATP Overtime: The people holding up the internet

    XKCD 2347

    Sponsored by:

    zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now.

    Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last.

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    713: I Have Medium Hopes

    15/10/2026 | 2h 14 mins.
    Apple’s New Home-Related Products

    HomeView

    Newsroom

    iMac G4

    Intro video

    TV commercial

    Schneider press release

    Wired’s review

    WWDC 2026: Rev Up Your CarPlay App

    Developer agreement

    “HomeView” & “homeOS”

    Apple TV 4K gen 4

    Nvidia Shield TV

    Newsroom

    Intro video

    MacRumors Buyer’s Guide

    New Siri Remote

    Precision finding requirements

    HomePod mini 2

    Newsroom

    Intro video

    Home collection

    Newsroom

    MacRumors

    (See also the Schneider press release above)

    Post-show: Casey got a UTR-LR

    UTR

    Flex Mini

    Members-only ATP Overtime: Regarding Passkeys are a Trap…

    Ricky Mondello’s response

    Scott Helme’s response

    Sponsored by:

    Tailscale: A secure network that just works

    Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy

    Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last

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    712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized

    08/10/2026 | 2h 17 mins.
    Pre-show: Marco tries a Waymo

    Follow-up:

    Casey’s MyBMW foibles

    iMazing

    Approov

    BMW case study

    Screen sharing

    OBD-II

    Home Assistant + Pushover + Shortcuts? (via Khaos Tian)

    GL.iNet Comet Q

    PiKVM

    Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the apps

    AirPower desk video was by HTX Studio

    …who previously interviewed Tim Cook! (via Elijah Yap)

    Original video (via Adeiko)

    Ubiquiti home Wi-Fi vs. Eero

    Previously on ATP Overtime

    A positive anecdote

    A negative anecdote

    FiOS CableCARD discontinuation

    RecDiffs #295: If I Adjust for Europe

    TiVo’s desperation

    One-AirPod vs. two-AirPod audio settings

    Settings → Accessibility → AirPods → your AirPods

    M6/A20 Pro details

    High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on A20 Pro

    Timestamp link to cores discussion @ 9m37s

    High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on the M6 vs. M5

    Timestamp link to M6 layout discussion @ 8m9s

    Timestamp link to core images @ 12m40s

    Timestamp link to A20 vs. M6 core comparison @ 9m37s

    Rumored October event

    See also, new home trinkets?

    Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS

    Jason Aten on Muse reading his iMessages

    Meta calls foul

    Post-show: Casey and Marco go Phishing

    Q Barbecue

    Capital Ale House

    Allianz Ampitheater

    Setlist

    Recording

    Cupertino’s

    iPhone Duo 3D-printing model (you want the variant labeled “Fixed the large black areas showing through.”)

    Members-only ATP Overtime: AppZapper 3000 and The Delicious Generation

    Disco Demo video

    John’s review of Delicious Library from 2004

    Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

    Sponsored by:

    Coax: Channel-surf your home media server

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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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