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Casey Liss

John Siracusa

Marco Arment

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Pre-Show: AI slop vs. not… so… AI… slop 

AITAH

 • Follow-up: 

 • Casey spends 24 hours with iOS 26 on his carry phone 

John’s dancing controls

 • ☝️ Well, actually ☝️, 
myriad of • is okay (via 
Jason Eccles • ) 

Merriam-Webster’s take

 • Are 
size classes • similar to today’s design changes? (via Bryan Guffey) 

Auto Layout

 • John’s HomePod has risen from the dead! 

Nic’s Fix
Watch John’s actual repair happen

 • 🍿 John would like to air 
some AppleCare One grievances • 🍿 

John’s tantrum
AppleCare One Terms & Conditions

Blood oxygen with Apple Watch [sorta] returns to the US • 

Gruber’s take
Victoria Song at The Verge

 • 😳🥳 
M5 MacBook Pro with cellular is coming‽ • 🎉😳

A19 Pro in Studio Display 2? • 

Previously, in low-cost MacBook rumors: A18 Pro

Your Mac game is probably rendering blurry • 

CGDisplayCopyAllDisplayModes()
 • FB13375033

 • Ask ATP: 

 • Should the name “Siri” be retired? (via 
Aaron Bushnell • )

 • Did 
Vehicle Motion Cues • help John? (via Roly C.)

 • How do we click our trackpads? (via Eli)

 • Post-show: Oh yeah! 🗣️ New 
ATP Members • special: 
ATP Insider: Vacations • 🗣️

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Apple’s research into using LLMs to make UIs 

Apple trained a LLM to teach itself good SwiftUI
Research paper
Stephen Robles’ video

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653: Warning Stories

• Pre-Show: Marco and Casey’s no-good, very bad days.

 • Follow-up: 

 • Casey didn’t read the fine print on Express Replacement 🤦🏻‍♂️ 

Short Pump

 • John cycled 
his mouse • again

 • AppleCare One 

 • Moving a device on a payment plan (via “
Clark Griswold • ” and Anonymous)

 • Tina’s iPhone

Tina’s Mac Studio

 • Tahoe beta 5: 
checkbox contrast improves
 • iOS 26 beta 6 
Liquid glass changes
 • Smart TV interfaces over time 

“Shortcut”
New Magic Remote

 • Running your own mail server 

 • How does 
iCloud-on-your-domain • work? (via 
potato.zip • )

Hide my Email • (via 
Peter Puleio • )

Jason Diller thinks it’s not so bad

 • Post-quantum cryptography 

Harvest now, decrypt later • (via Lisa Ugray)

 • Since iOS 17.4 for iMessage (via 
Saul Sutherland • ) 

Apple Security Research blog post

 • Compelled adoption (via Brian Jarvis)

 • Chrome adopted it in 2024 (via 
sayrer • ) 

 • 2024: 
State of post-quantum internet
 • 2025: 
Update

 • John wages war against icons 

Adopting Liquid Glass: App Icons
WWDC 2025 #361: Create Icons with Icon Composer
John’s Mastodon thread • 

Václav Slavík’s solution
 • FB19437407

 • FB19497128

 • FB17892659

 • There’s likely to be a lot more of 
this

 • Ask ATP: 

 • Is Liquid Glass on macOS a subtle move toward touchscreen Macs? (via Daniel Liu)

 • How does one build a “good product sense”? (via Ian Anderson) 

Inspired by Marty Cagan

 • How does one effectively de-duplicate photos using Photos.app? (via Keith Heaton)

 • Post-show: Marco’s air-conditioning “update”

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Apple’s Upcoming AI Voice Control will Change how People Use iPhones

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652: You Have 24 Hours to Comply

• Pre-Show: 

 • Brief vacation results

Tim Cook kisses the… ring • 

Video

 • Follow-up: 

HDTVTest reviews Sony Bravia 8 II • and 
Panasonic Z95B
TV shootout results • 

Nilay’s comments

AppleCare One • 

iCareCalculator Reddit post • (removed by moderators)

iCare Calculator web app
 • John’s experience

B&H • 

Casey’s roughly equivalent Mac • , available for special order

 • Retro computing corner 

Revisiting eWorld

 • More on Tahoe 

 • Gus Mueller 

…on checkboxes
…on sliders

 • Beta 5 
improves selection legibility

 • Ejecting USB storage in Windows (via Justin Bradford) 

Bleeping computer

 • Art & science of UI design 

 • Game design concepts in software (via Wes Davis)

iPhone 17’s rumored new MagSafe design • 

Majin Bu
iPhone 16

Apple’s “Answers” team
 • Ask ATP: 

 • How can one improve the experience of a permanent-mount SSD on a laptop? 

Jettison

 • Why is Xcode so thirsty? (via Geoff) 

Time Machine local snapshots • 

Deleting snapshots with Disk Utility

DevCleaner • (App Store link)

Github
GrandPerspective
Disk Inventory X
DaisyDisk

 • How are we dealing with spam? (via Alan Bailward) 

SpamSieve
MailRoute
Fastmail

 • Post-show: Apple Express Replacement

Members-only • ATP Overtime: 
Post-Quantum Cryptography • networking in the 𝓍26 OSes 

Prepare your network for quantum-secure encryption in TLS

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651: Your Judgement About Pockets

• Pre-Show: Casey’s french-fry problem

 • Follow-up: 

D. Griffin Jones takes one for the team • 

 • Casey’s struggles with 
iperf3 • 

Tutorial
iperf3 -t 60 -c {ip} -P 4 -i 10 -R

 • John’s new toaster and 
E01 • (via 
J-P Teti • & John F.)

 • Chemical vs. physical sunscreen (via Prodan Statev) 

Research paper

 • Apple security for unreleased devices

 • Low-cost Apple laptop (via 
Jason Anthony Guy • ) 

Ed: Please don’t give Apple ideas like this. 🫣

 • Getting customer support from Apple (via Patch) 

Apple support app • → Chat

 • Any retail store on Apple Maps → 
... • → 
Message

 • CloudFlare & AI crawlers 

 • Thoughts from Thomas Schoffelen

 • Thoughts from Aaron Zinck

 • Thoughts from Anonymous 

JA3/JA4 fingerprint

The 𝓍26 public betas are out • 

Under the Radar #323: The Tidal Wave

 • Tahoe beta 4 

 • Contrast will decrease until morale improves 

Startup disk selection (cropped)
Startup disk selection (full)

News summaries are back, baby! • 😬

 • Apple and interfaces 

 • Tog in Interface (1992) 

Amazon
NNG

 • Tog on Software Design (1995) 

Amazon
NNG

Apple’s Aqua introduction, Macworld San Francisco, 2000

AppleCare One • 

Dan Moren’s take
The Verge
Fees & deductibles
FAQ • (scroll way down)

 • Post-show: John has an addendum to his earlier topic

Members-only • ATP Overtime: 
Frame of preference • , an incredible exploration of the Mac’s settings by 
Marcin Wichary • in concert with 
Mihai Parparita • of the 
Infinite Mac Project • 

Marcin’s announcement
Mihai’s associated announcement
Embed Infinite Mac
Infinite Mac Construction Set

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650: Whatever It Takes to Get the Laundry Folded

• Pre-Show: Casey did Marco’s favorite thing 

CalDigit TS5+ • (affiliate link)

CalDigit TS5+ • (product page)

iperf3

 • Follow-up: 

F1 • (the sport, not 
the movie • ) 

Apple expected to win 🇺🇸 rights • 

F1 TV
Vroom

John’s video • != 
Casey’s immersive ride-along • 

To see the immersive ride-along, you need to be wearing a Vision Pro; scroll down on that link

John’s toaster • update

 • AirPods & AppleCare+ 

Keratoconus
Water resistance • 

IP54

AirPods Express Replacement Service
B&H

 • Reverting to “normal” tabs in Tahoe (via 
ST-S • ) 

defaults write -g NSSolariumWindowTabs -bool NO

 • Low-cost Apple laptop with 
A18 Pro • 

mandonam

Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for stealing iOS secrets • 

99% Invisible #626: Emoji Law
Gruber’s theorized redactions
Gruber’s predictions

Cloudflare Declares Content Independence Day • 

Press release
ChangeDetection.io
Stratechery • (paywalled)

 • Post-show: Marco solved sunscreen 

John’s hat that he likes
John’s hat that is cheaper but that he likes less
 • 🇯🇵 Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel (
eBay • )

 • 🇪🇺 La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVmune 400 Invisible Fluid, Non-Perfumed (
eBay • )

Australian sunscreen video

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Is copying Apple hardware a good idea? 

Kuycon G32P 6K 32” IPS monitor • 

Video review by Oliur / UltraLinx

ASUS 32” 6K ProArt display • 

Previously on ATP overtime
D. Griffin Jones’ review of the 5K

Studio Display Mark II coming in early 2026?

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649: Prove It With Cameras

• Pre-Show: Live music & failed air conditioners

 • 🗣️ New 
ATP Members • Special: 
Tier List: Pizza Toppings
 • Follow-up: 

Meta Hires Top Apple AI Models Executive
SFSymbols 🤝🏻 Tahoe Folders • 

 • Standard SFSymbol: 
xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"camera.viewfinder"}' folder
 • Private SFSymbol: 
xattr-w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"solar.system"}' folder
 • Random string: 
xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"emoji": "HIMOM"}' folder
 • FB18022272: “summary” symbol missing in SF Symbols 7 developer beta

 • Toolbars 

 • Safari 

Beta 1 image
Beta 3 image
The Guardian • (good example for messing around with the toolbar)

 • Terminal 

Beta 1 image
Beta 3 image

iOS 26 Beta 3 • 

Direct video link
_David Smith’s beta 2 (?) video
Stephen Hackett’s beta 3 video
Matt Birchler: Liquid glass, now with frosted tips
Steve Troughton-Smith pours water on the fire

YouTube’s new player UI
“Clear” iPhone mock-up was by Gavin Nelson in April 2025
 • HDR controls in iOS 26 (via Gui Rambo) 

Demo project

✌️ out, Jeff Williams • 

Gruber
Gurman

 • Casey ponders the purpose of AppleCare 

Casey in Dongletown

 • Post-show: John & Casey review 
F1 • 

Plumber Problem
Guenther Steiner
Brad Pitt drives a F1 car for the first time
Vision Pro Brad Pitt ride-along • (Vision Pro users, scroll down)

Casey’s pinball machine

Members-only • ATP Overtime: 
2020 Hindsight • 

John Giannandrea

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648: Part of the Movement

• Pre-Show: John’s almost an empty-nester 😱 

Reconcilable Differences

 • Follow-up: 

 • FireWire 
now with Thunderbolt! • (via 
Timo Hetzel • )

 • Tahoe without Xcode beta: 
Device Support for macOS 26 Beta • 

Developer downloads
 • ↳ 
Direct link

 • Putting older OSes on newer hardware (via Gui Rambo)

UPS • 
VA • ratings (via Marshall C)

Apple’s LLM/LRM paper • (from Overtime in 
ATP #643 • ) 

 • Training data vs. distribution (via 
Deon Garrett • )

Rebuttal
Rebuttal of the rebuttal
More from Gary Marcus
The original rebuttal was… a joke? 🤨

 • HDR in 𝑥26

 • iPadOS 26 window limits

“Glass iPhone” demo • 

 • ↳ 
Direct video link

 • That “natural language to CLI” app is 
Substage

Apple plans to launch a low-cost MacBook powered by… an iPhone CPU‽ • 

Apple A18
References spotted in code
Jason on A18 speed
Stephen on the technical limitations

 • Ask ATP: 

 • Is adding permanent 
NVMe • storage a bad plan? (via Neil) 

CalDigit TS5+

 • What’s the best way to increase “internal” storage on a Mac? 
iSCSI • ? 
Mounted disc images? • (via Patrick Harms) 

Atto Xtend SAN

 • How does a new grad land a job?

 • Post-show: Casey’s approach to ad-free YouTube must be dissected 

YouTube Premium Lite

Members-only • ATP Overtime: 
Apple’s App Store changes for the EU • 

Jason’s coverage • 

Store Services tiers in the EU

Gruber’s summary
Cranky man remains cranky
Steve Troughton-Smith’s take
The Verge

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647: You Get One Exclamation Point

• Pre-Show: John has made 
an important purchase • 

11 June 2011
Documentation of the journey • (spoilers!)

John’s beloved
Ninja
Anova
After Dark

 • Follow-up: 

 • We’re doing good work here, folks 

YoLink leak sensors
Leak sensor 4-pack with compulsory hub
 • Travel insurance is more than you think it is (via 
Jason Poole • and Levi Dalton) 

Allianz concierge

 • Window widget size in Tahoe

 • Apple Intelligence is 
now allowed when booting from an external • in Tahoe beta 2

 • Floating tab bars in iOS 26

 • Apple 
“Ducks” • 

The Architect’s Lions

 • Maybe 
don’t yank out removable storage in Windows either • (via 
Adrian Mester • )

 • It’s the world that’s wrong, not me: iPhone 16 Pro case edition 

“We Messed Up”
Bullstrap open-bottom case

 • Ads in YouTube 

 • Why not use 
uBlock Origin • ? (via 
Igor Kulman • )

 • …or perhaps 
Vinegar • (App Store link) (via 
Michael Brown • )

RIP FireWire
Apple marketing continues to misfire
Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri • 

OpenAI/Meta leadership talent rivalry

 • Ask ATP: 

 • Is it worth buying a laptop where Tahoe is preinstalled? (via 
François-Olivier Leblanc • )

 • How much faster will an M4 be than an M1 for Xcode Simulator launches? (via 
Alistair Logie • )

 • How do we choose a new UPS? (via David Levine) 

John’s pick
Casey’s pick
ATP #569
Eaton UPSes

 • Post-show: Marco restaurant-tech MVPs… from his co-hosts! 

Tailscale • (Tailscale is a prior sponsor) 

Casey’s introductory post
Tailscale 4via6

YoLink temperature sensors • (
even cheaper • with a smaller temp. range) 

Thermoworks
VHB Tape
Eve Room

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Should we pay developers like athletes? 

Sam Altman claims Meta has made $100M offers • 

Jack Altman’s podcast
Reuters coverage

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646: On the Shelf With the Pickles

• Pre-Show: Phish & 
Wabbit • Dave Matthews Season 

Allianz Ampitheater at Riverfront
Belkin UltraGlass 2

 • Some Administrivia: 

 • 🗣️ New 
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ATP Movie Club: Sneakers • 🗣️ 

Sneakers (1992)

 • ATP Performance Shirt 
Inventory Sale

 • Follow-up: 

 • Persistent icon replacement helper apps 

Pictogram
Replacicon

 • Tahoe beta 2 

Finder icon updated! • 

Louie Mantia tries again

 • New menu bar background setting! 

Beta 2, with background

 • Tahoe’s [Not-So-] Naked Robotic Menu Bar (via 
Vítor • ) 

Beta 1, gray
Beta 1, red
Beta 1, white

 • Safari toolbars (via Lewis Dorigo) 

Settings • → 
Advanced • → 
Show color in compact tab bar

theme_color
Yosemite Safari tabs • 

 • From 
John’s review

 • Installing betas and DFU mode 

macvdmtool • (via Robert Sherry)

DFU Blaster • (via Brian LaShomb)

InstallAssistant.pkg • (via Andy Beyer-Bowden)

 • iOS 26 Beta 2 

Frost all the things!
 • The case of Marco’s missing download/check buttons 

Roman’s observation

 • iPadOS 26 window limits (via Jon Edwards)

 • “Apple Vision Pro 4K” (via 
Greg Kaplan • ) 

visionOS what’s new
2048
Threes

All your data are belong to • AI companies 

 • Apple training models on Feedback attachments ಠ_ಠ 

Original report from Joachim

Meta AI staffers take an interesting approach
New York Times 🤝🏻 Amazon AI
You can train AI models without copyrighted material… it’s just a pain in the 🍑
Anthropic gets a W… maybe?

 • Ask ATP: 

 • Does Marco use 
Apple CarKey • ? His car 
should support it • . (via Samuel Polay) 

CarPlay Ultra partners list is looking… sparse
Ferrari keyfob

 • Why does macOS want USB mass storage ejected, but iPadOS doesn’t? (via David Campbell)

 • Post-show: TV Update for Marco 

RTINGS: Sony Bravia 8 II review
RTINGS: Bravia 8 II vs. A95L
 • LG G5 

RTINGS: LG G5 review
HDTVTest: LG G5 review
RTINGS: LG’s New Firmware for the G5

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Overlap between appdev & gamedev 

Coyote time & jump buffering
Secrets to a great platformer with Unity
 • Destiny health

 • Examples in our apps

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645: More Frosting

• Pre-show: 
G4 Doorbell Pro • 

Bespoke 3D-printed mount
Fancy-schmancy Marco-recommended Flashlight

 • What betas are we running? 

Virtual Buddy

 • 𝑥OS 26 & Version Numbers 

 • iOS Apps built against old SDKs get 
19.0 • ; new ones get 
26.0 • (via 
Gui Rambo • ) 

ProcessInfo
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersionCompat.plist

 • Tahoe returns 
16 • when reqiured for compatibility and 
26 • otherwise (via 
Howard Oakley • ) 

SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 • = 
16
null • or 
SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0 • = 
26

 • Liquid Glass 

Adopting Liquid Glass • 

Don’t Liquid Glass All the Things

 • Not present in macOS? (via 
Steve Troughton-Smith • )

Liquid Glass clone • in 
Flutter • (via 
Dave Wood • )

Fluid Glass • in 
React • (via 
Francisco Tolmasky • )

macOS Tahoe • 

Whimsy returns • ! (via 
Minimal Nerd • )

Squircle Jail • 

 • Squircle ∆ (via 
Yannic Lung • )

Say Hello to the New Look of App Icons
 • Squircle Jailbreak! (via 
Simon B Støvring • )

 • Speaking of rounded corners… 

Build an AppKit App with the New Design

 • Chonky stoplights 

 • macOS 26 window control buttons are no longer smol (via 
Avi Drissman • )

-[NSTitledFrame sizeOfTitlebarButtons]

Missing title bars
 • Missing menu bar fixes 

GlassBar
Boring Old Menu Bar

 • Alignment 

Tahoe dialog
Tahoe dialog, center-icon mockup
Left-aligned title bar text images

Finder icon controversy • 

 • Stephen tried 
Icon Composer • with 
solid results
Michael Flarup
D. Griffin Jones

 • Icons next to menu items 

 • Previously in the HIG (via 
Stefan Habel • )

Today in the HIG

 • Tabs contrast 

Terminal tabs

 • Safari contrast 

Ridiculous pink in the toolbar in Safari

 • Arrow cursor has been updated 

Discovery by Nathan Manceaux-Panot
Hand cursor as well

 • Floating elements & compartmentalization 

Screenshot
We all float down here
Mario Alberto Guzmán’s observations
Steve Troughton-Smith’s observations

 • Clipboard history 

Stephen Robles
Overview video

 • Future of 
Rosetta • 

Ars Technica

 • New disk image format: 
ASIF • 

Howard Oakley write-up

iOS 26 • 

 • UI impressions

 • New slider thumbs reveal new info (via 
Niki Tonsky • ) 

Video

iPadOS 26 • 

 • Open window limits (via 
Steve Troughton-Smith • ) 

Previously, in Mac OS X 10.0…

 • Slideover is 💀

 • UI impressions

 • Testing Liquid Glass 

UIDesignRequiresCompatibility

 • Vision Pro 
4K • ? (via 
Steve Troughton-Smith • )

 • Post-show: WWDC Favorites 

Apple’s transcription APIs • 

John Voorhees’s write-up
Yap

Generable
SwitchGlass

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Interview roundup on MacRumors
 • Joanna Stern 

7-minute excerpt
Full 24-minute interview

Mark from Tom’s Guide & Lance from TechRadar

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644: You Have to Invert

• Pre-show: 
Casey's Tom Bihn Cadet review
 • Follow-up: 
 • John's 802.11ac device (via 
@_adamluther • )

 • John's Wi-Fi Routers 
AirPort Extreme Teardown
Noctua fan
 • What computer should Casey buy?

 • Mouse design 
Apple Mouse
Apology Mouse
Apple Pro Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Low Men in Yellow Coats
Apple Mouse History
John's home mouse
John's work mouse
Magic Mouse, "Fixed"
Wirecutter review with grip pictures
 • Overcast upgrades at 
Linode
 • John's adventures with 
Safari pinned tab icons • 
Alternate markup
Illustrator
Acorn
Affinity Designer
 • Challenges of an iPad "Pro" 
Cintiq
Mark Gurman on iPad Pro
iPad: A Consumption Device, After All? • by Lukas Mathis

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