660: It’s All Chicken Salad

• Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results

Goose •

Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025

Allianz Ampitheater Chicken Salad Chick Nugs.net ZZQ • Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:

Hungersite Give it Time How it Ends Dripfield

• Follow-up:

• ATP in the wild

Original report form Richard Earney •

• Follow-up by Matt Smith

• Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella

• AirPods 3

• Ear Lottery

Michael corroborates Marco’s experience • …but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope • …and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer

Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison Live translation • results

David Schaub’s horror story • about filling up your phone

Mike Taffet does science on iPhone ↔ iPhone transfers • Marco’s USB odyssey

Jack Wellborn had a similar experience Syd Polk wonders if it’s a Sequoia thing • (Among others) Fabien theorizes its’ an alignment thing •

• Keith Heaton brought receipts Tailgate Tub

Active vs. passive Thunderbolt cables •

OWC Informative Reddit comment by LaughingMan11

• Synology alternatives

• Colin McKellar suggests QNAP • See also:

UGREEN Unraid FreeNAS • / TrueNAS • …

• 🎉 …may not be necessary anymore! • 🎉

Coverage from Guru3D •

SpaceRex on YouTube Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica

• More more first impressions

• Quick AirPods Pro 3 update

• iPhone case updates

Omar Shahine performs surgery on the Nomad back Torras clear case Bullstrap open-bottom leather case Peak Design Everyday Case • (Charcoal color has the good fabric)

• Still to test: Süti PhoneBack • in black leather, if it ever ships

• iOS 16

• iPadOS 26: Now with slide-over!

Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store •

Previously, in Hong Kong •

Tim’s explanation Response letter

Reuters’ take MJ Tsai Gurman on Apple succession

• Post-show: Pour one a Sprite out for a real one TiVo •

Channels AOL dialup service ends

Members-only • ATP Overtime: The Meta Ray-Ban Display • , and Apple’s response

The Verge Gurman: Apple pivots

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