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Casey Liss

John Siracusa

Marco Arment

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Pre-show: 
The best (but slowest) website on the internet • 

Million Dollar Homepage
2013 BMW M5 • (PDF)

2014 Honda Accord • (PDF)

M4 iPad Air
iPhone 17e
New displays • (‼️) 

 • Studio Display 2 

A19 per MacRumors
Some excellent throwback snark from Jack Wellborn

 • Studio Display XDR 

Day-one software update
Mac support • 

120Hz-worthy Macs

M5 MacBook Air • 

No change in RAM upgrade pricing • ?

M5 Pro & M5 Max • 

Efficiency cores still exist

M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pros • 

 • If you squint, a 64GB MBP 
got cheaper

MacBook Neo • 

Name leak
Prior art
Jason’s review & charts
No indicator light
Jason’s observation about the Apple logo
Announcement video

 • Post-show: John had 
a post • break containment 

Context collapse

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Apple’s 
video podcast experience • 

HLS
Dan Moren notes prior art
Not based on RSS, laments Manton Reece
Stephen Robles’ video

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681: The Price of Your Nightmares

• Pre-show: Marco’s Watch and snow 
blows • woes 

TruFuel

 • Follow-up: 

 • Casey got the 
CableCARD • email 😭

YoLink • alternatives (via Joe) 

IKEA Matter-over-Thread announcement
KLIPPBOK (leak sensor)
BILRESA (remote control)
MYGGSPRAY (motion sensor)

 • House batteries & 
V2H • /
V2L • (via Russel Prouse) 

F-150 Lightning

 • On the value of M𝑥 Pro processors (via 
Rick Baumhauer • )

 • Tahoe window resizing workaround (via 
Nathan Manceaux-Panot • ) 

defaults write -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize 8
defaults delete -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize

 • macOS document model 

…was actually introduced in Mac OS X 10.7
…and noted in the beginning of the Mac OS X 10.8 review
 • Final Cut Pro X 
does • auto-save (via 
Ian Robinson • ) 

 • Technical details (via 
Videoalex • )

 • Microsoft Office 365 also auto-saves 
onto OneDrive in Windows • (via 
Éric • )

 • Saving files in Xcode (via Alex Kent)

 • Returning to 
Save As… • (via 
Eric deRuiter • ) 

System Settings • 

Desktop & Dock • → disable 
Close windows when quitting an application
Keyboard • → 
Keyboard Shortcuts • create an entry under 
All Applications • for 
Save As… • (using an ellipsis by typing 
⌥ ; • ) and assign it to 
⌘⇧S

Notepad++ • (via Emily Campbell)

 • Alternative to 
Due • (via 
Patrick Dumontel • ) 

GoodTask

Apple March 4 “experience” • 

MacRumors’ roundup of low-cost MacBook limitations

Apple to manufacture some Mac minis in the US • 

Wall Street Journal video
Accompanying article • 

Apple News link

This predates this administration?

 • Ask ATP: 

 • What are our current home & lock screens? (via 
Sagar Patel • ) 

ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen
 • John: 
lock • & 
home
 • Casey: 
lock • & 
home • 

Indigo
Croissant

 • Marco: 
lock • & 
home

 • What’s our current desktop headphone setup? (via 
ziplyne • ) 

 • Overtime on 
ATP #675
 • Casey 

AirPods Pro 3
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 32Ω
 • Desktop speakers 

Sonos Era 100 • × 2

Sonos Sub Mini
Sonos Combo Adapter

 • John: 

Sony MDR-7506
Kanto ORA4
ATP #630

 • Marco: 

 • Podcasting 

Beyerdynamic DT775 Pro 250Ω
Beyerdynamic EDT1770D Earpads
 • Schiit Jotunheim 2 (an older model; current is 
Jotunheim 3 • )

 • Music 

HifiMan HE6

 • Speakers 

 • KEF 
Q150 • / 
LSX II • & 
KC62
 • Amp for Q150: 
Fosi Audio BT30D

 • Post-show: Casey’s driven more cars 

BMW i4 M50
Audi e-tron GT

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Skill shortages, Apple Silicon, and AI 

Empowering the Next Wave of Silicon Engineers
Gell-Mann amnesia effect

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680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

• Pre-show: 

 • Marco beach… and app… cleanup results 

Instagram reel that John found
Due
YoLink Water Leak Starter Kit

 • We’re recording ✨from the future✨.

 • Follow-up: 

 • Should Casey look at a used 
Lucid Air • for ~$50k?

 • Marco’s 
defection • move to Chrome (via 
Sarvagnan • ) 

Helium Browser
unduck.link

 • Window resizing in Tahoe (via 
Jeff Johnson • ) 

“Resolved Issue” → “Known Issue” • 

Objective Development
LaunchBar
Little Snitch

AirTag 2 & speaker tampering
 • Cloudflare Open Access (via George Black) 

Explanatory video

Fastmail 🤝🏻 Perl • 

Fastmail’s donation
John’s referral link

 • Another Apple purchase migration warning (via Nick) 

Support document

YouTube is on visionOS • (App Store link)

Studio Display 2 to be… 90Hz • ? 🤨

New devices not on the latest-and-greatest TSMC process?
 • Where are you, M5 Pro MacBook Pro? 

Juli Clover at MacRumors
Ben Lovejoy at 9to5 Mac
Ben in December 2024
Vadim Yuryev (of MaxTech)

 • Ask ATP: 

 • What kind of battery backup should one use? (via Allen Shull) 

Casey’s “tailgate battery”
Casey’s “bequeathed” generator
Tesla Powerwall

 • Why do we think Ternus is a good idea as CEO? (via Kevin B.)

 • What’s the deal with 
Save As… • , 
Duplicate • , etc? (via 
Carl Walther • ) 

 • The new document model was actually introduced in 
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in 2011
 • More from 
John’s Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion review in in 2012

 • Post-show: 
Casey’s Status Board
Members-only • ATP Overtime: Apparently 
everyone is stealing TV • 

ReplayTV

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679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself

• 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

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678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers

• 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

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677: I Accept the Battery Cost

• 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

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676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

• 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

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675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load

• 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

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674: A Reliable, Boring Partner

• 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?

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673: Six Impossible Things

• 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

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iMac Pro… phoenix? • 

Previous code name discussion
Jason on Apple’s display strategy

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