Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-Show: John has made an important purchase11 June 2011Documentation of the journey (spoilers!)John’s belovedNinjaAnovaAfter DarkFollow-up:We’re doing good work here, folksYoLink leak sensorsLeak sensor 4-pack with compulsory hubTravel insurance is more than you think it is (via Jason Poole and Levi Dalton)Allianz conciergeWindow widget size in TahoeApple Intelligence is now allowed when...

Pre-Show: Phish & Wabbit Dave Matthews SeasonAllianz Ampitheater at RiverfrontBelkin UltraGlass 2Some Administrivia:🗣️ New ATP Member’s special: ATP Movie Club: Sneakers 🗣️Sneakers (1992)ATP Performance Shirt Inventory SaleFollow-up:Persistent icon replacement helper appsPictogramReplaciconTahoe beta 2Finder icon updated!Louie Mantia tries againNew menu bar background setting!Beta 2, with...

Pre-show: G4 Doorbell ProBespoke 3D-printed mountFancy-schmancy Marco-recommended FlashlightWhat betas are we running?Virtual Buddy𝑥OS 26 & Version NumbersiOS Apps built against old SDKs get 19.0; new ones get 26.0 (via Gui Rambo)ProcessInfo/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersionCompat.plistTahoe returns 16 when reqiured for compatibility and 26 otherwise (via Howard...

Pre-show: Initial Switch 2 ReactionsMario Kart WorldWWDCF1Sam Henri GoldMarcelFlightyParcelControl PlaneAcornPost-show: RIP, John’s Mac ProMembers-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s latest paper on the limitations of LLMsPreviously discussed on ATP #609GaryMarcus’ blog post which quotes a summary from Josh WolfeGary’s 1998 paperGary’s 2001 bookSponsored by:Clic for Sonos: Elevate Your Sonos Experience...

Follow-up:Apple “emergency” App Store appeal deniedAdditional lighting solution (via Nathanial)macOS 26: Tahoe?macOS 26 supported hardwareLaurene Powell Jobs & Jony Ive interviewMacRumors coverageMolly White’s newsletterPolycom “star”/”spider” phonesVision Pro & John Siracusa CornerBono: Stories of SurrenderOpen: An AutobiographyRattle and HumApple Immersive Screenshots:CrowdStadiumTVPSA:...

Pre-show: ATP’s relationship with AppleFive WhysFollow-up:SSD longevity details from an anonymous SSD firmware engineerVision Pro on The Price is RightWhat are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building?Ming-Chi Quo’s opinionUpgrade #565: The Scent of HumaneAlexa Plus UpdateNeutral:Slate Truck Top Gear reviewTELO, a potential Slate competitor (via Kevin Ayers)There’s a Discord (via Kevin Cash)DeMuro’s...

Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Top Four: Game Consoles 🗣️Follow-up:Home Networking Corner 🤝🏻 Vision Pro CornerHow I use my AVP to retrofit Unifi Access Points in finished homesSSDs and long-term storage was covered on Security Now #1023 (via Paul Chernoff)SpinRite (Intel-only)Fornite is back in the US App StoreApp Store linkJudge YGR’s filingApple 🤝🏻 EpicEpic courts Apple...

Pre-show: Marco’s [kinda] brief review of the M4 MacBook ProCalDigit TS5Follow-up:Letterboxd SF SymbolProcured via volunteer Alyce D! 💙Custom Symbols App (App Store link)AI App Store summaries != spam email filtering (via Kevin Markham)“A fine is a price” (via Kieran Healy)A Fine is a Price by Gneezy & RustichiniApple 🤝🏻 AnthropicApple appeals App Store rule changesRiley Testut details...

Pre-show: Chromebook-block evasionsFollow-up:At least one person did miss our WWDC sale. 🙁Vision Pro Corner: StagePlayBlue Man GroupEpic vs. AppleThe Verge on Apple’s decision makingApple’s ResponseApple AppealsApp Store rules have been changedMJ Tsai’s RoundupRyan JonesGruberUpgrade #562: Let’s Break the LawTim Sweeney continues grandstandingFortnite may be coming back… via 🇸🇪?Epic Games...

Pre-show: Marco reaches another milestoneThinOptics round clearNew ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: School, Then and NowFollow-up:A surprising Vision Pro corner:Adventure: Hill ClimbLaura’s Hot LapNeutral Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car NowLaura Hayes Racing (archived)D. Griffin Jones reviews the Sigma BFArticleVideoJohn discusses the design of the Mac ProiPadOS window affordances (via...