683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug
19 March 2026

683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Follow-up:


      You’re welcome, world
      Formula 1


        A brief, renewed pitch to watch this season
        Cameras


          Are not a large portion of the coverage (via Matt Rigby)
          Failures don’t [usually] matter (via The Racing Line)


            Great camera overview video


        The other perk of in-car footage (via Eric Fox)
        On getting Sky Sports replays (via Brendan Webb)

      Rosetta


        A deep dive from Colin McKellar
        Instant Final Cut Pro deprecation warning (via Tom Obarski)

      iPhone 17e teardown
      MacBook Neo


        Gruber on the camera & mic on-screen indicators


          Apple Platform Security Guide
          On Apple Exclaves (Medium link)

        CPU benchmark correction (via Philipp Sommer)
        SSD benchmarks (via Vito Traino)


          Andrew Marc David’s review
          M1 MacBook Air benchmarks
          General Apple Silicon benchmarks


            AmorphousDiskMark
            MacBook SSD benchmarks


        John’s and Marco’s hands-on impressions
        Teardowns


          Tech Re-Nu
          iFixIt


            Video
            Blog post




    AirPods Max 2


      Newsroom
      John wins the bet (Overcast timestamp link)
      Apple’s compare page

    Overcast beta now has transcripts!


      Mac Mini Vault
      Green Mini Host
      FileVault over SSH
      launchd
      XPC

    Post-show Neutral: BMW i3 Revealed


      The Verge
      Ars Technica

    Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s 27 OSes and Liquid Glass


      Gurman on 15 February
      Gurman on 15 March



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