Accidental Tech Podcast

Hosted by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

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June 15, 2026Episode 6961 hr 59 min

696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It

Pre-show: We are not dangerously capable We convince ourselves not to pivot to video Accidental Neutral: The Rivian R2 FYI, Marco: Casey has officially called dibs on the R3X 😈 Follow-up: It’s Road Trip (via Jason Paul) Indexing for the new Spotlight Passwords app does the hard thing macOS 27 “Golden Gate” was the codename for macOS Big Sur… and eWorld 1.1 Microsoft Bob You can use Touch ID for Administrator access There’s a way to skip the Siri waitlist (via Steve Troughton-Smith) sudo defaults write "/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict-add Enabled -bool NO ST-S points out the change in Apple’s documentation The Liquid Glass slider is part of Golden Gate onboarding Corner radius ∆s, illustrated Mickey hands are back They can’t leave well enough alone, Finder icon edition General Golden Gate icon changes Touch Macs are coming Pull-to-refresh comes to macOS ST-S notices NSToolbar changes You can resize the iPhone Mirroring window HIG updates for menu icons iOS 27 Siri AI pull down animation iPadOS 27 ST-S notes the menu is now aligned to the leading edge tvOS (Apparently it’s still an OS in the lineup —Ed.) Hardware compatibility watchOS Hardware compatibility Apple’s AI Tech Talk Images Quotes Dan Moren vanity searches An aside on Apple filtering out some frequencies during utterances of “Siri” Stephen Robles’ Siri AI review (timestamp link to 5m47s) 3Blue1Brown transformers video Apple’s announcement for third-gen models Instruction-Following Pruning for LLMs LLM in a Flash: Efficient LLM Inference with Limited Memory Filippone Stefano’s review Ars Technica’s write-up Post-show: Casey’s trip results UniFi Travel Router GL-iNet Flex Mini Members-only ATP Overtime: The WWDC 2026 Platforms State of the Union OpenDoc iPhone mirroring resizing Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

June 9, 2026Episode 6952 hr 51 min

695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua

WWDC 2026 Watch the Keynote (alternatively, on YouTube) Craig Hockenberry on Spotlight Word wall Rob Rhyne’s toot Weird holes Change Detection .well-known Dear EU, 🖕. Love, Apple Post-show: Casey’s unexpected afternoon Music Video Craig’s toot Tim’s Good Morning video [Alternatively, on Xcancel] TN3212: Adopting gesture recognizers for Sidecar touch support (via Vince) Sam Henri Gold Members-only ATP Overtime: The foldable iPhone takes shape White foldable phone More details Sonny Dickson’s images [Alternatively, on Xcancel] Case leaks Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

June 4, 2026Episode 6942 hr 19 min

694: Potential and Homework

Pre-show: 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ John and dynamic DNS Former & future sponsor Tailscale (but seriously, I’m obsessed —CL) Tailscale Funnel DynDns.org no-ip.org Follow-up: Ferrari Luce John’s remembered video clip of sandwiching the body (extracted by RG) John’s EV Stupidity Checklist Wassym Bensaid, Chief Software Officer at Rivian, being a dummy Bambu’s battle with its users They were already in hot water (via Steve Riggins) Jose agrees Faking alarm reminders (via Ben Smith) Moving files between volumes Steven Op de beeck demonstrates this with a tiny file and a large file Computer UI designer for Her (via Peter Puleio) Previously on ATP WWDC 2026 All systems glow Wallpaper Gurman prediction More at MacRumors macOS 27, Vision Pro, and Ternus [oh my!] Hardware that has been delayed by Siri macOS 27 name What are we dreading? What we’re most excited for? What will we miss? Post-show: Casey wants some advice Callsheet Channels OAuth VLAN Jellyfin Infuse SenPlayer (App Store link) Tailscale Service Members-only ATP Overtime: Nvidia announces RTX Spark Previously, the DGX Spark This is not a new chip (timestamp link to 55s) They’re the same… but not Surface Laptop Ultra Ars Technica Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

May 29, 2026Episode 6932 hr 2 min

693: Negative Bonus Points

Pre-show: Marco has something to commend Ubiquiti marketing video Spanning Tree Protocol Sonos & Networking Documentation Follow-up: Formula 1 on Apple TV The case for alarm reminders (via Matthew Cave) SVG can do animations — and way more! (via Vítor) SVG can do THAT‽ Yes, you can use AI for ffmpeg, but have you tried Lossless Cut? SF Symbols in Marco’s Reminder app (via Clarko) How can we bemoan Electron and cheer WebViews? (via Julian Gamble) If Finder moves are no good, are mvs the same? Defrag lives on …in APFS diskutil apfs defragment [disk] enable [disk] is something along the lines of diske3 or disk3s1, that you get via diskutil list MJ Tsai AI Sentiment AI levels… down?… your worst coworker (via Nathan) Ireland compels data center developers to bring their own clean energy (via Ian Robinson) Large Energy User Action Plan Perspectives on art Original Monet The Ferrari Luce Previously on ATP Purosangue Jaguar I-Pace BMW i3 BMW i8 GMA T.33 Porsche Taycan Galleries The Verge Car and Driver Exterior Interior Coverage The Verge Top Gear Cleo Abram MKBHD (stationary tour) ba-dum tss John’s EV Stupidity Checklist Saturday Night Live Affordance Post-show: RIP Destiny 2 Associated layoffs, because, of course Destiny 1 on Wikipedia Penny Arcade Members-only ATP Overtime: Bambu vs. its community How one private message could change the face of 3D printing Sponsored by: zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

May 21, 2026Episode 6922 hr 6 min

692: A Thinking Hitch

Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Movie Club: Her Immersive Inlet: Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness Follow-up: Cut/copy/paste in Finder Terminal John’s Terminal.app state restoration woes tcsh John’s Terminal settings Window tab John’s Terminal settings Tab tab Escape sequence extended tooltip .cshrc Terminal apps for macOS with text-based config files Fancy shell prompts like Starship KornShell Some other terminal resources The Linux Field Guide by Uros Popovic (via Derek) The terminal, the TTY, and the shell The Secret Rules of the Terminal by Julia Evans Wizard Zines Ignoring node_modules and the like In Dropbox Dropbox documentation (via Hunter Hillegas) …or use xattrs Dropbox documentation on ignoring files Automator example from Boz Bundalo In Time Machine pnpm as an alternative to npm (via Paul Galow) Technical explanation Supply chain protection 20th Anniversary iPhone curved display will improve a year later? 🤨 Reminders Has Marco tried “alarm” reminders? Reminders snoozing (via Rob Howard) Updates in 26.5 Flexibits Why does everyone hate AI? Pew Research Concern vs. excitement Ability to think & form meaningful relationships Ability to tell the ∆ between AI & human-generated content Retaining the ability to be self-sufficient Risk vs. reward Young adults are using it The more young people use AI, the more they hate it Commencement speakers aren’t getting the hint University of Central Florida University of Arizona Joanna Stern interviews a recent UCF journalism grad On YouTube Wearable AI friend friend.com omi.me Americans really don’t want data centers in their backyards Stratechery Phantom data centers US nuclear power: 1970-2023 (Chart) Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Angine de Poitrine on KEXP Post-show: Marco gets geeky Modern SwiftUI APIs for Programmatic Scrolling Native all the way… until you need text PaintCode XKCD Members-only ATP Overtime: Googlebook & Aluminum OS Why does the Googlebook exist? Sponsored by: Cotypist: Type as fast as you can think. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

May 14, 2026Episode 6911 hr 55 min

691: A Menlo Phase

Pre-show: Project Hail Mary Reconcilable Differences #286: Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Break My Stride Setlist Bandcamp Luke Bloom — Bad D. H. T. — Listen to Your Heart Apocalyptica Vitamin String Quartet Johnny Cash — Hurt Follow-up: CapEx vs. OpEx (via Andrew Leahey) Bloomberg “Hot lot” (via Anonymous & Matt Jones) Ultra/Neo/etc Is the “iPhone Ultra” the 20th anniversary iPhone? (via Janne Ojaniemi) Did we forget about “Studio”? (via Karan J) What’s the ∆ between an iMac Neo and a Studio Display? (via Zoran Nešić) Time Machine …with lots of small files (via Jon Wilson & Andrew Hathaway) Asimov …with spinning disks (via Ben Mattison & Carlos Pereira) …period (via David Fokkema) lsof Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250M for fumbling AI Siri Apple is flirting with Intel and Samsung Apple’s Newsroom post about US manufacturing Apple and Intel have reached an agreement? (Apple News+ link) Ask ATP: How do we actually move files around our Macs? (via Brandon Whichard) Yoink MD5 Do we use a profile/theme for Terminal windows? (via Chris Harper) Prompt 3 Do we use any other IDEs? (also via Chris Harper) LSP Intelephense Post-show: .nofollow Apple developer forum post Symlink .nosync, .noindex, .nobackup Hopper MJ Tsai Apple open-source Swift SE-0529: Add FilePath to the Standard Library Safe Path Handling: Why Secure Filesystem Operations Are Harder Than You Think Members-only ATP Overtime: Non-developers building apps Ben Dansby Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

May 8, 2026Episode 6901 hr 55 min

690: Turn Left at the Next Tree

Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧 Follow-up: Backblaze & cloud backups Carbon Copy Cloner & Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein) Support document Maestral Arq’s approach (via Daniel Luz) Neo-ing… other things Mythos What makes this different (via William Moran) GPT-5.5 is equivalent? cURL security/bug reports Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI AI is still ruining everything See also: MacBook Neo More from Tim Culpan Paul Haddad’s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay An examination of Apple’s CapEx Apple’s R&D spending hits new record SG&A MG Siegler’s take Project Titan died in Febraury 2024 Ultra all the things iPhone Ultra MacBook Ultra AirPods Ultra iPad Ultra Apple Watch Ultra 4 Mac Ultra iMac Ultra Ask ATP: What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy) Post-show: Marco’s Great Saunter Ashokan Rail Trail Saunter Map App Pedometer++ Suunto Race S Titanium Barkley Marathons Documentary trailer Members-only ATP Overtime: Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software Jason’s take Foster Brereton somebehemoth Neywiny Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

April 30, 2026Episode 6891 hr 56 min

689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm

Pre-show: Mythos Anthropic’s blog post Follow-up: ATP Store Yes, it happened again. The ATP Neo Silver made it! UPenn is an Ivy Kieran Healy’s story Marina Epelman’s thought US News & World Report 2026 Best Engineering Schools Gurman’s transition coverage Tim Cook’s remarks to employees Comparison between Cook & Ternus The Ability to be Hotter New material proves to be more heat conductive Backblaze is no longer backing up cloud storage Backblaze Mac Release Notes for version 9.2.2.878 Backblaze Windows Release Notes for version 9.2.2.877 Response on Reddit Reparse point Additional response on Reddit Backblaze blog post MJ Tsai roundup Alternatives: Arq Parachute for iCloud Ask ATP: What generation is John’s Accord? What’s the plan for replacement? (via Brian Ashe) ATP Neutral: Car Shopping 2014 Honda Accord Which Apple CEO will 💩-can the Mac? (via Jason) How often should Macs be restarted? (via Paul Franz) Bug report Gruber’s take Post-show: Pedometer++ version 8.0 Underscore’s blog post Stephen’s blog post Six Years Perfecting Maps on watchOS Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple MacBook Neo all the things? MaxTech’s musing Sponsored by: Aura Frames: Frames for every memory, gifts for every occasion DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

April 21, 2026Episode 6882 hr 6 min

688: A Company Man

🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: GL.iNet KVM security issues? Mark Wadham’s write-up Dan Godin at Ars Technica MacBook Neo cores 🤝 BMW heated seats? (via Edward Munn) Joe Lion waxes poetic about RAM on Apple Silicon More component delays It’s Ternus time Fashion Cook’s shoes Ternus’s Shirt Cook’s Shirt Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer Tim’s letter New York Times coverage Marco’s blog post Post-show: John quizzes Marco & Casey Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue Infinite Loop by Michael S. Malone Revolution in the Valley folklore.org Jason’s recommendations Members-only ATP Overtime: Media consumption & the limits of human perception Stephen Robles’ $3,000 video box Kaleidescape Strato MakeMKV Tom’s Hardware: Audiophiles are full of 💩 Original post One Man’s Dream (Callsheet link) RIP, Ken Fritz Sponsored by: Anthropic: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

April 16, 2026Episode 6871 hr 55 min

687: You Can Bend This Line

Pre-show: Casey requests an app from Marco Roon Nugs 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Dev: Nuggets of Wisdom Follow-up: Suunto is… not young (via Henri Sivonen) Garmin did beat Suunto to GPS watch though The other neat explainer John was thinking of (via Ben Landsberg) Previously: Eric Portis on Color Spaces Bartosz Ciechanowski on… anything Is Apple running out of A18 Pros‽ 😱 Apple IDs & passkeys (via Vitor) Others with this issue Apple said it’d be fixed… two years ago Stealing TV… may not be so wise. Shocker! (via Nye Hughes) See also: Krebs on Security Darknet Diaries (via David Brownman) Ads are coming to Apple Maps Newsroom AI-generated code & copyright AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted Can coding agents “relicense” through clean-room re-implementation? No right to relicense this project Monkey selfie Claude, rewrite yourself Ask ATP: When Marco goes on a saunter with two watches, are the measurements similar? (via Jason) Why did Marco bother with colocation? (via Stephen Gozza) Post-show: Casey’s silly new toy Alex’s overview Screenshot of a Linux machine Screenshot of a Mac Members-only ATP Overtime: John tries to reach acceptance Apple approves AMD & Nvidia eGPU drivers What if Apple adopted “MPX”-style modules? (via Jan Wedekind) MK1 High Density Rack Mount Bandwidth comparisons Thunderbolt 5 80 Gbit/s symmetric 120 Gbit/s unidirectional for displays SSD (M5 Max MacBook pro, 4 TB) 109 Gbit/s (13.6 GB/s) read 142 Gbit/s (17.8 GB/s) write PCIe speeds on PCIe 5.0 1 lane: 32 Gbit/s (4 GB/s) 16 lanes: 512 Gbit/s (64 GB/s) …as compared to the Mac Pro’s 64 lanes across 4 slots (2,048 GBit/s) 17× Thunderbolt 5’s maximum single-direction speed Internal vs. external SSD 2025 Mac Studio: ~5.5 GB/s OWC Envoy Ultra: ~5.1 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,250 OWC Thunderblade: ~5.75 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,700 PolySoft third-party internal SSDs Kickstarter (ended November 2024) Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!