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Pre-show: Marco’s fans
Peltier plate
Marco’s mount
The alternative stronger cooler
Cooler only, without charging
Follow-up:
Snapdragon X actually runs at 45 TOPS (via sciwizam)
Justin Long shills for Qualcomm
Commercial
Snapdragon Computex Keynote
Previously,...
589: The Correct Amount of Rocks
Follow-up:
New Vision Pro Content
Experience Immersive (“Sizzle Reel”)
Adventure Episode 2: Parkour
What If…?
Jason Snell’s review
Even the low-storage 13” iPad Pros have 12 GB of RAM, despite only using 8 GB? 🤨
Editors’ note: Thanks to Elon’s Big B...
588: Sync Up Your Cycle
Follow-up:
John’s iPad Pro (M4) review
MKBHD’s magnets reel doesn’t show the rail; it’s on the cover. (via Odin)
The iPad Pro can bend, but it’s difficult
JerryRigEverything @ 8m40s
Quinn’s stunning Pencil Pro observation
Sebastian de With
Zoom audio for Marco’...
587: No Dots Are Going to Help Me
New member special: ATP Neutral: Car Shopping
Pre-show: Marco is back in the ScanSnap world
Raven scanner (defunct)
Fujitsu Ricoh ScanSnap iX1600
Follow-up:
Apple apologizes for iPad “Crush” ad
Charlie Chapman’s 📱💨
AppleCare+ for educational-discounted product...
586: Do a Barrel Roll!
Follow-up:
More on RAM in base-model Macs
HomeKit light controls UI
Holoplot speakers in the Sphere
Festival speakers
One last ride for FineWoven?
Apple’s May Event
🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺: Charger sold separately
And no soup stickers for anyone
Apple’s commercial hullaba...
585: Everyone Heard the Same Nonsense
Pre-show: Casey’s after-action report
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
RelayFM Podcastathon 2023 Part 1 & Part 2
Follow-up:
It’s possible to toggle a dimmable light in Home.app (via Dan Sturm)
The Hayes AT command set is still going strong 😱 (via Pedro...
584: Daisy Hates Ticketmaster
Pre-show: Marco’s Sinus Situation & the one month a yellow car makes sense
The ATP Store is BACK baby! 👕
Runs until Sunday, 28 April. Don’t wait!
🚨 THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING 🚨
Remember members get 15% off!
Follow-up:
Filesystems (🛎), case sensitivity, and APFS v...
583: I’ve Spent a Lot of Time in the Address Bar
Pre-show: Power problems
The ATP Store is BACK baby! 👕
Runs until Sunday, 28 April. Don’t wait!
Remember members get 15% off!
New member special: ATP Insider: Computing Origin Stories
Follow-up:
How little kids write 4s
Marco sample
Casey sample
John sample
Field ...
582: Can’t Render, Fog It
Pre-show: SD-card failures
The ATP Store is BACK, baby! 👕
Runs until Sunday, 28 April. Don’t wait!
Remember members get 15% off!
Follow-up:
The “unpatchable” M-series exploit
Explanatory video
Hector Martin found the “chicken bit”
ARM Exception Levels
DMP
Y...
581: A Different Way to Be Evil
Pre-show: John’s two-year anniversary
Follow-up:
WWDC lottery results
John’s Affinity Designer struggles
Marco’s convert stroke → shape suggestion from the bootleg
Offset path using Contour Tool (via Vitor)
Create Compound (via Julian Kissman)
Inconsistencies note...
580: Socks in the Knob-Hole
Pre-show: Marco’s recording situation
Under the Radar #289: Vision Pro Numbers
Follow-up:
Image captioning in iOS (via Jim Buell)
DMA compliance feedback session is live
Kara Swisher interviews Margrethe Vestager (Overcast link)
Gruber’s summary
Apple/Meta/Goog...
579: Use Your Words
Pre-show: We definitely recorded a day late because we’re clairvoyant and definitely not because of pyrotechnics.
Follow-up:
The M1 MacBook Air lives on at… Walmart
Warmart press release
Apple Silicon & Project Titan
Safari hangs (via Wade)
Apple’s DMA comp...
578: Weird Can Be Beautiful
Pre-show:
ATP Overtime
ATP Insider: John’s Windows
ATP 96: The Windows of Siracusa County
ATP Membership FAQ
AppStories
Follow-up:
Callsheet available on visionOS
“Put me on Aux” (via Sam Davies)
Spotify & free users (via Colin Meney)
256 GB M3 MacBook...
577: Colorful Criticism
Pre-show: Old men talk about old car stereos
Follow-up:
John’s notes export via privacy.apple.com
Apple Vision Pro & Project Titan (via James Anthony)
JIBO
gita (the robot Casey was thinking of)
Gurman’s article (or on Apple News)
Apple Vision Pro’s inevitable...
576: Quiet Little Leech
Pre-show: Marco is many things, but patient is… not one of them.
Blackbox
Crouton
Joanna Stern’s video
Television (App Store link)
ForeFlight Voyager
Flight Control
Follow-up:
Vision Pro demand
Clarification about Apple’s new iMessage encryption
Extracting data...
575: Walk a Little Faster
Pre-show:
Vision Pro comfort
Light Seal Sizes Decoded
ATP Movie Club: Steve Jobs
Follow-up:
Vision Pro motion blur (via Chase)
Blur Busters
Vision Pro and warped images
Eyes as input vs. output (via Tony DiTaranto)
Fitts’s Law and the Dock
Apple 🤝🏻 Qualcomm
...
574: Weird Forking Scenario
Pre-show: Casey’s Persona Surprise
Follow-up:
iPad Pro 11” PPD
PPD calculator
A note on field of view and eye movement
Some discussion about Mac Virtual Display fidelity
Turning off Apple Vision Pro
The Developer Strap (requires login) is Thunderbolt capable
Orion...
573: Look at It Harder
Follow-up:
YouTube API weirdness (via Christian Selig)
John’s [latest] Photoshop complaint
€0.50 is “50 cents”
Prescription lens pairing
Wide Lightning™ and Wider Lightning™
Developer Strap (requires developer account)
Vision Pro weight discussed in Vanity Fair
Bl...
572: Cryptofarts and Copyright Infringement
Follow-up:
Vision Pro talk begins next week; some good reviews for now:
Nilay Patel @ The Verge
Video review
Joanna Stern at The Wall Street Journal
Brian Tong
Gruber
MKBHD’s using Vision Pro
YouTube API (via Alex Chan)
Quota costs
Console hardware margins i...
571: Adding Some Carrot
Pre-show: YouTube updates
Follow-up:
SCSI DB-25 was on the back of Macs, not DB-50
D-subminiature
iOS Screen Sharing is a thing
No control for remote users though
On Apple’s 30% cut and payment processing fees
The Art of the Possible (John’s blog post)
Whos...
570: The Local Mooching Situation
Pre-show: Some Administrivia
New ATP member’s special!
ATP episodes are now on YouTube!
Follow-up:
Marco’s UPS issue
Eaton UPS backup (via Jeff Strobel)
UPSes don’t like “dirty” power
Yes, y’all, John can be wrong sometimes.
But maybe he was 🤏🏻 right too? 🤔
Jo...
569: Do Grasshoppers Have Tongues?
- Pre-show: Dad Dreams
- Follow-up:
- New watch bands will actually be… cases? (via Videoalex)
- Time-shifting was successful
- OLED iPad Pros will also break the bank
- Apple 🤝 AWS
- People… write answers for Alexa‽ 🤯
- Incase 🤝 Microsoft
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Vision Pro launches 2 February
- Vision Pro will have 16GB RAM
- YouTubers will get two demos
- Apple’s “Get Ready” ad
- Apple is very particular about how you represent “Vision Pro”
- Apple is offering Vision Pro demos
- Apple Vision Pro focal distance?
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568: The Year of Romance
Pre-show: Time-shifting
Dave Matthews Band Crew Q&A
Follow-up:
AI Agita
Apple’s paper regarding optimizing on-device LLM
Summary by luokai
Apple explores AI training deals with news publishers
New York Times sues OpenAI & Microsoft for copyright infringe...
567: macOS Uranus
Pre-show: Running public sound
Automixing
Sound Devices Mix Pre-10 II
Zoom F8n
Zoom LiveTrak L8
Reminder that gift memberships make for a great last-minute gift!
Follow-up:
iCloud.com login with only a password
Apple Store experience (via Morgan Schönberger)
More d...
566: Using It Is Wearing It Out
Gift memberships make for great last-minute gifts!
Follow-up:
Apple devices and OLED burn-in
iPhone XS burn-in (via David Gian-Cursio)
iPhone 11 Pro burn-in (via Jamieson Weiss)
Apple Watch Series 5 & iPhone 13 Pro Max (via Keith)
Apple Store diagnostics
Stolen D...
565: Trickle-Up Concern
Pre-show: Cauterized pants
Show administrivia
🎄🕎 NEW MEMBER’S SPECIAL!! 🕎🎄
🎅🏻 Give the gift of ATP! 🎅🏻
Follow-up:
More on Apple’s Blue Ocean
The 🇪🇺 is doing 🇪🇺 things
…and Apple is doing Apple things
📟 Battle
Yet more on ECC RAM from Jonathan Dietz Jr.
Micron wh...
564: Always Get the Biggest Pizza
Follow-up:
Other People’s Code
Audio sample
Laura Savino’s Talk at CppCon 2023
AirJet cooling a MacBook Air
Previously on ATP
Keycap replacements at Apple Stores?
Apple Stores will price-match?
Maybe use KidArt for kid… art? (App Store link)
How does Thunderbolt...
563: Drain the Attic
Pre-show: Moving is not fun.
Marie Kondo
Follow-up:
Apple fixes worn keycaps (via Ezekiel Elin)
OpenAI
Sam Altman Reinstated
Five Days of Chaos
Tip for buying smart thermostats (via Neil Weinstock)
Dominion Energy’s offerings
Marco’s many-taps Ecobee
Chip pack...
562: Do You Have a Dragon?
Pre-show:
🚨 LAST CHANCE FOR THE ATP HOLIDAY STORE 🚨
Note: long-sleeve and utes sizes have been added!
Follow-up:
Keyboard wear
Finger grease (via Ryan Holmes)
ABS plastic
PBT plastic
A true horror show (via Andrew)
MacBook Pro thermal tests
More about chi...
561: Market Your Bug
Show Administrivia:
🗣️ THE ATP HOLIDAY STORE IS HERE 🗣️
Note: long-sleeve and utes sizes have been added!
🗣️ NEW MEMBER’S SPECIAL! 🗣️
ATP Dev: Other People’s Code
Follow-up:
Face ID is also an accessbility affordance (via Todd Scheresky)
Uses for 🛢️👃🏻 (via Jam...