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Pre-show: Marco still has his red hat cursed car
Follow-up:
Backing up iPhoto Libraries (via Jonas)
Dell 5K monitor
Dell 6K monitor
Teaser video
Dell resolution: 6144 × 3456
XDR resolution: 6016 × 3384
CES TV News
Samsung 77-inch QD-OLED
LG Signature OLED “wi...
516: One of My Fits of Rage
Pre-show: Vacations, illness, birthdays, and carrot cake
Follow-up:
AI Art & Copyright (via Amy Lee)
Github Terms of Service
Github Corporate Terms of Service
CRUD
chkbit
True Life
Diary
Marco, CloudKit, and Overcast
Under the Radar #258: A Less-Cloudy ...
515: The Elder Programmer Look
Pre-show: Marco has decreed today is Christmas Eve.
Project Highrise
Don’t Starve Together
Follow-up:
Butterfly Keyboard class-action lawsuit payouts
Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion
Have I Been Trained?
Have I Been Pwned?
A fun Tw...
514: My Immense Softness
Pre-show: Period pieces about x2 and k56flex
Superbad
DIVX
Follow-up:
Casey has fixed his Docker problems with Colima?
Apple is considering dropping the WebKit requirement?
Blink
Gecko
Some clarifications and feedback about the SR-71 (via Chris)
Trident II D5
...
513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat
Pre-show: Is moisturizer real?
Orange Goop
The 🐔🧢 is back!!
Follow-up:
Recovery keys & backup contacts
Apple’s information
Oliver Ames’ thoughts
More on StoreKit 2 and Refunds
Tech Talk
Request a Refund
The Sharrow is real, John.
WWDC 2017
Relevant...
512: Owned With a P
Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price
Follow-up:
Mastodon instances and federation
Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually
Sharrow
👍 Merlin is vindicated; it’s a real thing
👎 …but it’s not exactly a “share arro...
511: Moving to Antarctica
Pre-show: Sharrows
EVERYONE has written in to tell us about the bike-lane symbols, thank you, no need for anyone else to write in – ed.
The ATP On-Demand Store is live for your holiday needs!
Follow-up:
Bridging async/await ↔ Obj-C (via Aaron Farnham)
Marco’s 🍑💨...
510: It’s Occupied by Bears
Pre-show: Marco makes Casey’s day
B
FCModel
Hacking with Swift
Follow-up:
Using network locations in macOS Ventura
ControlPlane
Casey’s adventure with date formats
Bonus: man pages in Preview
John’s iPhone Cases
Bullstrap $85 → $68
Ryan London $54
Masto...
509: Tiny Tyrants
Pre-show: John is a Swiftie
Follow-up:
John’s 2FA transfer options, and a suggestion from particles!
Automating Watch faces (via Alex Serriere)
Newer Apple TV 4K models support HDR in YouTube (via Matt Freedman)
Photos, Smart Albums, and boolean logic (via Jakob)
Hidin...
508: Later Is Getting Later and Later
THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay!
Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!
Pre-show: lol twttr
Hotline
Follow-up:
Rewind has stopped using clo...
507: It Sucks, Doesn’t It?
THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay!
Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!
Pre-show: Marco’s RTD
BBEdit doesn’t suck
Land Rover Defender pressures
...
506: Our Only SEO Is You
THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! #🐔👒 The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay!
Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!
Pre-show: Marco’s long local nightmare is now over.
Follow-up:
Costco...
505: A Mental Laxative
Pre-show: Marco rediscovers his love for programming, by procrastiworking.
Follow-up:
Apple TV, Match Content, and HDMI QMS
QMS Explainer
Audio-dejudder
Casey’s iPhone upgrade, eSIM, and Verizon fees
Follow-out for Upgrade #429: Freedom Doors
John’s mouse
ATP #449...
504: Too Much Apple in My Apple
Pre-show: In a move that surprises nobody, Marco lost a bet
Coriolis force
Follow-up:
On portraits and AI image generation
Unofficial ATP subreddit
Marco’s bad icon
Marco’s good icon
Glove boxes open via touchscreens‽
Model Y review
Match content setting on...
503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza
Follow-up:
Marco has settled on the Peak Design case
What even is in Shared Photo Libraries, anyway?
The 🇪🇺 USB-C mandate passes a vote
Christina Warren’s tweet
MFI
mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe
AI Art
Cortex #133: The Ethics of AI Art
Projects
DALL...
502: Going Retina Again
Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together.
Pre-show:
Marco has glasses
Too big according to John
Too big according to anyone
“Big Steve Jobs energy”
The Steve Jobs frames (we think)
…and iPhone cases
Pitaka MagEZ Case 3
Peak Design Everyday ...
501: Torsional Rigidity Check
Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together.
Pre-show:
Relay FM Feuding Families
ATP Movie Club: Episode 2: The Rundown
Remember, only for members!
Casey’s traumatic moment, captured
Follow-up:
Apple Pay and “valid” addresses
iPhone 14 has r...
500: All the Nerds in the Room
Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together.
Extended Pre-show:
Marco finally catches up to Casey & John
Dilating drops
🎉 ATP EPISODE 500!!! 🎉
catatp
ATP Episode #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier
Mac OS iguana easter egg (video)
Mac OS iguan...
499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me
Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together.
Pre-show: A bidding war for a good cause
Apple Event, September 2022
Apple Watch Series 8
Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)
Apple Watch Ultra
Panerai
Luminor Tourbillon GMT
Photos from Matt Panzarino...
498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe
Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together.
Pre-show: Marco has leveled-up as a nerd. 🤓
HP M182nw
Follow-up:
John’s polarizer and lens protector
Calibration of Rock Band instruments (via Johannes Zander)
Casey got buzzed by Apple Maps cars
“...
497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere
Pre-show Netural: In a shocking piece of news, Marco’s Defender hasn’t exploded (yet)!
Marco’s “Thule”
Casey’s WireLiss CarPlay Adapter
🇸🇪 Study on Touchscreens vs. Physical Controls
Example XC90 touchscreen
Follow-up:
On people copying S3 API
CarPlay navigation voice...
496: One of My Lesser TiVos
Follow-up:
What’s up with 🚩 on the 🏖️ in 🇦🇺? (via Ross Poulton)
John’s TV
Channels vs. TiVo vs. FiOS TV
TVEverwhere
HDHomeRun Prime
Christina’s Tweet
John’s tips for alleviating audio delays
Calibration Video
Screenshot
Niki Tonsky’s System Settings wonkiness th...
495: Five Points for Smell
Follow-up:
Android totally copying Java was fair use (via Rob Sayre)
Oracle’s S3 clone
Branded tires (via TK & Sam Abuelsamid)
Ford demands Goodyear remove Wrangler branding
John’s TV updates
Geoff C’s theory
NTP
Justin Winchester’s theory
Bravia Core
...
494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench
Pre-show: Geometry Dash
Number Munchers
Number Munchers on Classic Reload
Number Munchers on the App Store
Unity
Unity CEO’s colorful opinions
The Talk Show #353: Shop Different
Playdate Pulp
VVVVVV
FromSoftware
Follow-up:
John on M1 MacBook Air vs. M2 MacBook Ai...
493: Downstairs Downstairs
Pre-show: Last two weeks updates
The Talk Show #352: “I’ve Kissed that Mouse”
Reconcilable Differences #102: Preparing the Way
DFU Restore
Billy Joel and his helicopter concert commute
Jones Beach
Night 1
Night 2
Follow-up:
Custom 🇦🇺 emails (via Mark Vos & Br...
492: Umbrella Hammer Toadstool
Pre-show: Air conditioners, memories, and house veins
Mini-split
Follow-up:
M2 MacBook Air [also] thermal throttles
Jason’s review
You should probably subscribe to 6C, too
The Verge
Gruber’s review
Ars Technica’s review
John’s Mac Studio safety straps
M2 has ...
491: Salmon and SwiftUI
Casey and Marco have 99 problems, and SwiftUI is every. damn. one. of. them.
Casey’s problems
PhotosPicker
FB10491818
FB10566546
presentationDetents()
FB10636765
ImageRenderer
FB10393458
Under the Radar #246: Hard Forks
UIStackView
UIViewRepresentable
U...
490: Tiny Pictures of Knobs
Pre-show: Some thoughts on who should have agency over womens’ bodies
Roe v. Wade
In-vitro fertilization
Ectopic pregnancy
Evidence-based medicine
Trigger law
Follow-up:
Using a M1 Mac mini as a Plex server
Other video transcoding
M2 MacBook Air available to order...
489: Very Inappropriate Thoughts About This Computer
Pre-show: Marco flirts with his past
Follow-up:
Bitcode has been deprecated
Previously, on ATP #205 (Overcast timestamp link) (Transcript)
New big HomePod rumor
Ricky on Passkey syncing
YubiKey
Very important Caffè Macs follow-up
BNPL
Planet Money
The 25...
488: Pebbles on the Scale
Pre-show: Marco’s HomePod journey continues
HomePod mini
USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter
Follow-up:
iPad Pro (2018) has 4GB or 6GB RAM
The offending party has been sacked
Apple educational discounts & software bundles
Pro Apps Bundle for Education
Educat...