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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...
487: Mid-Life Rally
Pre-show:
🎂 HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, Marco! 🎂
Congratulations, Alex!
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Jason on storage allocation
Copy/paste edits in Photos
Eric deRuiter on Safety Check
Personal Safety User Guide
Passkeys
Can be shared via AirDrop (See 6m14s into t...
486: Field Day at Apple Park
- Pre-show: Marco is [always on vacation] in California! 😎🌴
- WWDC 2022 Keynote
- Post-show: The food
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485: This Is Casey Actual
- Pre-show: Streaming changes
- Follow-up:
- Fastmail
- The Price is Right is available for free on Pluto TV
- Regarding filming workout videos
- WWDC in-person info/schedule (via Paul Hudson)
- John’s Mac Studio report
- WWDC Hopes and Predictions
- Post-show: Is John sleeping more?
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484: Hot-Spare Price is Right
Pre-show: Sick-kid TV
Channels
Paramount+
AppleTV Channels
Follow-up:
Warnings about PoE splitters from Matias Korhonen
Pro-fiber propaganda
Adam Papamarcos’ OM4 fiber cable
Assmann Group
Ad-blockers on desktops (via Ryan)
“Sign in with X” (via Brian Donovan)
A co...
483: The Faceless Knob
Pre-show: Two is one, one is none.
Zoom F3
USBPre2
MixPre-3
Follow-up:
Cleaning apps and “launch services”
launchd
Launch Control
A hint more on Casey’s frivoLiss ethernet project
Many recommendations for Monoprice slim 6A patch cables
Jonathan Litt reminds us ...
482: I Should Probably Get Reading Glasses
Follow-up:
A little more on Bartosz Ciechanowski’s explainers
Mechanical Watch Explainer
GPS
Naval Architecture
Patreon
Apple’s New Developer Center
More from Parker Ortolani
John’s multi-factor authentication college account update
An aside about password man...
481: Accidentally Made It Too Good
Follow-up:
Follow-out: Clockwise #449: It’s Still Working, I’m So Sad
T-Shirt Results (THANK YOU!)
Marco’s tech woes
USBPre 2
Zoom F3
On Double-Clicking the lock button for Wallet
Open the wallet app → double-click the side button (via Trevor Kay)
Andrew notes ...