Casey Liss

personal reasons like I don't love the idea of a big you know appliance going through one of these little dinguses in the wall and so I was thinking about using a vibration sensor to figure out when the washing machine or the dryer is completed and a few people wrote in to say you know another thing you can do potentially is use an accessibility feature called recognize sounds using iPhone and

personal reasons like I don't love the idea of a big you know appliance going through one of these little dinguses in the wall and so I was thinking about using a vibration sensor to figure out when the washing machine or the dryer is completed and a few people wrote in to say you know another thing you can do potentially is use an accessibility feature called recognize sounds using iPhone and

And what this does is your iPhone can continually listen for certain sounds such as a doorbell, siren, or crying baby and notify you when it recognizes these sounds. And there's a knowledge-based article that we will put in the show notes. This all sounds well and good, and it very well may work. I had intended to try it before recording, and I apologize. I just didn't have the chance.

And what this does is your iPhone can continually listen for certain sounds such as a doorbell, siren, or crying baby and notify you when it recognizes these sounds. And there's a knowledge-based article that we will put in the show notes. This all sounds well and good, and it very well may work. I had intended to try it before recording, and I apologize. I just didn't have the chance.

But the thing – the real crux of the issue is that our laundry room is actually upstairs, which sounds kooky at first but is really convenient because most of your laundry is generated, so to speak, or put in the hamper anyway upstairs. Oh, yeah.

But the thing – the real crux of the issue is that our laundry room is actually upstairs, which sounds kooky at first but is really convenient because most of your laundry is generated, so to speak, or put in the hamper anyway upstairs. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, exactly. So it's one of those things where at first when we were looking at the house many, many years ago, we were like – what? And then once we had it, we were like, oh, this is excellent. This or a laundry chute. Laundry chutes are the best.

Yeah, exactly. So it's one of those things where at first when we were looking at the house many, many years ago, we were like – what? And then once we had it, we were like, oh, this is excellent. This or a laundry chute. Laundry chutes are the best.

But anyways, so the problem is often that the little siren-y doodad, if it isn't set loud enough, which is a user error, or if we're just downstairs on the other side of the house, again, as I've said many times, our house is not that big, but it's big enough and there's enough activity, especially with small kids, that oftentimes we just can't hear it

But anyways, so the problem is often that the little siren-y doodad, if it isn't set loud enough, which is a user error, or if we're just downstairs on the other side of the house, again, as I've said many times, our house is not that big, but it's big enough and there's enough activity, especially with small kids, that oftentimes we just can't hear it

And I'm skeptical that my phone would be able to hear it, but I am definitely going to give this a shot and see what happens. But we'll see. We have some interesting feedback from Ricky Haas.

And I'm skeptical that my phone would be able to hear it, but I am definitely going to give this a shot and see what happens. But we'll see. We have some interesting feedback from Ricky Haas.

Ricky writes, while it's true that the Apple Store only sells SSD modules for the Mac Pro, Apple also has a first-party parts store, the Self-Service Repair Store for Apple products, which somehow is the domain selfservicerepair.com. I don't know how that works.

Ricky writes, while it's true that the Apple Store only sells SSD modules for the Mac Pro, Apple also has a first-party parts store, the Self-Service Repair Store for Apple products, which somehow is the domain selfservicerepair.com. I don't know how that works.

Yeah, so it's very weird. It's worth you loading the web page or website just to see how not Apple-y it is, but either way. So Ricky writes, it typically takes some time after a product launch for parts to show up, so they don't have components for the new Mac minis yet. However, if they sell the same components as those available for the Mac Studio, they should eventually offer storage upgrades.

Yeah, so it's very weird. It's worth you loading the web page or website just to see how not Apple-y it is, but either way. So Ricky writes, it typically takes some time after a product launch for parts to show up, so they don't have components for the new Mac minis yet. However, if they sell the same components as those available for the Mac Studio, they should eventually offer storage upgrades.

Unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow you to simply browse all available parts. You need to enter a serial number. And so I saw this, and I immediately said, okay, well, I've got a serial number for my MacBook Pro. This is a year ago MacBook Pro. It's a M3 Max MacBook Pro. And so I entered my serial number, and I was just goofing off looking at different options.

Unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow you to simply browse all available parts. You need to enter a serial number. And so I saw this, and I immediately said, okay, well, I've got a serial number for my MacBook Pro. This is a year ago MacBook Pro. It's a M3 Max MacBook Pro. And so I entered my serial number, and I was just goofing off looking at different options.

And for my MacBook Pro, it would appear that the SSD is soldered into the logic board or is certainly not considered a separately –

And for my MacBook Pro, it would appear that the SSD is soldered into the logic board or is certainly not considered a separately –