Accidental Tech Podcast

372: Things Are Degraded

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Retro-gaming next week Homework for listeners: play with RetroPie and a retro gamepad Follow-up: A12Z is the A12X with all GPU cores work...

371: Four-Letter Technologies

26 Mar 2020

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Special guest Chris Lattner! High Output Management TensorFlow Caffe TPU Python PyTorch Swift for TensorFlow Swift TensorFlow tutorials Fortran Swi...

370: Ghost Finger

19 Mar 2020

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WWDC 2020 will be online-only Press release Original Gravity ("the beer-and-sausage place") Follow-up: Rebinding Xcode commands via Incoherent Toot...

369: Brown Big Bear

13 Mar 2020

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Pre-show: Marco's Problem Marco's image-retention test Apple Cinema Display HD Follow-up: The "coronavirus" virus itself is named SARS-CoV-2. COVID...

368: A Jacket and Some Pins

05 Mar 2020

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Follow-up: Feedback & Radar Casey's Catalina Catastrophe Pegasus J2i Mountain Certificate revocation Ben Thompson and nvALT Just Enough Grammar...

367: Antitrust Relief Valve

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: SwitchGlass desktop-image update Apple Music high-quality streamingSettings → Music → Cellular Data → High Quality Streaming Swift a...

366: There’s Nothing You Can Fix in a Day

20 Feb 2020

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Pre-show: Catalina. 🙄 × ∞ Machine-gun trackpad Marco on OS upgrades Casey's Radar Follow-up: Grasshopper Logo Butterfly keyboards and ergo...

365: Day-One Cowboy

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: SwiftUI previews of UIKit Gualtiero Frigerio NSHipster Folder aliases in the Dock Snow Leopard Review Radar #59289423 Shell scripts Ja...

364: A Casey Settings Screen

06 Feb 2020

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Pre-show: Docks Follow-up: Pro Display XDR reference modes Mac Pro internal disk options iPad Multitasking and recent apps Casey's new app (‼️)...

363: The Floor is Lava

30 Jan 2020

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Casey's Complaints about his Co-Hosts Corner Marco's replaced BMW link The actual link Reconcilable Differences #121: Impotent Hydra Wegmans Update...

362: Xcode in Anger

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: That's the Microsoft logo, you fools Redesigning the Windows Logo Removing the Dropbox Finder extension System Preferences → Extension...

361: A Button in the Thumb Shelf

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

AirPods vs. AirPlanes neverssl.com & alwayshttp.com Follow-up: Camera ergonomics (via Henrik Helmers) PopSockets Jumpy mice (via Scott Simpso...

360: Big Hole in the Middle

09 Jan 2020

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Intro: Casey was not consulted CGP Grey Follow-up: Boot camp on external drives WinToUSB Rufus (via Alexei) Was the boot restriction issue the one ...

359: I Could Live in There

01 Jan 2020

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John's Computer Situation State of Catalina Audiophiles are bananas Monoprice equivalent Follow-up: MagSafe connectors John's Mac Pro setup experie...

358: Emotional-Support Mac Pro

23 Dec 2019

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John's Computer Situation Reconcilable Differences #120: Where the Packages Sleep Mac Pro tidbits and follow-up: Mac Pro feet are removable 580X ha...

357: A Giant Green Field

18 Dec 2019

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Pre-show: John continues preparing the way Mice Logitech MX Revolution Follow-up: Thank you, listeners! Casey iMac !Pro offers Casey's Catalina Con...

356: With a Heavy Heart

12 Dec 2019

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Follow-up: Casey's Computer Corner Footnote Bendy extended keyboards Destiny on Stadia iPad Remote Control & Apple Classroom The Mac Pro Config...

355: The Way Corn Grows

05 Dec 2019

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Pre-show: Marco's artificial ☀️ Casey's garage light Dyson sphere Xledia bulbs (thanks, Marina Epelman) Seasonal affective disorder Casey's Com...

354: Casey’s Computer Corner

26 Nov 2019

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Pre-show: BBEdit to the rescue Casey's Computer Corner Apple Holiday Return Policy Casey's theoretical monitor NUC Marco's Office Lighting Follow-o...

353: Modern-Day Dialup

21 Nov 2019

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Neutral: The inevitable death of the stick Casey's Bumper Paperlike 2 (note: order from Kickstarter to get Paperlike 2; their website is currently ...

352: No One Else Had Calipers

13 Nov 2019

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ATP HOLIDAY SHIRTS available until Sunday, November 17 Follow-up: Mac Pro available "December" Mac Pros appearing in the wild iOS 13.2.2 Casey's C...

351: The Floor Is High

07 Nov 2019

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Pre-show: 🐛💇🏻‍♂️ ATP HOLIDAY SHIRTS available until Sunday, November 17 Marco's AirPods Pro Review Follow-up: AirPods Pro use a button...

350: Wax Buddies

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Accidental Sports Podcast Robot or Not ATP HOLIDAY SHIRTS available until Sunday, November 17 16" Key Layout Leak? iOS 13.2 issues Samsung's new fo...

349: Formative Tech Dystopia

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Star Wars Episode X.10.1 Follow-up: Pi-hole Workflow/Shortcut SwiftUI app Microsoft progress-indicator graph Swift's New Diagnostic Ar...

348: Panic Shutdown

17 Oct 2019

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Pre-show: El Camino Jesse Pinkman's character bio Follow-up: Opting out of TiVo pre-roll ads Oxo Chef's Knife Siri opt-in & grading Optimus Pla...

347: Not Enough Carrot to Take the Stick

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Casey's computer and 👽 Follow-up: Where is FaceTime attention correction? "Coming this Spring" October expectations Noise-canceling A...

346: Go Back and Pop Myself

03 Oct 2019

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Follow-up: Casey's broken iMac Casey's broken Apple Watch Improved battery life Apple software quality iPhone X/XS → 11 Pro Transfer XDR Displa...

345: Unapologetically Digital

27 Sep 2019

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Last chance for September donations to St. Jude Analog(ue) #166 (to be released Sunday, 29 September) Podcastathon video Pre-show: The fine art of ...

344: Peace in the Battery Kingdom

18 Sep 2019

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Donate to St. Jude Running campaign total Follow-up: Bank of America and ShopSafe Gruber's theory on Apple presenter names Midnight Green: Not a C...

343: The Stand Is Your Hand

12 Sep 2019

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Please donate to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital After you donate, check out the march to Relay's $75k goal Apple September Event New York Tim...

342: The Opposite of Con

04 Sep 2019

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Casey, DMB, and Sirius XM Follow-up: Drawbacks to Apple using opt-in privacy Apple card activation videos ≤ iPhone X ≥ iPhone XS/XR Credit card...

341: John Is My Default

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Marco ran out of dog food at the beach He is well-aware that his temporary food is not perfect and has not been reviewed by a vet or dog nu...

340: You Are a Computer Athlete

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Store-brand Velveeta WalMart store brand Kroger store brand KeyboardCleanTool PlayStation 5 hardware Xbox One S Xbox One X Xbox One S ...

339: Ketchup Momentum

15 Aug 2019

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John's cheese-grater update NiCad battery NiCad battery example Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Ketchup Heinz Ketchups More on Apple Card Opting out o...

338: Double Chunking

08 Aug 2019

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Overcast beta and sync changes ETag JSON Protocol buffers SAX parser Chunking Vignette duplicate-image-detection update WWDC 2019 #222 Casey's curr...

337: Sea Conditions Are Calm

02 Aug 2019

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Pre-show: John's vacation wrap-up Chunnel Auto Train Follow-up: John's Apple sticker on his Civic Shallow water blackout Thunder in Paradise D...

336: Your Face Is Not Your Face

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Nutrition is hard when you're in high school. Top Four #19: Cereals From a Van WSJ Grape-Nuts article Follow-up: iOS 13 optimized-batter...

335: Withhold the Fun

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Relay FM 5th Anniversary Show iOS 13 charging optimization Follow-up: APFS volumes for photos instead of sparse disk images Dave Nanian tweets: 1 2 ...

334: Mechanical Disadvantage

11 Jul 2019

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Pre-show: Must vs. Shall RFC 2119 FAA: What's the only word that means mandatory? Follow-up: John's cheese grater broke Casey's shaming OXO current...

333: Pesky Human Issues

04 Jul 2019

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Follow-up: Expansion Slot Utility PCI Express Jony Ive leaves Apple Clockwise #301: My Vulcan Mind Ben Thompson's piece ATP #120: One Magical Wi...

332: Fuzzy Muppet Felt

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Marco's new beach toy Follow-up: Ricky Mondello on Sign In with Apple macOS app-removal bets: #287: Open-Faced Compliment Sandwich (Overca...

331: The Technical Burden of Users

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Mac Pro vent design New Yorker article Apple Reverses Course on MDM & Parental Control Apps Apple tightens up rules for enterprise ...

330: A Rotation You Can’t Complete

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: root's wheel group (more) Marco comes to terms with Swift John's preposterous Safari Extension Follow-up: ASCII art apps Mac: Monodraw Web...

329: Mac Pro Day

04 Jun 2019

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Our live show from WWDC 2019! Sponsored by: Boosted: Vehicle-grade electric skateboards and scooters to solve your transportation woes. Use code ATP ...

328: The Pixel Stump

30 May 2019

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Follow-up: Explaining Code using ASCII Art iFixit's New MBP Teardown Apple Watch Independence _'s Watch Usage Chart Apple Watch Designer A...

327: Better Late Than Wrong

23 May 2019

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Follow-up: "Interactive version control" comic "Preview for video" Videoloupe (via Matthew Schaffer) LumaFX Perfect Horizon (via Jan Östlund) Tele...

326: Blow Your Redo Stack

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Bug-out bags and disaster planning Casey's Go Pack Northeast blackout of 2003 Casey's fantasy generator Follow-up: THANK YOU for buying T...

325: Relive Your Calculator-Watch Dreams

09 May 2019

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The ATP store is back with brand new designs! Only available until May 12! Order now! Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shir...

324: Automatic Kicking Machine

03 May 2019

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The ATP store is back with brand new designs! Only available until May 12! Order now! Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shir...

323: A Slightly Smaller Thumb

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The ATP store is back with new designs! Only available through May 12! Order now! Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shirt de...

322: Morale-Sucking Maple Syrup Fires

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Casey and John file Overcast bugs Follow-up: More AirPower follow-up. (Really!) Netflix, AirPlay, and screen rights AirPlay quality loss Ai...

321: Dumbed Down, Locked Down, and Locked Out

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Casey's #snelltalk submission John's appearance on Upgrade Follow-up: Last week's PowerByProxy-AirPower story is disputed Game of Thrones...

320: Here Comes the Big But

04 Apr 2019

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Follow-up: AirPods 2 hinge is different iFixIt Teardown People use GSuite! Dozens of us! Workaround that uses Charles Proxy Probably a Google issue...

319: We Should Probably Get to the Apple Event

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ATP Live at WWDC 2019 Tickets are $29 and go on sale Friday, March 29 Hammer Theatre, Monday June 3, 6:00 PM Follow-up: "Pro" iPad Mini Studio Neat...

318: Not a Casino I Want to Play In

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Hierarchy of Needs is satisfied... by a ThinkPad? Searching for things in Settings.app Nvidia and Apple CUDA Apple's wild and crazy we...

317: We’re Customers Too

16 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our interview with Phil Schiller Macworld New York 1999 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Lamborghini Miura McLaren F1 Jaguar XKSS Bugatti Type 57 A...

316: MacBook Hierarchy of Needs

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Two-hand Springboard rearrangement Ask Tog Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda Finding 32-bit apps Corning is working on flexible glas...

315: 1.0 Was Just Speed

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: 16" laptops Bus-powered Thunderbolt 3 hubs Elgato CalDigit Monoprice StarTech (2 USB ports! But $183.) USB 3.2 standard names Foldable...

314: Kernel Panic in the Night

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Hosting a podcast for free on Anchor or SoundCloud Contacts syncing limits Mojave stability Possible T2 Mac audio glitching bug Rumor ...

313: The Residue of Seven People

12 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Casey is surfing the 'net at lightning speeds Marco's 👂🏻💦 Eustachian tube Scott O'Reilly Spider Strategies The Dash Apple's...

312: Fashion Phase

07 Feb 2019

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Pre-show: Marco's hideous audio code Accelerate vDSP framework Follow-up: Google's enterprise certificate was revoked Facebook's was reinstated App...

311: Mutually Assured Destruction

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: 👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 screwed up "finsta" Debate over the prevalence of the stage lighting problem Silence of Siri and other IoT info W...

310: Apple Playstore

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

SLACCIDENTAL TECH PODCAST SHIRTS!!Order right now or you'll miss it! Orders stop 8 PM Monday evening Follow-up: The Terminator saga continues "Apple ...

309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex

18 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Affluent bezelles (Overcast: bezelle, correction) Follow-up: Casey's WAF-F20 waffle maker 🤤 John's Terminator woes Apple's universal sub...

308: Left-Handed Streaming Service

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: What is a jam band, mannnnn? Follow-up: Unshaky China is an equal-opportunity financial disappointment for everyone iPhone quarterly growth...

307: Casey Apple Pencil

04 Jan 2019

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Happy new year! John reviews the Tesla Model 3 John reviews Casey's Volvo XC90 John reviews Casey's iPad Pro Casey's sticker situation Casey review...

306: My Watch Has Ended

26 Dec 2018

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Follow-up: Casey gets medium very upset about Medium Did Google really cripple Edge's YouTube performance? John's 2018 Butterfly Keyboard Watch Pau...

305: An Uneasy Peace

18 Dec 2018

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Follow-up: Tesla update Wired article Why DSLRs and mirrorless cameras have a 30-minute video limit GarageBand as an example of why not to use Drop...

304: Island of Shortcuts

13 Dec 2018

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Marco's lost video Casey reviews a product that Marco loves Patagonia Micro-Puff Hoody Accidental Trunk Podcast An update on Marco's Tesla problems...

303: Your Mahogany World

06 Dec 2018

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Follow-up: Another iSH and youtube-dl update Unknown encoder 'copy' Github issue Maybe 8K is all about @3x? PenTile More theories on Apple pric...

302: Paint This Square

28 Nov 2018

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Follow-up: Another iSH and youtube-dl update Google Photos Disk images and filesystems — oh my! Tips for transitioning careers for employees and hi...

301: I Cut Them Up in the Air

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Essential's "audiophile" headphone-bump dongle Follow-up: Total ATP length so far The Surface Go is more interesting than we thought An update on you...

300: First of All, It’s Easy

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

🎉 300th Episode Spectacular! 🎉 ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County ATP #225: A Conversation with Siri Hypercritical #15: The Bridges of Sir...

299: Headphone Bump

08 Nov 2018

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The ATP Store is back!! Place your orders until 15 November! Follow-up: The Good News Podcast #201 with Jeremy Burge iPad Pro and Apple Pencil compat...

298: Protective Sandwich

01 Nov 2018

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ATP T-shirts and pins are back! Apple October 2018 event MacRumors on the MacBook Air's low-power CPU AnandTech confirms with more info Intel's ARK p...

297: It Also Deserves to Die

25 Oct 2018

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Instagram stories and the dynamimcs of retweets Independence #37: Evolution of an App Follow-up: Marco's lookahead limiter iOS and memory swapping...

296: Giant Buffers of Floats

18 Oct 2018

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Pre-show: Marco's look-ahead limiter Accelerate framework objc_msgSend() Let's build objc_msgSend Apple fixes bagel emoji Follow-up: Screen Time ...

295: Outlets That Suck

11 Oct 2018

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Watch pontification Panerai watches Trading in with Apple GiveBack Follow-up: ARMv8.3 improves JavaScript benchmarks Minecraft left Apple TV Scre...

294: The Intersection of Liberal Arts and Whatever

04 Oct 2018

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The abomination that is Apple's take on the bagel emoji Apple PR post iOS 12.1 wrap-up Lender's bagels iPhone 🎾 charging times Follow-up: The A1...

293: You Know My Pouches

27 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Please give some money to St. Jude. It literally helps save lives. Follow-up: Apple Watch making-of fire/water faces video Apple Watch 64-bit compila...

292: Start a Rotate Chicken Nuggets Timer

20 Sep 2018

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Please give some money to St. Jude. It literally helps save lives. Follow-up: Ben Bajarin on A-fib detection Dead man's switch 50% faster tessellat...

291: John’s Special Day

13 Sep 2018

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Follow-up: Nokia phone with five cameras We're doing five blades Phil: "muhmoji" Apple's September Event Leaked names Tim's tweet Apple Watch Cas...

290: A Weird Sandwich

06 Sep 2018

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Follow-up: AirPrint on old printers handyPrint Printopia Printer Pro Eero competitors and privacy iPhone preorder PSA iPhone "XS" marketing image...

289: Everybody’s in the Alliance

30 Aug 2018

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Follow-up: MoCA and MoCA Bridge Hades Canyon NUCs Engadget Video Review Snell's NUC article Anandtech The AirPort Express lives! Snell's iPod Hi-...

288: Rich Person’s Raspberry Pi

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Photo books → PDF (File → Export → Export Book as PDF → ☑️ Production PDF) Active vs. Passive Thunderbolt 3 cables Graphing Ca...

287: Open-Faced Compliment Sandwich

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Model 3 software update for the right jog wheel Finding the settings Printing PDFs from Photos by ⌥-clicking the Buy Book button Backb...

286: I Respect a Good Crust

09 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: John's pie-filled vacation John's seemingly impossible picture Follow-up: CrashPlan, John, and Java java mx java mx {newNumber}m SpiderOa...

285: Do Not Drill Holes in This House

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: The law is complicated Intel 10nm is allegedly coming at the end of NEXT year On an infinite timescale, when does Apple move away from I...

284: Hotel California Keyboard

26 Jul 2018

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Follow-up: Easier keycap replacement on the 2018 keyboard Membranes are for ingress prevention More from MacRumors "Subsequent remedial measures" iFi...

283: Just Lower Your Standards

19 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pre-show: Videolog(ue) iJustine & MKBHD unbox a sealed, 18-year-old iBook G3 Casey Neistat and MKBHD review a Lamborghini DeMuro's botched video ...

282: Not Unreliable Enough

15 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Distributing Marzipan Apps Siri is multilingual... until it isn't. Window air-conditioner hacks New MacBook Pros The Verge's review iFix...

281: My Private Siri

02 Jul 2018

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Home repairs: Window air conditioners Frigidaire Gallery quiet window air conditioner Computer repairs Casey repairs Erin's MacBook Air... maybe. L...

280: Extinction-Level Event

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Safari's Allow Unsigned Extensions is not a panacea after all Adobe is rethinking things Many people have written their own de-dupe apps O...

279: You’ll Hate What I’m Actually Doing

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Accidental Test Kitchen: Induction cooktops International cellular-data options AT&T International Day Pass Verizon TravelPass Follow-up: Simul...

278: Best Worst Influence

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: WWDC Intro Video It was Stephen Fry channeling David Attenborough A perspective from Jen Simmons Feminist Frequency It's Road Trip! RI...

277: You’re Not a Mac App Yet

05 Jun 2018

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We're live from WWDC 2018! iOS 12 ARKit 2 Siri Shortcuts Activity reports and App Limits Notification management Memoji watchOS 5 macOS Mojave John...

276: Observing a Black Hole

31 May 2018

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App Camp for Girls fundraiser: Live Near WWDC iOS 11.4 Messages in the Cloud: Settings → {Your Name} → iCloud → Messages WWDC No OS filter Up...

275: It’s Difficult When You’re a Billionaire

24 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: People can change their minds, and that's okay. Right, old Marco? Your logical fallacy is... How old are your ears? Some Analog(ue) #132...

274: Not the Teddy Bear’s Fault

17 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Yanny vs. Laurel New York Times article Follow-up: Raise to listen in 🇨🇳 Google Duplex Bob Burrough's summary Matt Drance 1 & 2 Duplex wi...

273: Playing You Like a Video Game

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Follow-up: Disabling "Raise to Listen" on iPhone X You should go to Layers Jony Ive interviewed by Hodinkee Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Great...