Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Marco has a new toy Stock checker 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️ 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Time Management is here! 🗣️ iPhone Duo first impressions Stephen Robles’s shortcut New Apple announcements Monday: iPad Mini Tuesday: M6 iMac Tuesday: M6 MacBook Pro Wednesday: OLED MacBook Pro Launch video Advertisement 🚨 THE LID LIGHT IS BACK! 🚨 Stephen Levy at Wired Design for Touch on Mac Mac Studio with 512 GB RAM Post-show: Marco’s new app, Fineliner Parakeet Members-only ATP Overtime: Is Apple re-entering the server market?? Macworld: Apple may revive Xserve for the AI market The Information Gurman responds on Twitter Sponsored by: Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: John’s of Bleecker Marco and Casey at John’s 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️ Follow-up: HomeView When was the HomeView hardware created? Is it expensive? (via Paul Heering) Amazon Echo Show 5: $99 Amazon Echo Show 8: $199 Amazon Echo Show 11: $249 Amazon Echo Show 15: $349 Wall-mount & regular HomeView pricing Is it to prevent cheapskates? (via mvk) Is it to prevent add-on dinguses (via Ben O’Matic) Knock-offs coming soon? Turns out, Jimmy is that guy. 😏 Phone screen vs. Duo screen Will Marco be adding CarPlay support? (via Rick Allen) Apple TV Price history March, 2015: Apple lowers the price from $99 → $69 (timestamp link to 10m14s) Glenn Fleishman’s chart Microphones and HomePods AV1 (via Michael Barnes et al) Reddit feature comparison What is “audio passthrough” (via Andrew Haglund) Explainer from Caleb Denison The iPhone Duo has a replaceable cover layer Interview with Kate Bergeron iPhone Duo Creator Showcase iPhone Duo preorder experience iPhone Duo reviews MKBHD HTX Studio Tim Pan Joanna Stern Nilay Patel & Allison Johnson Gruber John also brought up Computer Chronicles Apple “Pro and Tell” event next week Post-show: Marco has something to share ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II The thing Marco shared 🚨 You will want to click this after Marco introduces it, but before John talks about his experience! 🚨 Members-only ATP Overtime: The people holding up the internet XKCD 2347 Sponsored by: zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Apple’s New Home-Related Products HomeView Newsroom iMac G4 Intro video TV commercial Schneider press release Wired’s review WWDC 2026: Rev Up Your CarPlay App Developer agreement “HomeView” & “homeOS” Apple TV 4K gen 4 Nvidia Shield TV Newsroom Intro video MacRumors Buyer’s Guide New Siri Remote Precision finding requirements HomePod mini 2 Newsroom Intro video Home collection Newsroom MacRumors (See also the Schneider press release above) Post-show: Casey got a UTR-LR UTR Flex Mini Members-only ATP Overtime: Regarding Passkeys are a Trap… Ricky Mondello’s response Scott Helme’s response Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco tries a Waymo Follow-up: Casey’s MyBMW foibles iMazing Approov BMW case study Screen sharing OBD-II Home Assistant + Pushover + Shortcuts? (via Khaos Tian) GL.iNet Comet Q PiKVM Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the apps AirPower desk video was by HTX Studio …who previously interviewed Tim Cook! (via Elijah Yap) Original video (via Adeiko) Ubiquiti home Wi-Fi vs. Eero Previously on ATP Overtime A positive anecdote A negative anecdote FiOS CableCARD discontinuation RecDiffs #295: If I Adjust for Europe TiVo’s desperation One-AirPod vs. two-AirPod audio settings Settings → Accessibility → AirPods → your AirPods M6/A20 Pro details High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on A20 Pro Timestamp link to cores discussion @ 9m37s High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on the M6 vs. M5 Timestamp link to M6 layout discussion @ 8m9s Timestamp link to core images @ 12m40s Timestamp link to A20 vs. M6 core comparison @ 9m37s Rumored October event See also, new home trinkets? Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS Jason Aten on Muse reading his iMessages Meta calls foul Post-show: Casey and Marco go Phishing Q Barbecue Capital Ale House Allianz Ampitheater Setlist Recording Cupertino’s iPhone Duo 3D-printing model (you want the variant labeled “Fixed the large black areas showing through.”) Members-only ATP Overtime: AppZapper 3000 and The Delicious Generation Disco Demo video John’s review of Delicious Library from 2004 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Sponsored by: Coax: Channel-surf your home media server Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern The Marco Offset™ Follow-up: John’s mouse pad (via Andy) Rounded corners are, bad, maybe? AirPower… desk? 🤨 John’s weird AirPods 5 issues Finding Intel apps in macOS System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps Learn more… M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores New Mac mini storage caveats 𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (Timestamp link to 8m50s) iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole dazfuller Aaron Vegh GM vs. CarPlay Casey’s blog post Casey’s mea culpa Wait, just kidding Apple Watch is listening… Steve Riggins What about “Hey, Siri”? Nick Heer MKBHD Ask ATP: What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot) Saturn SL2 Nissan 300ZX Nissan Maxima Volvo 200 series Honda Civic fifth-gen Porsche IMS bearings BMW VANOS What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes? (via Mark Bramhill) Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper) Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car Home Assistant Wireshark Charles Proxy MQTT Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus’s “Intelligent Personal Hub” and Apple’s home AI hub Digital Hub strategy (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s) Intelligent personal hub Gurman Sponsored by: Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!