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Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT
Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra”
μm is a “micron”
The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all
iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed
Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter
Anker Nano 45W charger
A19 vs. A19 Pro
A19 Pro benchmarks
The N1 is in every new iPhone
The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau
Large image
Casey’s memory problems corner
ATP #655 (Overcast timestamp link)
The mmWave antenna window is back
Background
Logo placement on Apple’s cases
Clear Case with MagSafe
TechWoven Case with MagSafe
Some funny renders from iPhone case makers
Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors
Every masterpiece has its cheap copy
Luke Skywalker
University of Virginia
Denver Broncos
Auburn University
2021 impactful boosters
iPhone Air
Will it bend?
Joz (& Ternus) with an incredible [lack of] flex
17 was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold)
Max Tech’s discoveries
The Air does not have stereo speakers
The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones
The USB-C port is not vertically centered
Image
No Cinematic Mode video, including the selfie camera
The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor
No LiDAR scanner
Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2
USB 2.0
Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications, save size/resolution
Apple iPhone comparison page
iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off
Pulse-width modulation
9to5Mac’s coverage
PWM sensitive subreddit
Apple Watch
Satellite data requires a cellular plan
Jason & Greg Pierce agree
Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement?
Underscore’s observations about the Ultra
Apple Watch battery
AirPods
Ear shapes (via Tirial)
About that “2×” noise reduction
AirPods product page
The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller
“New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip
Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️)
Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts
Apple feature availability
Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar
Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan)
* Frosting download link
* Frosting test page
Post-show: John’s red dot
Members-only ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation
How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back
A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control
Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind
Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus
Scientists develop interface that “reads” thoughts from speech-impaired patients
Alterego
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The Marco Offset
iPhone event
AirPods Pro 3
Apple Watch Series 11
No new System-in-Package?
Whoop Band
Apple Watch SE 3
Apple Watch Ultra 3
LTPO
Satellite can-kicking continues
iPhone 17
Memory Integrity Enforcement
iPhone Air
iPhone Air MagSafe Battery 💔
iPhone 17 Pro & Pro Max
Software ship dates
Post-show:
Apple trade-in
✨ Tina’s dream has come true! ✨
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s competing implementations for the new Siri
Gurman, 13 August
Gurman, 22 August
Gurman, 3 September
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Pre-Show: Trouble in Razer paradise
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Follow-up:
Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari
Settings → Apps → Safari
Apple device advice for those that are athletically engaged
Place your phone face-down (via. A. O.)
Sleep focus is an option (via A. M.)
So is Theater Mode and, if taps are an issue, water lock (via Ryan)
How to stop Siri from randomly activating all the damn time by D. Griffin Jones
Fun fact: you can add it to the Health app! (via Niv Ben-Porath)
…but it won’t affect your rings
A truly hilarious story from Anonymous
Developing “product sense” (via Joseph Kibe)
Productive Tensions by Christopher B. Bingham & Rory M. McDonald
iPhone 16 exit interview
Peltier device
Obscura
Halide
iPhone event preview
Crossbody strap
Apple Natural Titanium Milanese Loop (Marco’s summer watch band)
Post-show: Smaller e-ink note-taking tablets
reMarkable Paper Pro Move
The Verge’s coverage
Ars Technica’s coverage
Supernote Nomad
iFLYTEK AINOTE Air 2
Viwoods AiPaper Mini
Members-only ATP Overtime: US government buys 10% of Intel
Ars Technica
New York Times
The Verge
Intel self-announces all the red flags
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Pre-Show: Casey and Marco are sad
Ben Rice McCarthy
Under the Radar
Follow-up:
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Anonymous crushes the dreams of Marco and Casey about cellular MacBooks
Another Anonymous shares a bit too much information about accidental Siri activations 😆
🤬 John’s AppleCare One update 🤬
Help with Trackpad dragging
System Settings → Accessibility → Pointer Control → Trackpad Options… → Dragging Style → Three Finger Drag
Screenshot
…or Drag Lock
Masimo comes for [more] blood
UK drops utterly bananas backdoor legislation
Studio Display with A19
Daniel Luz points out makes a funny comparison to Macs
Fabian Häusler theorizes it’s about binning
Apple’s Hide my Email feature
An unexpected wrinkle Timothy Martin points out
Anecdote from David Beck
Apple Event: 9 September 1PM OTTZ
Interactive logo
Still image for posterity
Reverse-engineering by sam henri gold
“TechWoven” and “Liquid Silicone” cases leaked
Maijin Bu on TechWoven
…and on Liquid Silicone (and again)
Apple will simplify the Camera Control button
Ask ATP:
What’s the ∆ between snapshots and backups? (via Phil Hirst)
Hyperspace
Why is Finder slow to delete files? (via Dan)
How will Apple reconcile AI and carbon neutrality? (via Sam Hunt)
Post-show: Some venting about politics and 𝓍26.
Jeff Atwood’s post
John’s reply
There’s nothing Republicans won’t ruin
Members-only ATP Overtime: Rumored Apple roadmap
Apple readies first upgrade to its struggling Vision Pro headset
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Pre-Show: AI slop vs. not… so… AI… slop
AITAH
Follow-up:
Casey spends 24 hours with iOS 26 on his carry phone
John’s dancing controls
☝️ Well, actually ☝️, myriad of is okay (via Jason Eccles)
Merriam-Webster’s take
Are size classes similar to today’s design changes? (via Bryan Guffey)
Auto Layout
John’s HomePod has risen from the dead!
Nic’s Fix
Watch John’s actual repair happen
🍿 John would like to air some AppleCare One grievances 🍿
John’s tantrum
AppleCare One Terms & Conditions
Blood oxygen with Apple Watch [sorta] returns to the US
Gruber’s take
Victoria Song at The Verge
😳🥳 M5 MacBook Pro with cellular is coming‽ 🎉😳
A19 Pro in Studio Display 2?
Previously, in low-cost MacBook rumors: A18 Pro
Your Mac game is probably rendering blurry
CGDisplayCopyAllDisplayModes()
FB13375033
Ask ATP:
Should the name “Siri” be retired? (via Aaron Bushnell)
Did Vehicle Motion Cues help John? (via Roly C.)
How do we click our trackpads? (via Eli)
Post-show: Oh yeah! 🗣️ New ATP Members special: ATP Insider: Vacations 🗣️
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s research into using LLMs to make UIs
Apple trained a LLM to teach itself good SwiftUI
Research paper
Stephen Robles’ video
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Pre-Show: Marco and Casey’s no-good, very bad days.
Follow-up:
Casey didn’t read the fine print on Express Replacement 🤦🏻♂️
Short Pump
John cycled his mouse again
AppleCare One
Moving a device on a payment plan (via “Clark Griswold” and Anonymous)
Tina’s iPhone
Tina’s Mac Studio
Tahoe beta 5: checkbox contrast improves
iOS 26 beta 6 Liquid glass changes
Smart TV interfaces over time
“Shortcut”
New Magic Remote
Running your own mail server
How does iCloud-on-your-domain work? (via potato.zip)
Hide my Email (via Peter Puleio)
Jason Diller thinks it’s not so bad
Post-quantum cryptography
Harvest now, decrypt later (via Lisa Ugray)
Since iOS 17.4 for iMessage (via Saul Sutherland)
Apple Security Research blog post
Compelled adoption (via Brian Jarvis)
Chrome adopted it in 2024 (via sayrer)
2024: State of post-quantum internet
2025: Update
John wages war against icons
Adopting Liquid Glass: App Icons
WWDC 2025 #361: Create Icons with Icon Composer
John’s Mastodon thread
Václav Slavík’s solution
FB19437407
FB19497128
FB17892659
There’s likely to be a lot more of this
Ask ATP:
Is Liquid Glass on macOS a subtle move toward touchscreen Macs? (via Daniel Liu)
How does one build a “good product sense”? (via Ian Anderson)
Inspired by Marty Cagan
How does one effectively de-duplicate photos using Photos.app? (via Keith Heaton)
Post-show: Marco’s air-conditioning “update”
Members-only ATP Overtime: AI voice control as a threat to Apple’s platforms
Apple’s Upcoming AI Voice Control will Change how People Use iPhones
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Pre-Show:
Brief vacation results
Tim Cook kisses the… ring
Video
Follow-up:
HDTVTest reviews Sony Bravia 8 II and Panasonic Z95B
TV shootout results
Nilay’s comments
AppleCare One
iCareCalculator Reddit post (removed by moderators)
iCare Calculator web app
John’s experience
B&H
Casey’s roughly equivalent Mac, available for special order
Retro computing corner
Revisiting eWorld
More on Tahoe
Gus Mueller
…on checkboxes
…on sliders
Beta 5 improves selection legibility
Ejecting USB storage in Windows (via Justin Bradford)
Bleeping computer
Art & science of UI design
Game design concepts in software (via Wes Davis)
iPhone 17’s rumored new MagSafe design
Majin Bu
iPhone 16
Apple’s “Answers” team
Ask ATP:
How can one improve the experience of a permanent-mount SSD on a laptop?
Jettison
Why is Xcode so thirsty? (via Geoff)
Time Machine local snapshots
Deleting snapshots with Disk Utility
DevCleaner (App Store link)
Github
GrandPerspective
Disk Inventory X
DaisyDisk
How are we dealing with spam? (via Alan Bailward)
SpamSieve
MailRoute
Fastmail
Post-show: Apple Express Replacement
Members-only ATP Overtime: Post-Quantum Cryptography networking in the 𝓍26 OSes
Prepare your network for quantum-secure encryption in TLS
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Pre-Show: Casey’s french-fry problem
Follow-up:
D. Griffin Jones takes one for the team
Casey’s struggles with iperf3
Tutorial
iperf3 -t 60 -c {ip} -P 4 -i 10 -R
John’s new toaster and E01 (via J-P Teti & John F.)
Chemical vs. physical sunscreen (via Prodan Statev)
Research paper
Apple security for unreleased devices
Low-cost Apple laptop (via Jason Anthony Guy)
Ed: Please don’t give Apple ideas like this. 🫣
Getting customer support from Apple (via Patch)
Apple support app → Chat
Any retail store on Apple Maps → ... → Message
CloudFlare & AI crawlers
Thoughts from Thomas Schoffelen
Thoughts from Aaron Zinck
Thoughts from Anonymous
JA3/JA4 fingerprint
The 𝓍26 public betas are out
Under the Radar #323: The Tidal Wave
Tahoe beta 4
Contrast will decrease until morale improves
Startup disk selection (cropped)
Startup disk selection (full)
News summaries are back, baby! 😬
Apple and interfaces
Tog in Interface (1992)
Amazon
NNG
Tog on Software Design (1995)
Amazon
NNG
Apple’s Aqua introduction, Macworld San Francisco, 2000
AppleCare One
Dan Moren’s take
The Verge
Fees & deductibles
FAQ (scroll way down)
Post-show: John has an addendum to his earlier topic
Members-only ATP Overtime: Frame of preference, an incredible exploration of the Mac’s settings by Marcin Wichary in concert with Mihai Parparita of the Infinite Mac Project
Marcin’s announcement
Mihai’s associated announcement
Embed Infinite Mac
Infinite Mac Construction Set
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Pre-Show: Casey did Marco’s favorite thing
CalDigit TS5+ (affiliate link)
CalDigit TS5+ (product page)
iperf3
Follow-up:
F1 (the sport, not the movie)
Apple expected to win 🇺🇸 rights
F1 TV
Vroom
John’s video != Casey’s immersive ride-along
To see the immersive ride-along, you need to be wearing a Vision Pro; scroll down on that link
John’s toaster update
AirPods & AppleCare+
Keratoconus
Water resistance
IP54
AirPods Express Replacement Service
B&H
Reverting to “normal” tabs in Tahoe (via ST-S)
defaults write -g NSSolariumWindowTabs -bool NO
Low-cost Apple laptop with A18 Pro
mandonam
Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for stealing iOS secrets
99% Invisible #626: Emoji Law
Gruber’s theorized redactions
Gruber’s predictions
Cloudflare Declares Content Independence Day
Press release
ChangeDetection.io
Stratechery (paywalled)
Post-show: Marco solved sunscreen
John’s hat that he likes
John’s hat that is cheaper but that he likes less
🇯🇵 Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel (eBay)
🇪🇺 La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVmune 400 Invisible Fluid, Non-Perfumed (eBay)
Australian sunscreen video
Members-only ATP Overtime: Is copying Apple hardware a good idea?
Kuycon G32P 6K 32” IPS monitor
Video review by Oliur / UltraLinx
ASUS 32” 6K ProArt display
Previously on ATP overtime
D. Griffin Jones’ review of the 5K
Studio Display Mark II coming in early 2026?
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Pre-Show: Live music & failed air conditioners
🗣️ New ATP Members Special: Tier List: Pizza Toppings
Follow-up:
Meta Hires Top Apple AI Models Executive
SFSymbols 🤝🏻 Tahoe Folders
Standard SFSymbol: xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"camera.viewfinder"}' folder
Private SFSymbol: xattr-w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"solar.system"}' folder
Random string: xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"emoji": "HIMOM"}' folder
FB18022272: “summary” symbol missing in SF Symbols 7 developer beta
Toolbars
Safari
Beta 1 image
Beta 3 image
The Guardian (good example for messing around with the toolbar)
Terminal
Beta 1 image
Beta 3 image
iOS 26 Beta 3
Direct video link
_David Smith’s beta 2 (?) video
Stephen Hackett’s beta 3 video
Matt Birchler: Liquid glass, now with frosted tips
Steve Troughton-Smith pours water on the fire
YouTube’s new player UI
“Clear” iPhone mock-up was by Gavin Nelson in April 2025
HDR controls in iOS 26 (via Gui Rambo)
Demo project
✌️ out, Jeff Williams
Gruber
Gurman
Casey ponders the purpose of AppleCare
Casey in Dongletown
Post-show: John & Casey review F1
Plumber Problem
Guenther Steiner
Brad Pitt drives a F1 car for the first time
Vision Pro Brad Pitt ride-along (Vision Pro users, scroll down)
Casey’s pinball machine
Members-only ATP Overtime: 2020 Hindsight
John Giannandrea
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Pre-Show: John’s almost an empty-nester 😱
Reconcilable Differences
Follow-up:
FireWire now with Thunderbolt! (via Timo Hetzel)
Tahoe without Xcode beta: Device Support for macOS 26 Beta
Developer downloads
↳ Direct link
Putting older OSes on newer hardware (via Gui Rambo)
UPS VA ratings (via Marshall C)
Apple’s LLM/LRM paper (from Overtime in ATP #643)
Training data vs. distribution (via Deon Garrett)
Rebuttal
Rebuttal of the rebuttal
More from Gary Marcus
The original rebuttal was… a joke? 🤨
HDR in 𝑥26
iPadOS 26 window limits
“Glass iPhone” demo
↳ Direct video link
That “natural language to CLI” app is Substage
Apple plans to launch a low-cost MacBook powered by… an iPhone CPU‽
Apple A18
References spotted in code
Jason on A18 speed
Stephen on the technical limitations
Ask ATP:
Is adding permanent NVMe storage a bad plan? (via Neil)
CalDigit TS5+
What’s the best way to increase “internal” storage on a Mac? iSCSI? Mounted disc images? (via Patrick Harms)
Atto Xtend SAN
How does a new grad land a job?
Post-show: Casey’s approach to ad-free YouTube must be dissected
YouTube Premium Lite
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s App Store changes for the EU
Jason’s coverage
Store Services tiers in the EU
Gruber’s summary
Cranky man remains cranky
Steve Troughton-Smith’s take
The Verge
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Pre-Show: John has made an important purchase
11 June 2011
Documentation of the journey (spoilers!)
John’s beloved
Ninja
Anova
After Dark
Follow-up:
We’re doing good work here, folks
YoLink leak sensors
Leak sensor 4-pack with compulsory hub
Travel insurance is more than you think it is (via Jason Poole and Levi Dalton)
Allianz concierge
Window widget size in Tahoe
Apple Intelligence is now allowed when booting from an external in Tahoe beta 2
Floating tab bars in iOS 26
Apple “Ducks”
The Architect’s Lions
Maybe don’t yank out removable storage in Windows either (via Adrian Mester)
It’s the world that’s wrong, not me: iPhone 16 Pro case edition
“We Messed Up”
Bullstrap open-bottom case
Ads in YouTube
Why not use uBlock Origin? (via Igor Kulman)
…or perhaps Vinegar (App Store link) (via Michael Brown)
RIP FireWire
Apple marketing continues to misfire
Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri
OpenAI/Meta leadership talent rivalry
Ask ATP:
Is it worth buying a laptop where Tahoe is preinstalled? (via François-Olivier Leblanc)
How much faster will an M4 be than an M1 for Xcode Simulator launches? (via Alistair Logie)
How do we choose a new UPS? (via David Levine)
John’s pick
Casey’s pick
ATP #569
Eaton UPSes
Post-show: Marco restaurant-tech MVPs… from his co-hosts!
Tailscale (Tailscale is a prior sponsor)
Casey’s introductory post
Tailscale 4via6
YoLink temperature sensors (even cheaper with a smaller temp. range)
Thermoworks
VHB Tape
Eve Room
Members-only ATP Overtime: Should we pay developers like athletes?
Sam Altman claims Meta has made $100M offers
Jack Altman’s podcast
Reuters coverage
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Pre-Show: Phish & Wabbit Dave Matthews Season
Allianz Ampitheater at Riverfront
Belkin UltraGlass 2
Some Administrivia:
🗣️ New ATP Member’s special: ATP Movie Club: Sneakers 🗣️
Sneakers (1992)
ATP Performance Shirt Inventory Sale
Follow-up:
Persistent icon replacement helper apps
Pictogram
Replacicon
Tahoe beta 2
Finder icon updated!
Louie Mantia tries again
New menu bar background setting!
Beta 2, with background
Tahoe’s [Not-So-] Naked Robotic Menu Bar (via Vítor)
Beta 1, gray
Beta 1, red
Beta 1, white
Safari toolbars (via Lewis Dorigo)
Settings → Advanced → Show color in compact tab bar
<meta name="theme-color">
theme_color
Yosemite Safari tabs
From John’s review
Installing betas and DFU mode
macvdmtool (via Robert Sherry)
DFU Blaster (via Brian LaShomb)
InstallAssistant.pkg (via Andy Beyer-Bowden)
iOS 26 Beta 2
Frost all the things!
The case of Marco’s missing download/check buttons
Roman’s observation
iPadOS 26 window limits (via Jon Edwards)
“Apple Vision Pro 4K” (via Greg Kaplan)
visionOS what’s new
2048
Threes
All your data are belong to AI companies
Apple training models on Feedback attachments ಠ_ಠ
Original report from Joachim
Meta AI staffers take an interesting approach
New York Times 🤝🏻 Amazon AI
You can train AI models without copyrighted material… it’s just a pain in the 🍑
Anthropic gets a W… maybe?
Ask ATP:
Does Marco use Apple CarKey? His car should support it. (via Samuel Polay)
CarPlay Ultra partners list is looking… sparse
Ferrari keyfob
Why does macOS want USB mass storage ejected, but iPadOS doesn’t? (via David Campbell)
Post-show: TV Update for Marco
RTINGS: Sony Bravia 8 II review
RTINGS: Bravia 8 II vs. A95L
LG G5
RTINGS: LG G5 review
HDTVTest: LG G5 review
RTINGS: LG’s New Firmware for the G5
Members-only ATP Overtime: Overlap between appdev & gamedev
Coyote time & jump buffering
Secrets to a great platformer with Unity
Destiny health
Examples in our apps
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Pre-show: G4 Doorbell Pro
Bespoke 3D-printed mount
Fancy-schmancy Marco-recommended Flashlight
What betas are we running?
Virtual Buddy
𝑥OS 26 & Version Numbers
iOS Apps built against old SDKs get 19.0; new ones get 26.0 (via Gui Rambo)
ProcessInfo
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersionCompat.plist
Tahoe returns 16 when reqiured for compatibility and 26 otherwise (via Howard Oakley)
SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 = 16
null or SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0 = 26
Liquid Glass
Adopting Liquid Glass
Don’t Liquid Glass All the Things
Not present in macOS? (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
Liquid Glass clone in Flutter (via Dave Wood)
Fluid Glass in React (via Francisco Tolmasky)
macOS Tahoe
Whimsy returns! (via Minimal Nerd)
Squircle Jail
Squircle ∆ (via Yannic Lung)
Say Hello to the New Look of App Icons
Squircle Jailbreak! (via Simon B Støvring)
Speaking of rounded corners…
Build an AppKit App with the New Design
Chonky stoplights
macOS 26 window control buttons are no longer smol (via Avi Drissman)
-[NSTitledFrame sizeOfTitlebarButtons]
Missing title bars
Missing menu bar fixes
GlassBar
Boring Old Menu Bar
Alignment
Tahoe dialog
Tahoe dialog, center-icon mockup
Left-aligned title bar text images
Finder icon controversy
Stephen tried Icon Composer with solid results
Michael Flarup
D. Griffin Jones
Icons next to menu items
Previously in the HIG (via Stefan Habel)
Today in the HIG
Tabs contrast
Terminal tabs
Safari contrast
Ridiculous pink in the toolbar in Safari
Arrow cursor has been updated
Discovery by Nathan Manceaux-Panot
Hand cursor as well
Floating elements & compartmentalization
Screenshot
We all float down here
Mario Alberto Guzmán’s observations
Steve Troughton-Smith’s observations
Clipboard history
Stephen Robles
Overview video
Future of Rosetta
Ars Technica
New disk image format: ASIF
Howard Oakley write-up
iOS 26
UI impressions
New slider thumbs reveal new info (via Niki Tonsky)
Video
iPadOS 26
Open window limits (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
Previously, in Mac OS X 10.0…
Slideover is 💀
UI impressions
Testing Liquid Glass
UIDesignRequiresCompatibility
Vision Pro 4K? (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
Post-show: WWDC Favorites
Apple’s transcription APIs
John Voorhees’s write-up
Yap
Generable
SwitchGlass
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple snubbed Gruber, so who got the nod?
Interview roundup on MacRumors
Joanna Stern
7-minute excerpt
Full 24-minute interview
Mark from Tom’s Guide & Lance from TechRadar
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Pre-show: Initial Switch 2 Reactions
Mario Kart World
WWDC
F1
Sam Henri Gold
Marcel
Flighty
Parcel
Control Plane
Acorn
Post-show: RIP, John’s Mac Pro
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s latest paper on the limitations of LLMs
Previously discussed on ATP #609
GaryMarcus’ blog post which quotes a summary from Josh Wolfe
Gary’s 1998 paper
Gary’s 2001 book
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Follow-up:
Apple “emergency” App Store appeal denied
Additional lighting solution (via Nathanial)
macOS 26: Tahoe?
macOS 26 supported hardware
Laurene Powell Jobs & Jony Ive interview
MacRumors coverage
Molly White’s newsletter
Polycom “star”/”spider” phones
Vision Pro & John Siracusa Corner
Bono: Stories of Surrender
Open: An Autobiography
Rattle and Hum
Apple Immersive Screenshots:
Crowd
Stadium
TV
PSA: Plex privacy opt-out
Apple/SwiftUI folks: a quick appeal, if you please
Casey’s toot
FB17661404
WWDC hopes & predictions
Greg Jozwiak’s tweet
Physicality: The new age of UI by Sebastiaan de With
Windows Aero
Newton’s cradle
Sendable
Post-show: Apple declines invitation to The Talk Show Live
Retreating to Safety
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Members-only ATP Overtime: Sky: a new AI app for macOS
Federico’s exclusive
Stu Maschewitz’s take
Software Applications Incorporated
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Pre-show: ATP’s relationship with Apple
Five Whys
Follow-up:
SSD longevity details from an anonymous SSD firmware engineer
Vision Pro on The Price is Right
What are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building?
Ming-Chi Quo’s opinion
Upgrade #565: The Scent of Humane
Alexa Plus Update
Neutral:
Slate Truck Top Gear review
TELO, a potential Slate competitor (via Kevin Ayers)
There’s a Discord (via Kevin Cash)
DeMuro’s review
Classic Mini vs. Modern MINI
Pickup beds over time
Apple Turnover and Apple Turnaround
ATP #639: Crimp the World
Terry Pratchett’s Boots theory
Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event from 2010
Post-show: More restaurant-tech MVPs
DeWalt LED Work Light
DeWalt Tire Inflator
DeWalt 60V Blower
Zip-Tie Screw Mounts
3M VHB Tape
Waveform Lighting power supply, dimmer, and Dim-to-Warm LED strip (optional diffusing channels)
Knipex Wire Stripper
Wago Connectors
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple OS rebranding & macOS name predictions
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Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Top Four: Game Consoles 🗣️
Follow-up:
Home Networking Corner 🤝🏻 Vision Pro Corner
How I use my AVP to retrofit Unifi Access Points in finished homes
SSDs and long-term storage was covered on Security Now #1023 (via Paul Chernoff)
SpinRite (Intel-only)
Fornite is back in the US App Store
App Store link
Judge YGR’s filing
Apple 🤝🏻 Epic
Epic courts Apple developers
Gurman on the Apple Intelligence fiasco
Previously on ATP
The EU App Store warning about external purchases isn’t new after all
Apple documentation
Apple to open AI models to developers?
OpenAI buys Jony Ive’s AI company, io
Sam and Jony
Gurman’s coverage
Ask ATP:
What was our favorite school camp/trip? (via Harrison)
FBLA
Disc camera
What’s the deal with the tire markings on the bootleg cover art? (via Josh Kincaid)
Show art
Wheel size explained
Is there a good camera lens that’s also light? (via Matt Richardson)
Matt on Instagram
Pancake lens
Fuji GFX 100RF
APS-C
LensRentals
Sony RX100
Ricoh GR IIIx
Post-show Neutral: CarPlay Ultra
Top Gear review
Previously on ATP
The Vergecast
Members-only ATP Overtime: Meanwhile, in Europe…
European Commission fines Apple & Meta for breaching DMA
Gruber did the math
New smartphone labels for battery life & repairability
Official release
Nutrition label
Energy Star
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Pre-show: Marco’s [kinda] brief review of the M4 MacBook Pro
CalDigit TS5
Follow-up:
Letterboxd SF Symbol
Procured via volunteer Alyce D! 💙
Custom Symbols App (App Store link)
AI App Store summaries != spam email filtering (via Kevin Markham)
“A fine is a price” (via Kieran Healy)
A Fine is a Price by Gneezy & Rustichini
Apple 🤝🏻 Anthropic
Apple appeals App Store rule changes
Riley Testut details changes to Delta’s IAP options
More (Ed: 🤣🤣🤣)
Meanwhile, in the App Store…
Home networking corner
Ubiquiti’s consumer line is Amplifi
Try CubiCasa for floor plans (via Colin Robertson)
What Unifi Stuff Should I Buy? (via Thunder God Cid)
Casey’s sitrep
2× U6-LR installed
Ugly PoE injectors
10GbE card installed in Synology
Switches just arrived
Lite 8 PoE
Flex Mini
Camera time?
Apple Turnover
The Art of the Possible
Hypercritical #42: The Wrong Guy
Upgrade #563: Peanut or a Banana
Some fun Apple media
Search Engine: The Dave and Busters Anomaly
Gui Rambo’s investigation
A conversation with Jony Ive
Backblaze drama
Backblaze is a former ATP sponsor
Morpheus Research report
Backblaze’s initial response
Backblaze’s formal response
Profit breakdowns
Post-show: More restaurant-tech MVPs
Cable Matters
Marco’s crimping toolkit
Members-only ATP Overtime: SSD data doesn’t last forever
Video
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Pre-show: Chromebook-block evasions
Follow-up:
At least one person did miss our WWDC sale. 🙁
Vision Pro Corner: StagePlay
Blue Man Group
Epic vs. Apple
The Verge on Apple’s decision making
Apple’s Response
Apple Appeals
App Store rules have been changed
MJ Tsai’s Roundup
Ryan Jones
Gruber
Upgrade #562: Let’s Break the Law
Tim Sweeney continues grandstanding
Fortnite may be coming back… via 🇸🇪?
Epic Games announces plans for a shop for iOS developers
Press release
As was foretold, Stripe has entered the chat
Stripe documentation
Patreon has also entered the chat
Friend of the show Riley Testut works fast
Spotify has also entered the chat
Screenshots
Ubiquiti
Marco Recommendations
Cloud Gateway Max
Switch Ultra
U7 Lite
Cloud Gateway Fiber
changedetection.io
Pushover
magicplan
Ubiquiti Designer
Hyperspace update
Casey’s Coding Corner
Vibe coding journey
GIFWrapped
Casey on Bluesky
SF Symbols journey
Post-show: Marco’s vibe coding journey
LaTeX
Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro successor rumors
“Vision Air”
XREAL glasses
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You’re so full of shite Marco...I only make payments through the Apple App Store because I feel it more secure and have never paid for an app in the MS or Google store. You’re so conflicted as an app dev it makes you sound kinda silly.
You’re so wrong Marco. We don’t assume the app money goes to developers at all. And we don’t care anyway.
Did all 3 dudes admit to doing dishes?
nice shirt flex
Where are episodes 1-79?
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