Accidental Tech Podcast
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A podcast by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa. https://atp.fm Also at https://mastodon.social/@atpfm
702: Isolate the Evil atp.fm/702 Safari 27 and web standards, Apple Maps coming to cars (?), and our very different philosophies on packing for a family road trip.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 702: Isolate the Evil
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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701: I Improved My Town atp.fm/701 3D-printing for fun and utility, a defense of squircle-icon jail, how AirPlay was finally fixed in Overcast, and cutting-edge modern technology such as audio CDs, FileMaker, and the Mac Pro.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 701: I Improved My Town
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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Accidental Tech Podcast: ATP Tier List: Emoji
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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700 (🎉): A Wet Dishrag Full of Lies atp.fm/700 Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI, the state of the 27 OSes heading into the public betas, what FileMaker was (or is?), and looking for a new home for Maestral.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 700: A Wet Dishrag Full of Lies
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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699: Not the Correct Squircle atp.fm/699 Someone got us started on app icons again.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 699: Not the Correct Squircle
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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698: And Do What? atp.fm/698 Siri AI impressions, M6 and M7 rumors, Apple’s role in the supply chain, languages for LLMs, and price hikes for everyone!
Accidental Tech Podcast: 698: And Do What?
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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🖥️ New member special! 💻 ATP Dev: Mac-Assed Mac Apps atp.fm/atp-dev-mac-... What makes a great native Mac app? This episode is exclusive to ATP members. Join now to listen! atp.fm/join
Accidental Tech Podcast: ATP Dev: Mac-Assed Mac Apps
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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697: The Chart Is Terrifying atp.fm/697 Apple altered their prices. Pray they don’t alter them any further.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 697: The Chart Is Terrifying
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It atp.fm/696 Lots of details from macOS Golden Gate, Apple's AI Tech Talk, road trips, and failed Bobs.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua atp.fm/695 WWDC 2026 coverage and our first impressions of macOS Golden Gate, iOS 27, and Siri AI.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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694: Potential and Homework atp.fm/694 Our hopes and dreams for WWDC 2026.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 694: Potential and Homework
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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692: A Thinking Hitch atp.fm/692 People really don’t like AI. (Sponsored by AI.)
Accidental Tech Podcast: 692: A Thinking Hitch
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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New member special! 🍿 ATP Movie Club: Her (2013) 🍿 atp.fm/atp-movie-cl... What could possibly be relevant about this 13-year-old movie in today's world? 🤔 Join now to listen! atp.fm/join
691: A Menlo Phase atp.fm/691 Apple's chip-fab options, branding the 20th-anniversary iPhone, Terminal and Xcode preferences, and some very special filenames.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 691: A Menlo Phase
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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690: Turn Left at the Next Tree atp.fm/690 How could Apple make Neo and Ultra versions of more of their products?
Accidental Tech Podcast: 690: Turn Left at the Next Tree
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm atp.fm/689 Mythos, the different personalities of Tim Cook and John Ternus, the complexity of backing up files from cloud-storage providers on macOS, and the long-term future of the Mac.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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Our @atp.fm WWDC 2026 sale ends TOMORROW! If you plan to buy something, don’t wait any longer. See this earlier thread for some highlights from this year’s offerings: bsky.app/profile/sira... atp.fm/store
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Attached: 1 image Our @atpfm WWDC 2026 sale includes a set of shirts that attempt to match the colors of the MacBook Neo, right down to the subtly tinted logo that’s meant to match the tinted keyboar...
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John Siracusa@siracusa.social · 4mo agoOur @atp.fm WWDC 2026 sale includes shirts that attempt to match the colors of the MacBook Neo, right down to the subtly tinted logo that’s meant to match the keyboard colors. (Yes, the Silver is clearly too dark. We were limited by available shirt colors, but we did our best.) atp.fm/store
688: A Company Man atp.fm/688 John Ternus was announced as Apple’s next CEO! We review the strengths and weaknesses of the Tim Cook era as he transitions to Executive Chairman.
687: You Can Bend This Line atp.fm/687 Ads in Apple Maps, copyright of AI output, and a short supply of flawed chips.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 687: You Can Bend This Line
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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💸🚨 New member special! 🚨💸 ATP Dev: Nuggets of Wisdom atp.fm/atp-dev-nugg... Lessons of various sizes that we’ve learned as software developers. Join now to listen! atp.fm/join
Accidental Tech Podcast: ATP Dev: Nuggets of Wisdom
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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686: Write Two Letters atp.fm/686 @siracusa.social’s next Mac is going to be very expensive.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 686: Write Two Letters
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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685: The Ability to Be Hotter atp.fm/685 Farewell, Mac Pro.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 685: The Ability to Be Hotter
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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📱 New member special! 📱 ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons atp.fm/atp-tier-lis... Ranking the app icons on our iPhone home screens, including built-in Apple apps, third-party apps, and — somewhat awkwardly — even our own. Join now to listen! atp.fm/join
Accidental Tech Podcast: ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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684: It’s Not What Young People Do atp.fm/684 WWDC 2026 hopes, the state of passkeys, more on podcast transcripts, and how businesses manage fleets of Macs.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 684: It’s Not What Young People Do
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug atp.fm/683 MacBook Neo hands-on, Studio Display XDR eyes-on, and how Overcast is transcribing podcasts at scale.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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682: Medium Core atp.fm/682 MacBook Neo details, Studio Display XDR tech and impressions, Marco tries a Garmin, and Casey tries to watch F1.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 682: Medium Core
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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681: The Price of Your Nightmares atp.fm/681 The MacBook Neo, M5 MacBook Air, M4 iPad Air, MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max, the new Studio Display XDR, and the “new” Studio Display.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 681: The Price of Your Nightmares
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese atp.fm/680 Our home screens, desktop audio setups, document-saving models, what we hope to “experience” next week, and where not to aim snow.
Accidental Tech Podcast: 680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself atp.fm/679 Solar and batteries vs. generators, news about Perl (?!), hiding apps as a self-improvement tool, and the age-old debate of "Save As…" vs. "Duplicate.”
Accidental Tech Podcast: 679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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