Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3 Pepperidge Farm Remembers Follow-up: Contacts Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell) Some non-obvious complications (via Paul) Face ID & Touch ID Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs & Kurt Schwind) Strictness (via Rob Sayre) John’s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via Gui Rambo) Gui’s PR Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui) FB17228659 Developer Technical Support RAM shortage Verge article Micron’s forthcoming fabs Hynix’s approach …and fothcoming fabs Samsung’s approach Thru-Silicon The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular Data portability Git Github will still sink its talons into you (via Simon Jodet) Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett) Android ↔ iOS Display flicker in Tahoe What does this even mean? (via Daniel) One theory (via Sean Santry) Some corroboration (via Philip Hofstetter) Wi-Fi 7 is a bust -protonsandneutrons- Playstation Portal Ask ATP: What’s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson) Post-show: What the heck is the deal with Thread/Matter Home Assistant Nanoleaf Smart String Lights Lutron Caséta (former sponsor) YoLink Members-only ATP Overtime: iMac Pro… phoenix? Previous code name discussion Jason on Apple’s display strategy Sponsored by: 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: Christmas-slideshow time Follow-up: Paris Buttfield-Addison’s locked Apple ID 🇦🇺 ACCC: Consumer Rights & Guarnatees 🇺🇸: Remember when we had a CFPB? Chat math Metadata thread splitting & merging Colin spells it out for us TV Everywhere XMLTV m3u8 IPTV Github Repo 🚨 Proceed with caution 🚨 StreamEast 506 Sports Custom pronunciations in iOS Accessibility → VoiceOver → Speech → Pronunciations See Apple support Accessibility → Read & Speak → Pronunciations See Apple support Apple video guide Tahoe Studio Display flickering Malicious content delivery in Apple Podcasts Previously 1 Previously 2 iPhone roadmap Article on The Information iPhone XX rumor roundup Under-screen FaceID? Haptic buttons? Apple exploring touch-sensitive iPhone cases Patent Ask ATP: How do we manage our contacts? (via Tyler Kindy) How do we use version control? (via Dmitry Myronenko) 🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing! Post-show: John’s bug FB21375029 Sample project Members-only ATP Overtime: RAM shortage, or the flip-side of the Apple Intelligence RAM dividend Sam Altman’s dirty DRAM deal RAM is ruining everything It-hurts-because-it’s-true wisecrack by ziplyne The RAM shortage is here to stay Chipwrecked Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco joins team snow tires i3: 155/70R19 XC90: 275/40R21 Molex F-150 Lightning’s demise 🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing! 🗣️ New ATP Members Special: ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGames Follow-up: Some impromptu spoiler-free follow-up about the member’s special John’s Cloudflare update Hypercritical Marco’s former TV (via Wayne Morgan) Apple executive departures Jeff Williams has been nominated to join Disney’s board Press release The Verge Would Johnny Srouji consider Rivian? What about NVIDIA? Apple 2030 & carbon credits (via Zach) Split iMessage groups (via sirshannon) AI-generated voice-matched dubbing Fran Besora tried the Spanish version Stefanus Secundus tried the German version Ben Mattison had an odd YouTube experience Siri and pronunciations (via Paul Zadunajsky) Intel stealing learning from chips it fabs Thread by Joe Lion VHDL Jason Biatek points out this is all basically cryptography Galois blog post Migrate Purchases (via James Wilby) Paris Buttfield-Addison got locked out of his Apple ID… because of a gift card Casey’s tangentially-related rant Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers Dominic Preston at The Verge From the past: Blockbuster’s reaction to Netflix Marc Randolph’s comment Paramount launches hostile $108B bid Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son Gruber’s take As per Brian Stelter, Netflix is prepared More Paramount context from Charles Pulliam-Moore at The Verge Emma Roth at The Verge: CBS News was just taken over by a Substack Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge: Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed Post-show: Casey asks for programming help StoreKit2 UserDefaults NotificationCenter Singleton Publisher @Environment Dependency injection @EnvironmentObject Members-only ATP Overtime: The State of TV Verizon FiOS stabs John & Casey CableCARD PCMCIA TiVo Channels HDHomeRun TVEverywhere Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of Truth Notion: The AI workspace where teams and AI agents get more done together. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Casey has a giggle about central Virginia snow Follow-up: Apple Fitness+ is doing better than the Mac Pro Workout Buddy Previously with Jay Blahnik More adventures with Cloudflare jramskov’s observation TLS Certificate lifetimes Alternatively, GitHub Pages Some thoughts from an anonymous Cloudflare employee Workers Pages R2 KV Durable Objects Oops… we broke it Landon’s observation 5 December Outage React.js vulnerability Say my name, Siri! Siri response preferences (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen) Screenshot AirPods and Contacts (via Oren Idan) We’re… uh… sorry. Our bad. Sean Santry Reid Sorenson iOS 26 rollout 📈 Underscore on 20 November Underscore on 8 December Intel 🤝 Apple Commentary Tambourine Man David Beck Goffredo Marocchi Previously on ATP Srouji’s comments (timestamp link to 34m26s) Maybe Intel will just do packaging? Maybe iPhone chips too? Gruber is… not a fan… of Alan Dye Dye Was in Tim Cook’s Blind Spot Apple’s revolving door keeps spinning An anonymous observation Gurman, 6 December Gurman, 8 December Gurman’s departing executive tracker image Post-show: Messages conversation merging A feature request Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Watch & Mac mini are no longer advertised as “carbon neutral” Apple 2030 Apple commits to 100% carbon neutrality for supply chain & products by 2030 (21 July 2020) Carbon removal & offsets Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget. Save with code ATP. Aura Frames: Frames for every memory, gifts for every occasion Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco has a new toy Follow-up: Vision Pro Light Seal sizes decoded Vision Pro Size Help tool JPEG XL lives… in PDF Chromium ticket jxl-rs: JPEG XL in Rust Chapter links in Apple Podcasts Stephen Robles on The Talk Show Apple documentation ATP on Threads Malicious content delivery on Podcasts.app? 404 Media article Everybody is leaving Apple John Giannandrea to retire from Apple Amar Subramanya’s first-week experience at Microsoft Alan Dye poached by Meta Jason’s take Cloudflare’s 18 November Outage Cloudflare Lets Encrypt Hypercritical Callsheet Ask ATP: Why can’t Siri pronounce names correctly? (via Tony West) serra queue sah Siri, what’s my full name Post-show: What now, bagel snobs? BagelFest Baltik’s Bagel: People’s Choice award Baltik’s Bagel Coverage from the NY metro area Bullstrap Minimalist Case Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple 🤝 Intel? Intel 18A vs. TSMC N2 MTr/mm² Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Aura Frames: Frames for every memory, gifts for every occasion. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!