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	Title	Pub. Date	Duration
	715: Diner Lobster	29 oct. 2026	02:39:39
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!
	714: Get the Bigger Pizza	23 oct. 2026	02:25:09
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!
	713: I Have Medium Hopes	15 oct. 2026	02:14:37
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!
	712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized	08 oct. 2026	02:17:20
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!
	711: Hot Dog on an Actuator	01 oct. 2026	01:59:32
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!
	710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling	24 sept. 2026	02:13:17
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern The Marco Offset™ Flying Spaghetti Monster Follow-up: New treats John iPhone 18 Pro John’s case AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case IP57 Dust protected Immersion, up to 1m, for 30 minutes Oddities Volume control Marco Apple Watch S12 Ceramic Apple Watch S12 bezels are bigger than S10? Mac mini Casey: Apple Watch S12 Aluminum How should Apple have handled iPhone Duo dev tools? (via Oscar Echeverri) Photos libraries on external drives (via Larry Fieman) Preliminary M5 Ultra GPU Geekbench scores Chart Apple watch “Readiness Score” seem to be mostly bunk? (via Michael Katz) iPhone Duo dev tools released Aaron Vegh’s video Post-show: Marco’s Mac mini update Ubiquiti WAN Switch GL.iNet Comet Q and the PoE one Members-only ATP Overtime: Ubiquiti’s new home Wi-Fi that does “full-duplex MLO Previously discussed on ATP #672: Wi Hyphen Fi The Disappointing Truth about Wi-Fi 7 Introductory video Sponsored by: Daft Music: Made for Apple Music. Clic for Sonos: A premium Sonos companion. No lag. No hassle. Just music. 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!
	709: Steel-Cable Insurance	17 sept. 2026	02:07:42
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Show Q&A 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ The Marco Offset™ Todd Vaziri on James Bond homages in the event video Comparison video Previously, in 2018 Making of (via Techzha) Preliminary Geekbench scores A20 Pro (iPhones 18 Pro) CPU GPU M6 CPU GPU M5 Ultra CPU iPhone 18 Pro Max & Apple C2 Solar phone charging? 🤔 (via flanker) Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space Aperture blades on iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max camera MKBHD’s review PetaPixel’s Review Explaining starbursts Straight vs. rounded examples Debate on DPReview forums iPhones 18 Pro Face ID (YouTube timestamp link to 13m34s) iPhone Duo How will iPhone Mirroring work? No Action Button 💔 The Duo does have a split keyboard An aside about our enthusiasm for the Duo Ternus & Joz interview part 1 & part 2 Thomas Ricker at The Verge Stephen Robles insights iPhone side-dock example MagSafe accessories will be… tough A Face ID complication (via Pedro Fernandes) Apple Pencil support USB-C Apple Pencil not Pencil Pro Gruber Steve Troughton-Smith Fake bezel Benjamin Mayo at 9to5Mac Demo video (Twitter link) iOS 27 doesn’t include automated password changing Photos libraries on external drives (via Mike Brogan & Jason Snell) Optimize Storage (via Jason Snell & Fabrice Neuman) John’s cheap S3 setup Configuration CLI invocation: aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \ --bucket my-cool-bucket-name \ --lifecycle-configuration file:///Users/yourusername/Desktop/s3-lifecycle.json \ --transition-default-minimum-object-size varies_by_storage_class _DavidSmith on iPhone Air & 17e sales Gruber’s breakdown iPhone 17: 36.5% iPhone 17 Pro Max: 29.9% iPhone 17 Pro: 29.4% iPhone 17e: 2.5% iPhone Air: 1.5% Post-show: John needed Marco’s 3D printer Oyen Digital MiniPro RAID V4 Dual-Bay Modesty panel Command Strips Members-only ATP Overtime: The triumphant return of the Genius Bar? Sponsored by: Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. 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!
	708: Primary, Tertiary, and Third Cousin	10 sept. 2026	03:04:10
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ The Marco Offset™ September 2026 event MacRumors on the cellular chips SynthID Standard Apple Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview Surface Duo PowerBook Duo Rafa’s toot about layouts Apple Developer Videos Post-show: Jetty update Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s new business terms in the EU Ben Thompson’s breakdown Gruber’s take Adrian Weckler at Irish Independent Sponsored by: ElevenLabs: AI Customer Support Agents 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!
	707: Haunting the Campus Like a Ghost	03 sept. 2026	02:05:47
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ The Marco Offset™ Follow-up: Luz fooled me, Jerry! Extremely convincing fake by Daniel Luz Mea culpa Apple fooled us all Siri blobs fix System Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy → Content & Privacy (turn the switch on) → Siri → Writing Assistance (turn the switch off) John is happy with new Macs timetable Are photo libraries on external disks supported? Knowledge base Iris Yankees / Sox in Apple Vision Pro Dithering Motivations for SME adoption (via shac ron) ✅ Tim Cook exit interview AT 688: A Company Man at 1h8m29s (Overcast timestamp link) Phil takes another step toward the door Emma Roth at The Verge Phil on ATP #317: We’re Customers Too iPhone 17 / 17 Pro / 17 Pro max / Air Exit interviews iPhone event preview Post-show: John’s storage update Backblaze B2 Amazon S3 Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus & the Vision Pro 10 May: Mark Gurman 3 June: Juli Clover at MacRumors 21 August: Gurman 30 August: Gurman Sponsored by: zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	706: No One Is Getting a Good Deal Tonight	27 août 2026	02:37:41
Pre-show: Marco’s casement windows Screen clips Screen clips, installed (white prototypes for visibility) TPU for AMS 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Movie Club: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Follow-up: macOS 27 UI tweaks Redesigned stoplights in β6 Video Stoplights Stretchy buttons Video Porsche 911, 996 generation In defense of the fried egg Porsches Turning off the Siri logo macOS 27 got the new Preview icon LLM determinism when temperature = 0 Write-up by Horace He IEEE standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic 𝓍OS 27 Photos Shared Album gotchas See also Other people’s phones Not sped up! All 1×! i vs. I Apple iPhone event announced New Mac mini and Mac Studio Core size comparison SME replaces AMX in the M6 Exploratory Github Repo AMX instruction set SME Introduction Hello SME Longhorn Toot 1 and Toot 2 Marketing page section (via Daniel Luz) Oops, it was a joke and we didn’t get it! High Yield diagram M3 Ultra vs. M5 Ultra vs. M5 Max Mac mini Video support summary from Tim Hardwick Mac mini pricing history …inflation-adjusted Apple Upgrade program lease [un]availability Gruber on pricing Advertisement Behind the scenes Mac Studio Gruber on pricing Advertisement John’s purchasing journey The thing John mentioned that’s a spoiler The accessory that’s also a spoiler New […ish] keyboards! MacRumors coverage Apple Part Number: MJM4LL/A Previously: MXK83LL/A John’s keyboard (previously) MMMR3LL/A A2520 New polishing cloth! MacRumors coverage Copland Supply Post-show: John’s new vibe-coded app Front and Center SwitchGlass Hyperspace DragThing Icon Members-only ATP Overtime: Is macOS slower than Linux when performing file system operations? Theo Browne: Your Mac Isn’t Actually Slow, It’s MacOS Fault Benchmark 1 Benchmark 2 Linus Torvalds on using C (timestamp link to 22m7s) Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	705: Relentless in a Gentle Way	20 août 2026	02:30:22
Pre-show: Marco may have to dance with the devil Daikin Home Assistant integration Home Assistant Green Follow-up: The OpenAI doughnut What if it’s an eye? (via Elijah Yap) Or perhaps red blood cell shaped? (via Chris Lawrence) Biconcave disc Time Capsule was to solve the laptop-backup problem Multiple Apple IDs with the same number (via Adam Wunn) RAMageddon Apple gets lower display prices Apple raises trade-in values 🎉 Unforgetful is out! 🎉 E-Mail Addresses That Would be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone Skybridge Mac Power Users #861: Stephen Builds a New Task App Kanban Quitter Forecast AI watermarking Steganography How Claude’s text watermark works Pseudorandom number generator A wonderful visual guide Some 3Blue1Brown homework LLMs explained briefly Next-word prediction probabilities Transformers, the tech behind LLMs Temperature gives more weight to the less-probable Image Gruber’s take Some responses to Gruber Dan Moren Daniel Jalkut Gruber’s reply to the rebuttals Dithering, 14 August: “Watermarks” I Made This Post-show: Casey has news CarMax Previously on ATP… BMW i4 San Remo Green A Better Route Planner EV Stupidity Checklist Members-only ATP Overtime: Other people’s phones (based on Stephen Robles’ video) Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	704: Past the Ternus Horizon	13 août 2026	02:08:25
Pre-show: Marco has a rose and thorn Lutron Caséta Fan Control Fanimation Technology Connections video Follow-up: Marco’s favorite feedback (about Myke) was from Analog(ue) 😬 SQLite bug write-up Blackbird Post-show Neutral Professional negotiators / “headhunters” are very much a thing CarEdge (via John Siracusa) Delivrd (via Roger Coxon) Wall Street Journal (News+ link) The Car Chick (via Juan Boyce) The #1 trusted automotive expert for women and smart men Your Car Buying Advocate (via Ian McCullough) Two options from Colin Macdonald Automatch Consulting Insight Auto Consulting Casey makes some discoveries over the last week Justification from the midwest dealer Ventilated seats Laser headlights Marco takes a spin as well John’s passwords pro-tip Codex Micro (via St. Chris) Icon keys John and Casey weep for a while about Verizon CableCARDs 😭 Backups Time Machine has a fatal flaw (via Jonathan Dechko) …but also a workaround (via Eric Jacobsen) Transcend JetDrive BaseQi Adapter Are backups even necessary? (via Mustapha Hamoui) Apple Upgrade Lease agreements are between customer & financier, not the retailer (via Patch) Apple Card also has 12 months interest-free (via Andrew Haglund) RAMpocalypse Apple is still trying to make fetch Chinese RAM happen iPhone 18 Pro launch is looking… challenging All of 2027’s memory made by the big 3 is sold out (🇹🇼 link) (via Kevin Beaumont) New macOS & iOS 27 β5 icons Siri Chess John pours one out for his homie Keir’s observation about icon composition Safari Preview Settings Apple Watch overhaul rumors The Casio watch everyone has (it’s small; here’s a bigger one if you want, or a more modern one with step-counting) John’s Passwords pro tip Post-show: John’s macOS update woes Members-only ATP Overtime: More AI hardware rumors Is OpenAI making a hockey puck or a doughnut? Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Use code atp50off. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. 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!
	703: Part of a Healthy Breakfast	06 août 2026	02:32:25
Pre-show: The Overcast “kicking machine” Adam Wunn’s blog post Previously in ATP #324: Automatic Kicking Machine Follow-up: Marco gives John the gift of transcript search in build #1169 [The system works! — Ed.] Build #1172 includes Siracusa Replay Mode Be wary of Sonos + Pi-hole or other ad blockers (via Will Smidlein) Ubiquiti High Availability Redundant Power Supply USP-RPS SmartPower Cable USP-Cable “Odd” RAM amounts (via Joe Lion) Multiple Apple accounts (via TJ Usiyan) Some science about Sony’s axe of PlayStation discs SuperDuper 4 Previously in the SuperDuper blog… Apple Upgrade Program John Voorhees at MacStories The Verge with example numbers Apple Upgrade vs. iPhone Upgrade “Restricted Mode” isn’t about this Is it worth it? Joe Rossignol answers macOS 26.4 adds Battery Charge Limit Ask ATP: What are good backup strategies? (via Todd Vaziri) Backblaze (former sponsor) Tailscale (former & future sponsor) What the heck is a Docker container? (also via Todd Vaziri) Wizard zine Post-show: Casey is car shopping again Visor AutoTempest Bimmer.work Driveway Safari extension screenshot Members-only ATP Overtime: OpenAI hardware progress Codex Micro Gruber Quinn’s take Stack Overflow keyboard Rumored speaker Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	702: Isolate the Evil	27 juil. 2026	02:30:45
Pre-show: Three old men talk about the Tickety Tocks Follow-up: Adam Wunn published his email as a blog post Sharing files in Screen Sharing.app (via Ingmar Wittkau) Video game preservation (via Jason Griffey) Supplying power to Marco’s army of Mac minis Ubiquiti “Shadow Mode High Availability” An update on Passwords.app “doing the hard thing” macOS iOS More clipboard changes in macOS 27 Video in question Apple is reportedly looking to acquire AI chip companies P. A. Semi Apple is actually spending money on Broadcom Hartley Charlton at MacRumors Slate Truck price & availability announced Previously on ATP Apple 🤝 Ford CarPlay is Additive Safari on 𝑥OS 27 WWDC 2026 #204: What’s new in WebKit for Safari 27 Pie chart A contrary take Safari MCP server Federico’s take Ask ATP: How is Overcast transcription going? (via Pete Ottery) How does Apple achieve “growth the hard way”? (via Elijah) John’s theory ATP #689 ATP #641 John on replaceable batteries iPhone SE TSR How do you create a second Apple account for doing development without a different phone number? (via James) With an aside lamenting the way Apple Stores work Post-show: How does John pack? InstaCrate Shibumi Wind Assist Members-only ATP Overtime: New information about the iPhone 18 family RAM “Side RAM” on the Pros Supposed leaked drawings Battery capacities Bodies Colors Original mockups Thicker? Sponsored by: 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!
	701: I Improved My Town	23 juil. 2026	02:10:55
Pre-show: Marco’s Mac mini catastrophe CyberLynk / Mac Mini Vault The dead ATS The proposed replacement 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Emoji Follow-up: Member’s Special video trimming / John’s Vibe Coded App LosslessCut Casey has leveled-up his Sonos experience Previously on ATP Version 85.01 announcement post FAQ post Louie Mantia makes the case for Squircle Sony 💔 💿 A nefarious motivation for Sony ceasing to sell games on disc (via Glen Jarvis) CD sales are going up Price increase corner: Apple Music edition Chart by BasicAppleGuy AppleCare+ too FileMaker In defense… CVE Monday.com Marco got Robert Thompson off FileMaker after 18 years Scratch And a special thanks to Adam Wunn 🙌🏻 Gurman on post-Mac Pro plans EU drops battery removal requirement for Apple Watch & AirPods Six additional categories The Monkey’s Paw OLED iMacs? Ask ATP: What does Marco (or other adults) use 3D Printers for? (via Jack Johnson) Bambu X2D TinkerCAD Onshape Post-show: How Marco fixed AirPlay in Overcast WSOLA F Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades Members-only ATP Overtime: The internal “roles” system in LLMs, and how it relates to prompt injection vulnerabilities Research paper Extended write-up Mechanistic interpretability Bobby Tables Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	700: A Wet Dishrag Full of Lies	16 juil. 2026	01:56:18
Pre-show: Anniversary Corner! catatp (see also Statistics) Bootleg visualization Follow-up: Public beta check-in Casey’s iMessage notification issue Cache in front of CloudFlare Workers! Apple keeps futzing with rendering of .icon files Mac-assed Mac Apps Steve Troughton-Smith on ChatGPT Gruber #1 Gruber #2 Gus Mueller Gruber Globe key on Apple’s extended keyboards (via Philip Hofstetter) LaunchAgent ~/Library/LaunchAgents Casey’s former keyboard Tina’s keyboard: MMMR3LL/A Shouldn’t the Studio Display get a price bump? (via Brian Nehring) Regarding skipping M6 Pro/Max/Ultra (via Anonymous) Gurman on M𝓍 Ultra servers Follow-out to Upgrade #627: What was is FileMaker Agentic development Goodbye, Maestral 🫡 Gruber Apple Sues OpenAI Apple Inc. vs. Liu Chance Miller’s summary The Verge Gruber Dithering OpenAI’s response and part 2 Post-show: Casey vacation results: nerd edition Unifi Travel Router Formerly, GL.iNet KVM GL Comet Q Members-only ATP Overtime: Sony announces the end of PlayStation discs Ars Technica The funeral has begun Ars Technica on library erasure The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last.
	699: Not the Correct Squircle	07 juil. 2026	02:20:29
Pre-show: Casey’s oops Magic TrackPad Magic Keyboard Marco’s Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard Follow-up: Casey may have fixed his notification problem! Mac-“Arsed” Mac App skill (via Bart Reardon) RAMAgeddon Feel free to donate to St. Jude any of the money you may have saved by buying early! (via Jonathan) Will Apple rethink unified memory given these prices? (via ShutterAperture) Steam Machine difficulties Interview on YouTube (Timestamp link to 12m48s) Collusion! Well, maybe. Would a gold Mac mini be cheaper than a spec with tons of RAM? Awax did math We’re Fable is so back, baby More at Ars Technica Siri AI No web browsing for you! Apple removed the waitlist workaround in macOS β2 Determining what model is used (via Gui Rambo) Revamped icons by Parakeet Design services price list SwitchGlass SwitchGlass dark icon SwitchGlass old icon Front and Center Front and Center old icon Callsheet Callsheet old icon Jelly’s write-up Ste Grainer The ATP member special where we rated iOS icons Overcast Marco’s [REDACTED] Reminders App Fire Island Lighthouse Parakeet’s post about our icons Apple adds paste protection to Terminal Apple support document Opera joins the party Xcode 𝑥OS 27 & DerivedData DevCleaner (App Store link) Post-show: Casey is jealous of Marco Goose Big Modern! Casey likes Savenger, Good2B, and Torero Nugs Micro Tyvek Wallet Micro Soft Shell Wallet Studio Neat Casey’s fan Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple create a handheld gaming platform? Quinn Nelson’s pitch Game Porting Toolkit 4 Sponsored by: Parakeet: The icon design studio. zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	698: And Do What?	30 juin 2026	02:13:35
Pre-show: Who’s bored? 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Dev: Mac-assed Mac Apps Follow-up: Nugs and Sonos As the prophecy foretold… ☹️ Mythos is back, but Fable isn’t Rumors about Siri AI indexing Corrections about 8TB SSDs (via Aaron Raimist) Price increases abound! ☹️ On the Apple TV price hike (via Chris Carley) Steam Machine (More) Xbox Micron points fingers at Apple (News+ Link) Steve Troughton-Smith’s take Previously, in Palm Pilots Apple asks Trump to save their 🥓 Financial Times No M6 Pro/Max/Ultra‽ Touchscreen MacBook Pro Intel to fabricate the M7‽ GFHK? More reporting New Siri Iconography Attraction Theory: The SiriAI Proposition Pepsi logo redesign brand manual from 2008 (via budsNhops on Reddit) Joanna Stern’s review Gui Rambo’s experiment Dan Moren John tries to get it to understand Perl (because of course he did —Ed.) Question 1 Question 2 Ask ATP: Why isn’t Apple on a reliable cadence for processor releases? (via Ammar) If we really embrace agentic coding, what would be the right choice of language for that? (via Matthew Southworth) 3Blue1Brown Avoiding Copland 2010 Do we collect vintage computers? (via Phil Kim) Casey: ThinkPad 701C ThinkPad T30 John: eMate Newton 2000 Trashcan Post-show: Casey asks for technical support Members-only ATP Overtime: Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS Announcement video On the store All Ubiquiti NAS offerings Xserve RAID Sponsored by: 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!
	697: The Chart Is Terrifying	26 juin 2026	02:06:20
Pre-show: Casey has some fantastic news about nugs.net for Marco Marco’s trip report Gucci Osteria Follow-up: John guested on a preview of Designed in California, published as part of Upgrade #624 (also on YouTube) Apple Intelligence 🤝 external boot disks (via Doug Weinfield) Spotlight indexing in 𝑥OS 27 Steve Riggins notes it takes a while Alex concurs Apple’s AI Tech Talk What will Siri be capable of? (via Jochen Marschall) Bootleg video (via sayrer) Is Spatial Reframing in 𝑥OS 27 geographically-aware? (via Kevin Buterbaugh) Tesla 🤝 CarPlay? New CarPlay features (via Alec Hurdle) WWDC session on YouTube The US has approved a new sunscreen ingredient! Marco’s favorite: Rohto Skin Aqua Super Moisture UV Gel Tracking Apple’s environmental progress TOSTracker (via Andrew Leahey) Direct product comparisons Example: M1 MacBook Air vs. M5 MacBook Air Apple’s AI server infrastructure (expanding on ATP #680) General overview (via Gui Rambo) cloudOS job listing How to run PCC (via Zoe Knox) Tim Cook takes one for the Ternus (News+ link) (17 June) Chart South Korean chip company bonuses are creating inflation pressures Even ChatGPT is stupefied by RAM pricing 🤭😭 We’re all trying to find the guy who did this! 25 June: Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads (News+ link) Stephen’s tables Gruber’s tables Apple also raised refurbished prices 🤨 Good timing: tmcgeary Aaron Greg Pierce Ask ATP: Why doesn’t Apple just… make its own RAM? (via Brian Webster) Joe Lion Blake Patterson Is new Siri an attack vector for, say, TSA searches? (via Anonymous) Post-show: Casey’s blog post about AI Members-only ATP Overtime: The Fable about… Anthropic Fable Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It	15 juin 2026	01:59:04
Pre-show: We are not dangerously capable We convince ourselves not to pivot to video Accidental Neutral: The Rivian R2 FYI, Marco: Casey has officially called dibs on the R3X 😈 Follow-up: It’s Road Trip (via Jason Paul) Indexing for the new Spotlight Passwords app does the hard thing macOS 27 “Golden Gate” was the codename for macOS Big Sur… and eWorld 1.1 Microsoft Bob You can use Touch ID for Administrator access There’s a way to skip the Siri waitlist (via Steve Troughton-Smith) sudo defaults write "/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict-add Enabled -bool NO ST-S points out the change in Apple’s documentation The Liquid Glass slider is part of Golden Gate onboarding Corner radius ∆s, illustrated Mickey hands are back They can’t leave well enough alone, Finder icon edition General Golden Gate icon changes Touch Macs are coming Pull-to-refresh comes to macOS ST-S notices NSToolbar changes You can resize the iPhone Mirroring window HIG updates for menu icons iOS 27 Siri AI pull down animation iPadOS 27 ST-S notes the menu is now aligned to the leading edge tvOS (Apparently it’s still an OS in the lineup —Ed.) Hardware compatibility watchOS Hardware compatibility Apple’s AI Tech Talk Images Quotes Dan Moren vanity searches An aside on Apple filtering out some frequencies during utterances of “Siri” Stephen Robles’ Siri AI review (timestamp link to 5m47s) 3Blue1Brown transformers video Apple’s announcement for third-gen models Instruction-Following Pruning for LLMs LLM in a Flash: Efficient LLM Inference with Limited Memory Filippone Stefano’s review Ars Technica’s write-up Post-show: Casey’s trip results UniFi Travel Router GL-iNet Flex Mini Members-only ATP Overtime: The WWDC 2026 Platforms State of the Union OpenDoc iPhone mirroring resizing Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget 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!
	695: The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua	09 juin 2026	02:51:11
WWDC 2026 Watch the Keynote (alternatively, on YouTube) Craig Hockenberry on Spotlight Word wall Rob Rhyne’s toot Weird holes Change Detection .well-known Dear EU, 🖕. Love, Apple Post-show: Casey’s unexpected afternoon Music Video Craig’s toot Tim’s Good Morning video [Alternatively, on Xcancel] TN3212: Adopting gesture recognizers for Sidecar touch support (via Vince) Sam Henri Gold Members-only ATP Overtime: The foldable iPhone takes shape White foldable phone More details Sonny Dickson’s images [Alternatively, on Xcancel] Case leaks Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. 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!
	694: Potential and Homework	04 juin 2026	02:19:58
Pre-show: 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ John and dynamic DNS Former & future sponsor Tailscale (but seriously, I’m obsessed —CL) Tailscale Funnel DynDns.org no-ip.org Follow-up: Ferrari Luce John’s remembered video clip of sandwiching the body (extracted by RG) John’s EV Stupidity Checklist Wassym Bensaid, Chief Software Officer at Rivian, being a dummy Bambu’s battle with its users They were already in hot water (via Steve Riggins) Jose agrees Faking alarm reminders (via Ben Smith) Moving files between volumes Steven Op de beeck demonstrates this with a tiny file and a large file Computer UI designer for Her (via Peter Puleio) Previously on ATP WWDC 2026 All systems glow Wallpaper Gurman prediction More at MacRumors macOS 27, Vision Pro, and Ternus [oh my!] Hardware that has been delayed by Siri macOS 27 name What are we dreading? What we’re most excited for? What will we miss? Post-show: Casey wants some advice Callsheet Channels OAuth VLAN Jellyfin Infuse SenPlayer (App Store link) Tailscale Service Members-only ATP Overtime: Nvidia announces RTX Spark Previously, the DGX Spark This is not a new chip (timestamp link to 55s) They’re the same… but not Surface Laptop Ultra Ars Technica Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. 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!
	693: Negative Bonus Points	29 mai 2026	02:02:19
Pre-show: Marco has something to commend Ubiquiti marketing video Spanning Tree Protocol Sonos & Networking Documentation Follow-up: Formula 1 on Apple TV The case for alarm reminders (via Matthew Cave) SVG can do animations — and way more! (via Vítor) SVG can do THAT‽ Yes, you can use AI for ffmpeg, but have you tried Lossless Cut? SF Symbols in Marco’s Reminder app (via Clarko) How can we bemoan Electron and cheer WebViews? (via Julian Gamble) If Finder moves are no good, are mvs the same? Defrag lives on …in APFS diskutil apfs defragment [disk] enable [disk] is something along the lines of diske3 or disk3s1, that you get via diskutil list MJ Tsai AI Sentiment AI levels… down?… your worst coworker (via Nathan) Ireland compels data center developers to bring their own clean energy (via Ian Robinson) Large Energy User Action Plan Perspectives on art Original Monet The Ferrari Luce Previously on ATP Purosangue Jaguar I-Pace BMW i3 BMW i8 GMA T.33 Porsche Taycan Galleries The Verge Car and Driver Exterior Interior Coverage The Verge Top Gear Cleo Abram MKBHD (stationary tour) ba-dum tss John’s EV Stupidity Checklist Saturday Night Live Affordance Post-show: RIP Destiny 2 Associated layoffs, because, of course Destiny 1 on Wikipedia Penny Arcade Members-only ATP Overtime: Bambu vs. its community How one private message could change the face of 3D printing Sponsored by: zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. 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!
	692: A Thinking Hitch	21 mai 2026	02:06:41
Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Movie Club: Her Immersive Inlet: Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness Follow-up: Cut/copy/paste in Finder Terminal John’s Terminal.app state restoration woes tcsh John’s Terminal settings Window tab John’s Terminal settings Tab tab Escape sequence extended tooltip .cshrc Terminal apps for macOS with text-based config files Fancy shell prompts like Starship KornShell Some other terminal resources The Linux Field Guide by Uros Popovic (via Derek) The terminal, the TTY, and the shell The Secret Rules of the Terminal by Julia Evans Wizard Zines Ignoring node_modules and the like In Dropbox Dropbox documentation (via Hunter Hillegas) …or use xattrs Dropbox documentation on ignoring files Automator example from Boz Bundalo In Time Machine pnpm as an alternative to npm (via Paul Galow) Technical explanation Supply chain protection 20th Anniversary iPhone curved display will improve a year later? 🤨 Reminders Has Marco tried “alarm” reminders? Reminders snoozing (via Rob Howard) Updates in 26.5 Flexibits Why does everyone hate AI? Pew Research Concern vs. excitement Ability to think & form meaningful relationships Ability to tell the ∆ between AI & human-generated content Retaining the ability to be self-sufficient Risk vs. reward Young adults are using it The more young people use AI, the more they hate it Commencement speakers aren’t getting the hint University of Central Florida University of Arizona Joanna Stern interviews a recent UCF journalism grad On YouTube Wearable AI friend friend.com omi.me Americans really don’t want data centers in their backyards Stratechery Phantom data centers US nuclear power: 1970-2023 (Chart) Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Angine de Poitrine on KEXP Post-show: Marco gets geeky Modern SwiftUI APIs for Programmatic Scrolling Native all the way… until you need text PaintCode XKCD Members-only ATP Overtime: Googlebook & Aluminum OS Why does the Googlebook exist? Sponsored by: Cotypist: Type as fast as you can think. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. 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!
	691: A Menlo Phase	14 mai 2026	01:55:14
Pre-show: Project Hail Mary Reconcilable Differences #286: Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Break My Stride Setlist Bandcamp Luke Bloom — Bad D. H. T. — Listen to Your Heart Apocalyptica Vitamin String Quartet Johnny Cash — Hurt Follow-up: CapEx vs. OpEx (via Andrew Leahey) Bloomberg “Hot lot” (via Anonymous & Matt Jones) Ultra/Neo/etc Is the “iPhone Ultra” the 20th anniversary iPhone? (via Janne Ojaniemi) Did we forget about “Studio”? (via Karan J) What’s the ∆ between an iMac Neo and a Studio Display? (via Zoran Nešić) Time Machine …with lots of small files (via Jon Wilson & Andrew Hathaway) Asimov …with spinning disks (via Ben Mattison & Carlos Pereira) …period (via David Fokkema) lsof Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250M for fumbling AI Siri Apple is flirting with Intel and Samsung Apple’s Newsroom post about US manufacturing Apple and Intel have reached an agreement? (Apple News+ link) Ask ATP: How do we actually move files around our Macs? (via Brandon Whichard) Yoink MD5 Do we use a profile/theme for Terminal windows? (via Chris Harper) Prompt 3 Do we use any other IDEs? (also via Chris Harper) LSP Intelephense Post-show: .nofollow Apple developer forum post Symlink .nosync, .noindex, .nobackup Hopper MJ Tsai Apple open-source Swift SE-0529: Add FilePath to the Standard Library Safe Path Handling: Why Secure Filesystem Operations Are Harder Than You Think Members-only ATP Overtime: Non-developers building apps Ben Dansby Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 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!
	690: Turn Left at the Next Tree	08 mai 2026	01:55:14
Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧 Follow-up: Backblaze & cloud backups Carbon Copy Cloner & Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein) Support document Maestral Arq’s approach (via Daniel Luz) Neo-ing… other things Mythos What makes this different (via William Moran) GPT-5.5 is equivalent? cURL security/bug reports Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI AI is still ruining everything See also: MacBook Neo More from Tim Culpan Paul Haddad’s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay An examination of Apple’s CapEx Apple’s R&D spending hits new record SG&A MG Siegler’s take Project Titan died in Febraury 2024 Ultra all the things iPhone Ultra MacBook Ultra AirPods Ultra iPad Ultra Apple Watch Ultra 4 Mac Ultra iMac Ultra Ask ATP: What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy) Post-show: Marco’s Great Saunter Ashokan Rail Trail Saunter Map App Pedometer++ Suunto Race S Titanium Barkley Marathons Documentary trailer Members-only ATP Overtime: Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software Jason’s take Foster Brereton somebehemoth Neywiny Sponsored by: Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. 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!
	689: The Positive Effect of Enthusiasm	30 avr. 2026	01:56:28
Pre-show: Mythos Anthropic’s blog post Follow-up: ATP Store Yes, it happened again. The ATP Neo Silver made it! UPenn is an Ivy Kieran Healy’s story Marina Epelman’s thought US News & World Report 2026 Best Engineering Schools Gurman’s transition coverage Tim Cook’s remarks to employees Comparison between Cook & Ternus The Ability to be Hotter New material proves to be more heat conductive Backblaze is no longer backing up cloud storage Backblaze Mac Release Notes for version 9.2.2.878 Backblaze Windows Release Notes for version 9.2.2.877 Response on Reddit Reparse point Additional response on Reddit Backblaze blog post MJ Tsai roundup Alternatives: Arq Parachute for iCloud Ask ATP: What generation is John’s Accord? What’s the plan for replacement? (via Brian Ashe) ATP Neutral: Car Shopping 2014 Honda Accord Which Apple CEO will 💩-can the Mac? (via Jason) How often should Macs be restarted? (via Paul Franz) Bug report Gruber’s take Post-show: Pedometer++ version 8.0 Underscore’s blog post Stephen’s blog post Six Years Perfecting Maps on watchOS Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple MacBook Neo all the things? MaxTech’s musing Sponsored by: 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!
	688: A Company Man	21 avr. 2026	02:06:13
🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: GL.iNet KVM security issues? Mark Wadham’s write-up Dan Godin at Ars Technica MacBook Neo cores 🤝 BMW heated seats? (via Edward Munn) Joe Lion waxes poetic about RAM on Apple Silicon More component delays It’s Ternus time Fashion Cook’s shoes Ternus’s Shirt Cook’s Shirt Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer Tim’s letter New York Times coverage Marco’s blog post Post-show: John quizzes Marco & Casey Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue Infinite Loop by Michael S. Malone Revolution in the Valley folklore.org Jason’s recommendations Members-only ATP Overtime: Media consumption & the limits of human perception Stephen Robles’ $3,000 video box Kaleidescape Strato MakeMKV Tom’s Hardware: Audiophiles are full of 💩 Original post One Man’s Dream (Callsheet link) RIP, Ken Fritz Sponsored by: Anthropic: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. 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!
	687: You Can Bend This Line	16 avr. 2026	01:55:34
Pre-show: Casey requests an app from Marco Roon Nugs 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Dev: Nuggets of Wisdom Follow-up: Suunto is… not young (via Henri Sivonen) Garmin did beat Suunto to GPS watch though The other neat explainer John was thinking of (via Ben Landsberg) Previously: Eric Portis on Color Spaces Bartosz Ciechanowski on… anything Is Apple running out of A18 Pros‽ 😱 Apple IDs & passkeys (via Vitor) Others with this issue Apple said it’d be fixed… two years ago Stealing TV… may not be so wise. Shocker! (via Nye Hughes) See also: Krebs on Security Darknet Diaries (via David Brownman) Ads are coming to Apple Maps Newsroom AI-generated code & copyright AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted Can coding agents “relicense” through clean-room re-implementation? No right to relicense this project Monkey selfie Claude, rewrite yourself Ask ATP: When Marco goes on a saunter with two watches, are the measurements similar? (via Jason) Why did Marco bother with colocation? (via Stephen Gozza) Post-show: Casey’s silly new toy Alex’s overview Screenshot of a Linux machine Screenshot of a Mac Members-only ATP Overtime: John tries to reach acceptance Apple approves AMD & Nvidia eGPU drivers What if Apple adopted “MPX”-style modules? (via Jan Wedekind) MK1 High Density Rack Mount Bandwidth comparisons Thunderbolt 5 80 Gbit/s symmetric 120 Gbit/s unidirectional for displays SSD (M5 Max MacBook pro, 4 TB) 109 Gbit/s (13.6 GB/s) read 142 Gbit/s (17.8 GB/s) write PCIe speeds on PCIe 5.0 1 lane: 32 Gbit/s (4 GB/s) 16 lanes: 512 Gbit/s (64 GB/s) …as compared to the Mac Pro’s 64 lanes across 4 slots (2,048 GBit/s) 17× Thunderbolt 5’s maximum single-direction speed Internal vs. external SSD 2025 Mac Studio: ~5.5 GB/s OWC Envoy Ultra: ~5.1 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,250 OWC Thunderblade: ~5.75 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,700 PolySoft third-party internal SSDs Kickstarter (ended November 2024) Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 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!
	686: Write Two Letters	09 avr. 2026	02:02:09
Pre-show: The new Ceramic Shield 2 in the iPhone 17 Pro is the real deal UniFi Travel Router Cascades trail Shenandoah National Park 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: Studio Display XDR price drop‽ 😱 Stephen Robles 1 2 Casey’s snarky toot Tangentially related: John’s Google One price drop John’s upgrade cycle (via Ryan Himmelwright) How much hotter can a Mac get? Mac Studio power consumption Mac Pro power consumption Apple’s implementation of Passkeys (via Ben Frearson) Apple subsidiary fined over $500k for breaching Russian sanctions RetinaDisplays.com CIE 1931 & Apple’s 2026 CMFs They’re more than just a monitor calibration standard (via Eric Portis) The GOAT, Bartosz Ciechanowski Mechanical Watch CIE updates from 2015 On Apple’s CMF Long Island and “mainland” United States v. Maine (via Craig Bowers) The Greatest Podcast Ad Campaign of All Time Overcast link Every other podcast app Casey’s write-up Marco’s letter to John Ternus A Tale of Two Letters Ask ATP: How does Apple Silicon RAM work, anyway? (via Johnny “Decimal” Noble) Post-show: Marco Garmin-watch update Suunto Race S Titanium (Amazon) Garmin Venu 4 Garmin Forerunner 970 Garmin Fenix 8 Pro MicroLED Members-only ATP Overtime: The Claude Code leak & how Claude “actually works” Regex to detect user anger “Undercover mode” (via Aral Balkan) Future plans Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. 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!
	685: The Ability to Be Hotter	01 avr. 2026	02:15:38
Pre-show: Happy independence day, John! The Great Saunter Pedometer++ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons More about the flag Follow-up: Overcast transcripts Missed Apex MacBook Neo Tim Cook on the MacBook Neo launch New Ice Book? (via Adrian Bengtson) iBook “Snow” Teardown by Framework founder Nirav Patel Framework MacBook Neo vs. Chromebooks “NFW”, says Henry “This could be a breath of fresh air”, says Ari “Medium” Core and M5 Pro/Max information from Apple Chance Miller at 9to5 Mac Original article 🇩🇪 PCI Express Ubiquiti What about site-to-site VPN for Marco? UniFi Travel Router “Not so fast, my friend” re: Wi-Fi 7 MLO YouTube announcement Blog post Some shadiness from January 🪦 RIP, Mac Pro 🪦 Thoroughly Considered #123: The Last Detail with John Siracusa CUDA Ask ATP: Are we running any iOS apps in macOS? (via Alex Kent) How would we balance new shiny vs. familiarity? (via Michael Brescher Jr.) Post-show: John and Marco bicker about islands Merriam-Webster’s definition of “mainland” Members-only ATP Overtime: 🥚 Update 10 February: Delayed to 2027 20 February: Smart speaker with a camera? The Information Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy 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!
	684: It’s Not What Young People Do	26 mars 2026	01:55:14
Follow-up: Overcast & Transcriptions Marco had never seen inside a datacenter What about podcasts that include their own transcripts (via Matt King) Apple Podcasts transcript options <podcast:transcript> tag MP3 ID3 “SYLT” tag What is Marco using for a job queue? Perhaps Faktory? (via Drew Stephenson) beanstalkd Ansible Monitoring & control interface Imagine a Beowulf cluster of the minis… (via Aaron Dippner) System X RDMA over Thunderbolt was added in macOS 26.2 I Ran a Trillion Parameter AI on a Mac Apple Didn’t Have to Go This Hard Apple Insider Mac fleet management advice Apple Business AirPods Max popularity in New York WWDC 2026 Announced Ask ATP What’s the deal with passkeys, anyway? (via Phillip Miller) XKCD Does having an 8 GB RAM computer keep macOS lean? (via Jon Fabritius) Will we get an iPhone or iPad Pro that will use macOS when connected to a display? (via Keith Heaton) Michael Cook’s contrary opinion Post-show: Casey is continuing to quiet quit his Synology DS1621+ Ubiquiti UNAS Pro Casey’s NUC Channels Proxmox Tailscale on YouTube Derek Seaman’s Tech Blog (the extremely helpful listener 🥰) ESPHome Syncthing & rclone Proxmox Backup Server Transmit Forklift Members-only ATP Overtime: How Apple will add touch support to macOS Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Babble On: Localize your app on iOS, macOS, and Android Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	683: I Didn’t Want to Melt My Rug	19 mars 2026	02:21:48
Follow-up: You’re welcome, world Formula 1 A brief, renewed pitch to watch this season Cameras Are not a large portion of the coverage (via Matt Rigby) Failures don’t [usually] matter (via The Racing Line) Great camera overview video The other perk of in-car footage (via Eric Fox) On getting Sky Sports replays (via Brendan Webb) Rosetta A deep dive from Colin McKellar Instant Final Cut Pro deprecation warning (via Tom Obarski) iPhone 17e teardown MacBook Neo Gruber on the camera & mic on-screen indicators Apple Platform Security Guide On Apple Exclaves (Medium link) CPU benchmark correction (via Philipp Sommer) SSD benchmarks (via Vito Traino) Andrew Marc David’s review M1 MacBook Air benchmarks General Apple Silicon benchmarks AmorphousDiskMark MacBook SSD benchmarks John’s and Marco’s hands-on impressions Teardowns Tech Re-Nu iFixIt Video Blog post AirPods Max 2 Newsroom John wins the bet (Overcast timestamp link) Apple’s compare page Overcast beta now has transcripts! Mac Mini Vault Green Mini Host FileVault over SSH launchd XPC Post-show Neutral: BMW i3 Revealed The Verge Ars Technica Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s 27 OSes and Liquid Glass Gurman on 15 February Gurman on 15 March Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 1Password: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	682: Medium Core	12 mars 2026	02:16:48
Pre-show: Casey brings us back to Anniversary Corner Related episode of ATP Follow-up: An explanation for John’s post that broke containment (via Thomas Dickson) MacBook Neo John’s theory about color & clamshells The M1 MacBook Air was American Walmarts only. (via Pierre-Luc Gagné) Aside also via P-L: does the Neo run Rosetta 2? MacBook Neo inputs 🤝 iPad Air inputs (via Andrew Larson) SSD speeds (via The Verge) The  logo iPhone 5 intro video is what John was thinking of (via Peter Puleio) Jason’s review Dave2D’s review Teardown Tyler Stalman on the Neo running “pro” apps Performance Cores vs. Super Cores New in Xcode 24.6β3: CPUFAMILY_ARM_SOTRA (H17S) (via Brendan Shanks) H17S is the missing M5 Pro identifier from iOS 26.3 RC Quinn’s review M5 Pro & Max are on N3P; M5 is N3E Baidu leakers Super cores (“P-Core”) 4.61 GHz 10-wide decoding Performance cores (“M-Core”) 4.38 GHz 7-wide decoding ~70% the performance of a Super Core Dual operating mode from efficiency cores Efficiency cores (“E-Core”) 3.05 GHz 6-wide decoding Andrew Cunningham at Ars L2 cache Super: 16 MB Performance: 8 MB Efficiency: 6MB Minimum clock speed: Super: 1,308 MHz Performance: 1,344 MHz Efficiency: 972 MHz Fusion architecture (via Frederic_Orange) MacBook Pro Storage pricing (via Richard Allen) MacBook keyboard glyphs (via Dan Moren) Environmental progress (via Andrew Leahey) TOSTracker Example individual comparison Third-party displays (via Dan Boyle) Pro Display XDR or Studio Display XDR? (asked by Imthaz) Studio Display XDR UFO Test MKBHD’s review states it has 12 GB RAM 🤭 Studio Display XDR white paper (PDF) (via Kevin Sliech) Superwide viewing angle Timing controller (TCON) Calibration Display optimization modes Formula 1 news Drive to Survive (Apple TV link) Dad jokey-est promo video (Also on YouTube) 2026 season preview F1TV vs. Apple TV Link accounts Romain Grosjean’s Samsung Galaxy S26 Privacy Display MKBHD The Verge Post-show: Marco’s Garmin adventures Great Saunter Injinji toe socks Altra Torin 8 wide shoes Garmin Venu 4 41mm Garmin Forerunner 570 Garmin Fenix 8 Suunto Race S WorkOutDoors Pedometer++ Members-only ATP Overtime: The future of x86_64 on macOS Tahoe 26.4 warnings Slightly more detail from Ars Technica Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. 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!
	681: The Price of Your Nightmares	05 mars 2026	02:46:54
Pre-show: The best (but slowest) website on the internet Million Dollar Homepage 2013 BMW M5 (PDF) 2014 Honda Accord (PDF) M4 iPad Air iPhone 17e New displays (‼️) Studio Display 2 A19 per MacRumors Some excellent throwback snark from Jack Wellborn Studio Display XDR Day-one software update Mac support 120Hz-worthy Macs M5 MacBook Air No change in RAM upgrade pricing? M5 Pro & M5 Max Efficiency cores still exist M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pros If you squint, a 64GB MBP got cheaper MacBook Neo Name leak Prior art Jason’s review & charts No indicator light Jason’s observation about the Apple logo Announcement video Post-show: John had a post break containment Context collapse Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s video podcast experience HLS Dan Moren notes prior art Not based on RSS, laments Manton Reece Stephen Robles’ video Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. 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!
	680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese	27 févr. 2026	02:34:33
Pre-show: Marco’s Watch and snow blows woes TruFuel Follow-up: Casey got the CableCARD email 😭 YoLink alternatives (via Joe) IKEA Matter-over-Thread announcement KLIPPBOK (leak sensor) BILRESA (remote control) MYGGSPRAY (motion sensor) House batteries & V2H/V2L (via Russel Prouse) F-150 Lightning On the value of M𝑥 Pro processors (via Rick Baumhauer) Tahoe window resizing workaround (via Nathan Manceaux-Panot) defaults write -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize 8 defaults delete -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize macOS document model …was actually introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 …and noted in the beginning of the Mac OS X 10.8 review Final Cut Pro X does auto-save (via Ian Robinson) Technical details (via Videoalex) Microsoft Office 365 also auto-saves onto OneDrive in Windows (via Éric) Saving files in Xcode (via Alex Kent) Returning to Save As… (via Eric deRuiter) System Settings Desktop & Dock → disable Close windows when quitting an application Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts create an entry under All Applications for Save As… (using an ellipsis by typing ⌥ ;) and assign it to ⌘⇧S Notepad++ (via Emily Campbell) Alternative to Due (via Patrick Dumontel) GoodTask Apple March 4 “experience” MacRumors’ roundup of low-cost MacBook limitations Apple to manufacture some Mac minis in the US Wall Street Journal video Accompanying article Apple News link This predates this administration? Ask ATP: What are our current home & lock screens? (via Sagar Patel) ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen John: lock & home Casey: lock & home Indigo Croissant Marco: lock & home What’s our current desktop headphone setup? (via ziplyne) Overtime on ATP #675 Casey AirPods Pro 3 Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 32Ω Desktop speakers Sonos Era 100 × 2 Sonos Sub Mini Sonos Combo Adapter John: Sony MDR-7506 Kanto ORA4 ATP #630 Marco: Podcasting Beyerdynamic DT775 Pro 250Ω Beyerdynamic EDT1770D Earpads Schiit Jotunheim 2 (an older model; current is Jotunheim 3) Music HifiMan HE6 Speakers KEF Q150 / LSX II & KC62 Amp for Q150: Fosi Audio BT30D Post-show: Casey’s driven more cars BMW i4 M50 Audi e-tron GT Members-only ATP Overtime: Skill shortages, Apple Silicon, and AI Empowering the Next Wave of Silicon Engineers Gell-Mann amnesia effect 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!
	679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself	16 févr. 2026	02:00:49
Pre-show: Marco beach… and app… cleanup results Instagram reel that John found Due YoLink Water Leak Starter Kit We’re recording ✨from the future✨. Follow-up: Should Casey look at a used Lucid Air for ~$50k? Marco’s defection move to Chrome (via Sarvagnan) Helium Browser unduck.link Window resizing in Tahoe (via Jeff Johnson) “Resolved Issue” → “Known Issue” Objective Development LaunchBar Little Snitch AirTag 2 & speaker tampering Cloudflare Open Access (via George Black) Explanatory video Fastmail 🤝🏻 Perl Fastmail’s donation John’s referral link Another Apple purchase migration warning (via Nick) Support document YouTube is on visionOS (App Store link) Studio Display 2 to be… 90Hz? 🤨 New devices not on the latest-and-greatest TSMC process? Where are you, M5 Pro MacBook Pro? Juli Clover at MacRumors Ben Lovejoy at 9to5 Mac Ben in December 2024 Vadim Yuryev (of MaxTech) Ask ATP: What kind of battery backup should one use? (via Allen Shull) Casey’s “tailgate battery” Casey’s “bequeathed” generator Tesla Powerwall Why do we think Ternus is a good idea as CEO? (via Kevin B.) What’s the deal with Save As…, Duplicate, etc? (via Carl Walther) The new document model was actually introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in 2011 More from John’s Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion review in in 2012 Post-show: Casey’s Status Board Members-only ATP Overtime: Apparently everyone is stealing TV ReplayTV Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 1Password: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers	12 févr. 2026	02:34:02
Pre-show: Marco HVAC update Daikin Trane YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range) YoLink leak sensors LoRa 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: After Apple Follow-up: Units corner Robert Tait’s video WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone) ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGames AI Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻‍♂️ Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations Three apps in one day On usage limits Dread & fatalism We Mourn Our Craft by Nolan Lawson The Tipping Point by Thomas Ricouard (Medium link 🤢) Productivity promise vs. reality Anthropic study Experienced developers are slower? Microsoft study Atlassian study Berkeley: AI adoption ≠ productivity gains Harvard: Slop hinders productivity MIT: 95% of businesses see zero returns (PDF) Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding by Rachel Thomas AI-Generated Code Quality by Mark Levison Comprehension Debt by Aman Shekhar Your Brain on ChatGPT by Nataliya Kosmyna et al Some related links from our AI conversation: n8n Stratechery interview with Benedict Evans Computer (occupation) Memento mori Steam Machine & Steam Frame delayed due to component shortages/price increases Ferrari Luce Andrew J. Hawkins at The Verge Walkthrough video with Jordan Golon at PRNDL Associated post Dieter Rams Patek Philippe Nautilus Braun Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50 Shift knob & switchgear (timestamp link to 18:04) Other videos Leica Post-show: Casey is car shopping Porsche Taycan Audi e-tron GT BMW i4 Rivian R3 How the second-gen Porsche Taycan is better than the first-gen Members-only ATP Overtime: China’s ban on electric door handles Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit by Andrew J. Hawkins Flush door handles & efficiency by Jonathan M. Gitlin Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. 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!
	677: I Accept the Battery Cost	05 févr. 2026	02:01:32
Pre-show: Icepocalypse update Follow-up: Casey’s unit conversions are helpful… ish Other authentication options for John’s Cloudflare apps Cloudflare Access Zero trust architecture OpenID connect tsidp Pocket ID Per-pixel lighting and human perception (via David Schaub) The state of MicroLED Robert Tait of The Hook Up Claude Code & AI ethics Alec’s video Irish wind farm Top Dogs in Apple Vision Pro Marco’s experiment Cortex DuckDuckGo Kagi Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3 John’s Tahoe icon battle continues Rubber duck debugging Kyle Hughes Drop shipping Post-show: Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X Most recent earnings Earnings call transcript The Robotaxi is dangerous according to… Tesla We really need to get to self-driving Waymo’s safety record Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s rumored AI pin Apple buys Q.ai Ryan Christoffel Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	676: A Sternly Worded Instruction	29 janv. 2026	02:20:12
Pre-show: Snowpocalypse update Follow-up: atp.fm passkey update Google Private AI Compute Apple 🤝🏻 Google Cloud Removing copy/paste crud (via rauli) Screen on RAM ASUS improves color accuracy for Mac users (via Oliver Thomas) Modular headphones AIAIAI (via Graham Dobie) Tyler H’s review of the Fender Mix and Fairphone Fairbuds Window management in macOS (via Ben) FlashSpace AltTab New AirTags The chime has changed from F → G Apple hosting LA event Invite image Jason’s Creator Studio review TCL has bought Sony’s TV business TCL Super Quantum Dot TCL X11L John Ternus takes over design at Apple Sebastiaan de With → Apple Who makes design decisions at Apple, anyway? Post-show: We stand with Minnesotans. Apple employee reaction to Tim Cook Tim’s internal memo Tim’s letter after George Floyd Gruber on Tim’s letter Gruber on language CRDT John’s new bff XKCD #974: Pass the salt Members-only ATP Overtime: TikTok in the US is under new ownership… for real this time Congress is unsure if it complies with law Are content moderation changes afoot? More data slurping definitely is Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. 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!
	675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load	22 janv. 2026	02:06:03
Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos 🗣️ Follow-up: We’ll talk TCL/Sony next week! Gruber’s post Top Dogs is coming “Cloud technology”? Google’s blog post Gurman’s post Clipboard hijacking It’s an Apple thing No, really Indonesia is not small MainStage is not new (via Mike Taffet et al) Interview Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle still exists for education users (via Pekka Salonen) Pro apps free trials Prior art (via Karoline) The trials are full versions (via Ian Robinson) Monitors at CES DisplayPort alternate mode for USB-C What about color accuracy? Extended Display Identification Data ProMotion in Safari iOS: Settings → Apps → Safari → Advanced → Feature Flags Test Vision Pro does have Keynote Icons in Tahoe menus Nikita Prokopov Jim Nielsen Colin M. Ford (and an explanation) Apple’s guidelines You don’t have bad aim; it’s Tahoe How to prevent Tahoe update nags Many Tricks Device management profiles Actually it’s a bug 🤭 Ask ATP: Was Alan Dye a better or worse steward of software design than Jony Ive? (via Austin) Will Alan Dye’s departure affect a touchscreen MacBook Pro? (via Tom Armstrong) What is our favorite macOS style? (via Nate) macOS Screenshot Library Post-show: John’s migration continues John’s Fastmail referral link Cron Namecheap Cloudflare Claude Code MiniDV StatusBoard Grafana Prometheus CandyBar Members-only ATP Overtime: Fender’s first wireless headphones The Verge coverage Demo video Sony WH-1000XM6 Auracast Wikipedia Sony MDR-7506 Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. 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!
	674: A Reliable, Boring Partner	16 janv. 2026	02:01:25
Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed Ubiquiti Travel Router Verizon Jetpack Marco’s hotspot (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new) Solis Edge Follow-up: The Grim Reaper FiOS CableCARD email came for John TiVo Roamio Pro Casey on Downstream Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman) Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high MSI MEG Vision X (Screen grab) MSI Lightning RTX 5090 (Screen grab) Wi-Fi channel selection & size Wi-Fi 7 8 A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES As a reminder… Apple Studio Display Pro Display HDR MSI MPG 271KRAW16 DisplayHDR 1400 certification MSI MAG 271KPD7 Monitors Unboxed ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM (Photo) HDTVTest Subpixel arrangements Apple Creator Studio Icons over time Photomator lives on… for now (via Chris Welch) MacRumors Apple’s defense of the icons Jason on iWork freemium Apple 🤝🏻 Google More from The Information Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card FAQ Back story on the Wall Street Journal (Apple News) Post-show: NBA Immersive Stratechery Dithering Members-only ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter Elizabeth Lopatto: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Dan Moren: Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store Bloomburg: Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images Robert Hart & Jess Weatherbed: X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of Truth. Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. 1Password: More than a password manager. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	673: Six Impossible Things	08 janv. 2026	02:23:54
Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco LivePhish Goose on Bandcamp Nugs Thank you, ATP Patrons! Follow-up: Cord-cutting Casey on Downstream suppose.tv Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg) The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay) Quinn’s video on making a 5K display Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson) This started in late 2020 with Big Sur Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control) Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering Docs PlayStation Portal …works with PlayStation Plus …but really needs solid Wi-Fi …and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6 …and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai) Knowedge base System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill Wi-Fi 7 Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid) WPA3 WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve) Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch) Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in …as does pro Saul Sutherland John’s Eero Max 7 setup Thread vs. Matter Thread Matter Derek Seaman’s series To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day Bodi ASML & TSMC Extreme ultraviolet lithography Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained TSMC Analysis playlist The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026 Gartner hype cycle The Trow of Disillusionment Post-show: Casey bought something silly Quinn’s video GL i.Net /r/ubiquiti Teleport Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach Portainer Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones The Information MacRumors Mockup image & video Jason’s & Stepen’s posts iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES? Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of Truth. MasterClass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
	672: Wi Hyphen Fi	01 janv. 2026	01:59:57
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 forthcoming 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!
	671: Even Apple Can’t Beat the Sun	23 déc. 2025	02:02:15
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!
	670: Institutionally Inescapable	19 déc. 2025	01:39:56
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!
	669: Ternus, Take the Wheel	11 déc. 2025	02:02:13
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!
	668: So Happy for All Parties Involved	04 déc. 2025	01:53:54
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!
	667: Wisdom and Treachery	25 nov. 2025	01:55:29
Pre-show: Marco bought a new toy ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II Bryan’s toot pen.tips Paperlike 3 Paperlike Pencil Tips Follow-up: macOS Tahoe 26.2 β3 seems to fix Electron slowdown (per shamelectron) Gurman says “not so fast, my friend” Gaming in ARM Anti-cheat complications (via Tyler) Windows 11 on ARM (via David Gaw) OpenAI Egg update Interview video Fred T Apple N1 > Broadcom An iPhone camera cluster theory The UK is still trying to make fetch happen get themselves a back door Financial Times Apple Fitness+ is “Under Review” Fast charging & battery health Juli Clover summary @ MacRumors Ask ATP: Now that Marco owns a restaurant, does he tip differently? (via Max Velasco Knott) What do we think about third-party packages? (via Eric Jacobsen) swift-collections swift-async-algorithms CPAN Flow Is organizing /Applications a poor choice? (via Nathan) Are our kids better than we are at video games yet? (via Omri Arbiv) Ultimate Chicken Horse SongPop Party UltraKill Universal Paperclips Cookie Clicker Post-show: The saga of Overcast episode images Core Intuition Linode Object Storage CloudFlare R2 Members-only ATP Overtime: Should we ever be forced to put away our phones? (via Philip McDermott) Sponsored by: Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real PAKA: Performance apparel from alpaca fiber 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!
	666: We Have Nothing That Hot	20 nov. 2025	01:41:53
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It — 16 October 2023 Follow-up: The origin of “diamond dogs” (via Jared Counts) Wikipedia Matte, glossy, glass, and nanotexture (via Johnny “Decimal” Noble) Paperlike Rock Paper Pencil Steam Machine EuroGamer article about APU/GPU (via DavidSchaub) PlayStation 5 OS is FreeBSD-based (via Jesús Santaigo Narváez) Wikipedia PS Dev Wiki Steam Frame Lenses (via Michael) Spec chart (via James O’Loughlin) Top strap image Steam → Apple Vision Pro using ALVR (via Iain Wallace) Guide on Reddit SteamOS Is not universally supported (via DavidSchaub) Alternatives (via solmnmagus) Bazzite CachyOS Anti-cheat considerations (via Julian Torres) Screw it, I’m installing Linux Steam strategy Is Steam-on-ARM popular? Hardware survey (via Lars Boris) Additional thoughts from Ava Steam has only one person to answer to (via charlesesmith) Single thread performance ranking (via Steven Op de beeck) “High-Res Antiglare” (via Adam Wunn) John mourns the recent news GPU issues (via Colin Cornaby) GeekBench Metal scores Mac Pro (2019) + AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Mac Studio (2025) + M3 Ultra The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor Tim Cook to step down as early as next year Tim Cook & Kara Swisher in 2021 (starts at 35:51) As discussed in ATP #425: Hey Billionaire Financial Times, 14 November 2025 Gruber’s take Joe Rossignol @ Mac Rumors Apple Corporate Governance Guidelines Post-show: Declan discovers “HyperCard” Rage-baiting Members-only ATP Overtime: The App Store on the web Dan Moren @ Six Colors MJ Tsai Apple shipped its source maps Svelte See also: Apple Maps on the web Announcement See also: Apple Podcasts on the web Juli Clover @ MacRumors Sponsored by: DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. SKIMS: Comfortable underwear, socks, t-shirts, leggings & more. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

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