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550: A Wizard With No Choices
Pre-show: 🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now. Follow-up: Obscura 4 is out! (App Store link) Alternative TCL TV workarounds (via Chris Berryhill) Child Gmail Accounts Children cannot set up email forwarding (via Henri Sivonen) Child accounts are ripe for recovery issues (via Sriram Karra) Trouble in HomePod paradise iMac G5 perks (via Aaron Walker) Ads on the ATP YouTube channel Truck routing Truck Map has a skip button (via Ezekiel Elin) Garmin sells bespoke truck GPS units (via Jonathan Llamas) Some recommendations (via Andrew Larson) inRoute TomTom/Garmin Apple Event on September 12 Exit Interviews iPhone 14 Watch Ultra Watch Series 8 A special Exit Salute Post-show: Casey’s new vibraslap DS1621+ Western Digital Red 18 TB Sponsored by: Celtreos: An incredible shoot-em-up with 12 stages, a huge soundtrack, and tons of gameplay features!
549: Unauthorized Trash Can
Pre-show: Marco’s box truck TruckMap Trucker Path 🗣️ New ATP Membership Survey 🗣️ (This is for everyone, not just members) 🗣️ New member special: ATP Tier List: Every iMac 🗣️ Follow-up: iMac Tier List Intel Core vs. Core 2 ∆s (via Michael Gabriel) Marco claims vindication Core Duo Geekbench 32-bit: 2,327 Core 2 Duo Geekbench 32-bit: 2,423 (4% faster), 64-bit: 2,739 (17% faster) How much faster is “2 Duo” than “Duo”? 21” was (eventually) Retina, writes Max Wilkie More text editors CotEditor (via Taher Rangwala) Chime Pronouncing “Niléane” (and more) Apple can’t design for humans Photo editing on the Mac (via Ezekiel Elin) (•••) ⌘ ⏎ Dumb TV workarounds (also via Ezekiel Elin) Apple, TV+, Disney+, and Games (via Aaron Thomas) Marco’s review of Ubiquiti Security Cameras G5 Bullet Switch Flex Scrypted SecuritySpy #askatp: How do we handle kid e-mail addresses? (via Greg) What are our expectations for subscription apps? (via Michael) How do we prevent losing access to our password managers? (via Denis Čapkovič) Post-show: Marco’s latest gift shipment to Casey Marco’s latest gift shipment to John Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
548: Starting to Count Chickens
Pre-show: LG stand woes & Casey pronunciation woes Follow-up: Casey’s fire hazard has been returned Text editors Yes, we forgot about Nova. Our bad. Zed (in beta) vi ls -l `which vi` mg README /usr/bin/mg nano pico Neat Safari-in-Sonoma trick LLCs may not be the panacea we thought Single-member LLCs can still be “real businesses”, says Ryan Roy Single-member LLCs don’t necessarily protect the member, says Patrick Yan FAQ from Denha & Associates PLLC Blog post from Wolters Kluwer Callsheet week one & subscription dynamics Installer from David Pierce & The Verge Apple-buys-Disney Rumors The Hollywood Reporter Jason Upgrade #472: Step Aside, Bob! King’s Dominion Backlot Stunt Coaster (The poster in the hero image is not the one Casey was talking about) Cabel Sasser: Fantasy Meets Reality WWDC 2013 Intro Video If everyone is busy making everything, how can anyone perfect anything? There are a thousand no’s for every yes. Aaron Thomas’ #askatp Post-show: Let’s have a fireside chat about the state of ATP. (Nobody’s in trouble.) Sponsored by: Members like you! If you’re not a member, you can become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
547: Own Your Pricing
Pre-show: ⚠️ LAST CHANCE FOR HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ⚠️ Follow-up: Mophie 3-in-1 travel charger Reported issues Firmware update kit Casey’s fire hazard John’s Photos issues He knows about modifier keys, y’all. MacPaint MacDraw Odd behavior with iPhone camera app Jason Snell’s crop macro (.ZIP link) Keyboard Maestro Gui’s spelunking around face detection defaults write com.apple.photoanalysisd PhotoAnalysisCoreDuetSchedulingDisabled -bool YES Running XPC on-demand XPC In-app non-destructive photo editing (the below are App Store links) Pixelmator Pro Photomator Darkroom Lightroom Lightroom Classic #caseywasright 🎉 Callsheet has launched! 🎉 Press Infinite Mac Mini vMac Analog(ue) #216 (won’t be posted until Sunday) App Store Search Ads First screenshot #askatp: Is it wise for indie developers to make a LLC? (via Nate Silva) Massachusetts Fees Massachusetts Fee Schedule Could Apple go nuts with overclocking in a Mac Pro? (via Janne Ojaniemi) What text editor are we using these days? (via Edward Corcoran) TextMate Blog post about slowness Visual Studio Code BBEdit Alpha Atom Sublime Text Espresso Chocolat Post-show: Roku TVs are gross Sponsored by: Green Chef: The #1 meal kit for eating well. Kolide: Ensuring that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Learn more and watch the demo today. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
546: Re-Crop With the Wisdom of Age
Pre-show: Marco’s Overcast rewrite 🗣️ HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ARE BACK, BABY 🗣️ Follow-up: Synology Dynamic DNS Alex Mazanov (of SwiftBar fame)’s interesting idea CNAME Marco’s security camera update Scrypted Eufy Cameras with HomeKit Secure Video support John’s sailing channel B&H is a Ubiquiti retailer Some interesting research on memory and caching from Akshay Narayan Their Paper Google system using “far memory” Paper on possible application performance gains App Store to require developers to describe API use Apple’s announcement UserDefaults Apple’s Note Submit a request for a new approved reason The Halting Problem Steve Troughton-Smith @AppStorage John’s annual post-vacation tradition FB12744158 Face recognition When does Photos scan faces? People hate useless tech in their cars #askatp: What are we dropping down to UIKit for? (via Aaron Busnell) What does John think of the α6700? (via David Campbell) What should Apple learn from Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo? (via Aaron Thomas) Post-show: [Some] weird things that Casey does GL.iNet GL-MT1300 Quinn’s video Sponsored by: Kolide: Ensuring that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Learn more and watch the demo today. Trade Coffee: Let’s Coffee Better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
545: My Butler Can’t Use It
🗣️ HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ARE BACK, BABY 🗣️ Pre-show: Marco mended something! How-to video The good replacement part Which one of us is which? Meet Your Hosts Apple Vision Pro labs, developer kits, and more MacVoices #1070: Marco’s first podcast appearance? James Thomson Steve Troughton-Smith Casey’s phone call with App Review Rumor that the quad chip is canceled Upgrade #468: Nonstop Bangers Involving Saxophone Solos Follow-up: Large SSDs & Apple Silicon (via Matt Rigby) Asmedia Threads is already tanking? (Apple News link) The Ubiquiti Dream Router is slow …but the Dream Machine Special Edition is sold out …and the Dream Wall is pretty cool, albeit ridiculous Long-term review of the Logitech Circle View & HomeKit Secure Video Correction: there are more HomeKit cameras Post-show: Casey’s troubleshooting adventures WireGuard (Try PiVPN if you’re using a Raspberry Pi) Tailscale Dyn No-IP Sponsored by: Notion: The connected workspace where better, faster work happens. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
544: Valid in a Marco Way
Pre-show: Blue Man Group 🗣️ HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ARE BACK, BABY 🗣️ Follow-up: EV thoughts from Sam Abuelsamid ID.4 vs. Honda Accord EVs make more particulate matter DeMuro on the Kia EV6 GT Tesla V4 Superchargers iPadOS 17 window management An extended aside about social networks, federation, and socialism iCloud Keychain 🤝 third-party browsers Ricky’s 🍑💨 Chrome Extension Casey’s no-good, very bad day 😭😬 #askatp: Is Time Machine really useful anymore, anyway? (via Dan Provost) Synology Products Compatibility List Could a third-party ARM chip end up in a Mac Pro? (via Torb) Servers love large CPUs; could Apple use Apple Silicon in servers? (via David Loring) Apple Network Server Xserve Could Apple make a hyper-fast “drive” to sorta-kinda expand RAM? (via Patrick Melody) Why no dual-socket CPU in the Mac Pro? (via Aryan Aneja) Does the Mac Pro really have an “super car” attributes anymore? (via Jan Lehnardt) Is the Vision Pro now the “halo car”? (via David Saunders) Post-show: Marco’s update Sponsored by: Kolide: Ensuring that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Learn more and watch the demo today. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
543: 100 Million Tire-Kickers
Pre-show: Marco’s butt-crack update Follow-up: Upgrade #467: The Least Important Mac Follow-out The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor (2013) Vision Pro eyes The Talk Show #378 (YouTube link) Listener Occupation Overview Statistical analysis and standard error (via Chris Rose) Instagram Threads * Version One #askatp: If 1Password 8 still stinks when the carrot becomes a stick, where should one store software licenses? (via Wes Chamness) Yojimbo Ask Neutral: How do we feel about darn near everyone adopting NACS over CCS? (via Steve J. Stutz) SAE announces standard for NACS USB 3.0 Standard-B plug Alec from Technology Connections Kentucky mandates NACS Left- and right-hand traffic H-Day (via Sage) What are some good & bad parts of EV ownership? (via yottalogical) Technology Connections’s Primer Post-show: Casey & John app updates .searchable() isSearching Marco’s iOS 16 patch for $isPresented Sponsored by: Kolide: Ensuring that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Learn more and watch the demo today. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
542: Penguin Camel Monkey Shark
Pre-show: How did we celebrate the Fourth of July? Member Episodes Survey Follow-up: As per anonymous, Ternus received our Mac Pro shirt. 🫣 Adam Eccles expands the ATP Listener Universe™ Yes, Full Photos Access gives apps carte blanche (via Peter Gertsen-Schibbye) Frameo EXIF data Desktop widget chaos whimsy (via Danny Lin) A contradictory perspective on the Reddit protests (via Lee Abraham) Who is the Mac Pro for, anyway? Top Four Vision Pro challenges Steve Troughton-Smith discovers a cursor 1 & 2 Post-show: Threads Initial response Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Let’s Coffee Better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Notion: The connected workspace where better, faster work happens. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
541: Make a Little Maze
Pre-show: 🗣️ New Member’s Special Just Dropped 🗣️ Tier List - Wikipedia Tier Lists - Know Your Meme Follow-up: With regard to the “real-time OS” and the roles of the R1 Secure Enclave Processor Real-time operating system Vision Pro and vision VAC James O’Laughlin’s thread Engaget on Oculus’s concept varifocal lenses Creal Vision Pro limits Virtual experiences limited to 100ft² 12 minutes of VR fails Speed limits Conflicting opinions about Safelite (via Allan Davis & anonymous) OEM On fixing a bug for one developer (via Gui Rambo) AirBuddy SwiftUI for the Mac (via Gui Rambo & Clarko) Solid-state cooling (via Alex) AirJet Apollo’s shutdown approach Reddit telling protesting mods their communities “will not” stay private Quinn’s interview of Christian Selig Gruber’s interview of Christian Selig “Enshittification” of TikTok History Spyglass Pixel Pals (App Store link) #askatp: What do we think about the Framework laptop? (via David Hadley) Wirecutter How do the photo permissions in iOS really work? (via Zach Frechette) PhotoKit Delivering an Enhanced Privacy Experience in Your Photos App How do we carry our cameras? (via Stephen Collins) Hex Ranger Clamshell DSLR Backpack Digital Holster 10 Peak Design Everyday Backpack Sponsored by: Meh: Daily deals & community for the cynical consumer. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
540: The Points Don’t Matter
Pre-show: Good SwiftUI days Follow-up: Vision Pro Privacy considerations (via Brandon Jones) WWDC 2023 #10096: Build Great Games for Spatial Computing Designing for Spatial Input 6m5s 7m8s Vergence & accommodation in eyesight (via Christopher Masto) Vergence-accommodation conflict 4m0s visionOS SDK is out Apple sample apps source code Jonathan Wight’s _ Finds Vision Pro labs start in July‽ John Ternus on external GPUs on The Talk Show Apple adds passkeys to Apple ID & iCloud logins macOS 14 Sonoma iOS 17 Marco (& Casey) get a present Crosswords in Apple News+ Apple [kinda] explains why third-party Watch faces aren’t supported Apple’s new beta install system DPReview has been purchased Gear Patrol Ars Technica Safari 17 Link Tracking Protection MJ Tsai WebKit blog MacRumors Jeff Johnson privacytests.org DockKit #askatp: Having seen Vision Pro, are we more enthusiastic about Apple’s automotive adventures? (via Nick) Do we use any sort of app uninstaller? (via markblndr) LaunchControl The age-old debate about using separate vaults for 2FA gets rekindled by Dave Copeland Sebastian Cohnen clarifies The real threat, as per Drew Post-show: Casey’s happy technology week, and Marco’s not-so-happy technology week. T-Mobile Free Trial Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
539: The Strap Situation
Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi Flighty “Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames) “Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching) iOS 17: Siri & Search → Listen For Vision Pro Promo video xrOS at WWDC Mastodon thread from former Apple engineer Fit / Weight/ Top Strap Myke on Cortex Top Strap HiFiMAN HE6 Power Estimate Guest Mode Pixel math Refresh rate Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara) Plane use Vision Pro? Gaming Developer kits Work with Apple New Macs 15” MacBook Air Mac Studio Fan Noise Ratings M1 / 2022: 15dB M2 / 2023: 5dB Difference is ~8× Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio Mac Pro John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs Metal scores M1 Max: 108,363 M1 Ultra: 150,644 1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores M2 Max: 131,302 M2 Ultra: 267,399 2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores #5 fastest Metal score overall Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA 4080: 16% higher fps 4090: 37% higher fps Non-game GPU performance Blender GPU scores M2 Ultra: 3,412 NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster) NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster) NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330) NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU) CPU benchmark M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core) Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster) Intel Core i9-13900KS Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster) Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster) Mac Pro PCIe lanes Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗) Gaming Apple’s Proton-like tool Source code The Verge’s Take WINE DXVK Steam Deck CrossOver Gokhan Avkarogullari Anonymous feedback Mike Rockwell’s statement on The Talk Show macOS 14 Sonoma Post-show: John’s special treat …as a treat John’s SSDs: Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB Paul Haddad’s toot Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Sponsored by: Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Notion: The connected workspace where better, faster work happens. Eagle Nine: Locked: Your new favorite sci-fi podcast. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
538: We Studied Thousands of Heads
Pre-show: 🧘 Feelings check 🧘 WWDC 15” MacBook Air Mac Studio 🎉 Mac Pro 🎉 2023 Mac Pro Accessories iOS 17 iPadOS 17 PCalc widget Sherlock macOS Sonoma Aerial Vision Pro Chance Miller’s impressions Matthew Panzarino’s impressions Dongle (?) that Casey noticed Post-show: WWDC food review Sponsored by: Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Vector Bar: The cocktail-recipe app to make creating terrific cocktails super-simple. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
537: Worse Than All of Our Toilets
Pre-show: Phish season Live Phish DMB Friday Night Concert Series Goose on Bandcamp Follow-up: The Anonymous Corner Some anonymous thoughts on mail delivery to Apple Park BELIEVE shirts are at Apple Park Rank-and-file engineers also hate Radar Why does Apple bother with responses at all? (via Matthew Fenselau) Not all subscriptions are created equal, notes Claude Zeins One, Ten, One Hundred More on “no subscription” hardliners Myth and Oni were given to Take Two Interactive Project Magma Exit Interviews iOS 16 iPadOS 16 watchOS 9 Ventura WWDC Preview & Predictions Apple invites Road to VR to WWDC …and UploadVR Steve Troughton-Smith notices there are references to xrOS in open-source code 1 2 3 4 5 6 Apple and Hideo Kojima Max Tech’s take Sean Murray’s tweet Gorilla Tag Steve Jobs & the Rokr Xbox Accessibility Xbox Adaptive Controller Post-show: Casey destroyed Erin’s car & computer If your Mac doesn’t start up all the way Sponsored by: Green Chef: The #1 meal kit for eating well. Use code atp60 for 60% off plus free shipping. Trade Coffee: Let’s coffee better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any subscription. Judo: Design and code, united at last. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
536: I Reboot With Reason
Follow-up: Alex Stevenson-Price’s thread on his initial experiences with the Dell 6K monitor Monitor Control Dell Display Manager (via Ben Smith) Hands on with Final Cut Pro & Logic for iPad Ferrite Dan Moren says Time-based rulers don’t work Keep Final Cut Pro open until the export is complete You can make FCP macOS ↔ iPadOS How it works Steve Troughton-Smith’s observations: 1 2 Ben Scheirman points out that Final Cut Pro 10.6.6 for macOS has way better mixed SDR/HDR support 9 + 10 = 21 Pretty much everywhere, it’s gonna be hot Reddit on John’s of Bleecker Whoever smelt it dealt it Beatings will continue until morale improves Casey’s take Technical Support Incident Bungie’s New Extraction Shooter: Marathon Myst Official Website Trailer News Release Escape from Tarkov PlayStation Q SteamDeck #askatp: Which direction is scrolling “down”, asks Jesse Stiller Is there really any “re-engineering cost” for Apple Silicon Macs? (via strays_nod00) Northbridge How often do we reboot our Macs, wonders Saurabh How can we share a ton of pictures with not-savvy family? (via Brian Coffey) Post-show: More Callsheet pricing GIFWrapped Sponsored by: Rocket Money Lickability Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!