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431: City of Chips
ALL of ATP is “maxinated”! The vaccination train keeps a’chuggin’! Toot toot! 🚂💉 Thank you, ATP Store purchasers! Follow-up: Third-party menu bar items (via Daniel Jalkut) NSStatusItemBehaviorRemovalAllowed in NSStatusItem.h Spatial Audio from Gui Rambo CMHeadphoneMotionManager 24” iMac Reviews, including Jason Snell’s Matching cords, accessories, desktop backgrounds, stickers, highlight colors, “hello” intro movie Highlight colors via Sebastiaan de With Gasoline stabilizers Apple Music adds Spatial Audio & Lossless at No Cost Listening to Spatial Audio with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Super Audio CD LaserDisc Laserdisc: An Introduction Laserdisc’s Failure: What Went Wrong DVD: The Death Knell of Laserdisc MUSE Hi-Vision Laserdisc: The Blu-ray of 1994 Laserdisc: Features, Follies & Evolution XM Radio Xiph.org: wave/”stair-step” sample-rate explainer DAC Loudness war Tidal Pono A2DP aptX AAC AirPods Max and lossless over the cable (via Micah Singleton) Mastered for iTunes LivePhish FLAC MacBook Pro Ransomware Leak Casey’s battery/hub MacBook Air Rumors John Prosser’s Video Dr. Drang on Battery Life Gurman’s Report GeForce RTX 3090 macOS 11.4 beta supports new AMD graphics cards AMD 6900 XT The Connection Machine Post-show: Casey & John’s Adventures with Eero Eero lights explanation Eero’s comparison page Hint: use code ATP — it still works! Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Remote: Whether you want to hire one person or 100, Remote makes it easy. Use code ATP to get started. AfterShokz: Headphones powered by bone-conduction technology. Get 15% off with this link. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
430: Apple Did Not Eat That Food
THE ATP STORE IS BACK!! Make your purchases until Friday, May 14. Pre-show: ⅔ of ATP is “maxinated”! The vaccination train keeps a’chuggin’! Toot toot! 🚂💉 Colonial Pipeline How long does gas last? Follow-up: Overpriced AirTag mounts AirTag Leather Key Ring AirTag Leather Loop Belkin Secure Holder with Key Ring for AirTag Marco’s recommended solution Unattended restart with FileVault enabled sudo fdesetup authrestart Or, optionally, sudo fdesetup authrestart -delayminutes 5 softwareupdate -ia AppleTV and spatial audio AppleTV supports Wi-Fi 6 Apple’s bad hire Sommer Panage’s response 🚨 SPOILER ALERT 🚨 He’s already fired Epic vs. Apple, and internal emails Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi on iMessage for Android in 2013 Common carrier Steve Jobs 1997 Q&A Schiller wondering about the 30% cut… in 2011 #askatp Hiding the Dropbox menu-bar icon? (via Jason Bates-Brownsword) Synology Drive Synology Cloud Sync Bartender Rocket Vanilla Could one swap a SoC? (via Chandler Kent) Sarbanes-Oxley How does one back up a MacBook without a Time Capsule? (via John Larson) Nifty MiniDrive The Case for RAID Post-show: Marco tried to use Ruby Github Pages Jekyll Hosting SQLite Databases on Github Pages xkcd: The General Problem Sponsored by: Remote: Whether you want to hire one person or 100, Remote makes it easy. Use code ATP to get started. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Mack Weldon: Reinventing men’s basics with smart design, premium fabrics, and simple shopping. Get 20% off your first order with code atppodcast. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
429: Digital Speedo
THE ATP STORE IS BACK!! Make your purchases until Friday, May 14. (Don’t forget, members get 15% off!) Pre-show: ⅓ of ATP is “maxinated”! The vaccination train keeps a’chuggin’! Toot toot! 🚂💉 Follow-up: Some notes about the ATP store support@cottonbureau.com Casey’s fans (the spinny kind) Bond Bridge Purchases last week AirTag quick impressions Spree Whistle FileVault performance About encrypted storage on your new Mac FileVault and remote management John’s macOS 11.3 woes FB9095615 Jason Snell on 12.9” iPad and the old Magic Keyboard Jason Snell on driving a Model 3 Sam Abuelsamid on vehicle-to-load Jonny Smith’s review of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 The Basecamp fiasco Casey Newton’s summary posts #1: Breaking Camp #2: Inside the All-Hands Meeting that Led to a Third of Basecamp Employees Quitting Basecamp’s posts Changes at Basecamp Basecamp’s new etiquette regarding societal politics at work Let it all out Mosaics of positions On making decisions An Update Ruby on Rails Woke Anti Defamation League’s Pyramid of Hate #askatp What do we use to take notes? (via David Barber) Due AnyList Day One Would we prefer writing against an abandoned API or the new hotness? (via Xarph) ColdFusion Berkshire Hathaway shares Marco’s .WAV-parsing bug: FB9097026 Where are the APFS de-duping space-saving scripts? (via whophd) diskDedupe (App Store link) Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. ExpressVPN: The fastest and most reliable VPN. Get an extra three months free with a 1-year package. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Become a member for ad-free episodes, our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed, and 15% off our current merchandise! Become a member!
428: A Series of Rectangles
THE ATP STORE IS BACK!! Make your purchases until Friday, May 14. Pre-show: ⅔ of ATP has completed their journey on the vaccination train! Toot toot! 🚂💉 “Fully vaccinated” Joanna Stern’s C-Fed Interview CEO question timestamp link Spring 2021 Apple Event Apple TV Calibration Remote Design & Pricing No Acceleromter nor Gyroscope Apple TV pricing Apple TV / iTV High-frame-rate HDR compatibility? AppleCare+ for Apple TV Extended AppleCare+ for Macs iMac Power brick/cable Upgrade #350: The Time for Color is Now 143 watts VESA mount Why not put Ethernet on all Mac adapters? Why have high-efficiency cores in a batteryLiss system? iPad 12MP front-facing wide camera with Center Stage Center Stage will have an API iPad RAM amount is listed 😱 12.9” iPad Pro and older Magic Keyboards AirTags: for tracking your luggage Apple Premium Podcasts John’s Eero & Smart Outlet update EV charging from Sam Abuelsamid of Wheel Bearings and Dave Nanian DoE Map Search Mobil Speedpass #askatp What would it take to get you into this [phantom] Mac Pro, today, John? (via Brian Ashe) Do we use FileVault on our personal Macs? How come? (via Lingxiu Zhang) System Preferences → Security & Privacy → FileVault Mat Honan’s tale of woe What’s the longevity of the M1 look like? (via Johann Neubert) Post-show: Marco’s arms are on fire Sponsored by: Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for just $6/month. Start a free 15-day trial today. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
427: The Apology Remote
Pre-show: ⅓ of ATP has completed their journey on the vaccination train! Toot toot! 🚂💉 Spring 2021 Apple Event Apple Card Family Apple Podcasts App Updates & Subscriptions RSS Feed Access Podcast Index Robot or Not #141: Podcasting User-Agent string ALAC AirTag Hermès Luggage Tag Gui Rambo’s discovered battery replacement video Press release What to do if you find an AirTag or get an alert that an AirTag is with you AppleTV Ted Lasso Season 2 Trailer Siri Remote Image Thread radio 24” iMac iMac ad featuring the rainbow Apple logo iPad Pro Pro Display XDR Magic Keybaord Post-show: Ted Lasso’s Secret Shortbread House of Prime Rib The beer-and-sausage place The vegan Indian place Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Yes Plz: Banish bad coffee, upgrade your morning coffee game, and give YES PLZ a try today. Use promo code TIMAPPLE for $5 off your first shipment. pod.link by Podsights: Easier podcast links that work for everyone. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
426: Loaded Baked Potato
Pre-show: [Hopefully not] Burning Down the House All of ATP is on the vaccination train! Toot toot! 🚂💉 Thanks, Paul Follow-up: Smart outlet update Reconcilable Differences For eero: Settings → Troubleshooting → My device won't connect → My device won't connect to my network → Temporarily pause 5 GHz Electrical resistive heating Technology Connections: Heat Pumps Technology Connections: The Future of Heat Pumps is Underground Casey has a CarPlay apostrophe epiphany Charging the i3 Go buy SuperDuper! Types of EVs Follow-out: Upgrade’s Discussion of TouchBar and HomePod Apple event on 20 April #askatp Single HomePod or dual HomePod Mini? What if there’s already a HomePod? (via Josh Errickson) What’s the point of BCC in email? (via Chuma Nnaji) How long until we see Apple using Armv9? Armv9 AnandTech’s Write-Up Explore the Armv9 Architecture iOS Device Compatibility Reference Post-show Neutral Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Mack Weldon: Reinventing men’s basics with smart design, premium fabrics, and simple shopping. Get 20% off your first order with code atppodcast. Alex Weinstein: Want to tell a better story? Start with better music. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
425: Hey Billionaire
Pre-show: ⅔ of ATP is on the vaccination train! Toot toot! 🚂💉 Fork Hands FU: Why two doses? Reverse Engineering the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Follow-up: How is John replacing a router with a switch? Ubiquiti Flex Mini Handoff vs. AirPlay 2 Zach’s point about WWDC announcement date Yep, Apple uses Webex Microsoft Teams Perhaps it’s too many UDP packets? Heating your house via cryptomining? Technology Connections: Heat Pumps Technology Connections: The Future of Heat Pumps is Underground NSRunningApplication was added in Snow Leopard FB7603765 is fixed!! 🎉 Tesla Model 3 Delivery Checklist Cryptocurrency 000 101 Proof of work Proof of stake Ethereum But how does Bitcoin actually work? Github repo Fiat currency Pyramid scheme Supreme Court: Oracle vs. Google Ars Technica write-up MJ Tsai’s write-up Clean room GNUstep ApplicationKit Kotlin Arial New York Geneva San Francisco Swing POSIX Tim Cook Interview with Kara Swisher Overcast link Dithering (see the 7 April episode) Upgrade #346: Float It Like a Hologram Outside Online Interview Tim Cook’s ∞ Timeline Apple Leadership oh no Post-show Neutral: Marco’s injured Tesla BMW i3 Neutral #4: If You See a Cursor, They Blew It Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. ExpressVPN: The fastest and most reliable VPN. Get an extra three months free with a 1-year package. Hover: Find a domain name for your passion. Get 10% off your first purchase. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
424: Ethernet Squid
Pre-show: Read-only Tweetbot WatchConnectivity applicationContext userInfo messages Follow-up: [More] Tesla wheels of shame Belvedere, CA via Alistair Logie AirPods Max warranty repairs (via Harrison Krebs) WWDC 2021 Announced NSRunningApplication Radar Numbers 48190148 25521354 22088473 18980463 21253274 18890642 New Siri Default Voices Sample Recording Another Sample Recording Ubiquiti Breach An aside about cryptocurrency CDO Bitcoin summary But how does Bitcoin actually work? Air gap eero pfSense Their recent “whoopsies” John’s Networking Situation Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon AirPort Extreme USW Flex Mini Recurrent laryngeal nerve - Wikipedia Recurrent laryngeal nerve - YouTube Four Nines #askatp Should one use a non-administrator user account? (via Michael) How do I mash together 400 video clips into one file? (via Duncan Wilcock) ffmpeg Casey’s primer on ffmpeg In short: Create a file that refers to all 400 file names. Call it, say, files.txt Each line of that file reads file 1.mp4, file 2.mp4, etc. One file per line. Maybe something like this? ffmpeg -f concat -i files.txt -vf scale=4096:2160 three-hour-movie.mp4 How does Overcast scrape iTunes? (via Brandon Wees) SOAP Post-show: Bell follow-up Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Hello Fresh: America’s #1 meal kit. Use code atp12 for 12 free meals. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
423: Fort of HomePods
What would it take to get Marco into a concert? LivePhish Do By Friday #232: Panatee Reconcilable Differences #152: Warnings of Gales in Trafalgar Follow-up: Tesla Wheel of Shame Hong Kong (via Cilver Aullet) DC (via TG Cid) Houston (via Aaron Farnham) App Store Pricing Policing (via Tim) Games and Notarization On Apple’s Piss-Poor Documentation HomePod follow-up Google Home Max was also discontinued Echo Studio Nexus Q Some Membership Housekeeping Refunds for a very small group of you! 💰 ATP Membership can be paid in 💶 or 💷! 💸 ATP’s mid-year 👕 (& more!) are coming soon! 🤑 Mac OS X 10.0 is 20 years old today! John’s reviews & retrospectives robots.txt Google Play Drops Commissions 30% → 15% for first $1M in revenue Marginal tax rate #askatp When did photos become more than just files? (via Matt Fenselau) What’s up with Apple’s awful user experience with OS updates? (via Dan Young) Users are losing out against Big Sur’s sealed System Comparing Update Sizes from Mojave to Big Sur How would we wire our houses if we could do it all over again? (via Matt Youens) Cat6 Ubiquiti Dream Machine Post-show Neutral: Casey’s new dongle Sponsored by: Flatfile: Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Backblaze: Unlimited cloud backup for just $6/month. Start a free 15-day trial today. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
422: Sell a Third Box
Neutral: The Wheel(s) of Shame™ ProClip USA MagSafe holder Tesla Model Y vs. Ford Mach-E Tesla Model Y Ford Mach-E Follow-up: Clubhouse no longer requires contacts access Apple/ARM/TSMC Long writeup (via Marc Kagan) Fabricators RISC vs. CISC Family photo sharing clarifications Shared Albums Shared Album Limits 1Password for Families Grosse Point Blank Moving your data around privacy.apple.com (via Ezekiel Elin) Data Transfer Project (via Igor Makarov) Adapters Verge write-up Got Your Back (via Hung Nguyen) GAM The Horcrux Why the iMac Pro was discontinued (via Sören) Skylake-X and Skylake Xeon-W Discontinued RIP HomePod iPod Hi-Fi AnyList #askatp Why aren’t there more background notifications from apps that aren’t running? (via Nathanael Mol) Why does Overcast do processing server-side? (via Michael Hellwig) How much of iOS is still macOS? (via Surabh Kulkarni) Post-show: iMac Color Rumor 20 Macs for 2020 13 Colors of iMac Blue Whale Montior Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Flatfile: Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. Mack Weldon: Reinventing men’s basics. Get 20% off your first order with code atppodcast. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
421: The First Miniboss
Pre-show: Marco is happy, though he shouldn’t be. ☯️ The iMac Pro is retired Gruber’s post Follow-up: One reason to choose Audi Kiss Guy is real! Interview Swift “header” views (via Ben Packard) ⌃⌘↑ and ⌃⌘↓ or Navigate → Jump to Next/Previous Counterpart Logging into vaccinate.virginia.gov Families: how do they work? No iLife is an Island Apple Launches Service for Transferring iCloud Photos and Videos to Google Photos Google Takeout Twitter Archive ATP #155: Edit, Crop, Aspect, Original for discussion of John’s workflow Apple cracks down on apps with “irrationally high prices” #askatp Whose fault is it that Apple Silicon is 🔥? (via Nick) M1 architecture research Wintel What would Apple need to do to make macOS gaming competitive? (via Matt Chapman Jones) DirectX Cell Do we use battery backups for our desktops? What about other ancillary equipment? (via Ramanujan Srinath) What John and Marco use Sponsored by: Flatfile: Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. ExpressVPN: The fastest and most reliable VPN. Get an extra three months free with a 1-year package. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
420: I Have No Urge to Speak
Follow-up: VPNs and Supervised devices Nickname preferences (via Julian Torres) Skydio’s absolutely bananas talk on autonomous drone obstacle avoidance The Talk Show #309: Pinkies on the Semicolon More on Clubhouse Chat room Gui Rambo’s investigations 🧵 “Ephemeral” Clubhouse Steve Jobs Stories Clubhouse is recording you John “tried” Twitter Spaces Super Follows Twitter “Communities” Overcast 2021.1 Watch Connectivity WatchKit UIApplicationDelegate & UISceneDelegate AUGraph & AVAudioEngine AVAssetExportSession How’s Swift going for us? Swift enums 🤬 Block Syntax B #askatp Do we use non-ISP-provided DNS? (via Alex Guthman) Pi-hole What’s our 🤬 problem with Electron, anyway? (via Nathan Roberts) Would we enjoy an Uber clone powered by Apple autonomous EVs? (via Matt Steiner) Post-show: Why would one buy an Audi? Audi RS6 Lexus vs. Mercedes Sponsored by: Flatfile: Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Away: Start your 100-day trial and shop Away’s entire lineup of travel essentials, including their best-selling suitcases. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
419: This Week’s Gasp
Pre-show diversions: Posting the bootleg Casey’s [hopefully useLiss] worries Marco’s ball situation Sonos Move Casey’s Compulsory Icebreaker Requisite link Follow-up: Jef e’s doubts about SMART tools Contacts API updates Better Trust Through Better Privacy Autofill Everywhere Google’s astrophotography mode Magnets and MagSafe (via Ante Söderholm) More on Supervised iPhones (via Marc Wickens) Support document More on Clubhouse Upgrade #340: Secret Sauce Hacking with Swift Steve Jobs Stories Burner Memory safe iBoot implementation Rust MacBook Pro models with HDMI and SD card readers? Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter XJACK #askatp Is it safe to use a High Sierra machine after security updates cease? (via John Hovland) How do we store our parents’ names in our phone’s contacts? (via Colin Meney) How do I clean up my Dock? (via Harjas Monga) Desk accessories Sudden Termination Automatic Termination Post-show: Some more kvetching about app-quitting strategies Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Buzzsprout: Podcast hosting and a whole lot more. Get 3 months free. Fastmail: The very best in email. Try Fastmail free for 30 days and get 10% off your first year. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
418: Dangerously Close to Being on a Phone Call
Pre-show: Join us in our Clubhouse! (That’s a joke; not happening. —Ed.) Chatroulette Party line Newton’s cradle Should Apple remove the Contacts framework? Follow-up: Living outside the east coast… or America. The UK explained The Concert for Charlottesville was posted Should timers sync? (via Richard Harris) What can Mobile Device Management really do? (via Chris Harper) Support article Helpful PDF An alternate way to think about RAM vs. SSD-wear tradeoffs (via Jonathan Dietz) Example M1 smartctl results dd fs_usage Ada and MISRA C for car-computer safety T568A vs. T568B myths revisited (via Jon B.) Stack overflow theories iPhone 13 rumors Live Tiles Marco’s microsuction mounting tape Post-show: Casey’s new toy Several-year-old Mavic footage Marco’s old toy Sponsored by: Flatfile: Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. Mack Weldon: Reinventing men’s basics with smart design, premium fabrics, and simple shopping. Get 20% off your first order with code atppodcast. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!
417: Sand and Water Interface
Pre-show: RIP, Call Recorder On re-installing or transferring macOS Launch Control launchd Pixelmator Pro If we had to leave the eastern seaboard, where would we move? Follow-up: DTKs are worth more now! iOS 14.5 Watch unlock Trying to ls ~/.Trash (via Mike Vosseller) SSD traffic Two month old SSD smartmontools smartctl --all /dev/disk0 Casey’s computations Casey’s data John’s data Marco accidentally invents Docker Docker on M1 Macs VMWare Fusion on M1 Macs Tesla recall 135,000 vehicles for touchscreen failures 737 MAX ATP #165: Time Was… (Overcast timestamp link) Ada Programming Language Mid-reboot turn signals in the Model 3 (via Michael Swindler) iOS 14.5 beta lets you specify Spotify/others as Siri’s default music service INPlayMediaIntent INMediaItemType Marco rants about timers on the Apple Watch Dan Riccio’s new project microLED Intel’s USB commercial #askatp Do we let our personal lives bleed onto corporate devices? (via Jordan Cosentino) What are our favorite or most obscure media files? (via Doc Davis) A Concert for Charlottesville Vertical Horizon Crash Test Dummies Family Force 5’s Christmas Pageant Achtung Baby Is it rude to put another app’s name in your own app’s search keywords? Under the Radar #210: Thinking Like a Business SwitchGlass Front and Center Post-show: Pupdate Kikopup Sponsored by: Flatfile: Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. ExpressVPN: The fastest and most reliable VPN. Get an extra three months free with a 1-year package. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed! Become a member!