Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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!
535: My Computer Supports Math
Pre-show: 🗣️ New Member’s Special posted 🗣️ A New Yorker’s View of the United States Follow-up: The Kobo FU continues The Libra 2 does have support, kinda (via Stefano Costatini) Install NickelMenu Add the Dropbox menu item Libra 2 Other Kobos Multiple Displays on M1/M2 Macs Matthaus Woolard points out there are only 2 display controllers Hector Marcan has now-deleted tweets covering this (via Richard Stephens) Edward Munn (among others) clues us into a DisplayLink-based workaround Wavlink USB 3.0 ↔ HDMI Adapter (via Steve McWee) Lior Shakedd summarizes the drawbacks The woes of the iBook G4 (via Ryan Maxwell) Screen Spanning Doctor Compatibility List Final Cut Pro on iPad Some M1 Pros had 16GB RAM and virtual memory (via Chris) Final Cut Pro handles project files in ∞ ways (via Brendan) Dell UltraSharp 32” 6K Monitor is $3,200 Resolutions XDR = 6016 × 3384 Dell = 6144 × 3456 Dell has an 8K version available Dell offers a variety of sizes HDR600 only WWDC Vibe Check 🧘🏻♂️ Avoiding Copland 2010 You Ruined Everything Big watchOS upgrades coming? ClockKit SFSpeechRecognizer Whisper whisper.cpp Post-show: How should Casey price Callsheet? 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. Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any subscription. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
534: On the Cheerleader Bus
Follow-up: Marco’s new Kobo Kobo will price-match (via Bob Pekol) Games breaking the fourth wall Metal Gear Solid Controller Swap Trick Blackbox (App Store link) (via Andrew Clark) Batman: Arkham Asylum (via David Kung) Business perspective on 15” MacBook Air (via Michael Lechter) Fully == Uplift? (via Matthew Kraft) Downside to camera shutters as sensor guards during cleaning (via Wade Tregaskis) Apple announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad Final Cut Pro Logic Pro Audio Hijack Jason’s overview Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter, etc. Post-show: SwiftUI trials & tribulations .matchedGeometryEffect() Under the Radar #268: Fancy Work Sponsored by: Backblaze: Making backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Steamclock: Your app should be more than ultra fine. Let’s build something great together. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
533: The Beach Is the Beach
The ATP Store is BACK, baby! Order your merch ⚠️ before Saturday, 6 May ⚠️. Pre-show: Marco has e-reader pre-show follow-up kobo sage PMN Caecilia Calibre what if? Pragmatic Programmer Tao Te Ching 1984 Follow-up: Mac Pro Believe art update (thanks, Cristofer Cruz) Quick Callsheet Recap Someone help Casey with focusing a .searchable() text field, please! Introspect for SwiftUI Marco’s SwiftUI error message Emil Jensen’s 2FA iOS shortcut for iCloud keychain prefs:root=PASSWORD&search=2fa CarPlay Rental cars (via Milad Cerkic) At what cost? (via Dave Nicholls) The Verge in 2019 Ford CEO doubles down on CarPlay More nostalgia via Michael Hannemann The Fool’s Errand Infinite Mac Metal Gear Solid Eternal Darkness Rapid Security Responses & Cryptexes Adam Engst at TidBITS #askatp: Will consumers actually buy a 15” MacBook Air? (via Ben) Is HDR and Dolby Vision worth it? (via Torstein) What are our thoughts about standing desks? (via Nick from Toronto) Fully Jarvis 60” × 27”, Stone, Unpowered Grommets, silver legs, 3 stage, programmable handset, with cable management Fully Jax Dual Monitor Arm VariDesk Fog Creek’s desks (2008) Uplift Post-show: People love their cars, too Marco went to Dave & Busters MAME Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Hullo Pillow: Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
532: The Meat Part of Multitasking
The ATP Store is BACK, baby! Order your merch before Saturday, 6 May. Pre-show: Marco re-discovers reading Boox Nova Air C Kindle Oasis (2nd-gen.) reMarkable Jason’s e-Reader Roundup iPad Mini (6th-gen.) Tobor Robot PMN Caecilia (the original Kindle font) Follow-up: Mac Pro Believe Shirt Shirt ordered for John Ternus John continues to fight his window-dragging lag (FB12122106) New movie Belkin Releases USB-C Hub Belkin’s site Amazon CalDigit TS4 Google Authenticator adds account syncing for 2FA codes Not end-to-end encrypted though Duncan Wilcock’s Photos.app duplicate management tale of woe Motif Mimeo John’s receiver isn’t the panacea he thought it was (via Stephen Brandon) Jonathan LaCour’s solution Zidoo Z9X Reddit starts charging for API access Christian’s thoughts Apollo (App Store link) app.net Officially unofficial ATP subreddit What was it like before multitasking? (via Torb) The Verge’s Lisa video John Pong VIC-20 Mini vMac MacWrite MacDraw Macintosh Plus The stories of the original Macintosh team Netcom BASIC OS/2 Egghead Software Casey config.sys & autoexec.bat & IRQs Null modem Hayes AT command set Kali CD Caddy Post-show: Casey has a special treat for members. 🎁 Sponsored by: ATP Members who get ad-free episodes, early-release bootlegs, and discounts on time-limited merch sales! ATP Merchandise: You’ll never look more attractive than when you’re wearing ATP merchandise! Buy some before you forget, so Casey can’t make fun of you! Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
531: Rock It in the Right Direction
The ATP Store is BACK, baby! Order your merch before Saturday, 6 May. Pre-show: Five K’s is just. not. enough. Follow-up: macOS 13.3 window-dragging lag (FB12122106) has returned 😱 John’s demo GIF Demo Video CarPlay does avoid some problems Newer version of Casey’s adapter GM’s piss-poor decision is only for future EV models (via Nathaniel Irons) Apple doesn’t offer lossless Atmos / DTS:X (via Sam Tierney) Infuse post Interchangeable lens dust avoidance (via Gilbert Tang) Casey doesn’t have to regret his Studio Display yet HOAs really do suck Solid-state buttons dropped from iPhones 15? A diversion about Apple Watch Family Setup #askatp: Do we run third party anti-malware apps? (via Xerxes) Does macOS allow for apps to keep keys and data private from each other? (via Jesse Wilson) If John/Tina hadn’t already gotten a Mac Studio, would they get for a M2 mini? (via Trieu) Post-show: Hops is getting nervous. 😬 Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
530: You Are Not Nintendo
Pre-show: Top Four: Hot Pockets Hot Pockets Pizza Rolls Fun Dip Pixy Stix Nerds The Food that Built America Smarties Sprees SweetTarts Jelly Belly Weird and Gross Follow-up: The Letterboxd app (App Store) are native. We know it’s at least in part Daniel Compton’s fault Original acknowledgement Future update to IceCubes will note verified URLs (via Henrik Nyh) Apple Photos De-Duplication 😬 Aaron Gabbert’s experience Mathew Schaffer’s experience Example Amazon will keep an archive of DPReview…? Manual sensor shake on Sony cameras MENU → Setup → Cleaning Mode→ Enter Sony cameras & dual-base ISO ISO on Sony cameras is often misunderstood Photos to Photons: PDR Shadow vs. ISO Photos to Photons: PDR vs. ISO Dan Fox Dual Base ISO explained General Motors hates your iPhone Original Reuters report Upgrade #453: At Large at Apple Park Upgrade #454: The Home Home Gruber’s post MKBHD & RJ Scaringe Post-show: 🗣️ BREAKING NEWS 🗣️: The UltraMeh is still ultra meh. Dell & Samsung 5K displays Sponsored by: Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Porkbun, LLC: An oddly satisfying experience. Over one million domains under management. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
529: The Cycles of Marco
Pre-show: Mugs & some pint glasses are in stock! Fixes: Member’s episodes and iPod & iTunes/Music users (yes, really) Prospective members from 🇮🇳 Thank you, new and existing members! 💙💙💙 Follow-up: Quick correction about the CalDigit TS4 Apple Photos de-duplication in shared libraries Regarding NSTrackingArea’s “quiet” behavior change The Radar grass ain’t really greener ☹️ Camera-related follow-up Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes Fuji PC AUTO SAVE feature Lightning ↔ SD Card Reader X100V focus tip Gen Z realizes real cameras exist Making EDR photos: Pixelmator Photo (iOS) (App Store link) Adjustment sliders → ... menu → Turn on EDR Pixelmator Pro (Mac) (App Store link) Color adjustments section → Customize → add EDR toggle Only for RAW files? Radiance+ (App Store link) Superzoom rentals Marco’s [mostly rental] haul Marco’s sample images Sony RX100 IV Nikon Coolpix P1000 Sony RX10 IV Fujifilm X-T5 Fuji 150-600mm lens Sony A7R III Sony 200-600mm lens 2× teleconverter Post-show: Casey’s forthcoming app 🫣 Analogue #212: Hope Coursing Through My Veins (available sometime Sunday, 9 April) The Movie DB Obscura Sony dual-gain/dual-base ISO and its still-image cameras Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Green Chef: The #1 meal kit for eating well. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
528: My Favorite Slap in the Face
Pre-show: Samoas vs. Caramel DeLites Casey found 🎉 More Occasions! 🎉 John’s anniversary & ATP #476 Jonathan’s anniversary ATP Movie Club returns! We watched My Neighbor Totoro Follow-up: HDMI Quick Media Switching (QMS) in action Threaded rod suggestions McMaster-Carr Tool lending libraries are a thing (via Sean Cameron & Chris Chelberg) The 🔩 trick Camrote for geotagging & control (via Josh Calvetti) Baby needs a new set of 🦷 Original tweet Nairobi’s true Siri experience Benjamin Mayo’s theory Result ChatGPT + iOS Shortcut = Smart Siri‽ Microsoft vs. Bloomberg News WWDC 2023 Announced Special Event Under the Radar #265: Old App, New Subscription Nikon Coolpix P1000 Let’s attempt another intervention about Radar Marco’s recent radar (FB12026558) Developer Technical Support John’s recent radars (FB11772168 & FB12057505) Toots: 1, 2, 3, 4 Casey’s thoughts from June 2022 Jeff Johnson’s thoughts #askatp: What does “federation” even mean, anyway? (via Stephen Gozza) Decoder with Eugen Rochko (Overcast link) Is software getting worse? (via Eric Smith) DARPA challenge Why does John need lots of GPU in an ARM Mac? (via Thomas Alvarez) Post-show: Please give us members special ideas! ATP on Mastodon ATP Feedback …particularly in the spirit of Top Four! And, if you’re near Boston, buy John’s camera Sponsored by: Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
527: The True Siri Experience
Pre-show: Marco has solved his Apple Watch Ultra band problem? Orange Alpine Loop Trail Loop Ocean Band Solo Loop Follow-up: iOS 16.4 will detect duplicate photos in iCloud Shared Photo Library Kurt’s screenshot John chose… poorly RTINGS OLED Burn-In testing update Quinn Nelson on Apple’s headset Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant lost the AI race Video of Siri failing action RIP, DPReview 😢 Chris Niccolls & Jordan Drake to PetaPixel Marco’s “real” but “small” cameras Ricoh GR IIIx Fuji X100V (warning: probably above list price) Fuji XT-5 Post-show: John is a mad 👨🏻🔬 Kanto SP26PL Shelves Kanto SP6HD Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
526: Food Comes From Cans
Pre-show: Marco’s load-bearing pinky We stand in support of trans people, including trans youth. 🏳️⚧️ Alex Cox’s words Alex Cox’s voice 5calls.org Moltz’s toot Happy 10th anniversary, ATP! Follow-up: Press ↑ to see the Apple TV screensaver location. (via Ted) Recording Screen Time password isn’t possible in iOS 16.4 beta (via Gui Rambo) melle points out you can guess the Screen Time passcode ∞ times in some cases. Not good, Bob. Settings → General → Transfer or Reset iPhone Erase All Content and Settings Continue Enter the iPhone passcode Take ∞ guesses at the Screen Time passcode Feedback: FB12006474 No-passcode iPhone ain’t so smart after all, says Eric deRuiter Another approach to prevent iCloud passcode changes, provided by Jenny Oskarsen Change your iPhone passcode After you enter it twice, the phone will ask for your iCloud passcode Hit Cancel; your passcode has been changed, but you will need to enter your current iCloud password to change it Tim Cook Orders Headset Forward Despite Warnings? To Ship or Not to Ship, Headset Edition Colleen Novielli DJI Avata Destiny & motion sickness Samsung’s “Space Zoom” is “enhanced” by “AI” MKBHD’s YouTube Short Correction video 2021 🙂 Moon Crater The Verge’s coverage Samsung’s Explanation Post-show: Casey’s Watch band problems Wirecutter picks Sponsored by: Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security for teams that value privacy and transparency. Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!