704: Past the Ternus Horizon
02:08:25 • Download (124 MB)
Apple Watch overhaul rumors, beta icon updates, Mac backups, and the app with John's favorite login system.
- Pre-show: Marco has a rose and thorn
- Follow-up:
- Marco’s favorite feedback (about Myke) was from Analog(ue) 😬
- Post-show Neutral
- Professional negotiators / “headhunters” are very much a thing
- CarEdge (via John Siracusa)
- Delivrd (via Roger Coxon)
- 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
- Casey makes some discoveries over the last week
- Justification from the midwest dealer
- Ventilated seats
- Laser headlights
- Marco takes a spin as well
- Professional negotiators / “headhunters” are very much a thing
- John’s passwords pro-tip
- Codex Micro (via St. Chris)
- 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)
- 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
- New macOS & iOS 27 β5 icons
- 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
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703: Part of a Healthy Breakfast
02:32:25 • Download (147 MB)
Overcast's busy betas, SuperDuper 4, Apple Upgrade, the worst power cables ever devised, and some totally very patient car-shopping.
- 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.]
- Be wary of Sonos + Pi-hole or other ad blockers (via Will Smidlein)
- Ubiquiti High Availability
- “Odd” RAM amounts (via Joe Lion)
- Multiple Apple accounts (via TJ Usiyan)
- Some science about Sony’s axe of PlayStation discs
- SuperDuper 4
- Apple Upgrade Program
- macOS 26.4 adds Battery Charge Limit
- Ask ATP:
- What are good backup strategies? (via Todd Vaziri)
- What the heck is a Docker container? (also via Todd Vaziri)
- Post-show: Casey is car shopping again
- Members-only ATP Overtime: OpenAI hardware progress
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702: Isolate the Evil
02:30:45 • Download (145 MB)
Safari 27 and web standards, Apple Maps coming to cars (?), and our very different philosophies on packing for a family road trip.
- 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
- An update on
Passwords.app“doing the hard thing” - More clipboard changes in macOS 27
- Apple is reportedly looking to acquire AI chip companies
- Apple is actually spending money on Broadcom
- Slate Truck price & availability announced
- Apple 🤝 Ford
- Safari on 𝑥OS 27
- Ask ATP:
- How is Overcast transcription going? (via Pete Ottery)
- How does Apple achieve “growth the hard way”? (via Elijah)
- 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?
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701: I Improved My Town
02:10:55 • Download (126 MB)
3D-printing for fun and utility, a defense of squircle-icon jail, how AirPlay was finally fixed in Overcast, and cutting-edge modern technology such as audio CDs, FileMaker, and the Mac Pro.
- Pre-show: Marco’s Mac mini catastrophe
- 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Emoji
- Follow-up:
- Member’s Special video trimming / John’s Vibe Coded App
- Casey has leveled-up his Sonos experience
- 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
- FileMaker
- In defense…
- Marco got Robert Thompson off FileMaker after 18 years
- And a special thanks to Adam Wunn 🙌🏻
- Gurman on post-Mac Pro plans
- EU drops battery removal requirement for Apple Watch & AirPods
- OLED iMacs?
- Ask ATP: What does Marco (or other adults) use 3D Printers for? (via Jack Johnson)
- Post-show: How Marco fixed AirPlay in Overcast
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