Accidental Tech Podcast

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

Accidental Tech Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 705 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Accidental Tech Podcast, a technology show with 705 episodes published.

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  Episode #705

  705: Relentless in a Gentle Way

  Aug 20, 20262h 30m

  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!

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  Episode #704

  704: Past the Ternus Horizon

  Aug 13, 20262h 8m

  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 CableCARD s 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!

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  Episode #703

  703: Part of a Healthy Breakfast

  Aug 6, 20262h 32m

  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!

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  Episode #702

  702: Isolate the Evil

  Jul 27, 20262h 31m

  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 OS 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!

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  Episode #700

  700: A Wet Dishrag Full of Lies

  Jul 16, 20261h 56m

  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.

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