Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Hacking Marco’s Unforgetful

Follow-up:

ATP Store donations

Thank you to Mark Zeren 💙

Transgender Law Center

One-pager

Dads Let Them Shine

30s video

giving@transgenderlawcenter.org

iPhone Duo

Marco did no listen to Casey’s advice

MacBook PROLED

HTX Studio (Video timestamp link to 3m17s)

To darken the illuminated Apple logo:

sudo defaults write com.apple.CoreBrightness LEBacklightMode -int 0

To illuminate it again:

sudo defaults delete com.apple.CoreBrightness LEBacklightMode

Backglow lets you customize the glowing logo

MacRumors

Austin Evans on the exhaust ports (Video timestamp link to 5m49s)

…and the airflow (6m28s)

MaxTech’s review

…including a thermal camera view (Video timestamp link to 13m)

Geekerwan uses smoke to show airflow change (Video timestamp link to 8m44s)

iFixIt Teardown

Chinese YouTubers

Tim Pan 🤝 Tim Cook (via Elijah)

STORMCREW

Comparing and contrasting channels (via Adeiko)

HTX Studio Q&A (via weiran)

Apple “Business Specialists” (via Rich)

Ternus as CEO

A suggestion from Matyas

A suggestion from Kári Helgason

Siri AI is now open to all developers (in beta)

Paul Hudson’s skills repo

Finally, Apple frees us from domains

Ask ATP:

Why bother with an Apple TV when smart TVs exist? (via Denis Berger)

What’s the whole point of Tailscale anyway? (via Richard)

Note: Tailscale is a past sponsor

Tailscale services

OIDC

tsidp

Subnet Routing

Casey helps out his parents

IP 4via6

Is AI going to bring us into a golden age of software? (via Chris Koerner)

Post-show: Marco throws in the towel on the Duo

Marco’s grip tape (the thin edge’s piece was cut from a wider piece)

Members-only ATP Overtime: Future iPhone form factors

RIP Action Button?

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Pre-show: Siri AI foibles

The High Line

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Follow-up:

Fineliner

Fineliner 🤝🏻 ATP Graffiti shirt (via Nick Foster)

Download for use in Fineliner (in Fineliner’s settings, Font, Import Profile; note that this will overwrite your icons and avatar, too)

Palm Vx

PalmOS emulator

Why Overcast Radio LLC?

MacBook PROLED

Allison points out some dimensional errors on our part

You can completely turn off the touch screen (via Gui Rambo)

Pinch-to-zoom

Glowing Apple logo implementation software details

Avoiding keyboard marks with a microfiber keyboard dust cover (via Keith Huss)

Rounded corners (via Jeff)

Video

Reimar Servas show us why rounded corners are bad (via Marcin Wichary)

iPhone Duo

iPhone Duo will welcome you… sometimes? (YouTube timestamp link to 1m15s)

Crackgate

Andy Ihnatko notes Crackgate is a thing

Jay Peters at The Verge with a statement from Apple

CuriousHagi on YouTube (via Terrence O’Brien at The Verge)

Inner case with and without matte protector on JerryRigEverything (YouTube timestamp link to 6m45s)

Hinge is an ingress point for sand (10m35s)

iFixit Teardown

Two batteries are listed separately in Settings

iPhone Mirroring is outer-screen only (via Stephen Robles) (YouTube timestamp link to 42s)

Unlocking using the meat of your right index finger (via Sam Shepherd)

Reachability is coming in iOS 27.3

Phil Schiller’s long goodbye

…and Ternus’s long hello

…and Tim’s long goodbye

Apple Leadership

Post-show: Marco’s iPhones Duo

Members-only ATP Overtime: Some fan-made tools for ATP listeners

ATP Titles by Cole Orton

Quiz

ATP Thingy Finder

Transcript search sites

CatATP

Chapter art

ATP Search by Marcos Huerta

ATP Transcripts by Roger Goldfinger

Podsearch by David Smith

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Pre-show: Marco has a new toy

Stock checker

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iPhone Duo first impressions

Stephen Robles’s shortcut

New Apple announcements

Monday: iPad Mini

Tuesday: M6 iMac

Tuesday: M6 MacBook Pro

Wednesday: OLED MacBook Pro

Launch video

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Stephen Levy at Wired

Design for Touch on Mac

Mac Studio with 512 GB RAM

Post-show: Marco’s new app, Fineliner

Parakeet

Members-only ATP Overtime: Is Apple re-entering the server market??

Macworld: Apple may revive Xserve for the AI market

The Information

Gurman responds on Twitter

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Pre-show:

John’s of Bleecker

Marco and Casey at John’s

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Follow-up:

HomeView

When was the HomeView hardware created?

Is it expensive? (via Paul Heering)

Amazon Echo Show 5: $99

Amazon Echo Show 8: $199

Amazon Echo Show 11: $249

Amazon Echo Show 15: $349

Wall-mount & regular HomeView pricing

Is it to prevent cheapskates? (via mvk)

Is it to prevent add-on dinguses (via Ben O’Matic)

Knock-offs coming soon?

Turns out, Jimmy is that guy. 😏

Phone screen vs. Duo screen

Will Marco be adding CarPlay support? (via Rick Allen)

Apple TV

Price history

March, 2015: Apple lowers the price from $99 → $69 (timestamp link to 10m14s)

Glenn Fleishman’s chart

Microphones and HomePods

AV1 (via Michael Barnes et al)

Reddit feature comparison

What is “audio passthrough” (via Andrew Haglund)

Explainer from Caleb Denison

The iPhone Duo has a replaceable cover layer

Interview with Kate Bergeron

iPhone Duo Creator Showcase

iPhone Duo preorder experience

iPhone Duo reviews

MKBHD

HTX Studio

Tim Pan

Joanna Stern

Nilay Patel & Allison Johnson

Gruber

John also brought up Computer Chronicles

Apple “Pro and Tell” event next week

Post-show: Marco has something to share

ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II

The thing Marco shared

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Apple’s New Home-Related Products

HomeView

Newsroom

iMac G4

Intro video

TV commercial

Schneider press release

Wired’s review

WWDC 2026: Rev Up Your CarPlay App

Developer agreement

“HomeView” & “homeOS”

Apple TV 4K gen 4

Nvidia Shield TV

Newsroom

Intro video

MacRumors Buyer’s Guide

New Siri Remote

Precision finding requirements

HomePod mini 2

Newsroom

Intro video

Home collection

Newsroom

MacRumors

(See also the Schneider press release above)

Post-show: Casey got a UTR-LR

UTR

Flex Mini

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Ricky Mondello’s response

Scott Helme’s response

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