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639: Crimp the World
Pre-show: Marco’s [kinda] brief review of the M4 MacBook Pro CalDigit TS5 Follow-up: Letterboxd SF Symbol Procured via volunteer Alyce D! 💙 Custom Symbols App (App Store link) AI App Store summaries != spam email filtering (via Kevin Markham) “A fine is a price” (via Kieran Healy) A Fine is a Price by Gneezy & Rustichini Apple 🤝🏻 Anthropic Apple appeals App Store rule changes Riley Testut details changes to Delta’s IAP options More (Ed: 🤣🤣🤣) Meanwhile, in the App Store… Home networking corner Ubiquiti’s consumer line is Amplifi Try CubiCasa for floor plans (via Colin Robertson) What Unifi Stuff Should I Buy? (via Thunder God Cid) Casey’s sitrep 2× U6-LR installed Ugly PoE injectors 10GbE card installed in Synology Switches just arrived Lite 8 PoE Flex Mini Camera time? Apple Turnover Upgrade #563: Peanut or a Banana Some fun Apple media Search Engine: The Dave and Busters Anomaly Gui Rambo’s investigation A conversation with Jony Ive Backblaze drama Backblaze is a former ATP sponsor Morpheus Research report Backblaze’s initial response Backblaze’s formal response Profit breakdowns Post-show: More restaurant-tech MVPs Cable Matters Marco’s crimping toolkit Members-only ATP Overtime: SSD data doesn’t last forever Video M-DISC Sponsored by: Mack Weldon: Get 25% off your first order of $125 or more with code ATP. BetterHelp: Give online therapy a try and get on your way to being your best self. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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638: Hop, Hop, Hop
Pre-show: Chromebook-block evasions Follow-up: At least one person did miss our WWDC sale. 🙁 Vision Pro Corner: StagePlay Blue Man Group Epic vs. Apple The Verge on Apple’s decision making Apple’s Response Apple Appeals App Store rules have been changed MJ Tsai’s Roundup Ryan Jones Gruber Upgrade #562: Let’s Break the Law Tim Sweeney continues grandstanding Fortnite may be coming back… via 🇸🇪? Epic Games announces plans for a shop for iOS developers Press release As was foretold, Stripe has entered the chat Stripe documentation Patreon has also entered the chat Friend of the show Riley Testut works fast Spotify has also entered the chat Screenshots Ubiquiti Marco Recommendations Cloud Gateway Max Switch Ultra U7 Lite Cloud Gateway Fiber changedetection.io Pushover magicplan Ubiquiti Designer Hyperspace update Casey’s Coding Corner Vibe coding journey GIFWrapped Casey on Bluesky SF Symbols journey Post-show: Marco’s vibe coding journey LaTeX Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro successor rumors “Vision Air” XREAL glasses Sponsored by: DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. 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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637: Rotate Those Tennis Balls
Pre-show: Marco reaches another milestone ThinOptics round clear New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: School, Then and Now Follow-up: A surprising Vision Pro corner: Adventure: Hill Climb Laura’s Hot Lap Neutral Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car Now Laura Hayes Racing (archived) D. Griffin Jones reviews the Sigma BF Article Video John discusses the design of the Mac Pro iPadOS window affordances (via Ole Oskar Eriksen) Synology’s En💩ification (via Erin Power) Server Part Deals Judge tells Apple “yeah, no” 9to5 Mac The Verge “Kafkaesque” Marco returns to YouTube reMarkable 2 Astropad iPad screen film & Apple Pencil tips Mac Power Users #789: Back to the Mac, with Matt Gemmell Supernote Manta Ask ATP: Is it even possible for Siri to get good? (via David MacQueen) Do we stll carry wallets? (via Stephen Klinck) John’s ridiculous wallet How do we share photos outside of a family unit? (Dylan Copeland) Post-show Neutral: Slate Truck Members-only ATP Overtime: AI continues to eat the world Apple Developer: What’s New Research paper LoRA not LoRa Sponsored by: Wildgrain: Free croissants in every box and $30 off your first box. MasterClass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy eating, made easy. Get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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636: Nose-Biting Territory
🗣️ ATP WWDC 2025 STORE IS UP!! 🗣️ Follow-up: Casey’s bug-reporting experience with Slack Third-party SSDs (via J. Mullins) AliExpress AirPods Pro case swaps (via Steven Merrill) USB-C MagSafe Charging Case ($100‼️) Cursor IDE support hallucinates policy causing user uprising (This is a Hacker News link to Reddit, so, uh, tread lightly.) 🫏🕳️ leaders are not good John continues to try to spend Marco’s money Rtings’ new glare testing LG G5 brightness Apple’s self-service repair program (via Sky Velleity) iPadOS 19 rumors Footguns and Synology Enshittification Ars Technica’s Synology coverage Post-show: Marco’s first batch of restaurant-tech MVPs Waveform lighting Ubiquiti Power over Ethernet Toast Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s AI doctor Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Notion: Your notes, docs, and projects in one space. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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635: An Effective Operator
Pre-show: Casey’s lightly broken his AirPods Pro 2 Porsche Taycan Ioniq 5 BMW i4 Chevy Bolt 🗣️ ATP WWDC 2025 STORE IS UP!! 🗣️ Follow-up: 12 April: Trump excludes some electronics from tariffs Message from US Customs & Border Protection Connor Mason’s post about Tim Cook’s top two skills 13 April: …except maybe not? John’s boosted post Cross-platform photo management Immich (via bapt) Nintendo Switch 2 4K 120Hz (via Kyle McMahon) Specifications Kickstand lumps (via Stuart Gibson) Other open-world racing games Console games price history Dropbox & File Provider John’s daughter’s college laptop Folding aspect ratios iPhone Mini… tri-fold? (via Peter Wagoner) MKBHD on the Huawei Mate XT Reverse-engineered Mac mini SSDs (via Jonathan Claydon) iBoff Introductory video How Apple fumbled Siri’s AI makeover MacRumors summary More on JG’s Siri leadership On Robby Walker Cross-towngroup tensions That fateful demo NIH syndrome New York Times on Apple GPU purchases Post-show: AI mind-share Members-only ATP Overtime: Sony announces its 2025 TVs FlatPanelsHD The Verge HDTVTest Pricing Sponsored by: BetterHelp: Give online therapy a try and get on your way to being your best self. Mack Weldon: Get 25% off your first order of $125 or more. HelloFresh: America’s #1 meal kit. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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