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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 Members-only ATP Overtime: Regarding Passkeys are a Trap… Ricky Mondello’s response Scott Helme’s response Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy 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!

Pre-show: Marco tries a Waymo Follow-up: Casey’s MyBMW foibles iMazing Approov BMW case study Screen sharing OBD-II Home Assistant + Pushover + Shortcuts? (via Khaos Tian) GL.iNet Comet Q PiKVM Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the apps AirPower desk video was by HTX Studio …who previously interviewed Tim Cook! (via Elijah Yap) Original video (via Adeiko) Ubiquiti home Wi-Fi vs. Eero Previously on ATP Overtime A positive anecdote A negative anecdote FiOS CableCARD discontinuation RecDiffs #295: If I Adjust for Europe TiVo’s desperation One-AirPod vs. two-AirPod audio settings Settings → Accessibility → AirPods → your AirPods M6/A20 Pro details High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on A20 Pro Timestamp link to cores discussion @ 9m37s High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on the M6 vs. M5 Timestamp link to M6 layout discussion @ 8m9s Timestamp link to core images @ 12m40s Timestamp link to A20 vs. M6 core comparison @ 9m37s Rumored October event See also, new home trinkets? Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS Jason Aten on Muse reading his iMessages Meta calls foul Post-show: Casey and Marco go Phishing Q Barbecue Capital Ale House Allianz Ampitheater Setlist Recording Cupertino’s iPhone Duo 3D-printing model (you want the variant labeled “Fixed the large black areas showing through.”) Members-only ATP Overtime: AppZapper 3000 and The Delicious Generation Disco Demo video John’s review of Delicious Library from 2004 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Sponsored by: Coax: Channel-surf your home media server Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern The Marco Offset™ Follow-up: John’s mouse pad (via Andy) Rounded corners are, bad, maybe? AirPower… desk? 🤨 John’s weird AirPods 5 issues Finding Intel apps in macOS System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps Learn more… M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores New Mac mini storage caveats 𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (Timestamp link to 8m50s) iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole dazfuller Aaron Vegh GM vs. CarPlay Casey’s blog post Casey’s mea culpa Wait, just kidding Apple Watch is listening… Steve Riggins What about “Hey, Siri”? Nick Heer MKBHD Ask ATP: What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot) Saturn SL2 Nissan 300ZX Nissan Maxima Volvo 200 series Honda Civic fifth-gen Porsche IMS bearings BMW VANOS What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes? (via Mark Bramhill) Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper) Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car Home Assistant Wireshark Charles Proxy MQTT Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus’s “Intelligent Personal Hub” and Apple’s home AI hub Digital Hub strategy (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s) Intelligent personal hub Gurman Sponsored by: Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern The Marco Offset™ Flying Spaghetti Monster Follow-up: New treats John iPhone 18 Pro John’s case AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case IP57 Dust protected Immersion, up to 1m, for 30 minutes Oddities Volume control Marco Apple Watch S12 Ceramic Apple Watch S12 bezels are bigger than S10? Mac mini Casey: Apple Watch S12 Aluminum How should Apple have handled iPhone Duo dev tools? (via Oscar Echeverri) Photos libraries on external drives (via Larry Fieman) Preliminary M5 Ultra GPU Geekbench scores Chart Apple watch “Readiness Score” seem to be mostly bunk? (via Michael Katz) iPhone Duo dev tools released Aaron Vegh’s video Post-show: Marco’s Mac mini update Ubiquiti WAN Switch GL.iNet Comet Q and the PoE one Members-only ATP Overtime: Ubiquiti’s new home Wi-Fi that does “full-duplex MLO Previously discussed on ATP #672: Wi Hyphen Fi The Disappointing Truth about Wi-Fi 7 Introductory video Sponsored by: Daft Music: Made for Apple Music. Clic for Sonos: A premium Sonos companion. No lag. No hassle. Just music. 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!

🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Show Q&A 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ The Marco Offset™ Todd Vaziri on James Bond homages in the event video Comparison video Previously, in 2018 Making of (via Techzha) Preliminary Geekbench scores A20 Pro (iPhones 18 Pro) CPU GPU M6 CPU GPU M5 Ultra CPU iPhone 18 Pro Max & Apple C2 Solar phone charging? 🤔 (via flanker) Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space Aperture blades on iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max camera MKBHD’s review PetaPixel’s Review Explaining starbursts Straight vs. rounded examples Debate on DPReview forums iPhones 18 Pro Face ID (YouTube timestamp link to 13m34s) iPhone Duo How will iPhone Mirroring work? No Action Button 💔 The Duo does have a split keyboard An aside about our enthusiasm for the Duo Ternus & Joz interview part 1 & part 2 Thomas Ricker at The Verge Stephen Robles insights iPhone side-dock example MagSafe accessories will be… tough A Face ID complication (via Pedro Fernandes) Apple Pencil support USB-C Apple Pencil not Pencil Pro Gruber Steve Troughton-Smith Fake bezel Benjamin Mayo at 9to5Mac Demo video (Twitter link) iOS 27 doesn’t include automated password changing Photos libraries on external drives (via Mike Brogan & Jason Snell) Optimize Storage (via Jason Snell & Fabrice Neuman) John’s cheap S3 setup Configuration CLI invocation: aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \ --bucket my-cool-bucket-name \ --lifecycle-configuration file:///Users/yourusername/Desktop/s3-lifecycle.json \ --transition-default-minimum-object-size varies_by_storage_class _DavidSmith on iPhone Air & 17e sales Gruber’s breakdown iPhone 17: 36.5% iPhone 17 Pro Max: 29.9% iPhone 17 Pro: 29.4% iPhone 17e: 2.5% iPhone Air: 1.5% Post-show: John needed Marco’s 3D printer Oyen Digital MiniPro RAID V4 Dual-Bay Modesty panel Command Strips Members-only ATP Overtime: The triumphant return of the Genius Bar? Sponsored by: Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now. Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ The Marco Offset™ September 2026 event MacRumors on the cellular chips SynthID Standard Apple Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview Surface Duo PowerBook Duo Rafa’s toot about layouts Apple Developer Videos Post-show: Jetty update Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s new business terms in the EU Ben Thompson’s breakdown Gruber’s take Adrian Weckler at Irish Independent Sponsored by: ElevenLabs: AI Customer Support Agents Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy 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!

🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️ The Marco Offset™ Follow-up: Luz fooled me, Jerry! Extremely convincing fake by Daniel Luz Mea culpa Apple fooled us all Siri blobs fix System Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy → Content & Privacy (turn the switch on) → Siri → Writing Assistance (turn the switch off) John is happy with new Macs timetable Are photo libraries on external disks supported? Knowledge base Iris Yankees / Sox in Apple Vision Pro Dithering Motivations for SME adoption (via shac ron) ✅ Tim Cook exit interview AT 688: A Company Man at 1h8m29s (Overcast timestamp link) Phil takes another step toward the door Emma Roth at The Verge Phil on ATP #317: We’re Customers Too iPhone 17 / 17 Pro / 17 Pro max / Air Exit interviews iPhone event preview Post-show: John’s storage update Backblaze B2 Amazon S3 Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus & the Vision Pro 10 May: Mark Gurman 3 June: Juli Clover at MacRumors 21 August: Gurman 30 August: Gurman Sponsored by: 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!

Pre-show: Marco’s casement windows Screen clips Screen clips, installed (white prototypes for visibility) TPU for AMS 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Movie Club: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Follow-up: macOS 27 UI tweaks Redesigned stoplights in β6 Video Stoplights Stretchy buttons Video Porsche 911, 996 generation In defense of the fried egg Porsches Turning off the Siri logo macOS 27 got the new Preview icon LLM determinism when temperature = 0 Write-up by Horace He IEEE standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic 𝓍OS 27 Photos Shared Album gotchas See also Other people’s phones Not sped up! All 1×! i vs. I Apple iPhone event announced New Mac mini and Mac Studio Core size comparison SME replaces AMX in the M6 Exploratory Github Repo AMX instruction set SME Introduction Hello SME Longhorn Toot 1 and Toot 2 Marketing page section (via Daniel Luz) Oops, it was a joke and we didn’t get it! High Yield diagram M3 Ultra vs. M5 Ultra vs. M5 Max Mac mini Video support summary from Tim Hardwick Mac mini pricing history …inflation-adjusted Apple Upgrade program lease [un]availability Gruber on pricing Advertisement Behind the scenes Mac Studio Gruber on pricing Advertisement John’s purchasing journey The thing John mentioned that’s a spoiler The accessory that’s also a spoiler New […ish] keyboards! MacRumors coverage Apple Part Number: MJM4LL/A Previously: MXK83LL/A John’s keyboard (previously) MMMR3LL/A A2520 New polishing cloth! MacRumors coverage Copland Supply Post-show: John’s new vibe-coded app Front and Center SwitchGlass Hyperspace DragThing Icon Members-only ATP Overtime: Is macOS slower than Linux when performing file system operations? Theo Browne: Your Mac Isn’t Actually Slow, It’s MacOS Fault Benchmark 1 Benchmark 2 Linus Torvalds on using C (timestamp link to 22m7s) 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!

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!

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 CableCARDs 😭 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!

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!

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 𝑥OS 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!

Pre-show: Marco’s Mac mini catastrophe CyberLynk / Mac Mini Vault The dead ATS The proposed replacement 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Emoji Follow-up: Member’s Special video trimming / John’s Vibe Coded App LosslessCut Casey has leveled-up his Sonos experience Previously on ATP Version 85.01 announcement post FAQ post 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 Chart by BasicAppleGuy AppleCare+ too FileMaker In defense… CVE Monday.com Marco got Robert Thompson off FileMaker after 18 years Scratch And a special thanks to Adam Wunn 🙌🏻 Gurman on post-Mac Pro plans EU drops battery removal requirement for Apple Watch & AirPods Six additional categories The Monkey’s Paw OLED iMacs? Ask ATP: What does Marco (or other adults) use 3D Printers for? (via Jack Johnson) Bambu X2D TinkerCAD Onshape Post-show: How Marco fixed AirPlay in Overcast WSOLA F Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades Members-only ATP Overtime: The internal “roles” system in LLMs, and how it relates to prompt injection vulnerabilities Research paper Extended write-up Mechanistic interpretability Bobby Tables Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

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.

Pre-show: Casey’s oops Magic TrackPad Magic Keyboard Marco’s Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard Follow-up: Casey may have fixed his notification problem! Mac-“Arsed” Mac App skill (via Bart Reardon) RAMAgeddon Feel free to donate to St. Jude any of the money you may have saved by buying early! (via Jonathan) Will Apple rethink unified memory given these prices? (via ShutterAperture) Steam Machine difficulties Interview on YouTube (Timestamp link to 12m48s) Collusion! Well, maybe. Would a gold Mac mini be cheaper than a spec with tons of RAM? Awax did math We’re Fable is so back, baby More at Ars Technica Siri AI No web browsing for you! Apple removed the waitlist workaround in macOS β2 Determining what model is used (via Gui Rambo) Revamped icons by Parakeet Design services price list SwitchGlass SwitchGlass dark icon SwitchGlass old icon Front and Center Front and Center old icon Callsheet Callsheet old icon Jelly’s write-up Ste Grainer The ATP member special where we rated iOS icons Overcast Marco’s [REDACTED] Reminders App Fire Island Lighthouse Parakeet’s post about our icons Apple adds paste protection to Terminal Apple support document Opera joins the party Xcode 𝑥OS 27 & DerivedData DevCleaner (App Store link) Post-show: Casey is jealous of Marco Goose Big Modern! Casey likes Savenger, Good2B, and Torero Nugs Micro Tyvek Wallet Micro Soft Shell Wallet Studio Neat Casey’s fan Members-only ATP Overtime: Should Apple create a handheld gaming platform? Quinn Nelson’s pitch Game Porting Toolkit 4 Sponsored by: Parakeet: The icon design studio. 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!