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🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: GL.iNet KVM security issues? Mark Wadham’s write-up Dan Godin at Ars Technica MacBook Neo cores 🤝 BMW heated seats? (via Edward Munn) Joe Lion waxes poetic about RAM on Apple Silicon More component delays It’s Ternus time Fashion Cook’s shoes Ternus’s Shirt Cook’s Shirt Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer Tim’s letter New York Times coverage Marco’s blog post Post-show: John quizzes Marco & Casey Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue Infinite Loop by Michael S. Malone Revolution in the Valley folklore.org Jason’s recommendations Members-only ATP Overtime: Media consumption & the limits of human perception Stephen Robles’ $3,000 video box Kaleidescape Strato MakeMKV Tom’s Hardware: Audiophiles are full of 💩 Original post One Man’s Dream (Callsheet link) RIP, Ken Fritz Sponsored by: Anthropic: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today. 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. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Casey requests an app from Marco Roon Nugs 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Dev: Nuggets of Wisdom Follow-up: Suunto is… not young (via Henri Sivonen) Garmin did beat Suunto to GPS watch though The other neat explainer John was thinking of (via Ben Landsberg) Previously: Eric Portis on Color Spaces Bartosz Ciechanowski on… anything Is Apple running out of A18 Pros‽ 😱 Apple IDs & passkeys (via Vitor) Others with this issue Apple said it’d be fixed… two years ago Stealing TV… may not be so wise. Shocker! (via Nye Hughes) See also: Krebs on Security Darknet Diaries (via David Brownman) Ads are coming to Apple Maps Newsroom AI-generated code & copyright AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted Can coding agents “relicense” through clean-room re-implementation? No right to relicense this project Monkey selfie Claude, rewrite yourself Ask ATP: When Marco goes on a saunter with two watches, are the measurements similar? (via Jason) Why did Marco bother with colocation? (via Stephen Gozza) Post-show: Casey’s silly new toy Alex’s overview Screenshot of a Linux machine Screenshot of a Mac Members-only ATP Overtime: John tries to reach acceptance Apple approves AMD & Nvidia eGPU drivers What if Apple adopted “MPX”-style modules? (via Jan Wedekind) MK1 High Density Rack Mount Bandwidth comparisons Thunderbolt 5 80 Gbit/s symmetric 120 Gbit/s unidirectional for displays SSD (M5 Max MacBook pro, 4 TB) 109 Gbit/s (13.6 GB/s) read 142 Gbit/s (17.8 GB/s) write PCIe speeds on PCIe 5.0 1 lane: 32 Gbit/s (4 GB/s) 16 lanes: 512 Gbit/s (64 GB/s) …as compared to the Mac Pro’s 64 lanes across 4 slots (2,048 GBit/s) 17× Thunderbolt 5’s maximum single-direction speed Internal vs. external SSD 2025 Mac Studio: ~5.5 GB/s OWC Envoy Ultra: ~5.1 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,250 OWC Thunderblade: ~5.75 GB/s; 8 TB for $2,700 PolySoft third-party internal SSDs Kickstarter (ended November 2024) Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 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 new Ceramic Shield 2 in the iPhone 17 Pro is the real deal UniFi Travel Router Cascades trail Shenandoah National Park 🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: Studio Display XDR price drop‽ 😱 Stephen Robles 1 2 Casey’s snarky toot Tangentially related: John’s Google One price drop John’s upgrade cycle (via Ryan Himmelwright) How much hotter can a Mac get? Mac Studio power consumption Mac Pro power consumption Apple’s implementation of Passkeys (via Ben Frearson) Apple subsidiary fined over $500k for breaching Russian sanctions RetinaDisplays.com CIE 1931 & Apple’s 2026 CMFs They’re more than just a monitor calibration standard (via Eric Portis) The GOAT, Bartosz Ciechanowski Mechanical Watch CIE updates from 2015 On Apple’s CMF Long Island and “mainland” United States v. Maine (via Craig Bowers) The Greatest Podcast Ad Campaign of All Time Overcast link Every other podcast app Casey’s write-up Marco’s letter to John Ternus A Tale of Two Letters Ask ATP: How does Apple Silicon RAM work, anyway? (via Johnny “Decimal” Noble) Post-show: Marco Garmin-watch update Suunto Race S Titanium (Amazon) Garmin Venu 4 Garmin Forerunner 970 Garmin Fenix 8 Pro MicroLED Members-only ATP Overtime: The Claude Code leak & how Claude “actually works” Regex to detect user anger “Undercover mode” (via Aral Balkan) Future plans 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. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Happy independence day, John! The Great Saunter Pedometer++ The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons More about the flag Follow-up: Overcast transcripts Missed Apex MacBook Neo Tim Cook on the MacBook Neo launch New Ice Book? (via Adrian Bengtson) iBook “Snow” Teardown by Framework founder Nirav Patel Framework MacBook Neo vs. Chromebooks “NFW”, says Henry “This could be a breath of fresh air”, says Ari “Medium” Core and M5 Pro/Max information from Apple Chance Miller at 9to5 Mac Original article 🇩🇪 PCI Express Ubiquiti What about site-to-site VPN for Marco? UniFi Travel Router “Not so fast, my friend” re: Wi-Fi 7 MLO YouTube announcement Blog post Some shadiness from January 🪦 RIP, Mac Pro 🪦 Thoroughly Considered #123: The Last Detail with John Siracusa CUDA Ask ATP: Are we running any iOS apps in macOS? (via Alex Kent) How would we balance new shiny vs. familiarity? (via Michael Brescher Jr.) Post-show: John and Marco bicker about islands Merriam-Webster’s definition of “mainland” Members-only ATP Overtime: 🥚 Update 10 February: Delayed to 2027 20 February: Smart speaker with a camera? The Information Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy 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!

Follow-up: Overcast & Transcriptions Marco had never seen inside a datacenter What about podcasts that include their own transcripts (via Matt King) Apple Podcasts transcript options tag MP3 ID3 “SYLT” tag What is Marco using for a job queue? Perhaps Faktory? (via Drew Stephenson) beanstalkd Ansible Monitoring & control interface Imagine a Beowulf cluster of the minis… (via Aaron Dippner) System X RDMA over Thunderbolt was added in macOS 26.2 I Ran a Trillion Parameter AI on a Mac Apple Didn’t Have to Go This Hard Apple Insider Mac fleet management advice Apple Business AirPods Max popularity in New York WWDC 2026 Announced Ask ATP What’s the deal with passkeys, anyway? (via Phillip Miller) XKCD Does having an 8 GB RAM computer keep macOS lean? (via Jon Fabritius) Will we get an iPhone or iPad Pro that will use macOS when connected to a display? (via Keith Heaton) Michael Cook’s contrary opinion Post-show: Casey is continuing to quiet quit his Synology DS1621+ Ubiquiti UNAS Pro Casey’s NUC Channels Proxmox Tailscale on YouTube Derek Seaman’s Tech Blog (the extremely helpful listener 🥰) ESPHome Syncthing & rclone Proxmox Backup Server Transmit Forklift Members-only ATP Overtime: How Apple will add touch support to macOS 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. Babble On: Localize your app on iOS, macOS, and Android Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Follow-up: You’re welcome, world Formula 1 A brief, renewed pitch to watch this season Cameras Are not a large portion of the coverage (via Matt Rigby) Failures don’t [usually] matter (via The Racing Line) Great camera overview video The other perk of in-car footage (via Eric Fox) On getting Sky Sports replays (via Brendan Webb) Rosetta A deep dive from Colin McKellar Instant Final Cut Pro deprecation warning (via Tom Obarski) iPhone 17e teardown MacBook Neo Gruber on the camera & mic on-screen indicators Apple Platform Security Guide On Apple Exclaves (Medium link) CPU benchmark correction (via Philipp Sommer) SSD benchmarks (via Vito Traino) Andrew Marc David’s review M1 MacBook Air benchmarks General Apple Silicon benchmarks AmorphousDiskMark MacBook SSD benchmarks John’s and Marco’s hands-on impressions Teardowns Tech Re-Nu iFixIt Video Blog post AirPods Max 2 Newsroom John wins the bet (Overcast timestamp link) Apple’s compare page Overcast beta now has transcripts! Mac Mini Vault Green Mini Host FileVault over SSH launchd XPC Post-show Neutral: BMW i3 Revealed The Verge Ars Technica Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s 27 OSes and Liquid Glass Gurman on 15 February Gurman on 15 March Sponsored by: Leesa: A mattress for every body and budget Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 1Password: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Casey brings us back to Anniversary Corner Related episode of ATP Follow-up: An explanation for John’s post that broke containment (via Thomas Dickson) MacBook Neo John’s theory about color & clamshells The M1 MacBook Air was American Walmarts only. (via Pierre-Luc Gagné) Aside also via P-L: does the Neo run Rosetta 2? MacBook Neo inputs 🤝 iPad Air inputs (via Andrew Larson) SSD speeds (via The Verge) The  logo iPhone 5 intro video is what John was thinking of (via Peter Puleio) Jason’s review Dave2D’s review Teardown Tyler Stalman on the Neo running “pro” apps Performance Cores vs. Super Cores New in Xcode 24.6β3: CPUFAMILY_ARM_SOTRA (H17S) (via Brendan Shanks) H17S is the missing M5 Pro identifier from iOS 26.3 RC Quinn’s review M5 Pro & Max are on N3P; M5 is N3E Baidu leakers Super cores (“P-Core”) 4.61 GHz 10-wide decoding Performance cores (“M-Core”) 4.38 GHz 7-wide decoding ~70% the performance of a Super Core Dual operating mode from efficiency cores Efficiency cores (“E-Core”) 3.05 GHz 6-wide decoding Andrew Cunningham at Ars L2 cache Super: 16 MB Performance: 8 MB Efficiency: 6MB Minimum clock speed: Super: 1,308 MHz Performance: 1,344 MHz Efficiency: 972 MHz Fusion architecture (via Frederic_Orange) MacBook Pro Storage pricing (via Richard Allen) MacBook keyboard glyphs (via Dan Moren) Environmental progress (via Andrew Leahey) TOSTracker Example individual comparison Third-party displays (via Dan Boyle) Pro Display XDR or Studio Display XDR? (asked by Imthaz) Studio Display XDR UFO Test MKBHD’s review states it has 12 GB RAM 🤭 Studio Display XDR white paper (PDF) (via Kevin Sliech) Superwide viewing angle Timing controller (TCON) Calibration Display optimization modes Formula 1 news Drive to Survive (Apple TV link) Dad jokey-est promo video (Also on YouTube) 2026 season preview F1TV vs. Apple TV Link accounts Romain Grosjean’s Samsung Galaxy S26 Privacy Display MKBHD The Verge Post-show: Marco’s Garmin adventures Great Saunter Injinji toe socks Altra Torin 8 wide shoes Garmin Venu 4 41mm Garmin Forerunner 570 Garmin Fenix 8 Suunto Race S WorkOutDoors Pedometer++ Members-only ATP Overtime: The future of x86_64 on macOS Tahoe 26.4 warnings Slightly more detail from Ars Technica 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. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: The best (but slowest) website on the internet Million Dollar Homepage 2013 BMW M5 (PDF) 2014 Honda Accord (PDF) M4 iPad Air iPhone 17e New displays (‼️) Studio Display 2 A19 per MacRumors Some excellent throwback snark from Jack Wellborn Studio Display XDR Day-one software update Mac support 120Hz-worthy Macs M5 MacBook Air No change in RAM upgrade pricing? M5 Pro & M5 Max Efficiency cores still exist M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pros If you squint, a 64GB MBP got cheaper MacBook Neo Name leak Prior art Jason’s review & charts No indicator light Jason’s observation about the Apple logo Announcement video Post-show: John had a post break containment Context collapse Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s video podcast experience HLS Dan Moren notes prior art Not based on RSS, laments Manton Reece Stephen Robles’ video Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco’s Watch and snow blows woes TruFuel Follow-up: Casey got the CableCARD email 😭 YoLink alternatives (via Joe) IKEA Matter-over-Thread announcement KLIPPBOK (leak sensor) BILRESA (remote control) MYGGSPRAY (motion sensor) House batteries & V2H/V2L (via Russel Prouse) F-150 Lightning On the value of M𝑥 Pro processors (via Rick Baumhauer) Tahoe window resizing workaround (via Nathan Manceaux-Panot) defaults write -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize 8 defaults delete -g AppleEdgeResizeExteriorSize macOS document model …was actually introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 …and noted in the beginning of the Mac OS X 10.8 review Final Cut Pro X does auto-save (via Ian Robinson) Technical details (via Videoalex) Microsoft Office 365 also auto-saves onto OneDrive in Windows (via Éric) Saving files in Xcode (via Alex Kent) Returning to Save As… (via Eric deRuiter) System Settings Desktop & Dock → disable Close windows when quitting an application Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts create an entry under All Applications for Save As… (using an ellipsis by typing ⌥ ;) and assign it to ⌘⇧S Notepad++ (via Emily Campbell) Alternative to Due (via Patrick Dumontel) GoodTask Apple March 4 “experience” MacRumors’ roundup of low-cost MacBook limitations Apple to manufacture some Mac minis in the US Wall Street Journal video Accompanying article Apple News link This predates this administration? Ask ATP: What are our current home & lock screens? (via Sagar Patel) ATP Insider: Roast My Home Screen John: lock & home Casey: lock & home Indigo Croissant Marco: lock & home What’s our current desktop headphone setup? (via ziplyne) Overtime on ATP #675 Casey AirPods Pro 3 Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 32Ω Desktop speakers Sonos Era 100 × 2 Sonos Sub Mini Sonos Combo Adapter John: Sony MDR-7506 Kanto ORA4 ATP #630 Marco: Podcasting Beyerdynamic DT775 Pro 250Ω Beyerdynamic EDT1770D Earpads Schiit Jotunheim 2 (an older model; current is Jotunheim 3) Music HifiMan HE6 Speakers KEF Q150 / LSX II & KC62 Amp for Q150: Fosi Audio BT30D Post-show: Casey’s driven more cars BMW i4 M50 Audi e-tron GT Members-only ATP Overtime: Skill shortages, Apple Silicon, and AI Empowering the Next Wave of Silicon Engineers Gell-Mann amnesia effect Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Aura Frames: Frames for every memory, gifts for every occasion DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco beach… and app… cleanup results Instagram reel that John found Due YoLink Water Leak Starter Kit We’re recording ✨from the future✨. Follow-up: Should Casey look at a used Lucid Air for ~$50k? Marco’s defection move to Chrome (via Sarvagnan) Helium Browser unduck.link Window resizing in Tahoe (via Jeff Johnson) “Resolved Issue” → “Known Issue” Objective Development LaunchBar Little Snitch AirTag 2 & speaker tampering Cloudflare Open Access (via George Black) Explanatory video Fastmail 🤝🏻 Perl Fastmail’s donation John’s referral link Another Apple purchase migration warning (via Nick) Support document YouTube is on visionOS (App Store link) Studio Display 2 to be… 90Hz? 🤨 New devices not on the latest-and-greatest TSMC process? Where are you, M5 Pro MacBook Pro? Juli Clover at MacRumors Ben Lovejoy at 9to5 Mac Ben in December 2024 Vadim Yuryev (of MaxTech) Ask ATP: What kind of battery backup should one use? (via Allen Shull) Casey’s “tailgate battery” Casey’s “bequeathed” generator Tesla Powerwall Why do we think Ternus is a good idea as CEO? (via Kevin B.) What’s the deal with Save As…, Duplicate, etc? (via Carl Walther) The new document model was actually introduced in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in 2011 More from John’s Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion review in in 2012 Post-show: Casey’s Status Board Members-only ATP Overtime: Apparently everyone is stealing TV ReplayTV Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. 1Password: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco HVAC update Daikin Trane YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range) YoLink leak sensors LoRa 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: After Apple Follow-up: Units corner Robert Tait’s video WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone) ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGames AI Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻‍♂️ Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations Three apps in one day On usage limits Dread & fatalism We Mourn Our Craft by Nolan Lawson The Tipping Point by Thomas Ricouard (Medium link 🤢) Productivity promise vs. reality Anthropic study Experienced developers are slower? Microsoft study Atlassian study Berkeley: AI adoption ≠ productivity gains Harvard: Slop hinders productivity MIT: 95% of businesses see zero returns (PDF) Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding by Rachel Thomas AI-Generated Code Quality by Mark Levison Comprehension Debt by Aman Shekhar Your Brain on ChatGPT by Nataliya Kosmyna et al Some related links from our AI conversation: n8n Stratechery interview with Benedict Evans Computer (occupation) Memento mori Steam Machine & Steam Frame delayed due to component shortages/price increases Ferrari Luce Andrew J. Hawkins at The Verge Walkthrough video with Jordan Golon at PRNDL Associated post Dieter Rams Patek Philippe Nautilus Braun Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50 Shift knob & switchgear (timestamp link to 18:04) Other videos Leica Post-show: Casey is car shopping Porsche Taycan Audi e-tron GT BMW i4 Rivian R3 How the second-gen Porsche Taycan is better than the first-gen Members-only ATP Overtime: China’s ban on electric door handles Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit by Andrew J. Hawkins Flush door handles & efficiency by Jonathan M. Gitlin Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Icepocalypse update Follow-up: Casey’s unit conversions are helpful… ish Other authentication options for John’s Cloudflare apps Cloudflare Access Zero trust architecture OpenID connect tsidp Pocket ID Per-pixel lighting and human perception (via David Schaub) The state of MicroLED Robert Tait of The Hook Up Claude Code & AI ethics Alec’s video Irish wind farm Top Dogs in Apple Vision Pro Marco’s experiment Cortex DuckDuckGo Kagi Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3 John’s Tahoe icon battle continues Rubber duck debugging Kyle Hughes Drop shipping Post-show: Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X Most recent earnings Earnings call transcript The Robotaxi is dangerous according to… Tesla We really need to get to self-driving Waymo’s safety record Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s rumored AI pin Apple buys Q.ai Ryan Christoffel Sponsored by: Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off your first box, plus free breakfast for 1 year. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Snowpocalypse update Follow-up: atp.fm passkey update Google Private AI Compute Apple 🤝🏻 Google Cloud Removing copy/paste crud (via rauli) Screen on RAM ASUS improves color accuracy for Mac users (via Oliver Thomas) Modular headphones AIAIAI (via Graham Dobie) Tyler H’s review of the Fender Mix and Fairphone Fairbuds Window management in macOS (via Ben) FlashSpace AltTab New AirTags The chime has changed from F → G Apple hosting LA event Invite image Jason’s Creator Studio review TCL has bought Sony’s TV business TCL Super Quantum Dot TCL X11L John Ternus takes over design at Apple Sebastiaan de With → Apple Who makes design decisions at Apple, anyway? Post-show: We stand with Minnesotans. Apple employee reaction to Tim Cook Tim’s internal memo Tim’s letter after George Floyd Gruber on Tim’s letter Gruber on language CRDT John’s new bff XKCD #974: Pass the salt Members-only ATP Overtime: TikTok in the US is under new ownership… for real this time Congress is unsure if it complies with law Are content moderation changes afoot? More data slurping definitely is 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. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos 🗣️ Follow-up: We’ll talk TCL/Sony next week! Gruber’s post Top Dogs is coming “Cloud technology”? Google’s blog post Gurman’s post Clipboard hijacking It’s an Apple thing No, really Indonesia is not small MainStage is not new (via Mike Taffet et al) Interview Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle still exists for education users (via Pekka Salonen) Pro apps free trials Prior art (via Karoline) The trials are full versions (via Ian Robinson) Monitors at CES DisplayPort alternate mode for USB-C What about color accuracy? Extended Display Identification Data ProMotion in Safari iOS: Settings → Apps → Safari → Advanced → Feature Flags Test Vision Pro does have Keynote Icons in Tahoe menus Nikita Prokopov Jim Nielsen Colin M. Ford (and an explanation) Apple’s guidelines You don’t have bad aim; it’s Tahoe How to prevent Tahoe update nags Many Tricks Device management profiles Actually it’s a bug 🤭 Ask ATP: Was Alan Dye a better or worse steward of software design than Jony Ive? (via Austin) Will Alan Dye’s departure affect a touchscreen MacBook Pro? (via Tom Armstrong) What is our favorite macOS style? (via Nate) macOS Screenshot Library Post-show: John’s migration continues John’s Fastmail referral link Cron Namecheap Cloudflare Claude Code MiniDV StatusBoard Grafana Prometheus CandyBar Members-only ATP Overtime: Fender’s first wireless headphones The Verge coverage Demo video Sony WH-1000XM6 Auracast Wikipedia Sony MDR-7506 Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Zapier: Put AI to work across your company—for real. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed Ubiquiti Travel Router Verizon Jetpack Marco’s hotspot (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new) Solis Edge Follow-up: The Grim Reaper FiOS CableCARD email came for John TiVo Roamio Pro Casey on Downstream Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman) Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high MSI MEG Vision X (Screen grab) MSI Lightning RTX 5090 (Screen grab) Wi-Fi channel selection & size Wi-Fi 7 8 A tour of Apple- (or John-) relevant monitors from CES As a reminder… Apple Studio Display Pro Display HDR MSI MPG 271KRAW16 DisplayHDR 1400 certification MSI MAG 271KPD7 Monitors Unboxed ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM (Photo) HDTVTest Subpixel arrangements Apple Creator Studio Icons over time Photomator lives on… for now (via Chris Welch) MacRumors Apple’s defense of the icons Jason on iWork freemium Apple 🤝🏻 Google More from The Information Chase to become the new issuer of Apple Card FAQ Back story on the Wall Street Journal (Apple News) Post-show: NBA Immersive Stratechery Dithering Members-only ATP Overtime: The continuing disaster at Twitter Elizabeth Lopatto: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Dan Moren: Apple cowardly still has not pulled X and Grok from the App Store Bloomburg: Musk’s Grok AI blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia over sexual images Robert Hart & Jess Weatherbed: X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK Sponsored by: Guru: Your AI Source of Truth. Gusto: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. 1Password: More than a password manager. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!