• 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

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• 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 that Jony Ive? (via Austin)
  • Will Alan Dye’s departure effect 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

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• 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

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• Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco
  • LivePhish
  • Goose on Bandcamp
  • Nugs
• Thank you, ATP Patrons!
• Follow-up:
  • Cord-cutting
    • Casey on Downstream
    • suppose.tv
  • Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg)
  • The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay)
    • Quinn’s video on making a 5K display
  • Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson)
    • This started in late 2020 with Big Sur
    • Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control)
    • Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS
    • BetterDisplay for turning on and off GPU dithering
      • Docs
  • PlayStation Portal
    • …works with PlayStation Plus
    • …but really needs solid Wi-Fi
    • …and doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6
    • …and requires wired or first-party Bluetooth headphones
  • Double-tap title bar to Fill (via Chirag Desai)
    • Knowedge base
    • System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Window title bar double-click action → Fill
  • Wi-Fi 7
    • Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation is not great (via Reid)
      • WPA3
    • WPA3 is not well supported (via USB Type-Steve)
    • Alternatively, try band steering (via Patch)
    • Wi-Fi Pro Abraham Vegh weighs in
    • …as does pro Saul Sutherland
    • John’s Eero Max 7 setup
  • Thread vs. Matter
    • Thread
    • Matter
    • Derek Seaman’s series
    • To run Matter in HA, you need a separate container
  • Apple Fitness+ and Quitter’s Day
    • Bodi
• ASML & TSMC
  • Extreme ultraviolet lithography
  • Veritasium: The Ridiculous Engineering of the World’s Most Important Machine
  • Asianometry: ASML: TSMC’s Critical Supplier, Explained
    • TSMC Analysis playlist
  • The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
• Tech stuff we’re looking forward to in 2026
  • Gartner hype cycle
  • The Trow of Disillusionment
• Post-show: Casey bought something silly
  • Quinn’s video
  • GL i.Net
  • /r/ubiquiti
  • Teleport
  • Extremely dodgy firmware upgrade approach
  • Portainer
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Strange form factor rumors for forthcoming iPhones
  • The Information
  • MacRumors
  • Mockup image & video
  • Jason’s & Stepen’s posts
  • iPhone fold display quietly debuted at CES?

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• Pre-show: Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3
  • Pepperidge Farm Remembers
• Follow-up:
  • Contacts
    • Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell)
    • Some non-obvious complications (via Paul)
  • Face ID & Touch ID
    • Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs & Kurt Schwind)
    • Strictness (via Rob Sayre)
  • John’s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via Gui Rambo)
    • Gui’s PR
  • Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui)
    • FB17228659
    • Developer Technical Support
  • RAM shortage
    • Verge article
    • Micron’s forthcoming fabs
    • Hynix’s approach
      • …and forthcoming fabs
    • Samsung’s approach
    • Thru-Silicon
    • The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular
  • Data portability
    • Git
      • Github will still sink its talons into you (via Simon Jodet)
      • Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett)
    • Android ↔ iOS
  • Display flicker in Tahoe
    • What does this even mean? (via Daniel)
    • One theory (via Sean Santry)
    • Some corroboration (via Philip Hofstetter)
• Wi-Fi 7 is a bust
  • -protonsandneutrons-
  • Playstation Portal
• Ask ATP:
  • What’s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson)
• Post-show: What the heck is the deal with Thread/Matter
  • Home Assistant
  • Nanoleaf Smart String Lights
  • Lutron Caséta (former sponsor)
  • YoLink
• Members-only ATP Overtime: iMac Pro… phoenix?
  • Previous code name discussion
  • Jason on Apple’s display strategy

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