Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
The Points Don’t Matter
- Pre-show: Good SwiftUI days
- Follow-up:
- Vision Pro
- Privacy considerations (via Brandon Jones)
- Designing for Spatial Input
- Vergence & accommodation in eyesight (via Christopher Masto)
- visionOS SDK is out
- John Ternus on external GPUs on The Talk Show
- Apple adds passkeys to Apple ID & iCloud logins
- macOS 14 Sonoma
- iOS 17
- Apple [kinda] explains why third-party Watch faces aren’t supported
- Apple’s new beta install system
- DPReview has been purchased Gear Patrol
- Vision Pro
- Safari 17 Link Tracking Protection
- DockKit
#askatp:- Having seen Vision Pro, are we more enthusiastic about Apple’s automotive adventures? (via Nick)
- Do we use any sort of app uninstaller? (via
markblndr) - The age-old debate about using separate vaults for 2FA gets rekindled by Dave Copeland
- Post-show: Casey’s happy technology week, and Marco’s not-so-happy technology week.
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The Points Don’t Matter
- Pre-show: Good SwiftUI days
- Follow-up:
- Vision Pro
- Privacy considerations (via Brandon Jones)
- Designing for Spatial Input
- Vergence & accommodation in eyesight (via Christopher Masto)
- visionOS SDK is out
- John Ternus on external GPUs on The Talk Show
- Apple adds passkeys to Apple ID & iCloud logins
- macOS 14 Sonoma
- iOS 17
- Apple [kinda] explains why third-party Watch faces aren’t supported
- Apple’s new beta install system
- DPReview has been purchased Gear Patrol
- Vision Pro
- Safari 17 Link Tracking Protection
- DockKit
#askatp:- Having seen Vision Pro, are we more enthusiastic about Apple’s automotive adventures? (via Nick)
- Do we use any sort of app uninstaller? (via
markblndr) - The age-old debate about using separate vaults for 2FA gets rekindled by Dave Copeland
- Post-show: Casey’s happy technology week, and Marco’s not-so-happy technology week.
Sponsored by:
- Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code atp for 10% off your first order.
- Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way.
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The Strap Situation
- Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi
- “Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames)
- “Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching)
- iOS 17:
Siri & Search→Listen For
- Vision Pro
- Promo video
xrOSat WWDC- Fit / Weight/ Top Strap
- Power Estimate
- Guest Mode
- Pixel math
- Refresh rate
- Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara)
- Plane use
- Vision Pro?
- Gaming
- Developer kits
- New Macs
- 15” MacBook Air
- Mac Studio
- Fan Noise Ratings
- M1 / 2022: 15dB
- M2 / 2023: 6dB
- Difference is ~8×
- Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio
- Fan Noise Ratings
- Mac Pro
- John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs
- Metal scores
- M1 Max: 108,363
- M1 Ultra: 150,644
- 1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
- M2 Max: 131,302
- M2 Ultra: 267,399
- 2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
- #5 fastest Metal score overall
- Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro
- M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA
- Non-game GPU performance
- Blender GPU scores
- M2 Ultra: 3,412
- NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster)
- NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster)
- NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330)
- NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU)
- Blender GPU scores
- CPU benchmark
- M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD
- Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
- Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster)
- Intel Core i9-13900KS
- Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster)
- Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster)
- Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
- Mac Pro PCIe lanes
- Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro
- Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗)
- Gaming
- Apple’s Proton-like tool
- Gokhan Avkarogullari
- Anonymous feedback
- macOS 14 Sonoma
- Post-show: John’s special treat
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The Strap Situation
- Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi
- “Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames)
- “Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching)
- iOS 17:
Siri & Search→Listen For
- Vision Pro
- Promo video
xrOSat WWDC- Fit / Weight/ Top Strap
- Power Estimate
- Guest Mode
- Pixel math
- Refresh rate
- Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara)
- Plane use
- Vision Pro?
- Gaming
- Developer kits
- New Macs
- 15” MacBook Air
- Mac Studio
- Fan Noise Ratings
- M1 / 2022: 15dB
- M2 / 2023: 6dB
- Difference is ~8×
- Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio
- Fan Noise Ratings
- Mac Pro
- John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs
- Metal scores
- M1 Max: 108,363
- M1 Ultra: 150,644
- 1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
- M2 Max: 131,302
- M2 Ultra: 267,399
- 2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
- #5 fastest Metal score overall
- Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro
- M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA
- Non-game GPU performance
- Blender GPU scores
- M2 Ultra: 3,412
- NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster)
- NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster)
- NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330)
- NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU)
- Blender GPU scores
- CPU benchmark
- M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD
- Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
- Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster)
- Intel Core i9-13900KS
- Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster)
- Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster)
- Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
- Mac Pro PCIe lanes
- Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro
- Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗)
- Gaming
- Apple’s Proton-like tool
- Gokhan Avkarogullari
- Anonymous feedback
- macOS 14 Sonoma
- Post-show: John’s special treat
Sponsored by:
- Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy.
- Notion: The connected workspace where better, faster work happens.
- Eagle Nine: Locked: Your new favorite sci-fi podcast.
Become a member for ad-free episodes and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
We Studied Thousands of Heads
- Pre-show: 🧘 Feelings check 🧘
- WWDC
- Post-show: WWDC food review
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