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Accidental Tech Podcast

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Follow-up:
- Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims)
- “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch)
- Mac mini
  - “Modular” storage
  - Other tidbits
    - Heatsink differences
    - 256 GB = 2× 128 GB
    - Wi-Fi & Bluetooth are their own PCB
    - #askatp: setting up external SSDs (via Peter Welpton)
    - Thunderbolt performance limits
- Geekbench scores across Apple Silicon (via Wes Campaigne)
  - iPhone Pro Clock speeds
  - Ken Case’s observation
Apple’s smart home ambitions
#askatp:
- Should users be worried that 8/16GB RAM is “claimed” by Apple Intelligence? (via andrewsleigh)
- Why can’t Apple make a Studio Display with MacBook Pro backlight technology? (via Henri Sivonen)
- What power user hacks can we not live without? (via Ryan Tierney)
Post-show: Marco’s Mac Mini setup
- Marco’s OWC drive enclosure
Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro cheerleading
- Patrick’s original question

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Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: Politics later.
- #195: The Show Must Go On (Overcast link)
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Follow-up:
- Mac mini
  - Headphone jack placement
  - Quinn’s observation
    - Cruical 32GB DIMM
    - Samsung SSD
- iMac
  - Apple removes color-matched pointing devices option
- M4 vs. M4 Pro/Max SSD limits
- M4 Pro & M4 Max performance
- Walmart still sells a Mac with 8GB RAM
- Apple’s new USB-C Accessories require Sequoia
- Apple’s $69 Thunderbolt 5 cable (via Daniel Luz)
- There exists at least one dock with 10GbE (via Daniel Nelson)
- iFixIt’s iPad Mini (A17 Pro) teardown
- AppleTV gaming (via killvore)
- Keyboard Cleaning & MacBook Booting
  - CleanupBuddy by Gui Rambo
  - Alternative incantation from Daniel Pieper
    - Power the machine off
    - Left ⌃ and ⌘ as well as Right ⇧ for 7 seconds
    - While still holding, hold the power button for 7 seconds
    - This is not an SMC reset, but it’s close.
    - Only lasts until the next boot 😑
Apple buys Pixelmator
Apple buys stake in Globalstar
- Press release
- Globalstar
Vision Pro v2 changes?
- Ming-Chi Quo
- Mark Gurman
Post-show: Group therapy
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Intelligence experiences
- Photo cleanup shoot-out by Joe Rosensteel

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Accidental Tech Podcast

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Accidental Tech Podcast

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Accidental Tech Podcast

Pre-show: We’re still grumpy about the most recent member’s special
Follow-up:
- New iPad Mini
  - “Jelly Scrolling” is fixed?
    - David Pierce disagrees though
- Submerged and Vision Pro demos (via Kevin Markham)
  - Apple may stop producing Vision Pro soon?
- Some follow-up from the most recent member’s special
- Photo editing
  - Exposing to the right
    - DPReview
    - More via Sam Doran
  - Color spaces
    - …are only applicable on JPEGs (via Léo Natan)
    - Daniel Laan’s take
  - What do we do with our computer’s color tweaks while editing (via Josh Harris)
  - John’s thoughts on cropping
- Parallelizing file compression/decompression
  - unxip (via Mihai Parparita)
  - More from unxip author Saagar Jha
  - Apple Archive (see also aa)
- “No hats, no walkmen” (via Dan Pierce)
iPhone SE 4 rumors
- Aside: iPhone product mix from ATP #609 Overtime
- Case leak
October Macs? 🧐
Ask ATP:
- How do we protect sensitive information like driver’s licenses? (via Jochen Marschall)
- How do we assist parents with account management and legacy planning? (via Kaleb)
- How do we clean our keyboards‽ (via Randall Miller)
  - KeyboardCleanTool
Post-show: John’s Quicksilver update
- Alfred
- LaunchBar
- Raycast
Members-only ATP Overtime: What even is a photo, anyway?

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