<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Marco&amp;#8217;s BMW sitrep&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🗣️ New &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;ATP Member&lt;/a&gt; Special: &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/atp-insider-our-websites"&gt;ATP Insider: Our Websites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up: 

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vision Pro corner

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Spatial Gallery has an update!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Volume control (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Siri delays (via Stephen Klinck)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gurman on the smart home hub&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/apple-suit-false-advertising-ai-intelligence"&gt;Apple sued over false Apple Intelligence advertising&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/apple-vision-pro-chief-mike-rockwell-named-siri-head-giannandrea-keeps-ai-role"&gt;Siri shake-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/633135/threads-limit-replies-followers-custom-feed-default"&gt;Threads lets you default to following… for real this time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;iPhone 16e

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Camera arrangement justifications&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd/post/DGlE1OPRiZU"&gt;MKBHD doesn&amp;#8217;t care for it&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF4vZxbSmjo"&gt;Full review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVW34oJZSy8"&gt;Teardown from REWA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_0FRZ_WTg"&gt;Teardown from iFixIt&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/ifixit/status/1897037429598749097"&gt;Battery size comparison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/27/iphone-17e-already-seen-in-supply-chain-says-leaker/"&gt;17e already appearing in supply chain?&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://weibo.com/5821279480/Pget86QiY"&gt;Weibo post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/27/iphone-17-pro-12gb-ram-rumor-again-analyst/"&gt;iPhone 17 Pro: 12GB RAM?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25"&gt;WWDC 2025&lt;/a&gt; Announced&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/19/ios-19-ios-20-deadlines-for-eu-changes/"&gt;EU requires major changes in iOS 19 &amp;amp; iOS 20&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_816"&gt;EU post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/questions-and-answers/interoperability_en"&gt;Timelines&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/wi-fi-aware"&gt;Wi-Fi Aware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/19/apple-eu-interoperability-bad-for-products-users/"&gt;Apple stamps its feet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/19/eu-confirms-apple-can-make-a-portless-iphone-without-usb-c/"&gt;Portless iPhones coming?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/624891/ai-generated-review-summaries-coming-to-apples-app-store"&gt;AI continues to eat the world&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developer.apple.com/app-store/whats-new/"&gt;Apple Developer: What&amp;#8217;s New&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: Casey has to pay to play

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themoviedb.org"&gt;The Movie Database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: Solid-state cooling revisited

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.froresystems.com/"&gt;Frore AirJet&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWdgO59YCwI"&gt;Frore 🤝🏻 iodyne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyai_kUYhLs"&gt;Dave 2D on a new solid-state fan system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ventiva.com/"&gt;Ventiva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_foot#Cubic_foot_per_minute"&gt;CFM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(unit)"&gt;Pascals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v05JpvTFqbk"&gt;Increasing performance with heat management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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New Siri leadership, WWDC's announcement, the EU's new demands, and a dropped axe that could've been much worse.

632: The Uncertainty Is Gone

<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Casey received a present&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vision Pro Corner: &lt;a href="https://tv.apple.com/US/movie/xxx/umc.cmc.603856djrpllqck781mj4qknj/"&gt;Metallica immersive concert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Colorful Macs

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-inch_MacBook"&gt;MacBook Adorable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;#8220;Hidra&amp;#8221;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_codenames#Systems_on_chip_&amp;amp;_Processors"&gt;List of Apple codenames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidra_(island)"&gt;Hidra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;M3/M4 interposers (via Jonathan Dietz Jr.)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;M3 Max does not have a D2D (&amp;#8220;die-to-die&amp;#8221;) interface

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://eetimes.itmedia.co.jp/ee/articles/2401/25/news052_2.html"&gt;EE Times 🇯🇵&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.techinsights.com/blog/apple-m3-ultra"&gt;Tech Insights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://eetimes.itmedia.co.jp/ee/articles/2503/18/news049_3.html"&gt;…nor does the M4 Max&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reticle limits&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-sFj3xLo4qv48vAcV5dXWzIRhfTux8x-QSeWNmINUI/edit?gid=525419633#gid=525419633"&gt;Apple Silicon info Google Sheet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apple&amp;#8217;s multi-OS redesign (via Jon Tatum)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.relay.fm/radar/314"&gt;Under the Radar #314: Optimism vs. Pessimism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino"&gt;Something is Rotten in the State of Cupertino&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/apple_is_delaying_the_more_personalized_siri_apple_intelligence_features"&gt;Apple confirms [one] Siri delay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/555"&gt;Upgrade #555: What You Are Is What You Ship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_matter_of_programming"&gt;SMOP: Simple Matter Of Programming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask ATP:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do we set our phones on a surface face-up or face-down? (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@aaronbushnell/113731883791085786"&gt;Aaron Bushnell&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What&amp;#8217;s up with version numbers these days? (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.world/@oconnorjp/114031153637692028"&gt;Joe O&amp;#8217;Connor&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://semver.org/"&gt;Semantic Versioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: Restaurant soft opening results&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: &lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-introduces-news-plus-food/"&gt;Apple News+ Food&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.paprikaapp.com/"&gt;Paprika&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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Metallica on Vision Pro, the Apple Intelligence Siri delay, and the partial opening of the restaurant.

631: The Colors Are the Pepperoni

<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Marco went to the bank wrong&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vision Pro Corner

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;New &lt;em&gt;Adventure&lt;/em&gt; episode: &lt;a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/adventure/umc.cmc.5al10vz5fkqzxonreq110ony0"&gt;Deep Water Solo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Spatial Gallery&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Metallica immersive special &lt;a href="https://www.metallica.com/news/2025-03-11-metallica-apple-immersive-concert-film.html"&gt;is coming&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh93kmgZvUg"&gt;Virginia Tech 🤝🏻 &lt;em&gt;Enter Sandman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;iPad Air corner

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;#8220;2× bass&amp;#8221; false alarm

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/13-inch-ipad-air-m3-chip-no-double-bass/"&gt;404&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Appeal

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Affordable big screen (notes &lt;a href="https://podcastindex.social/@js/114133952981032920"&gt;John Spurlock&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🗣️ ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE PEOPLE LIKE COLOR 🗣️ (via Ryan Manly)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Portrait-only iPad apps (via Matt Rippetoe)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mas.to/@Jochel/114132356881250911"&gt;Example video from Fabian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More on colors (via Yossi Kanner)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/07/new-macbook-air-corrects-design-mistake/"&gt;MacBook Air&amp;#8217;s keyboard has new mute iconography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Regarding the &amp;#8220;Hidra&amp;#8221;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/562"&gt;ATP #562: Do You Have a Dragon?&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8mhpojD4XI&amp;amp;t=2068s"&gt;Interview with Srouji&lt;/a&gt; (timestamp link)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra"&gt;Lernaean Hydra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-09/apple-ipad-air-mac-studio-macbook-air-thoughts-company-explores-smart-glasses"&gt;Gurman on the M4 Ultra &amp;amp; Hidra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Early M3 Ultra benchmarks from &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/"&gt;Geekbench 6&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GPU: &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/3785744"&gt;M3 Ultra Metal&lt;/a&gt;: 259,668

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;10% faster than &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/3795599"&gt;M2 Ultra Mac Studio&amp;#8217;s best&lt;/a&gt; at 231,757&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;20% faster than &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/metal-benchmarks"&gt;M2 Ultra Mac Studio&amp;#8217;s average&lt;/a&gt; at 209,003&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CPU:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/10933046"&gt;M3 Ultra single core&lt;/a&gt;: 3,144

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;~10% faster than &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/10918502"&gt;M2 Ultra Mac Studio&amp;#8217;s best&lt;/a&gt; at 2,813&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;~20% slower than &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-pro-16-inch-2024-16c-cpu"&gt;M4 Max MacBook Pro&amp;#8217;s average&lt;/a&gt; at 3,921&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/10933046"&gt;M3 Ultra multi-core&lt;/a&gt;: 28,119

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;~25% faster than &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/mac-studio-2023-24c-cpu-60c-gpu"&gt;M2 Ultra Mac Studio&amp;#8217;s average&lt;/a&gt; at 21,373&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;~10% faster than &lt;a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-pro-16-inch-2024-16c-cpu"&gt;M4 Max MacBook Pro&amp;#8217;s average&lt;/a&gt; at 25,647&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/m4-max-and-m3-ultra-mac-studio-review-a-weird-update-but-it-mostly-works/"&gt;More from Ars Technica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/16/apple-working-on-larger-imac/"&gt;Apple is working on a larger iMac?&lt;/a&gt; (AKA &lt;em&gt;John tries to save face&lt;/em&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/473"&gt;ATP #473: Fanboats and Coattails&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://overcast.fm/+R7DWJClow/1:31:16"&gt;Overcast link to 1:31:16&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Threads timeline setting update

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/616"&gt;ATP #616: I Have No Grippers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305690/threads-default-following-feed-test"&gt;The Verge&amp;#8217;s article (25 November 2024)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thoughts on Feedback&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/apple-readies-dramatic-design-overhauls-for-ios-19-ipados-19-and-macos-16"&gt;Apple is allegedly &amp;#8220;dramatically&amp;#8221; redesigning the UI for its next OSes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: John&amp;#8217;s speaker update

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4hlDD2F"&gt;Vanatoo Transparent Zero Plus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3FlzNcx"&gt;ADAM Audio D3V&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3F2GoIX"&gt;Kanto ORA&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4c87IBG"&gt;Kanto S2 speaker stands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/43nSeHz"&gt;Kanto ORA4&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4bNE9VZ"&gt;Kanto S4 speaker stands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/"&gt;SoundSource&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: Some Volkswagen news

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64054081/vw-id-every1-concept-revealed/"&gt;VW&amp;#8217;s ID.Every1 Concept&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-reintroducing-physical-controls-vital-functions"&gt;Physical buttons are coming back! 🥹&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/world-premiere-of-the-id-2all-concept-the-electric-car-from-volkswagen-costing-less-than-25000-euros-15625"&gt;ID.2all concept&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/626311/vw-physical-controls-buttons-coming-id-2-all"&gt;The Verge&amp;#8217;s coverage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/models/es90/2026/pressreleases"&gt;Volvo ES90&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24091043/euro-ncap-safety-rating-europe-2026-touchscreen-buttons-dials"&gt;Euro NCAP puts their foot down&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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Mac Studio benchmarks, Mac Pro chip rumors, the value of products with colors, and the rumored UI redesigns that may come to this fall's Apple OSes.

630: Time to Spiral

<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🗣️ New &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;ATP Member&lt;/a&gt; Special: &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/atp-tier-list-corporate-logos"&gt;ATP Tier List: Corporate Logos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1896589954517701057"&gt;Tim Cook teaser&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://512pixels.net/2025/03/theres-something-in-the-air/"&gt;History lesson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/"&gt;Mac Studio&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-unveils-new-mac-studio-the-most-powerful-mac-ever/"&gt;General announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-reveals-m3-ultra-taking-apple-silicon-to-a-new-extreme/"&gt;M&lt;strong&gt;3&lt;/strong&gt; Ultra announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;M3 Ultra

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/apple-announces-m3-ultra-and-says-not-every-generation-will-see-an-ultra-chip/"&gt;Ars Technica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It is 2× M3 Max&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/apple-confirms-m4-max-lacks-ultrafusion/"&gt;According to&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="https://www.numerama.com/tech/1919213-m4-max-et-m3-ultra-letrange-choix-dapple-avec-le-mac-studio.html"&gt;🇫🇷 website&lt;/a&gt;: no interposer in M4 Max&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-11/apple-aapl-readies-m4-chip-mac-line-including-new-macbook-air-and-mac-pro"&gt;Gurman in April 2024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-air"&gt;M4 MacBook Air&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-the-m4-chip-and-a-sky-blue-color/"&gt;Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/ipad-11/"&gt;iPad&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6GB RAM, &lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/new-ipad-with-a16-chip-has-more-ram/"&gt;as was foretold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-11/apple-aapl-readies-m4-chip-mac-line-including-new-macbook-air-and-mac-pro?embedded-checkout=true"&gt;Gurman misssed on this one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/ipad-air/"&gt;iPad Air&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-introduces-ipad-air-with-powerful-m3-chip-and-new-magic-keyboard/"&gt;Announcement&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/13-inch-ipad-air-m3-chip-no-double-bass/"&gt;Audio regression?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: 

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Casey does free labor for Apple&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;John&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="https://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?prodID=16936&amp;amp;prodName=GigaWorks+T40&amp;amp;page=0"&gt;computer speakers&lt;/a&gt; are dying ☹️

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Possible replacement #1: &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3F2GoIX"&gt;Kanto ORA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Possible replacement #2: &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/43nSeHz"&gt;Kanto ORA4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: Siri is falling ever-further behind

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/apple-s-long-promised-ai-overhaul-for-siri-runs-into-bugs-possible-delays"&gt;Next-gen Siri is delayed?&lt;/a&gt; (14 February)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-02/apple-siri-compared-with-alexa-m4-macbook-air-and-ipad-air-2025-coming-soon-m7rn2k2y"&gt;Apple Intelligence Reaches Make-or-Break Point?&lt;/a&gt; (3 March)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113636297972051767"&gt;Siri remains trash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/619755/amazon-alexa-ai-upgrade-artificial-intelligence-smart-assistant"&gt;Amazon steps up to the AI plate&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/amazon-alexa/622172/amazon-alexa-plus-panos-panay-interview"&gt;Interview with Panos Panay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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The M4 MacBook Air, M4/M3 Mac Studio, A16 iPad, and M3 iPad Air.

629: An Upsetting and Confusing Time to Be Me

<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Marco messed with the system

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/field-recorders/field-recorders/f1-lp/"&gt;Zoom F1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sounddevices.com/product/usbpre-2/"&gt;USB Pre 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/jotunheim-1"&gt;Schiit Jotunheim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up: 

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;New &amp;#8220;Boundless&amp;#8221; immersive episode: &lt;a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/arctic-surfing/umc.cmc.3bjrm93ij86c726522v61bxi8?showId=umc.cmc.2y2ypiwhg8dp8027p47jfhlf1"&gt;Arctic Surfing&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/26/apple-tv-announces-bono-documentary-the-first-feature-length-apple-immersive-film-for-apple-vision-pro/"&gt;Bono Autobiography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prospects for humanoid robots&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;macOS testing (via Anonymous)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;With apologies to &lt;a href="https://duck.haus/@joesteel/114038230707505591"&gt;Joe Rosensteel&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sixcolors.com/member/2023/08/57-app-icons-and-nothing-good-on/"&gt;Exhibit A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://joe-steel.com/2023-10-30-Apps-Are-Now-Flops-Tabs-Are-Now-Sidebars.html"&gt;Exhibit B&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://joe-steel.com/2024-06-04-Not-a-WWDC-Wish-List.html#tv-app"&gt;Exhibit C&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Netflix&amp;#8217;s Apple TV integration

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It&amp;#8217;s more than just the app (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@vishae/114052256003653862"&gt;Serena&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What purpose does the TV app serve? (via &lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dluz/114049261233998084"&gt;Daniel Luz&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Implementation details (via Anonymous)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/iphone-16e/"&gt;iPhone 16e&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name implications&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Possible role? (via Patch)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apple C1

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2614585/iphone-16e-without-magsafe-apple-modem-c1-is-the-reason.html"&gt;MagSafe isn&amp;#8217;t a problem&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/21/iphone-16e-magsafe-c1-modem-testing/"&gt;No, really&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/20/apple-says-c1-modem-is-just-the-start/"&gt;C1 is &amp;#8220;just the start&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0faCad2kKeg"&gt;Wendover video link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It&amp;#8217;s really quite impressive (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfernandes/114042441460257586"&gt;Pedro Fernandes&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;0.0000000000000316 W&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4UiSuWEtMY"&gt;Andru Edwards&amp;#8217; Behind-the-Scenes Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Qualcomm licensure? (via &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/476"&gt;Casey in episode 476&lt;/a&gt; at around 40m)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/08/11/19-16122.pdf"&gt;FTC vs. Qualcomm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-licensing/qualcomm-easing-licensing-terms-in-bid-to-strike-deals-idUSKBN1HX08K/"&gt;2018 article on licensing costs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/qualcomm-cuts-cap-for-phone-licensing-fees-hopes-to-settle-with-apple-this-year/"&gt;The licensing costs were also lowered in 2018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-23/apple-abandons-budget-phones-inside-apple-s-modem-m4-macbook-air-launch-timing"&gt;Gurman on future Cx chips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/20/kuo-iphone-17-models-apple-designed-wi-fi-7-chip/"&gt;Apple investigates custom Wi-Fi chips as well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114043540322770608"&gt;Apple approves new wording for emails&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@pretz/114049106547682813"&gt;Not just in the EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-21/apple-removes-end-to-end-encryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order"&gt;Apple pulls Advanced Data Protection in the UK&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/apple_pulls_advanced_data_protection_from_the_uk"&gt;Full statement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@twostraws/114042599969661375"&gt;Screenshot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Time for pressure (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@Berbakay/114043013559118849"&gt;Berbakay&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🎉 &lt;a href="https://hypercritical.co/2025/02/25/hyperspace"&gt;Hyperspace is out&lt;/a&gt;!!! 🎉&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/618190/apple-iphone-17-camera-module-leaks-renders"&gt;iPhone 17 camera bumps&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/majinbuofficial/status/1893715103293272506?s=61"&gt;Leak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/"&gt;Apple pledges $500B domestic spend&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/552"&gt;Upgrade #552: Table for Six&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://apple.news/Af39ohlAiSN-mqCLDiBWEQw"&gt;Woes in North Carolina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: The &lt;a href="https://hypercritical.co/hyperspace/images/hyperspace-icon-512.png"&gt;Hyperspace icon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: New &amp;#8220;Apple-like&amp;#8221; camera: &lt;a href="https://www.sigma-global.com/en/cameras/bf/"&gt;Sigma BF&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3aWpngPnFI"&gt;Introductory video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGwciz9mdw&amp;amp;t=246s"&gt;PetaPixel&amp;#8217;s first reaction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://l-mount.com/en/q-and-a"&gt;L-Mount lens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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John launches Hyperspace! (That's not the smell. The app is great.)

628: There’s a Certain Smell

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