<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;🗣️ New &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;ATP Member&amp;#8217;s&lt;/a&gt; Special: &lt;a href="https://atp.fm/atp-tier-list-automotive-logos"&gt;ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos&lt;/a&gt; 🗣️&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We&amp;#8217;ll talk TCL/Sony next week!

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/21/sony-tcl-tvs"&gt;Gruber&amp;#8217;s post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTvRo7JkUFX/"&gt;Top Dogs is coming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;#8220;Cloud technology&amp;#8221;?

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/"&gt;Google&amp;#8217;s blog post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/ios-27-apple-to-revamp-siri-as-built-in-iphone-mac-chatbot-to-fend-off-openai"&gt;Gurman&amp;#8217;s post&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clipboard hijacking

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@caladan/115909473640283756"&gt;It&amp;#8217;s an Apple thing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@vitor/115916376561486711"&gt;No, really&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Indonesia is not small&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MainStage is not new (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@miketaffet/115922977885901347"&gt;Mike Taffet&lt;/a&gt; et al)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mixonline.com/technology/nine-inch-nails-mainstage-tech-mat-mitchell-interview-378158"&gt;Interview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apple&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/product/bmge2z/a/pro-apps-bundle-for-education"&gt;Pro Apps Bundle&lt;/a&gt; still exists for education users (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.art/@pekka/115911424042946527"&gt;Pekka Salonen&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pro apps free trials

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prior art (via &lt;a href="https://chaos.social/@fi/115907246408928236"&gt;Karoline&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The trials are full versions (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115910127326975360"&gt;Ian Robinson&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Monitors at CES

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DisplayPort alternate mode for USB-C&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What about color accuracy?

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data"&gt;Extended Display Identification Data&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://justin.searls.co/takes/2025-12-26-10h43m09s/"&gt;ProMotion in Safari&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;iOS: &lt;code&gt;Settings&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Apps&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Safari&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Advanced&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Feature Flags&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://testufo.com/"&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vision Pro &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; have Keynote&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Icons in Tahoe menus

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/"&gt;Nikita Prokopov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/"&gt;Jim Nielsen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://typo.social/@colinmford/115843487686708201"&gt;Colin M. Ford&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jasonact/115844558177567229"&gt;an explanation&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/menus#Icons"&gt;Apple&amp;#8217;s guidelines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/"&gt;You don&amp;#8217;t have bad aim; it&amp;#8217;s Tahoe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://robservatory.com/block-the-upgrade-to-tahoe-alerts-and-system-settings-indicator/"&gt;How to prevent Tahoe update nags&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://manytricks.com/"&gt;Many Tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/intro-to-device-management-profiles-depc0aadd3fe/web"&gt;Device management profiles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mstdn.social/@rgriff/115911291324085543"&gt;Actually it&amp;#8217;s a bug 🤭&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask ATP:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Was Alan Dye a better or worse steward of software design that Jony Ive? (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@austinha/115737272603627687"&gt;Austin&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Will Alan Dye&amp;#8217;s departure effect a touchscreen MacBook Pro? (via Tom Armstrong)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is our favorite macOS style? (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.au/@v600/115671553030178702"&gt;Nate&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://512pixels.net/projects/aqua-screenshot-library/"&gt;macOS Screenshot Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: John&amp;#8217;s migration continues

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://hypercritical.co/fastmail"&gt;John&amp;#8217;s Fastmail referral link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron"&gt;Cron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://namecheap.com/"&gt;Namecheap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cloudflare.com"&gt;Cloudflare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://code.claude.com/docs"&gt;Claude Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV_(video_format)#Magnetic_tape"&gt;MiniDV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-status-board/"&gt;StatusBoard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://grafana.com/"&gt;Grafana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://prometheus.io/"&gt;Prometheus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.iconfactory.com/2022/04/candybar-sugar-free-edition/"&gt;CandyBar&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: &lt;a href="https://fenderaudio.com/products/mix"&gt;Fender&amp;#8217;s first wireless headphones&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/850879/fender-mix-wireless-headphones-bluetooth-modular-replaceable-battery"&gt;The Verge coverage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k3qE3EPrkE"&gt;Demo video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4snDzpO"&gt;Sony WH-1000XM6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/"&gt;Auracast&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_5.2"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://electronics.sony.com/audio/headphones/all-headphones/p/mdr7506"&gt;Sony MDR-7506&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sponsored by:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://squarespace.com/atp"&gt;Squarespace&lt;/a&gt;: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code &lt;strong&gt;atp&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://zapier.com/atp"&gt;Zapier&lt;/a&gt;: Put AI to work across your company—for real.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://joindeleteme.com/ATP"&gt;DeleteMe&lt;/a&gt;: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Become a member&lt;/a&gt; for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load

JAN 22, 2026126 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load

JAN 22, 2026126 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey</li> <li>🗣️ New <a href="https://atp.fm/join">ATP Member&#8217;s</a> Special: <a href="https://atp.fm/atp-tier-list-automotive-logos">ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos</a> 🗣️</li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>We&#8217;ll talk TCL/Sony next week! <ul> <li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/21/sony-tcl-tvs">Gruber&#8217;s post</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTvRo7JkUFX/">Top Dogs is coming</a></li> <li>&#8220;Cloud technology&#8221;? <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/">Google&#8217;s blog post</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/ios-27-apple-to-revamp-siri-as-built-in-iphone-mac-chatbot-to-fend-off-openai">Gurman&#8217;s post</a> </li> </ul></li> <li>Clipboard hijacking <ul> <li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caladan/115909473640283756">It&#8217;s an Apple thing</a></li> <li><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@vitor/115916376561486711">No, really</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Indonesia is not small</li> <li>MainStage is not new (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@miketaffet/115922977885901347">Mike Taffet</a> et al) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.mixonline.com/technology/nine-inch-nails-mainstage-tech-mat-mitchell-interview-378158">Interview</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Apple&#8217;s <a href="https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/product/bmge2z/a/pro-apps-bundle-for-education">Pro Apps Bundle</a> still exists for education users (via <a href="https://mastodon.art/@pekka/115911424042946527">Pekka Salonen</a>)</li> <li>Pro apps free trials <ul> <li>Prior art (via <a href="https://chaos.social/@fi/115907246408928236">Karoline</a>)</li> <li>The trials are full versions (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115910127326975360">Ian Robinson</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Monitors at CES <ul> <li>DisplayPort alternate mode for USB-C</li> <li>What about color accuracy? <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data">Extended Display Identification Data</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://justin.searls.co/takes/2025-12-26-10h43m09s/">ProMotion in Safari</a> <ul> <li>iOS: <code>Settings</code> → <code>Apps</code> → <code>Safari</code> → <code>Advanced</code> → <code>Feature Flags</code></li> <li><a href="https://testufo.com/">Test</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Vision Pro <em>does</em> have Keynote</li> </ul></li> <li>Icons in Tahoe menus <ul> <li><a href="https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/">Nikita Prokopov</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/">Jim Nielsen</a></li> <li><a href="https://typo.social/@colinmford/115843487686708201">Colin M. Ford</a> (and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jasonact/115844558177567229">an explanation</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/menus#Icons">Apple&#8217;s guidelines</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/">You don&#8217;t have bad aim; it&#8217;s Tahoe</a></li> <li><a href="https://robservatory.com/block-the-upgrade-to-tahoe-alerts-and-system-settings-indicator/">How to prevent Tahoe update nags</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://manytricks.com/">Many Tricks</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/intro-to-device-management-profiles-depc0aadd3fe/web">Device management profiles</a></li> <li><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rgriff/115911291324085543">Actually it&#8217;s a bug 🤭</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Ask ATP: <ul> <li>Was Alan Dye a better or worse steward of software design that Jony Ive? (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@austinha/115737272603627687">Austin</a>)</li> <li>Will Alan Dye&#8217;s departure effect a touchscreen MacBook Pro? (via Tom Armstrong)</li> <li>What is our favorite macOS style? (via <a href="https://mastodon.au/@v600/115671553030178702">Nate</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://512pixels.net/projects/aqua-screenshot-library/">macOS Screenshot Library</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: John&#8217;s migration continues <ul> <li><a href="https://hypercritical.co/fastmail">John&#8217;s Fastmail referral link</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron">Cron</a></li> <li><a href="https://namecheap.com/">Namecheap</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com">Cloudflare</a></li> <li><a href="https://code.claude.com/docs">Claude Code</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV_(video_format)#Magnetic_tape">MiniDV</a></li> <li><a href="https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-status-board/">StatusBoard</a></li> <li><a href="https://grafana.com/">Grafana</a></li> <li><a href="https://prometheus.io/">Prometheus</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.iconfactory.com/2022/04/candybar-sugar-free-edition/">CandyBar</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: <a href="https://fenderaudio.com/products/mix">Fender&#8217;s first wireless headphones</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/850879/fender-mix-wireless-headphones-bluetooth-modular-replaceable-battery">The Verge coverage</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k3qE3EPrkE">Demo video</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4snDzpO">Sony WH-1000XM6</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/">Auracast</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_5.2">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://electronics.sony.com/audio/headphones/all-headphones/p/mdr7506">Sony MDR-7506</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://squarespace.com/atp">Squarespace</a>: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code <strong>atp</strong>.</li> <li><a href="https://zapier.com/atp">Zapier</a>: Put AI to work across your company—for real.</li> <li><a href="https://joindeleteme.com/ATP">DeleteMe</a>: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Become a member</a> for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!</p>