<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: 

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Marco beach… and app… cleanup results

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUmXkwGiTi9/"&gt;Instagram reel that John found&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dueapp.com"&gt;Due&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4ajQemM"&gt;YoLink Water Leak Starter Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We&amp;#8217;re recording ✨from the future✨.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up: 

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Should Casey look at a used &lt;a href="https://lucidmotors.com/air"&gt;Lucid Air&lt;/a&gt; for ~$50k?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Marco&amp;#8217;s &lt;s&gt;defection&lt;/s&gt; move to Chrome (via &lt;a href="https://snailedit.social/@sarvagnan/116017760703600357"&gt;Sarvagnan&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/imputnet/helium-macos/"&gt;Helium Browser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unduck.link/"&gt;unduck.link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Window resizing in Tahoe (via &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/116041173008076596"&gt;Jeff Johnson&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://noheger.at/blog/2026/02/12/resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe-the-saga-continues/"&gt;&amp;#8220;Resolved Issue&amp;#8221; → &amp;#8220;Known Issue&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://obdev.at/"&gt;Objective Development&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://obdev.at/launchbar"&gt;LaunchBar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://obdev.at/littlesnitch"&gt;Little Snitch&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.youtube.com/watch?v=QLK6ixQpQsQ"&gt;AirTag 2 &amp;amp; speaker tampering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cloudflare Open Access (via George Black)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPHYM48SETc"&gt;Explanatory video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@fastmail/116015930577719087"&gt;Fastmail 🤝🏻 Perl&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/"&gt;Fastmail&amp;#8217;s donation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://hypercritical.co/fastmail"&gt;John&amp;#8217;s referral link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another Apple purchase migration warning (via Nick)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/117294"&gt;Support document&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://apps.apple.com/us/app/youtube-for-visionos/id6745572359"&gt;YouTube is on visionOS&lt;/a&gt; (App Store link)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/04/apple-studio-display-2-unusual-feature-rumor/"&gt;Studio Display 2 to be… 90Hz&lt;/a&gt;? 🤨&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/03/apple-seemingly-avoiding-latest-chip-tech/"&gt;New devices not on the latest-and-greatest TSMC process?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Where are you, M5 Pro MacBook Pro?

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/04/new-m5-chips-ios-26-3-beta/"&gt;Juli Clover at MacRumors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/09/leak-suggests-apples-m5-pro-and-m5-max-may-be-the-same-chip/"&gt;Ben Lovejoy at 9to5 Mac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/23/m5-pro-chip-could-separate-cpu-and-gpu-in-server-grade-chips/"&gt;Ben in December 202&lt;strong&gt;4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/VadimYuryev/status/2019854598547308644"&gt;Vadim Yuryev (of MaxTech)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask ATP:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What kind of battery backup should one use? (via Allen Shull)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4tBwcf8"&gt;Casey&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;tailgate battery&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/models/eu7000is"&gt;Casey&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;bequeathed&amp;#8221; generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tesla.com/powerwall"&gt;Tesla Powerwall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why do we think Ternus is a good idea as CEO? (via Kevin B.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What&amp;#8217;s the deal with &lt;code&gt;Save As…&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Duplicate&lt;/code&gt;, etc? (via &lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@VonWalther/115944566561600709"&gt;Carl Walther&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The new document model was actually introduced in &lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7/#page-7"&gt;Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More from &lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/os-x-10-8/#document-model"&gt;John’s Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion review in in 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: &lt;a href="https://www.caseyliss.com/2026/2/2/status-board"&gt;Casey&amp;#8217;s Status Board&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://atp.fm/join"&gt;Members-only&lt;/a&gt; ATP Overtime: Apparently &lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/streaming/873416/piracy-streaming-boxes"&gt;everyone is stealing TV&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReplayTV"&gt;ReplayTV&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://gusto.com/ATP"&gt;Gusto&lt;/a&gt;: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses.&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://1password.com/atp"&gt;1Password&lt;/a&gt;: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users&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

679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself

FEB 16, 2026120 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

679: An Adversarial Relationship With Myself

FEB 16, 2026120 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: <ul> <li>Marco beach… and app… cleanup results <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUmXkwGiTi9/">Instagram reel that John found</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dueapp.com">Due</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4ajQemM">YoLink Water Leak Starter Kit</a></li> </ul></li> <li>We&#8217;re recording ✨from the future✨.</li> </ul></li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Should Casey look at a used <a href="https://lucidmotors.com/air">Lucid Air</a> for ~$50k?</li> <li>Marco&#8217;s <s>defection</s> move to Chrome (via <a href="https://snailedit.social/@sarvagnan/116017760703600357">Sarvagnan</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/imputnet/helium-macos/">Helium Browser</a></li> <li><a href="https://unduck.link/">unduck.link</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Window resizing in Tahoe (via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/116041173008076596">Jeff Johnson</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://noheger.at/blog/2026/02/12/resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe-the-saga-continues/">&#8220;Resolved Issue&#8221; → &#8220;Known Issue&#8221;</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://obdev.at/">Objective Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://obdev.at/launchbar">LaunchBar</a></li> <li><a href="https://obdev.at/littlesnitch">Little Snitch</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLK6ixQpQsQ">AirTag 2 &amp; speaker tampering</a></li> <li>Cloudflare Open Access (via George Black) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPHYM48SETc">Explanatory video</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fastmail/116015930577719087">Fastmail 🤝🏻 Perl</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/">Fastmail&#8217;s donation</a></li> <li><a href="https://hypercritical.co/fastmail">John&#8217;s referral link</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Another Apple purchase migration warning (via Nick) <ul> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/117294">Support document</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/youtube-for-visionos/id6745572359">YouTube is on visionOS</a> (App Store link)</li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/04/apple-studio-display-2-unusual-feature-rumor/">Studio Display 2 to be… 90Hz</a>? 🤨</li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/03/apple-seemingly-avoiding-latest-chip-tech/">New devices not on the latest-and-greatest TSMC process?</a></li> <li>Where are you, M5 Pro MacBook Pro? <ul> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/04/new-m5-chips-ios-26-3-beta/">Juli Clover at MacRumors</a></li> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/09/leak-suggests-apples-m5-pro-and-m5-max-may-be-the-same-chip/">Ben Lovejoy at 9to5 Mac</a></li> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/23/m5-pro-chip-could-separate-cpu-and-gpu-in-server-grade-chips/">Ben in December 202<strong>4</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/VadimYuryev/status/2019854598547308644">Vadim Yuryev (of MaxTech)</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Ask ATP: <ul> <li>What kind of battery backup should one use? (via Allen Shull) <ul> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4tBwcf8">Casey&#8217;s &#8220;tailgate battery&#8221;</a></li> <li><a href="https://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/models/eu7000is">Casey&#8217;s &#8220;bequeathed&#8221; generator</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tesla.com/powerwall">Tesla Powerwall</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Why do we think Ternus is a good idea as CEO? (via Kevin B.)</li> <li>What&#8217;s the deal with <code>Save As…</code>, <code>Duplicate</code>, etc? (via <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@VonWalther/115944566561600709">Carl Walther</a>) <ul> <li>The new document model was actually introduced in <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7/#page-7">Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in 2011</a></li> <li>More from <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/os-x-10-8/#document-model">John’s Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion review in in 2012</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: <a href="https://www.caseyliss.com/2026/2/2/status-board">Casey&#8217;s Status Board</a></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: Apparently <a href="https://www.theverge.com/streaming/873416/piracy-streaming-boxes">everyone is stealing TV</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReplayTV">ReplayTV</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://gusto.com/ATP">Gusto</a>: Payroll and benefits software built for small businesses.</li> <li><a href="https://zapier.com/atp">Zapier</a>: Put AI to work across your company—for real.</li> <li><a href="https://1password.com/atp">1Password</a>: Award-winning password manager trusted by millions of users</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>