<description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow-up:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Backblaze &amp;amp; cloud backups

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bombich.com/"&gt;Carbon Copy Cloner&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein)

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.bombich.com/hc/en-us/articles/20686419951767-Backing-up-the-content-of-cloud-storage-volumes"&gt;Support document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.maestral.app/"&gt;Maestral&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Arq&amp;#8217;s approach (via &lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dluz/116505870602615193"&gt;Daniel Luz&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Neo-ing… other things&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)#Claude_Mythos"&gt;Mythos&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What makes this different (via William Moran)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/amid-mythos-hyped-cybersecurity-prowess-researchers-find-gpt-5-5-is-just-as-good/"&gt;GPT-5.5 is equivalent?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/04/22/high-quality-chaos/"&gt;cURL security/bug reports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/922243/linux-cve-2026-3141-copy-fail-exploit"&gt;Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/01/mac-mini-now-starts-at-799/"&gt;AI is still ruining everything&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/07/apple-drop-base-macbook-neo-costs-climb/"&gt;See also: MacBook Neo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.culpium.com/p/apple-doubles-macbook-neo-production"&gt;More from Tim Culpan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tapbots.social/@paul/116525303153369071"&gt;Paul Haddad&amp;#8217;s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;An examination of Apple&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_expenditure"&gt;CapEx&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/30/apples-rd-spending-hits-new-record-as-ai-investment-ramps-up/"&gt;Apple&amp;#8217;s R&amp;amp;D spending hits new record&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG%26A"&gt;SG&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://spyglass.org/apple-crazy-capex/"&gt;MG Siegler&amp;#8217;s take&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234315814/apple-cancels-electric-car"&gt;Project Titan died in Febraury 2024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ultra all the things

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw3wvp5e8sE"&gt;iPhone Ultra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/24/macbook-ultra-up-to-six-new-features/"&gt;MacBook Ultra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/apple-s-camera-equipped-airpods-reach-advanced-testing-stage-in-ai-device-push"&gt;AirPods Ultra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-likely-abandoned-ipad-ultra-plans/"&gt;iPad Ultra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apple Watch Ultra 4&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mac Ultra&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3125389/imac-ultra-pro-display-xdr-design-processor-screen.html"&gt;iMac Ultra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask ATP:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post-show: Marco&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="https://shorewalkers.org/great-saunter/"&gt;Great Saunter&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ashokanrailtrail.com/"&gt;Ashokan Rail Trail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/saunter-map/id6765681402"&gt;Saunter Map App&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pedometer.app/"&gt;Pedometer++&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDSYW4MZ/?tag=marcoorg-20"&gt;Suunto Race S Titanium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons"&gt;Barkley Marathons&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IUKC9gS-8"&gt;Documentary trailer&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: &lt;a href="https://unsung.aresluna.org/photoshops-challenges-with-focus-pt-2/"&gt;Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/adobe-out-of-photoshop/"&gt;Jason&amp;#8217;s take&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048879"&gt;Foster Brereton&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049025"&gt;&lt;code&gt;somebehemoth&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049328"&gt;&lt;code&gt;Neywiny&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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

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&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;
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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

690: Turn Left at the Next Tree

MAY 8, 2026115 MIN
Accidental Tech Podcast

690: Turn Left at the Next Tree

MAY 8, 2026115 MIN

Description

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧</li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Backblaze &amp; cloud backups <ul> <li><a href="https://bombich.com/">Carbon Copy Cloner</a> &amp; Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein) <ul> <li><a href="https://support.bombich.com/hc/en-us/articles/20686419951767-Backing-up-the-content-of-cloud-storage-volumes">Support document</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.maestral.app/">Maestral</a></li> <li>Arq&#8217;s approach (via <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dluz/116505870602615193">Daniel Luz</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Neo-ing… other things</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)#Claude_Mythos">Mythos</a> <ul> <li>What makes this different (via William Moran)</li> <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/amid-mythos-hyped-cybersecurity-prowess-researchers-find-gpt-5-5-is-just-as-good/">GPT-5.5 is equivalent?</a></li> <li><a href="https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/04/22/high-quality-chaos/">cURL security/bug reports</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/922243/linux-cve-2026-3141-copy-fail-exploit">Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/01/mac-mini-now-starts-at-799/">AI is still ruining everything</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/07/apple-drop-base-macbook-neo-costs-climb/">See also: MacBook Neo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.culpium.com/p/apple-doubles-macbook-neo-production">More from Tim Culpan</a></li> <li><a href="https://tapbots.social/@paul/116525303153369071">Paul Haddad&#8217;s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay</a></li> </ul></li> <li>An examination of Apple&#8217;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_expenditure">CapEx</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/30/apples-rd-spending-hits-new-record-as-ai-investment-ramps-up/">Apple&#8217;s R&amp;D spending hits new record</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG%26A">SG&amp;A</a></li> <li><a href="https://spyglass.org/apple-crazy-capex/">MG Siegler&#8217;s take</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1234315814/apple-cancels-electric-car">Project Titan died in Febraury 2024</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Ultra all the things <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw3wvp5e8sE">iPhone Ultra</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/24/macbook-ultra-up-to-six-new-features/">MacBook Ultra</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/apple-s-camera-equipped-airpods-reach-advanced-testing-stage-in-ai-device-push">AirPods Ultra</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-likely-abandoned-ipad-ultra-plans/">iPad Ultra</a></li> <li>Apple Watch Ultra 4</li> <li>Mac Ultra</li> <li><a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3125389/imac-ultra-pro-display-xdr-design-processor-screen.html">iMac Ultra</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Ask ATP: <ul> <li>What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy)</li> </ul></li> <li>Post-show: Marco&#8217;s <a href="https://shorewalkers.org/great-saunter/">Great Saunter</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://ashokanrailtrail.com/">Ashokan Rail Trail</a></li> <li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/saunter-map/id6765681402">Saunter Map App</a></li> <li><a href="https://pedometer.app/">Pedometer++</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDSYW4MZ/?tag=marcoorg-20">Suunto Race S Titanium</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons">Barkley Marathons</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IUKC9gS-8">Documentary trailer</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://atp.fm/join">Members-only</a> ATP Overtime: <a href="https://unsung.aresluna.org/photoshops-challenges-with-focus-pt-2/">Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/adobe-out-of-photoshop/">Jason&#8217;s take</a></li> <li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048879">Foster Brereton</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049025"><code>somebehemoth</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049328"><code>Neywiny</code></a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://factormeals.com/atp50off">Factor</a>: Healthy eating, made easy.</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>