612: Screen on Face

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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