664: Humanity Gets in the Way

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Pre-show: Casey dropped his 17 Pro
• 🗣️ The ATP Holiday Store is back! Order before 9 November! 🗣️
  • T568A & T568B
    • Idea courtesy Adam Brandon
  • Don’t Stop Believin’…
• An aside about podcast chapters and Apple’s recent news
• Follow-up:
  • The current MacBook Pro design is from the M1 (via Ben Mattison)
  • More dashed Mac Pro dreams
    • Apple’s internal chip codename nomenclature
    • Variants
      • P = A_
      • G = A_X / A_Z / M_
      • S = M_ Pro
      • C = M_ Max
      • D = M_ Ultra
      • X = M_ Pro/Max/Ultra
    • Examples
      • A11 = H10P
      • A12X = H11G
      • A14 = H13P
      • M1 = H13G
      • M2 Pro = H14S
    • GPUs use G instead of H
    • More island/chip names from 26.1 RC:
      • Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/arm/cpuid.h
      • Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/mach/machine.h
      • Apple codenames
  • John’s tale of Xcode 26.1 woe
  • John’s un-fixed Electron apps
  • More clipboard history options in macOS 26.1
  • M5 MacBook Pro speed tests
    • MaxTech
• Casey has tried the new Developer Strap
  • Accessibility → Audio & Visual → Balance
• An aside about nanotexture displays
  • Marco’s current iPad paper-texture overlay
• Casey upgraded to Tahoe
  • Funky sidebar icon
• /r/overcast
  • Under the Radar #330: Engaging with Reddit
  • Meltdown in the ProCreate subreddit over a painting of Master Chief
• Post-show: Marco plays with 3D printing
  • Tinkercad
  • Bambu
  • Eric Welander’s video about Gridfinity
  • Toybox
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Joanna Stern tries Neo, the household “robot”
  • WSJ Article (or On Apple News+)
  • QWOP

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