Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results
Goose
Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025
Allianz Ampitheater
Chicken Salad Chick
Nugs.net
ZZQ
Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:
Hungersite
Give it Time
How it Ends
Dripfield
Follow-up:
ATP in the wild
Original report form Richard Earney
Follow-up by Matt Smith
Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella
AirPods 3
Ear Lottery
Michael corroborates Marco’s experience
…but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope
…and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer
Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison
Live translation results
David Schaub’s horror story about filling up your phone
Mike Taffet does science on iPhone ↔ iPhone transfers
Marco’s USB odyssey
Jack Wellborn had a similar experience
Syd Polk wonders if it’s a Sequoia thing
(Among others) Fabien theorizes its’ an alignment thing
Keith Heaton brought receipts
Tailgate Tub
Active vs. passive Thunderbolt cables
OWC
Informative Reddit comment by LaughingMan11
Synology alternatives
Colin McKellar suggests QNAP
See also:
UGREEN
Unraid
FreeNAS/TrueNAS
…
🎉 …may not be necessary anymore! 🎉
Coverage from Guru3D
SpaceRex on YouTube
Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica
More more first impressions
Quick AirPods Pro 3 update
iPhone case updates
Omar Shahine performs surgery on the Nomad back
Torras clear case
Bullstrap open-bottom leather case
Peak Design Everyday Case (Charcoal color has the good fabric)
Still to test: Süti PhoneBack in black leather, if it ever ships
iOS 16
iPadOS 26: Now with slide-over!
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
Previously, in Hong Kong
Tim’s explanation
Response letter
Reuters’ take
MJ Tsai
Gurman on Apple succession
Post-show: Pour one a Sprite out for a real one TiVo
Channels
AOL dialup service ends
Members-only ATP Overtime: The Meta Ray-Ban Display, and Apple’s response
The Verge
Gurman: Apple pivots
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2:14:09
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2:14:09
659: Lose the Ear Lottery
Pre-show: Eh, that’ll keep…
M5 iPad Pro
FCC leaks
🗣️ St. Jude time is almost done! 🗣️
Supporting Action for Emergency Response
Lebanon case study
Global crisis repsonse blueprint
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Dev: Computer Science Curriculum
Follow-up:
ATP in the wild (via Mark Christian & Richard Earney)
iOS 26.0.1 allegedly fixes N1 Wi-Fi/BT issues
CarlinKit wireless CarPlay dongle
What does iCloud back up? (via Dayton Lovell)
iCloud for Messages
A ringing endorsement from Nick
A potential fix for ∞ GIFs (via Nathan)
iPhone Transfers
Why not pre-populate them, Kindle-style? (via Winnie Lewis)
TestFlight is… better now? (via Daniel Nelson)
Some thoughts from Nick
Apple’s onboarding enshittification (via Imthaz)
Thought to text & AlterEgo
Firefox (1982)
Prior MIT project (via Hannes)
CJ’s thoughts
Preview video
EMG
EEG
More first impressions
TechWoven cases
Tina’s Bullstrap case
Bullstrap wallet
Stephen Robles leather iPhone case review
Nomad Magnetic leather back
Marco’s video of the flaw
iPhone 17
AirPods Pro 3
Erin’s Audio Corner
The Headphone Show
The Harman Curve
Ask ATP:
How do we really know if something is encrypted? (via Joshua Wold)
What is the point of neural engine cores, anyway? (via Tom Cole)
SIMD
Evaluating the Apple Silicon M-Series SoCs for HPC Performance & Efficiency
AMX Units
Neural Engine
Does filling a phone SSD slaughter performance? (via Sean Harding)
Post-show: Marco’s USB odyssey
CalDigit Thunderbolt Element 4
BLE caberQu
Members-only ATP Overtime: NAS Noodling
Synology [sorta] says third-party drives will be supported in the future
Synology Solution Day 2025 teaser video
Ubiquiti’s new NAS units
UNAS 2
UNAS 4
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2:14:07
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2:14:07
658: Your First Mistake Phone
Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Podcastathon 2025
Follow-up:
Auburn’s colors are UVA’s colors (via Tony Scida)
You don’t need the trick new Apple charger to charge an iPhone 17 at full speed
iPhone Air
Why people are buying the iPhone Air / 15” MacBook Air
Bending the iPhone Air
Apple (via Tom’s Guide)
Direct video link
JerryRigEverything (timestamp link to 6m35s)
Same video, different timestamp (7m37s)
Battery life
Mr. Whose the Boss
The Tech Chap
Tom’s Guide
Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
Thermals
MaxTech
iFixIt Teardown
Thickness
Visual comparison of thickness (via Ludwig Schubert)
Thin iPhone future? (via Ian)
iPhone 17 Pro
Teardowns
REWA Technology
All the screws
17 vs. 16
17 Pro internals
Vapor chamber
Logic boards
Vapor chambers explained
Max Tech
Scratches on the back?
More images from MacRumors
And from Watson
JerryRigEverything
iPhone sales
The Information (MacRumors summary)
iPhone setup advice
Casey’s tale of woe (see also Upgrade #582: First Chance to Make One Impression)
First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro
Scratchability
Telephoto camera
iPhone 16 Pro 5× vs. iPhone 17 Pro 8×
Post-show:
HP M553
HP M554
Members-only ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement
The Verge: Settlement announced, 5 September
Previously, on ATP #656: Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple
The Verge: Settlement paused, 9 September
Ars Technica, 9 September
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2:26:17
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2:26:17
657: Ears Are Weird
Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT
Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra”
μm is a “micron”
The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all
iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed
Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter
Anker Nano 45W charger
A19 vs. A19 Pro
A19 Pro benchmarks
The N1 is in every new iPhone
The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau
Large image
Casey’s memory problems corner
ATP #655 (Overcast timestamp link)
The mmWave antenna window is back
Background
Logo placement on Apple’s cases
Clear Case with MagSafe
TechWoven Case with MagSafe
Some funny renders from iPhone case makers
Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors
Every masterpiece has its cheap copy
Luke Skywalker
University of Virginia
Denver Broncos
Auburn University
2021 impactful boosters
iPhone Air
Will it bend?
Joz (& Ternus) with an incredible [lack of] flex
17 was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold)
Max Tech’s discoveries
The Air does not have stereo speakers
The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones
The USB-C port is not vertically centered
Image
No Cinematic Mode video, including the selfie camera
The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor
No LiDAR scanner
Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2
USB 2.0
Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications, save size/resolution
Apple iPhone comparison page
iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off
Pulse-width modulation
9to5Mac’s coverage
PWM sensitive subreddit
Apple Watch
Satellite data requires a cellular plan
Jason & Greg Pierce agree
Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement?
Underscore’s observations about the Ultra
Apple Watch battery
AirPods
Ear shapes (via Tirial)
About that “2×” noise reduction
AirPods product page
The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller
“New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip
Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️)
Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts
Apple feature availability
Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar
Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan)
* Frosting download link
* Frosting test page
Post-show: John’s red dot
Members-only ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation
How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back
A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control
Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind
Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus
Scientists develop interface that “reads” thoughts from speech-impaired patients
Alterego
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1:53:25
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1:53:25
656: A Long T-Shirt
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
iPhone event
AirPods Pro 3
Apple Watch Series 11
No new System-in-Package?
Whoop Band
Apple Watch SE 3
Apple Watch Ultra 3
LTPO
Satellite can-kicking continues
iPhone 17
Memory Integrity Enforcement
iPhone Air
iPhone Air MagSafe Battery 💔
iPhone 17 Pro & Pro Max
Software ship dates
Post-show:
Apple trade-in
✨ Tina’s dream has come true! ✨
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s competing implementations for the new Siri
Gurman, 13 August
Gurman, 22 August
Gurman, 3 September
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