647: You Get One Exclamation Point

• Pre-Show: John’s almost an empty-nester 😱

• Reconcilable Differences (relay.fm/rd)

• Follow-up:

• FireWire now with Thunderbolt! (via Timo Hetzel (social.hetzel.net/@timo/114775242066209181))

• Tahoe without Xcode beta: Device Support for macOS 26 Beta

• Developer downloads (developer.apple.com/download)

• ↳ Direct link (developer.apple.com/services-account/download?…)

• Putting older OSes on newer hardware (via Gui Rambo)

• UPS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_su…) VA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt-ampere) ratings (via Marshall C)

• Apple’s LLM/LRM paper (machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of…) (from Overtime in ATP #643 (atp.fm/643))

• Training data vs. distribution (via Deon Garrett (hachyderm.io/@deong/114670601941515285))

• Rebuttal (arxiv.org/html/2506.09250v1)

• Rebuttal of the rebuttal (victoramartinez.com/posts/why-claudes-comment-…)

• More from Gary Marcus (garymarcus.substack.com/p/seven-replies-to-the…)

• The original rebuttal was… a joke? 🤨 (lawsen.substack.com/p/when-your-joke-paper-goe…)

• HDR in 𝑥26

• iPadOS 26 window limits

• “Glass iPhone” demo (mstdn.social/@hins/114720813452054028)

• ↳ Direct video link (media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114…)

• That “natural language to CLI” app is Substage (selkie.design/substage)

• Apple plans to launch a low-cost MacBook powered by… an iPhone CPU‽ (macrumors.com/2025/06/30/apple-to-launch-low-c…)

• Apple A18 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A18)

• References spotted in code (macrumors.com/2025/06/30/new-macbook-with-a18-…)

• Jason on A18 speed (sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/about-that-a16-macb…)

• Stephen on the technical limitations (512pixels.net/2025/07/a18-pro-macbook)

• Ask ATP:

• Is adding permanent NVMe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVM_Express) storage a bad plan? (via Neil)

• CalDigit TS5+ (caldigit.com/thunderbolt-5-dock-ts5-plus)

• What’s the best way to increase “internal” storage on a Mac? iSCSI (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI)? Mounted disc images? (reddit.com/r/HomeServer/comments/t3tenh/commen…) (via Patrick Harms)

• Atto Xtend SAN (atto.com/products/xtend-san-iscsi-initiator)

• How does a new grad land a job?

• Post-show: Casey’s approach to ad-free YouTube must be dissected

• YouTube Premium Lite (support.google.com/youtube/answer/15968883?hl=en)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: Apple’s App Store changes for the EU (developer.apple.com/news/?id=awedznci)

• Jason’s coverage (sixcolors.com/link/2025/06/apple-makes-big-app…)

• Store Services tiers in the EU (developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/ref…)

• Gruber’s summary (daringfireball.net/2025/06/apple_app_store_pol…)

• Cranky man remains cranky (x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1938316411647988210)

• Steve Troughton-Smith’s take (mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/1147518641883…)

• The Verge (theverge.com/news/693512/apple-eu-dma-app-stor…)

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