690: Turn Left at the Next Tree

• Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧

• Follow-up:

• Backblaze & cloud backups

• Carbon Copy Cloner (bombich.com) & Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein)

• Support document (support.bombich.com/hc/en-us/articles/20686419…)

• Maestral (maestral.app)

• Arq’s approach (via Daniel Luz (hachyderm.io/@dluz/116505870602615193))

• Neo-ing… other things

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)#Claude_Mythos

• What makes this different (via William Moran)

• GPT-5.5 is equivalent? (arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/amid-mythos-hyped-c…)

• cURL security/bug reports (daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/04/22/high-quality-ch…)

• Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI (theverge.com/tech/922243/linux-cve-2026-3141-c…)

• AI is still ruining everything (macrumors.com/2026/05/01/mac-mini-now-starts-a…)

• See also: MacBook Neo (macrumors.com/2026/05/07/apple-drop-base-macbo…)

• More from Tim Culpan (culpium.com/p/apple-doubles-macbook-neo-produc…)

• Paul Haddad’s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios for sale on eBay (tapbots.social/@paul/116525303153369071)

• An examination of Apple’s CapEx (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_expenditure)

• Apple’s R&D spending hits new record (9to5mac.com/2026/04/30/apples-rd-spending-hits…)

• SG&A (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SG%26A)

• MG Siegler’s take (spyglass.org/apple-crazy-capex)

• Project Titan died in Febraury 2024 (npr.org/2024/02/27/1234315814/apple-cancels-el…)

• Ultra all the things

• iPhone Ultra (youtube.com/watch?v=Qw3wvp5e8sE)

• MacBook Ultra (macrumors.com/2026/04/24/macbook-ultra-up-to-s…)

• AirPods Ultra (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/apple-s…)

• iPad Ultra (macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-likely-abandone…)

• Apple Watch Ultra 4

• Mac Ultra

• iMac Ultra (macworld.com/article/3125389/imac-ultra-pro-di…)

• Ask ATP:

• What size drive should one get for Time Machine? (via Pat Murphy)

• Post-show: Marco’s Great Saunter (shorewalkers.org/great-saunter)

• Ashokan Rail Trail (ashokanrailtrail.com)

• Saunter Map App (apps.apple.com/app/saunter-map/id6765681402)

• Pedometer++ (pedometer.app)

• Suunto Race S Titanium (amazon.com/dp/B0DDSYW4MZ/?tag=marcoorg-20)

• Barkley Marathons (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons)

• Documentary trailer (youtube.com/watch?v=79IUKC9gS-8)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: Adobe has also forgotten how to make good software (unsung.aresluna.org/photoshops-challenges-with…)

• Jason’s take (sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/adobe-out-of-photos…)

• Foster Brereton (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048879)

• somebehemoth (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049025)

• Neywiny (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049328)

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