711: Hot Dog on an Actuator

• Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers

• 🗣️ It’s St. Jude (stjude.org/atp) time! 🗣️

• Podcastathon (youtube.com/watch?v=y4PRZ4WanVI) on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern (everytimezone.com/?t=6abef400,960)

• The Marco Offset™ (themarcooffset.com)

• Follow-up:

• John’s mouse pad (link.amazon/B0bnhUnfh) (via Andy)

• Rounded corners are, bad, maybe? (reimar-servas.de/writing/2026-07-07/the-law-of…)

• AirPower… desk? (youtube.com/shorts/yAabREkiUEs) 🤨

• John’s weird AirPods 5 issues

• Finding Intel apps in macOS

• System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps

• Learn more… (support.apple.com/en-us/102527)

• M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores (browser.geekbench.com/metal-benchmarks)

• New Mac mini storage caveats (macrumors.com/2026/09/22/new-mac-mini-ssd-cant…)

• 𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (youtube.com/watch?v=JcQHz43MF7U&t=8m50s) (Timestamp link to 8m50s)

• iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole (pi-hole.net)

• mstdn.social/@dazfuller/117307714035903073

• Aaron Vegh (mastodon.social/@Aaronvegh/117315035283785272)

• GM vs. CarPlay

• Casey’s blog post (caseyliss.com/2026/9/21/sure-just-keep-being-o…)

• Casey’s mea culpa (caseyliss.com/2026/9/25/im-still-right-but-im-…)

• Wait, just kidding (macrumors.com/2026/09/21/gm-stance-on-apple-ca…)

• Apple Watch is listening…

• Steve Riggins (mastodon.social/@steveriggins/117248277016803863)

• What about “Hey, Siri”?

• Nick Heer (pxlnv.com/linklog/live-rewind-audio-intelligence)

• MKBHD (youtube.com/watch?v=pOX1l1edBME)

• Ask ATP:

• What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot)

• Saturn SL2 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_S-Series#First_ge…))

• Nissan 300ZX (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_300ZX#Z32)

• Nissan Maxima (autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/782380647)

• Volvo 200 series (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_200_Series)

• Honda Civic fifth-gen (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Civic_(fifth_gener…))

• Porsche IMS bearings (lnengineering.com/products/the-definitive-guid…)

• BMW VANOS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VANOS)

• What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes (support.google.com/mail/answer/17101213?hl=en)? (via Mark Bramhill)

• Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper)

• Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car

• Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)

• Wireshark (wireshark.org)

• Charles Proxy (charlesproxy.com)

• MQTT (mqtt.org)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: Ternus’s “Intelligent Personal Hub” and Apple’s home AI hub

• Digital Hub strategy (youtube.com/watch?v=AnrM4n6S3CU&t=1h29m46s) (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s)

• Intelligent personal hub (cdn.atp.fm/images/20260920-intelligent-persona…)

• Gurman (bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-09-20/appl…)

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