410: The Comfort Is Killing Me

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Pre-show: Living the M1 lifestyle
• Follow-up:
  • AirPods Max
    • Battery situation (via Barney)
      • Snazzy Labs video
    • Smart Case ∆s
      • 9to5mac
      • Apple Support
  • Turns out, like the Pro Display XDR, the LG UltraFine 5K does have a fan. (via Joseph Duffy)
    • Also, it has been revised in the past.
    • Tinus’s tweet
  • Chrome bug report and comments
  • Jonathan Dietz continues to school us on chip packaging
  • …and Thunderbolt hubs/controllers
    • OWC Thunderbolt Hub
    • OWC Thunderbolt Dock
    • OWC interview about TB4
• Casey has tried Apple Fitness+
  • BeachBody on Demand
  • Peloton
  • Wii Fit
  • Ring Fit Adventure
• All three of us are having dangerous thoughts
  • Ars Technica on Time Machine backup times
  • BitBar and SwiftBar
  • SF Symbols
• #askatp
  • Why do HDR videos look so great but HDR photos… not? (via Chris Lenart)
  • Is there a way to prevent an application from stealing focus in macOS? (via Wes Chamness)
  • What’s the best way to back up your iCloud Photo Library if it can’t fit on your Mac?
    • EXIF data
• Post-show: Living the M1 lifestyle (reprise)
  • The best laptop ever made

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