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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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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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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655: Shorts-Compatible Body Type
Pre-Show: Trouble in Razer paradise
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Follow-up:
Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari
Settings → Apps → Safari
Apple device advice for those that are athletically engaged
Place your phone face-down (via. A. O.)
Sleep focus is an option (via A. M.)
So is Theater Mode and, if taps are an issue, water lock (via Ryan)
How to stop Siri from randomly activating all the damn time by D. Griffin Jones
Fun fact: you can add it to the Health app! (via Niv Ben-Porath)
…but it won’t affect your rings
A truly hilarious story from Anonymous
Developing “product sense” (via Joseph Kibe)
Productive Tensions by Christopher B. Bingham & Rory M. McDonald
iPhone 16 exit interview
Peltier device
Obscura
Halide
iPhone event preview
Crossbody strap
Apple Natural Titanium Milanese Loop (Marco’s summer watch band)
Post-show: Smaller e-ink note-taking tablets
reMarkable Paper Pro Move
The Verge’s coverage
Ars Technica’s coverage
Supernote Nomad
iFLYTEK AINOTE Air 2
Viwoods AiPaper Mini
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Ars Technica
New York Times
The Verge
Intel self-announces all the red flags
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654: Athletically Engaged
Pre-Show: Casey and Marco are sad
Ben Rice McCarthy
Under the Radar
Follow-up:
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Anonymous crushes the dreams of Marco and Casey about cellular MacBooks
Another Anonymous shares a bit too much information about accidental Siri activations 😆
🤬 John’s AppleCare One update 🤬
Help with Trackpad dragging
System Settings → Accessibility → Pointer Control → Trackpad Options… → Dragging Style → Three Finger Drag
Screenshot
…or Drag Lock
Masimo comes for [more] blood
UK drops utterly bananas backdoor legislation
Studio Display with A19
Daniel Luz points out makes a funny comparison to Macs
Fabian Häusler theorizes it’s about binning
Apple’s Hide my Email feature
An unexpected wrinkle Timothy Martin points out
Anecdote from David Beck
Apple Event: 9 September 1PM OTTZ
Interactive logo
Still image for posterity
Reverse-engineering by sam henri gold
“TechWoven” and “Liquid Silicone” cases leaked
Maijin Bu on TechWoven
…and on Liquid Silicone (and again)
Apple will simplify the Camera Control button
Ask ATP:
What’s the ∆ between snapshots and backups? (via Phil Hirst)
Hyperspace
Why is Finder slow to delete files? (via Dan)
How will Apple reconcile AI and carbon neutrality? (via Sam Hunt)
Post-show: Some venting about politics and 𝓍26.
Jeff Atwood’s post
John’s reply
There’s nothing Republicans won’t ruin
Members-only ATP Overtime: Rumored Apple roadmap
Apple readies first upgrade to its struggling Vision Pro headset
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