Episode Details

Sandwich-Closing Force

Episode 401 Published 5 years, 2 months ago

Pre-show:
- Dreaming in code
- Grand refactorings
- HomePod, HomePod Mini, and Sonos One (oh my!)
Follow-up:
- Apple’s Magnetic Connectors Patent
- Accessory Design Guidelines for Apple Devices (PDF) (via Michael Bettiol)
- Periscope lenses don’t have moving elements (via Timo Grün)
- iPhone 12 Pricing
  - T-Mobile joins the $30 off club
  - Chargers & earphones & old phones
- Official battery specs for Apple products (via Roland Månsson)
- Settling an old bet from episode 291 at 1:55:14 (via Tim Chaten)
- Marco’s Time Machine woes
  - The 2.5” enclosure that supports large SSDs
- Determining how many photos you’ve taken with each iPhone 11 Pro lens
  - Jason’s write-up on using Photos’ Smart Albums
  - Alex Chan’s post about using exiftool
  - Casey (summarized results) (raw results)
    - Ultra wide: 7%
    - Wide: 83%
    - Telephoto: 10%
  - Marco
    - Ultra wide: 9%
    - Wide: 75%
    - Telephoto: 16%
- Buying decisions
  - Tracking your iPhone shipment
#askatp
- Have we tried watchOS sleep tracking? (via Eduardo Berner)
  - Sleep Cycle (App Store link)
- What is taking up so much space on our phones‽ (via Jayanth Visweswaran)
  - Casey’s storage
- Is John going to get an OLED TV? (via Tobo Granyte)
Post-show:
- Ridiculousness in AT&T’s coverage maps
  - Gruber’s review
  - “Please turn off your MiFis”
- An attempted intervention regarding Casey’s 🍌 photo management setup
  - GeoTag
  - Day One