Episode 455

455: Your Yanking Force

Thunderbolt docks, a smart-home system that actually works, even more on the MacBook Pro, and selling our (not-so-)old computers.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

November 4, 20212h 17m

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Show Notes

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Pre-show: Setup Woes
- Audition
- Homebrew Bundle
  - Casey’s Post on Homebrew Bundle
  - Casey’s bundle file
Follow-up:
- What does Marco use for a Thunderbolt dock? (via César Cavazos)
- John’s AirPods 3 updates
- Monterey Status Report
  - SuperDuper
- The Verge’s MacBook Pro review
- MacBook Pro Charging via USB-C
- MacBook Pro “Compatibility Mode”
  - Scale to fit below built-in camera
  - Tweet with video
- Notch codename was Daisy?
- 120 Hz scrolling on new MacBook Pros
  - Chrome shenanigans
- Marco’s Mystery Terabyte update
  - Disk Utility → View → Show APFS Snapshots
  - Purging files on iOS
Marco’s experience with Lutron Caséta
- Waveform Lighting
- Eve Motion
- Caséta Motion Sensor (scroll down)
- Quinn’s Smart Home Video
[More] MacBook Pro impressions
Post-show: How does Marco unload old computers?