Episode 492

492: Umbrella Hammer Toadstool

Actively-cooled houses, passively-cooled laptops, and the long journey to USB-C ubiquity.

July 20, 20221h 56m

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Show Notes

Pre-show: Air conditioners, memories, and house veins
- Mini-split
Follow-up:
- M2 MacBook Air [also] thermal throttles
- John’s Mac Studio safety straps
- M2 has Ultra-Wideband Chip?
- Default destination for Messages
  - Apple
  - Jann Gobble
- IPSec is not mandatory for IPv6 (via Brian Petersen)
  - Wikipedia
  - Squozen
AirPlay & Touch Bar network problems
- Mnpn
- Writeup
Apple Patents Dual “Pro Stand”
- Casey’s stand
EU may mandate USB-C on all devices, including iPhones
#askatp
- How do we manage mail notifications on our devices? (via Michael Chan)
  - Mimestream
  - Swift Mail (for Fastmail/JMAP)
- How do we backup our photos/videos? (via Don Clark)
- Do we think macOS will bloat enough to make Apple Silicon seem slow? (Nitesh Singh)
- Why does John say “program” from time to time? (via William Reynish)
  - SwitchGlass
- How does a current-whippersnapper pick a decent custom domain for email? (via Fletcher O’Connor)
  - Casey’s Fastmail referral code
- How does John prepare the way for a Mac to enter cold storage? (via Dave Braasch)
Post-show: Updates on our SwiftUI journeys