Episode 660

660: It’s All Chicken Salad

Apple's ICEBlock takedown, AirPods Pro 3 comfort improvements, Live Translation tests, iPhone 17 Pro cases, and expanding the Goose fanbase.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

October 9, 20252h 14m

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Show Notes

Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results
- Goose
  - Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025
- Allianz Ampitheater
- Chicken Salad Chick
- Nugs.net
- ZZQ
- Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:
Follow-up:
- ATP in the wild
  - Original report form Richard Earney
    - Follow-up by Matt Smith
  - Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella
- AirPods 3
  - Ear Lottery
    - Michael corroborates Marco’s experience
    - …but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope
    - …and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer
  - Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison
  - Live translation results
- David Schaub’s horror story about filling up your phone
- Mike Taffet does science on iPhone ↔ iPhone transfers
- Marco’s USB odyssey
  - Jack Wellborn had a similar experience
  - Syd Polk wonders if it’s a Sequoia thing
  - (Among others) Fabien theorizes its’ an alignment thing
    - Keith Heaton brought receipts
    - Tailgate Tub
  - Active vs. passive Thunderbolt cables
    - OWC
    - Informative Reddit comment by LaughingMan11
- Synology alternatives
  - Colin McKellar suggests QNAP
  - See also:
    - UGREEN
    - Unraid
    - FreeNAS/TrueNAS
    - …
  - 🎉 …may not be necessary anymore! 🎉
More more first impressions
- Quick AirPods Pro 3 update
- iPhone case updates
  - Omar Shahine performs surgery on the Nomad back
  - Torras clear case
  - Bullstrap open-bottom leather case
  - Peak Design Everyday Case (Charcoal color has the good fabric)
  - Still to test: Süti PhoneBack in black leather, if it ever ships
- iOS 16
- iPadOS 26: Now with slide-over!
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
Post-show: Pour one a Sprite out for a real one TiVo
- Channels
- AOL dialup service ends
Members-only ATP Overtime: The Meta Ray-Ban Display, and Apple’s response
- The Verge
- Gurman: Apple pivots