Episode 663

663: Defending the Honor of The Cheesecake Factory

Bold MacBook Pro rumors, Liquid Glass gets frosted, whether Tahoe is a safe upgrade yet, and more experiences with the Vision Pro.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

October 30, 20251h 55m

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Show Notes

Pre-show: Marco’s airplane neighbors
- Flighty
🗣️ The ATP Holiday Store is back! Order before 9 November! 🗣️
- T568A & T568B
  - Idea courtesy Adam Brandon
Follow-up:
- Vision Pro
  - Mac Virtual Display
    - On Intel it’s only up to 3K 🤭 (via Thomas Cheng)
    - Apple Support
  - Tapping-and-holding × allows for hiding other windows (via Nick Anthony)
  - Vision Pro vs. ski goggles
- Apple 🤝 Vapor Chambers
  - Would it come to the MacBook Air (via Andy Lang)
  - Coming to the iPad Pro?
- Apple’s MLS deal
  - …is worldwide; not US-only
  - Apple advertises in Korea (via Jake Lee)
- John’s Shortcuts bug
  - Calum’s example
  - Fleedar’s example
  - lukens77 on Reddit (via eurozerozero)
  - Is it all Shortcuts-related files?
    - Possible fix from gleeful
      - Overwrite If File Exists
- Fixing the “iconic plateau” (via Gordon Mcdowell)
- The Cheesecake Factory does, apparently, make everything fresh
  - ATP Inside: The Restaurant, Season One
  - Cube Rule
Mac Rumors
- M6/OLED MacBook Pro?
  - Previously from Mark Gurman
- Brendan Shanks’ discovery
𝓍OS 26 β4 includes Liquid Glass toggle
- iOS/iPadOS: Settings → Display and Brightness
- macOS: System Settings → Appearance
- Example image
- Lock Screen swipe for camera can now be disabled, too
  - Settings → Camera → Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera
Is Tahoe safe yet?
Post-show: More of John’s impressions of the Vision Pro
Members-only ATP Overtime: How does one actually make an app? (via not that coach mike)