630: Time to Spiral

Pre-show: Marco went to the bank wrong
Follow-up:

Vision Pro Corner

New Adventure episode: Deep Water Solo
Spatial Gallery
Metallica immersive special is coming

Virginia Tech 🤝🏻 Enter Sandman

iPad Air corner

“2× bass” false alarm

404

Appeal

Affordable big screen (notes John Spurlock)
🗣️ ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE PEOPLE LIKE COLOR 🗣️ (via Ryan Manly)

Portrait-only iPad apps (via Matt Rippetoe)

Example video from Fabian

More on colors (via Yossi Kanner)
MacBook Air’s keyboard has new mute iconography
Regarding the “Hidra”

ATP #562: Do You Have a Dragon?

Interview with Srouji (timestamp link)

Lernaean Hydra

Gurman on the M4 Ultra & Hidra
Early M3 Ultra benchmarks from Geekbench 6

GPU: M3 Ultra Metal: 259,668

10% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s best at 231,757
20% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s average at 209,003

CPU:

M3 Ultra single core: 3,144

~10% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s best at 2,813
~20% slower than M4 Max MacBook Pro’s average at 3,921

M3 Ultra multi-core: 28,119

~25% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s average at 21,373
~10% faster than M4 Max MacBook Pro’s average at 25,647

More from Ars Technica

Apple is working on a larger iMac? (AKA John tries to save face)

ATP #473: Fanboats and Coattails (Overcast link to 1:31:16)

Threads timeline setting update

ATP #616: I Have No Grippers
The Verge’s article (25 November 2024)

Thoughts on Feedback

Apple is allegedly “dramatically” redesigning the UI for its next OSes
Post-show: John’s speaker update

Vanatoo Transparent Zero Plus
ADAM Audio D3V
Kanto ORA

Kanto S2 speaker stands

Kanto ORA4

Kanto S4 speaker stands

SoundSource

Members-only ATP Overtime: Some Volkswagen news

VW’s ID.Every1 Concept
Physical buttons are coming back! 🥹

ID.2all concept
The Verge’s coverage
Volvo ES90
Euro NCAP puts their foot down

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630: Time to Spiral

March 13, 2025
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Mac Studio benchmarks, Mac Pro chip rumors, the value of products with colors, and the rumored UI redesigns that may come to this fall's Apple OSes.

• Pre-show: Marco went to the bank wrong

• Follow-up:

• Vision Pro Corner

• New Adventure episode: Deep Water Solo

• Spatial Gallery

• Metallica immersive special is coming

• Virginia Tech 🤝🏻 Enter Sandman

• iPad Air corner

• “2× bass” false alarm

• 404

• Appeal

• Affordable big screen (notes John Spurlock)

• 🗣️ ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE PEOPLE LIKE COLOR 🗣️ (via Ryan Manly)

• Portrait-only iPad apps (via Matt Rippetoe)

• Example video from Fabian

• More on colors (via Yossi Kanner)

• MacBook Air’s keyboard has new mute iconography

• Regarding the “Hidra”

• ATP #562: Do You Have a Dragon?

• Interview with Srouji (timestamp link)

• Lernaean Hydra

• Gurman on the M4 Ultra & Hidra

• Early M3 Ultra benchmarks from Geekbench 6

• GPU: M3 Ultra Metal: 259,668

• 10% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s best at 231,757

• 20% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s average at 209,003

• CPU:

• M3 Ultra single core: 3,144

• ~10% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s best at 2,813

• ~20% slower than M4 Max MacBook Pro’s average at 3,921

• M3 Ultra multi-core: 28,119

• ~25% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio’s average at 21,373

• ~10% faster than M4 Max MacBook Pro’s average at 25,647

• More from Ars Technica

• Apple is working on a larger iMac? (AKA John tries to save face)

• ATP #473: Fanboats and Coattails (Overcast link to 1:31:16)

• Threads timeline setting update

• ATP #616: I Have No Grippers

• The Verge’s article (25 November 2024)

• Thoughts on Feedback

• Apple is allegedly “dramatically” redesigning the UI for its next OSes

• Post-show: John’s speaker update

• Vanatoo Transparent Zero Plus

• ADAM Audio D3V

• Kanto ORA

• Kanto S2 speaker stands

• Kanto ORA4

• Kanto S4 speaker stands

• SoundSource

• Members-only ATP Overtime: Some Volkswagen news

• VW’s ID.Every1 Concept

• Physical buttons are coming back! 🥹

• ID.2all concept

• The Verge’s coverage

• Volvo ES90

• Euro NCAP puts their foot down

• BetterHelp: Give online therapy a try and get on your way to being your best self.

• TRMNL: A hackable e-ink display.

Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

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