672: Wi Hyphen Fi

Pre-show: Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3

Pepperidge Farm Remembers

Follow-up:

Contacts

Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell)
Some non-obvious complications (via Paul)

Face ID & Touch ID

Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs & Kurt Schwind)
Strictness (via Rob Sayre)

John’s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via Gui Rambo)

Gui’s PR

Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui)

FB17228659
Developer Technical Support

RAM shortage

Verge article
Micron’s forthcoming fabs
Hynix’s approach

…and forthcoming fabs

Samsung’s approach
Thru-Silicon
The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular

Data portability

Git

Github will still sink its talons into you (via Simon Jodet)
Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett)

Android ↔ iOS

Display flicker in Tahoe

What does this even mean? (via Daniel)
One theory (via Sean Santry)
Some corroboration (via Philip Hofstetter)

Wi-Fi 7 is a bust

-protonsandneutrons-
Playstation Portal

Ask ATP:

What’s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson)

Post-show: What the heck is the deal with Thread/Matter

Home Assistant
Nanoleaf Smart String Lights
Lutron Caséta (former sponsor)
YoLink

Members-only ATP Overtime: iMac Pro… phoenix?

Previous code name discussion
Jason on Apple’s display strategy

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Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last

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672: Wi Hyphen Fi

January 1, 2026
01:59:57 •
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The truth about Wi-Fi 7, the DRAM shortage, the state of Thread and Matter, and two of the worst (or best?) proposals to improve macOS window management.

- Pre-show: Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3

- Pepperidge Farm Remembers

- Follow-up:

- Contacts

- Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell)

- Some non-obvious complications (via Paul)

- Face ID & Touch ID

- Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs & Kurt Schwind)

- Strictness (via Rob Sayre)

- John’s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via Gui Rambo)

- Gui’s PR

- Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui)

- FB17228659

- Developer Technical Support

- RAM shortage

- Verge article

- Micron’s forthcoming fabs

- Hynix’s approach

- …and forthcoming fabs

- Samsung’s approach

- Thru-Silicon

- The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular

- Data portability

- Git

- Github will still sink its talons into you (via Simon Jodet)

- Xcode 🤝 Git (via Tom Hartnett)

- Android ↔ iOS

- Display flicker in Tahoe

- What does this even mean? (via Daniel)

- One theory (via Sean Santry)

- Some corroboration (via Philip Hofstetter)

- Wi-Fi 7 is a bust

- -protonsandneutrons-

- Playstation Portal

- Ask ATP:

- What’s the difference between minimizing and hiding windows on macOS? (via Michael Krewson)

- Post-show: What the heck is the deal with Thread/Matter

- Home Assistant

- Nanoleaf Smart String Lights

- Lutron Caséta (former sponsor)

- YoLink

- Members-only ATP Overtime: iMac Pro… phoenix?

- Previous code name discussion

- Jason on Apple’s display strategy

- Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last

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

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