Episode 672

672: Wi Hyphen Fi

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.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

January 1, 20261h 59m

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Show Notes

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
- 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