RAMnarök Claims a mini and Listeners on Apple CEO Shift - MOSK: 04.24.2026

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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- 9to5Mac: Apple Lists 256GB M4 Mac mini Models as "Currently Unavailable" - Planned Strike at Samsung May Make Memory Matters Worse - Tap to Pay on iPhone Turned on in Malaysia - Discover Pulling Two Features from Apple Wallet in US - Apple Savings Account APY Drops to 3.5% - Miami Gets F1 Details in Apple Maps - Apple TV Drops Teaser for "Silo" Season-Three - Apple TV Launches Full Trailer for "Star City" - Now Streaming: "My Brother the Minotaur" - Listener Reaction to Apple's CEO Announcements - Sponsored by OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MACOSKEN at oneskin.co/MACOSKEN #oneskinpod #sponsored - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	The memory crisis seems to claim a Mac, news around Apple Wallet, and your reactions to Apple CEO announcements.
0:17.1	It is Friday, the 24th of April, 2026.
0:20.4	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken, brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by OneSkin, a new standard for your skin.
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0:58.5	It looks to a lot of people like Remneroc has come for the Mac.
1:03.8	A number of sites, including 9 to 5 MacREN reports over the past couple of days
1:08.5	that had Apple listing the base model $599 Mac Mini as out of stock.
1:15.9	Not back-ordered, just not.
1:19.8	Apple won't let you order it at all, according to the site,
1:23.6	with the company simply stating it is currently unavailable for delivery.
1:29.3	What I don't understand is why they led with that.
1:32.1	Go in one more paragraph in the same piece as any M4 Mac Mini with 256 gigabytes of storage
1:39.4	is now in the same boat, regardless of RAM configuration.
1:47.1	While the company will let people order other capacities, there is a considerable weight for them. 9-5 Macs says the Apple Store is currently
1:53.8	quoting six-week wait times for the 512-gigabyte M4 Mac Mini, and that is the shortest delay they could find.
2:02.6	Several of the other models are citing 9-10-week shipping estimates or longer,
2:07.8	assuming they're available at all.
2:11.4	The piece and other pieces on the issue put the problem down to the industry-wide shortages
2:16.2	of memory and storage components.
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