WWDC 2019 News Hub – Live coverage from San Jose (Apple developments)

Hi Everyone-

While I'm no longer a big Apple fanboy...
a lot of us still have Apple equipment, are dependent on Apple Operating Systems, and sometimes do Apple development.

It is clear that Apple is a leader in personal computing, and personal computing is how we access FR, so it behooves us to stay on top of what they're doing.

And for that, the biggest event of the year is the World Wide Developer's Conference, held in San Jose CA, kicking off today. The keynote was fairly newsworthy, especially compared to recent years.

I watched it, and here are the biggest news items for me:

Apple's health kit is now getting into women's fertility cycle tracking. THIS IS HUGE - hugely good if Apple's privacy policy is as good as they claim, hugely bad if not. Why is it hugely good? By tracking fertility, it just may convince some women to go off birth control pills (with all of their attendant problems).
iOS now has a systemwide "dark mode". This is good for reducing eye strain for those of us who use our devices too much, or integrate them into our car.
A new Mac Pro that is properly expandable with PCI Express Slots is coming in the fall. It is pricey if you don't need that kind of power, but reasonably priced if you do. (Saying this as someone who built a Threadripper workstation. ). It is a proper small tower (with a variant coming for rack-mount), and they are introducing a number of optional add-in cards to go along with it. One of the cards has an FPGA, so that's a good thing for us hardware developers - we can accelerate some algorithms very quickly with those.
Apple introduced a high end 32" video editing monitor - that's the only way to make sense out of its capabilities (just a step (?) below a $38K pro mastering monitor) and its price ($5K). For what it is, if you bring your own stand or monitor arm, it is reasonably priced. Really, it is almost in a market of its own, between the insane movie studio-only monitors, and traditional LCD displays. It has a multi-segmented backlight for contrast enhancement. Want anti-glare? Add another $1K. Want Apple's stand for that monitor? ADD ANOTHER $1K!!! (The crowd groaned.)
Swift UI looks to make creating a GUI a lot simpler than Objective-C;
There should now be a lot more Mac OS programs coming over from iPad thanks to the "Catalyst Project".
Apple is splitting iPad off into its own OS: iPadOS. Will it eventually replace Mac OS? I don't know.

Anything else? For individual products, sure, check the links above. For Kremlin Watchers, Tim Cook's voice was breaking like he was going through puberty, whereas Craig Federighi acted like a man in command.

All in all, it was a good Keynote. I just want Tim "Censorship and pushing the LBGT Agenda is a good thing" Cook out of Apple!

1 posted on 06/03/2019 1:59:20 PM PDT by Yossarian

2 posted on 06/03/2019 2:00:05 PM PDT by Yossarian

Wonder how long before the anti-Trumper fanatics start saying how much they hate Trump but jump on every thread to complain...

Oh wait, I meant the anti-Apple fanatics. Same mental disease...

3 posted on 06/03/2019 2:02:16 PM PDT by roadcat

“and personal computing is how we access FR, so it behooves us to stay on top of what they’re doing.”

I access mostly via android.

4 posted on 06/03/2019 2:08:47 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)

“and personal computing is how we access FR, so it behooves us to stay on top of what they’re doing.”

I access mostly via android.

5 posted on 06/03/2019 2:08:49 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)

I've been a big Apple fanboy for years but I must say that since Tim Cook took over from Steve Jobs, Apple has lost a bit of its luster.

I miss Steve Jobs. He was a jerk but I miss him just the same. He may have been a lib too but he knew better than to mix politics with business.

6 posted on 06/03/2019 2:13:09 PM PDT by SamAdams76

I access mostly via android.

And Android is "personal computing".

Just curious (as a developer): What version of the operating system do you run? Or do you not know?

Have you bought any apps? Downloaded even free ones from a store?

(I'm just trying to get a feel for what a "normal" user does or doesn't do on Android...)

7 posted on 06/03/2019 2:24:59 PM PDT by Yossarian

The new Mac Pro looks like an oversized cheese grater, and it will only cost you over 10 grand to get one LOL..Ive never had a mac desktop before would like the iMac Pro wonder if they will drop the price now that this one will be coming out soon

8 posted on 06/03/2019 2:25:01 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda

So true. I remember Jobs & Woz gladly accepting medals for innovation from Reagan in ‘85. Jobs also accepted an appointment to the White House export council under Bush 41. SJ wasn’t one to try to politicize everything.

9 posted on 06/03/2019 2:28:04 PM PDT by irishjuggler

That’s kinda like saying the US lost a bit of its luster when Obama became President. He was a world class jerk (based on personal experience) but without Jobs there would be no Apple today.

10 posted on 06/03/2019 2:29:17 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)

To: Sarah Barracuda

The new Mac Pro looks like an oversized cheese grater

That's Mac Pro design legacy, going back 15 years!

and it will only cost you over 10 grand to get one LOL..

How do you figure that?!? Right there in the Mac Pro article, it clearly says: "The new Mac Pro starts at $5999 for 8-core, 32GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Available this fall."

Don't you think that being off by 1.67 X is being just a tad inaccurate?

11 posted on 06/03/2019 2:31:43 PM PDT by Yossarian

“and personal computing is how we access FR, so it behooves us to stay on top of what they’re doing.”

I access mostly via android.
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Android’s duplicating your posts.

12 posted on 06/03/2019 2:33:45 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% Â— PERMANENTLY)

“and personal computing is how we access FR, so it behooves us to stay on top of what they’re doing.”

I access mostly via android.
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Android’s duplicating your posts.

13 posted on 06/03/2019 2:34:53 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% Â— PERMANENTLY)

To: Yossarian; All

Looks like they are paying homage to the 1st Gen Intel Mac Pro “Cheese-grater”! (A very upgraded 2009/10 Mac Pro is my current machine). Nice to see that it didn’t turn into some modular “stackable” nightmare! Just an updated more traditional shape/size. Nice job by Apple on a pro desktop (finally!!!)

https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

14 posted on 06/03/2019 2:40:42 PM PDT by Drago

To: Yossarian; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; AbolishCSEU; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; ...

Apple’s World Wide Developers’ Conference events—PING!

Thanks to Yossarian for the ping!

APPLE WWDC—PING!

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15 posted on 06/03/2019 2:53:16 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)

yeah but the new monitor is another 3-4 grand, which looks beautiful but dang so expensive :(
What are the chances Apple drops the price for the iMac Pro

16 posted on 06/03/2019 3:01:13 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda

oh and the stand for the 4,999 monitor is another grand, so yeah basically its 10 grand for this thing :-) in total

17 posted on 06/03/2019 3:09:23 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda

Mouse support, better multitasking on iPadOS. If there’s mobile phone capability on the iPad...

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18647071/apple-ipad-os-mouse-support-wwdc-2019

18 posted on 06/03/2019 3:14:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

19 posted on 06/03/2019 3:16:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

20 posted on 06/03/2019 3:19:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

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