Posted on 06/11/2021 8:40:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) has rolled around again, which means it's time for Apple to preview some of the changes coming to its software platforms later this year: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and more.
As usual, Apple executives had a host of improvements and upgrades to talk about at today's grand WWDC 2021 opening, many of which apply across numerous devices and OSes: the Notes app, for example, is getting support for custom tags and user mentions.
Some of the major changes in the pipeline include updates for FaceTime. The video calling app will soon offer a better audio experience, plus a grid view that mimics just about every group video calling app out there – a nod to how important the technology has become to our lives over the last year.
Significantly, FaceTime is coming to Windows and Android as well, sort of: through specific Facebook links, users on non-Apple hardware will be able to join in video calls in a web browser, with the same end-to-end encryption technology available.
iOS, together with iPadOS and macOS, is getting improved notification managementApple Another upcoming feature designed to keep us connected while we're apart is what Apple calls SharePlay: it allows several people to watch a movie or television show together on multiple Apple devices in multiple locations. Apple TV+ is of course supported, as are several other services including Hulu, Disney+ and Twitch.
Apple Maps is getting some substantial upgrades, with new 3D models and details, a revamped night mode, additional road details (including elevated highways that look elevated), and better augmented reality guidance while you're out walking. Apple Wallet, meanwhile, is going to soon be able to carry around a digital copy of your driving license in US states that support it.
Some of the iOS 15 updates include better notification management and a new Focus mode that lets you set certain notification rules and home screen layouts for different scenarios – at home, at work, at the gym, or whatever you like. Less important notifications can be summarized for you to catch up with later, while the design of these alerts is getting a more modern look as well.
Those changes will be coming to iPadOS 15 too, and Apple tablets also get the support for home screen widgets and the App Library that we first saw in iOS 14 last year. iPad users can look forward to slicker, easier multitasking controls too, with new options for putting apps side by side or on top of each other, and a better way of managing multiple windows from one particular app.
On the computing side, we now know that the next desktop software update will be called macOS Monterey. The same FaceTime, Apple Maps and other relevant upgrades are going to be included, and macOS is also gaining the Shortcuts automation app already available on iPhones and iPads.
iPadOS will soon offer full home screen widget and App Library supportApple The Apple Watch wasn't left out, and watchOS 8 is going to bring with it a new and improved watch face based on a photo of your choice, a new Mindfulness app for looking after your mental wellbeing, support for tracking your Tai Chi and Pilates workouts, and respiratory tracking during sleep.
On the iCloud side, paying users will get access to some new features under the iCloud+ name. These features include a basic VPN that Apple is calling Private Relay, and the ability to create disposable email addresses for those times when you don't want to reveal your real one (something similar already exists for Sign in with Apple).
There was plenty more too: the ability to have your notifications read out through your AirPods, improved visuals inside the default Weather app, support for live conversations in the Translate app, a feature that will flag up any increased risk of falling, a Live Text scanning feature that looks a lot like Google Lens, better sharing options in the Messages app, and so on and so on.
In fact there's so much that's new that it's all rather overwhelming, but that's WWDC and Apple's annual release cycle for you – expect to hear more details about these features over the coming months. Developer access to the updates is available now, with public betas due in July and full releases later in the year – usually in September or October, based on past history.
Sources: iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, watchOS 8
That’s how they get your dough!........................
IPhone 6 users still get occasional security updates. They don’t get new features, however.
Do you realize how many years old the iPhone 6 is?
He’s great, worth watching
Not iPhones, iPads.
I only have one iPhone, a 12 Max, and that’s new.
What models are they and what was the last successful OS you put on them?
If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.
No, they are not. Apple Certificates are validated when you open a certificates App at an Apple Certificate Server which assures it is a legitimate non-malware ridden App, but they could care less that you’ve opened it. They only anonymously recorded Siri queries to improve Siri’s responses and users can opt out of that if they so choose. Apple does not listen or monitor where you browse. They aren’t interested in that. Your privacy is your’s, not there’s, and certainly anything they know about you is not shared with third parties. Quit spreading falsehoods and rumors that have no basis in factual data.
Yeah, I wouldn’t have an Amazon-connected device in my home or on my person even if it was free.
On the rare chance I buy something from Amazon, I use a Epic’s Privacy browser - which I’ve installed and use only for Amazon purchases, and I use a ‘disposable’ credit card number. Amazon’s tracking is even more insidious than google’s.
To paraphrase Perot: there’s a giant slurping sound!
Sword -— Do you have a good M1 vs i5 or i7 comparison? Thanks
You need to realize that Apple is not your friend. They are part of the cabal. They have proven that they are indeed evil and with evil intent. And you are supporting this evil.
Wake up!
As for me, I will continue to listen to Braxman. You need to too. Is Android and Google any better. Heck no, but at least their product is “public domain” and visible and can be monitored inspected.
They get my dough because I choose to buy their products, strange how that works.
An Apple use can have Apple SEND THEM what files Apple retains on them… I have done that and looked to see what they have on file. What they have is totally innocuous.
You can also look to see what Google and Facebook keeps their users. I’ve done that also and the amount of data that they keep is hundreds of times LARGER than what Apple retains on its customers and Google and Facebook SELL THAT DATA TO THIRD PARTIES. With them, YOUR INFORMATION AND DATA ARE THEIR PRODUCTS! Yet you claim a false equivalency between Apple and them????!!! You are delusional!
Apple has data, anonymized, and yes, they can pull out individualized and identified data if they were interested in individual data. But as Brahman points out EVERY smart device maker and carrier can do this. The difference is that Google and Facebook DOES THIS as a business model to monetize that information. Apple does not.
So the question arises, if you are going to use a desktop or handheld computer with those abilities: whom you trust more with that power, a company which does everything it can to limit the distribution of data it’s entrusted with and to secure your privacy on your devices, or companies which mine your data a sell them to everyone with money to buy it and in addition find sneaky ways to steal even more data from your secure devices?
The only other choice is to disconnect entirely, find a hole, and pull that hole in after you.
I recognize that Apple has become far more vile under Tim Cook than it ever was under Steve Jobs, but it is nowhere near the vileness of Google, Facebook, or YouTube. Microsoft is somewhere on the spectrum between Apple and those. . . Just more incompetent. Android is a tool of Google.
It’s you that needs to WAKE UP, DHS12345!
Can you trust Apple. Not can you trust Apple more than Google, etc. After all, Apple seem to be okay with censorship. Remember that they pulled the Parlor app from their site. We know that we did that. What else are they doing that we don't know about. In my opinion, they have shown their true colors and cannot be trusted.
Important: And worst of all, we cannot see what they are doing on the inside of their operating system because their operating system IS CLOSED.
If you still defend Apple, then there is no hope.
BTW, I consider Braxman a very good resource for all things internet security. Just like Rossman he can see through Apple's deception.
As far as security, there are many options these days. And as for internet traffic, you can mask your activity and if you know which apps and which companies collect your personal information, you can protect yourself.
Of course, that requires a little bit of knowledge AND A PC BASED COMPUTER. NOT APPLE! They control your Apple computer. They own the hardware and software.
Bottom line: can Apple be trusted? I say heck no.
If you want a little objective guidance, start watching Braxman.
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