5/6/2023 0 Comments Apple keynote coverageIt feels like someone at Apple couldn’t decide the best way forward to manage windows and so hedged their bets by giving users two. And Stage Manager – a mash-up of the Dock and Spaces – is deeply weird, given that the Mac… has a Dock and Spaces. Good.īut Continuity Camera, where you use your iPhone as a webcam, feels like a tacit admission about how poor Mac (or, cough, Apple Studio Display) cameras are. The ‘smaller’ features include Apple finally paying attention to Mail (new search scheduled send remind me), beefing up Spotlight (Quick Look timer triggers musician info) and preparing to eradicate passwords. Now played by Jim Carrey, the latest macOS is a strange beast. (And if you’re wondering whether we forgot about tvOS this year… so did Apple.) macOS Ventura glues itself to your devices The new medications app looks handy, and there are new features for sleep and running tracking. Grr.Īs ever, Apple Watch is mostly about new faces (including a fancy astronomy one with live cloud coverage and a cartoon one with stupid animated numbers) and keeping you healthy. Conspicuous in its absence: an App Library Dock option. Fun times ahead when dad deletes the entire library or mum turns everyone bright blue.Įlsewhere: Maps is still playing catch up with Google Maps circa several years ago, Photos lets you snazzily drag and drop objects from pics, and Quick Note finally rocks up on iPhone, presumably with a note explaining why it’s a year late. The last of those things includes a feature that doubles as a threat: everyone will be forced to suffer everyone else’s edits. You can also personalise spatial audio, faff about with new notification types, and share photo libraries. With iOS 16, Apple’s letting you fiddle with the Lock Screen so you can add a row of tiny widgets. Yeah, it’s all numbers, but those numbers mean more power and more speed – without more heat and hammering your battery. You can get an extra two cores on the GPU and up to 24GB of RAM rather than 16GB. #WWDC22 the M1, only more so (except when it comes to external displays – the M2 still only supports one). Apple is hosting developers and press at Apple Park to watch the pre-produced video live. A new MacBook Air is rumored.ĩ:59 am: Tim Cook and Craig Federighi are on stage greeting developers ahead of the event. ibP02SF6O8ĩ:50 am: The stream of today's WWDC 2022 event is live on .ĩ:57 am: The Apple Online Store is down ahead of the WWDC liveblog, suggesting the announcement of new hardware at the event. It’s a beautiful day out and I’m spending it at the park. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up with Apple news and rumors.ĭevelopers assemble! It's going to be a great day! #WWDC22 /OZvER1gIiN Highlights from the event and separate news stories regarding today's announcements will go out through our account. We will also be updating this article with live blog coverage and issuing Twitter updates through our account as the keynote unfolds. Apple's online store is currently down in advance of the keynote for the first time since 2017, potentially hinting that we may indeed see some new hardware today.Īpple is providing a live video stream on its website, on YouTube, and in the company's TV and Developer apps across its platforms. We're expecting to see a number of announcements, including iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16, though it's unclear what else we'll be seeing at the event.Ī redesigned MacBook Air tops the list of potential new hardware, but supply chain issues have raised uncertainty about whether it's ready to go. Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) starts today with the traditional keynote kicking things off at 10:00 a.m.
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