Episode 182: Apple’s WWDC 2019, It’s Catch Up Time

This week we have a special early episode to cover everything that Apple announced during the 2019 WWDC Keynote Event. They covered what's coming in watchOS, iOS, the new iPadOS, Mac OS and showed off the new Mac Pro! Hear our thoughts and takeaways. Have questions? Ask away!

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Show Notes and Links:

Apple's official keynote video

Dave takes notes during the keynote, here they are, only slightly cleaned up:

Go Back to Sleep developers intro video Hardware, software, services March 2019 event recap Apple News+ Apple Arcade, later this year Apple Card Video of For All Mankind, Apple TV Plus tvOS Apple TV 4K Multiuser support for tvOS Xbox & PlayStation controller support for Apple TV Screensavers, under the ocean watchOS More complete picture of how you can stay active Activity trends Hearing health -decibel meter for environmental noise Female cycle tracking More Apple apps to watch Audiobooks Voice memos Calculator Independent on watch, no companion on phone Extended runtime API Streaming Audio API New Apple Watch faces and bands Taptic chimes, on the hour, bird song Apps directly on watch, App Store Health iOS 13 iOS has 97% customer satisfaction 85% iOS 12 installed base Android 9, 10% adoption rate Performance 30% faster Face ID unlock App downloads, 50% smaller, updates are 60% smaller, 2x launch speed Dark mode Swipe keyboard (quick path) Share sheet suggestions Time synced lyrics in Apple Music Maps Improvements
Look around (Street View) Location Security Allow just once Background tracking alerts WiFi and Bluetooth protections Apple Single Log in Sign in with Apple Email address obfuscation Home Kit security improvements All new editing for photos and now video 
CAN ROTATE VIDEO!!!! Duplicate and clutter removal NO SORT ORDER CHANGE SEEN (BOO) Lots of Siri improvements Audio sharing, with tap (squirt?) Hand off to HomePod Live radio, 100,000 radio stations Car play, 90% us, 70% globally Calendar, music, Siri works with 3rd party apps Shortcuts iPad OS Icon view, list view, and now column view File preview, quick actions, rich metadata iCloud drive folder sharing SMB file sharing USB Drives and SD Card import photos right into apps Desktop-class browsing Download manager 20ms latency currently 9ms now Tighter grid of icons Swipe over to pin widgets Slider over app switcher Split view, multi-window support for the same app App expose on iPad with all spaces in one place Better email composing with multiview Files Safari Fonts, custom from Apple store Multi-touch updates Pencil Tools pallet update API so 3rd party apps can use it System-wide markup support Palettes now drag-able, minimize-able, etc. Secure Video, analyzed on the device, encrypted sent to iCloud, won’t count against storage HomeKit-enabled routers, Linksys, Eero, Spectrum (charter) Video, Memoji video with new looks Memoji stickers Mac Pro Cheese Grater 2.0 up to 28-core Intel Xeon up to 1.5 terabytes of RAM 8 PCI slots - 4 double, 3 single, 1 IO Two Gigabit Ethernet ports Graphics MPX module Radeon Pro 580X Radeon Pro Vega II x 2 Can use 2 modules 3 streams of 8k video 12 stream of 4K Afterburner Cooling system 300 cubic feet per minute air flow Optional wheels New Display HDR An arm like old iMac 32-inch LCD 6016? 6k retina 40% larger then iMac display Accurate color Wide viewing angle, 25x better than typical Matt option, etched glass New backlight, 1000 nits brightness Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR) Pro Display XDR 6 displays on Mac Pro Articulated and rotates Removable for transport VESA mount $5999 Mac available this fall Fall Rack deployment compatible $4999 display w/o stand  Mac OS - Catalina Sync in the sidebar in finder, 4K SideCar iPad as a second display for Mac Wired and wirelessly Voice control, also on iOS New dictation with numbers Find My App iPhone, friends Locate offline apple devices, Bluetooth beacon Activation lock macs with T2 Xcode checkbox includes iOS and Mac Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV Screen time Project Catalyst(Marzipan) AR People Occlusion Motion Capture Very cool Reality Kit Reality Composer ARKit 3 Minecraft Earth Swift UI - New UI framework
Build Watch apps Common API across all platforms All Betas - Public Seeds July, Developer Betas Today, Release in fall

 

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