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Apple Announces WWDC 2019 Kicks Off on June 3 in San Jose, Registration Open for Developers

linxy33 said:
and what about the bunny holding the knife?

- apples worst nightmare?
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Lol, yep! The bunny has been neglected too long by Apple and kills for food now :D
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dumastudetto said:
I'm expecting an incredible week of mind-blowing innovation and industry leadership.
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In all honesty: I hope you’re right :)
 
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guzhogi said:
I like both of these. I remember when you could use an iMac as an external display for other computers. I didn't do it myself, nor do I understand why you'd buy an iMac only to use it as a display. However, the tech IS there.
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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/dual-imacs.2052555/#post-24790730

My old 2010 iMac is on the left, repurposed as a monitor for my 2017 iMac on the right.

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guzhogi said:
I like both of these. I remember when you could use an iMac as an external display for other computers. I didn't do it myself, nor do I understand why you'd buy an iMac only to use it as a display. However, the tech IS there.

As for the USB-C drives on iPad Pro, have it interface with the Files app somehow?

With Apple going so iOS heavy the last few years, plus considering how powerful the A# procs are getting, I wonder if/when they'll port Xcode to iPad? Maybe Final Cut as well? I don't use Final Cut, but would like to see more producer apps on the iPad, and not just consumer apps.
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I know a lot of people would use it to connect gaming consoles so they didn't have to buy a separate display or TV for their office.

Yeah, it would just show up in the files app, using standard files interface for importing inside third party apps as well, with the ability to copy it over to the device and iCloud, Dropbox, or whatever else you have set up.

Yeah, there have been rumors about Xcode on iPad. Sounds like a nightmare but my hope is that if they really want to make it work, it will be a benefit to everyone because it means they have to find ways to improve the productivity experience on the iPad. Same for FCP and Logic. I hope that the professionals they've hired to do projects in-house so that they can study how they work are also working on the iPad sometimes to show their designers and engineers the limitations and give feedback on improvements. Just as long as those people aren't taken off their Mac project too much, lol. Hire plenty!
 
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HJM.NL said:
You can use it as a monitor? How did you do that?

Edit: I followed your link. Nice explanation and now my old iMac isn’t obsolete anymore. Thanks!

Second edit: it only mirrors your screen or is it possible to use it as a second screen?
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It works just like a monitor. Mirror or extend, your choice. You can see from my pic that it is not mirrored.

You just need the right cables. It does use significantly more power than a regular monitor though, since the entire OS is always running in the background. You have to boot up, log in, and then press Command-F2 to get into monitor mode.
 
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I’m personally looking forward to WWDC this year. With iOS 12 being focused on speed and reliability I’m expecting them to bring new features to iOS 13.

Maybe they’ll add a customizable home screen (they already allow customization on the Apple Watch, so Apple isn’t completely averse to it). Just imagine the sheer rage if Apple allows a custom home screen.
 
aevan said:
I could copy/paste this list into my own wishlist. Exactly. Every single thing you mention - I want. And I do expect that we get, more or less, all of it - with the exception of using the iPad as an external display. I would love it (to use the iPad Pro as a Cintiq without some issues that Astropad has) - but I doubt they will do it. But again, would love it.
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Yeah I've yet to find a perfect solution. Even the Duet Display where you plug it in can be pretty buggy and it jacks with other things on my Mac sometimes. I don't like how it modifies the system so much.
 
The slogan and art are kinda cool. I think it has something to do with a dark mode.

Edit: Totally forgot we're still March, and this is not the June event.
 
realtuner said:
I’m personally looking forward to WWDC this year. With iOS 12 being focused on speed and reliability I’m expecting them to bring new features to iOS 13.

Maybe they’ll add a customizable home screen (they already allow customization on the Apple Watch, so Apple isn’t completely averse to it). Just imagine the sheer rage if Apple allows a custom home screen.
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Apple should make some kind of switch to go into Pro Mode. This way they could let the user decide if they want to work in the simple mode (means how it is right now) or in pro mode and by that giving the user all the customizable options and more technical possibilities.

By doing this they won’t alienate the customers attracted by apple’s simplicity and also attract more demanding customers who want to customize iOS.

Just a thought...
 
HJM.NL said:
You can follow all classes online afterwards I believe. Those sessions will be posted online. Or am I totally wrong?

Edit: yes you can! Go to apple’s WWDC site and you’re able to watch those separate sessions from earlier years back ;)
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Yeah, I remember watching some. However, don't some of the sessions allow attendees to ask the Apple engineer questions? Can't really do that with a video of the session.
 
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im going to give a serious prediction now after all this fun...

apple wrote the title as "Write code. Blow Minds." NOT "Write code, blow minds."

its two thoughts.. write code for (software) + blow minds with(new hardware Mac pro / Macbook Pro / imac)
 
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They just can't contain themselves anymore. They are going to license macOS to the clones. That will get them out of the hardware business.
 
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The Developers Conference is always a good one to watch. Looking forward to it.
 
Kinda funny, but for me, the most exciting part about WWDC is finding out which devices will be compatible with the new software updates that are released the following September. If my current device is too old to get the next big update, then that’s my excuse to upgrade :D
 
paulcons said:
I can't resist this:

Write Code, Blow Minds, Give us 30% of Everything You Make.
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The 30% wasn't a bad deal 10 years ago because it did cover a lot of overhead a small developer didn't have to focus on (eCommerce mainly). This allowed small developers to focus mainly on creating apps for a new platform - and yes, it was great. But times have changed and Apple has become arrogant and lost their way. App Store policies have not evolved in a way that enables small developers to be in the game at all. Now all the "who would of thought of that" crazy-ass ideas that could have ONLY come from small indy developers (not cubicle dwellers) are gone, and they aren't coming back.

I can't believe it's been 10 years since my second app has been in the app store (second of several). I was earning the equivalent full time software developer salary from my app store sales at the time. But that was a long time ago...

Today, WWDC is only for the pedigreed or the foolish.
 
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Suttree said:
We need real innovation for real work. Not stupid Swift, not stupid APFS, not stupid Metal. I can’t be a professional speedrunner and Twitch celebrity with Apple’s pathetic offerings.
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You're honestly probably better off building a Windows rig if that's your line of work...
 
Rocketman said:
I will say this again. They should have 3-4 satellite locations where "some" Apple engineers are physically present, the recent build of Swift and MacOS and iOS are present, and a video feed from the sessions are available. Everything except the impossible parking, lodging and transportation to and from the prime venue. Heck, you probably could still charge for it.
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Different teams in different locations, told to you at registration time?

The issue winds up being that going to the labs and networking with other devs are the two actual values of attending WWDC in person, so splitting the conference up into multiple locations is risky. Why would I want to watch a video feed at a conference center vs a live stream at my office or at home in my PJs?
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lunarworks said:
Apple releases iMacs with new form factor: "Typical Apple, form over function."
Apple releases iMacs with same form factor: "Lazy Apple has lost its magic."

There is no winning here.
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That's a toggle control.
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Spoil-sport
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dguisinger said:
...If they don't want to hire more engineers to get their products on regular cycles...
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They don't. Some products like iPhone have enough changes (and contractual commitments by both Apple and consumers) to be worth releasing yearly. For nearly every Apple product, it is about releasing when it is ready, and apple targets 'meaningful updates' (such as 4k an apps to aTV, a larger screen and ECG to a watch, retina and usb-c and T2/touchid to a MacBook Air, etc).

To put a different way, there isn't another company selling Macs where you would buy non-Apple because one has an intel CPU with a slight speed bump. PC makers have to compete on specs and price, Apple has an entirely separate ecosystem to attract and keep buyers.
 
I wonder why the image used here is different than the one on their Newsroom page linked in this article?

When I visit that page, it shows a similar but different image using what looks like a robot head instead of a skull and has different icons coming out of the head.
 
guzhogi said:
I like both of these. I remember when you could use an iMac as an external display for other computers. I didn't do it myself, nor do I understand why you'd buy an iMac only to use it as a display. However, the tech IS there.
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This worked because most displays use DisplayPort internally (HDMI is kinda a piece of crap which won out because it launched earlier).

When they went 5k, there wasn't an external cable capable of driving that size of monitor, so the feature went away. It could still come back but.. most video cards still don't support newer DisplayPort versions that can drive a 5k display, and thunderbolt-3 might require custom silicon (while all TB3 controllers I believe are still made exclusively by intel, since TB3 isn't an open standard)
 
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