Apple Leaks Video of macOS 10.14 Showing Xcode 10 With Dark Mode, News App, and More

[nordique]

This is super awesome news

Have wanted a dark mode for a long time!

 

[KALLT]

This might also mean that Mac apps and iOS apps will be integrated, or at least share some code. Notice the 'Shared' folder together with an iOS and macOS version.

That’s nothing new. You can already share code between macOS and iOS targets. There is even a sample Xcode project that demonstrates this.

If anything, the inclusion of “AppKit” in the source suggests that Cocoa and Cocoa Touch are still separate frameworks.

 

[Geardo_Ranger]

Dark mode and a port of the existing iOS News app are probably the biggest new consumer-facing features in MacOS Mojave, and both of them are now known ahead of time. This isn't even the first accidental leak of dark mode in Mojave, that was back in April from a beta build of Webkit. Unless they surprise us with some hardware (which is unlikely given the efforts to lower expectations), this year's WWDC isn't going to be very exciting...

If I had to guess most of what hasn't leaked, probably more ports of existing iOS features to the Mac years after they were introduced on iOS. Homekit, for example. The Mac is still Apple's most expensive product, and yet it is playing catchup to innovation happening on iPhones and iPads...

Well, HomeKit does need a cleanup and a lot more devices to connect to it. So hopefully they open up other devices to it.

Regarding Mac hardware, I wonder if they are not going to touch that subject with a 10 foot pole right now while dealing with the keyboard lawsuits happening right now. That would be a PR nightmare if they don't control the narrative correctly.

I am guessing we will prob not see a Craig and Phil FIREBALL interview this year unless they have some pretty good answers written up to keyboard questions that will certainly arise.

 

[Andres Cantu]

They should replace the trash icon with an iconified version of the mac pro

Aw, that's mean! If anything, it would be a Mac mini! And not because it doesn't have potential.

 

[jarman92]

Damn...that's a ton of leaked info from what is essentially a screenshot

 

[DevNull0]

Dark mode is coming? Now you've ruined Timmy's one more thing.

Animojis, watch bands, and dark mode. This is shaping up to the be the best WWDC ever.

 

[flyinmac]

What would really make Monday a treat is native Nvidia driver support for EGPUs... and it would be even better if Apple released their own EGPU enclosure so we can have something that matches our MacBooks.

Complete with a “Butterfly” release button to open the enclosure. Touch it right, or you’re not getting that new card installed.

 

[Ronlap]

I've never understood the fascination for dark mode. At 62, my eyes don't focus nearly as well as they used to, and having a bright screen makes my pupils smaller thus increasing my ability to focus.

 

[DevNull0]

This is super awesome news

Have wanted a dark mode for a long time!

Agreed, it's great news. But changing the color scheme is something that should have taken an unpaid summer intern 15 minutes on his lunch break. The fact that it's years overdue, is getting such a great response here and will no doubt get a standing ovation at WWDC shows just how much the bar has been lowered on expectations from Apple.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Craig Federighi better mention that gorgeous black trash can!

Probably spend 4+ minutes on that (trashcan).

Didn't he go about 15 minutes on modest UI transparency a few years ago?
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I've never understood the fascination for dark mode. At 62, my eyes don't focus nearly as well as they used to, and having a bright screen makes my pupils smaller thus increasing my ability to focus.

There's certainly places for it. For example, TV rolled out with bright white mode as the ONLY mode. In between watching something in a dark room, it could feel like staring at the sun when the UI popped on. IMO, dark mode there saves eyes.

Dark mode everywhere? As long as it's an OPTION, options are usually great! Those that like it get what they want. Those that don't like it don't have it forced upon them.

 

[anson42]

An actual leak! Dark mode is certainly what the younger crowd likes. And tiny fonts.

Chiming in as an older guy, I love dark mode and small fonts... my desktop, shell windows, editors, browser themes, all dark. It's a rather jarring contrast when I use apps and sites like macrumors that have white background. How about a dark mode for macrumors?

 

[simonmet]

Those yellow folders look decidedly Windows!

 

[mariusignorello]

Cracking down on leaks huh? All it does is take away the fizzle for the keynote.

 

[flyinmac]

I've never understood the fascination for dark mode. At 62, my eyes don't focus nearly as well as they used to, and having a bright screen makes my pupils smaller thus increasing my ability to focus.

I agree... I’m not personally seeing any reason I would actually use this mode. It would be more difficult for me to read.

The dimmer the image and the lower the contrast, the more my eyes strain to read. Which causes me to end up being totally useless for the rest of my day.

Granted I have contributing issues. Which are extremely sensitive based on lighting. I need either full on brightness or pitch black darkness to function. Gradients in between are too straining on my vision and will produce migraines.

So my day is shot if I momentarily walk through a dimly lit room. Either turn on the sun, or make it pitch black. I have excellent night vision, so either spectrum is good. It’s the middle that is problematic. The same goes for video screens. But obviously, pitch black is off. So that only leaves full bright for me.

 

[predation]

Finally leaks pre WWDC... it has been so silent before this show. Maybe Tim got more serious about leaking and how to stop it ... fingers crossed for not leaked hardware ...

Yeah. Heard employees get hung if they leak. /s

 

[redheeler]

Regarding Mac hardware, I wonder if they are not going to touch that subject with a 10 foot pole right now while dealing with the keyboard lawsuits happening right now. That would be a PR nightmare if they don't control the narrative correctly.

I am guessing we will prob not see a Craig and Phil FIREBALL interview this year unless they have some pretty good answers written up to keyboard questions that will certainly arise.

Your reasoning makes sense, especially if the improved keyboard is not yet ready for the new MacBook Pro. Still, it's disappointing to see new laptops with the hex-core Coffee Lake chips while the MacBook Pro stays behind on quad-core Kaby Lake.

Maybe Apple can at least lower the price, though lately even that has been too much to ask...

Those yellow folders look decidedly Windows!

Xcode has used yellow folder icons in the sidebar for a very long time. It's nothing new.

 

[Rogifan]

Yes, it is a leak. The video is (or likely was) publicly accessible through the Mac App Store’s public API (they were not “digging through Apple’s servers”), and Apple shouldn’t have uploaded the video to iTunes Connect (something that would require willful action, not an accident) early. Certainly no one forced them to.

To me leak would mean someone intentionally put it somewhere to be found. We don’t know that. I’m not a fan of these developers who dig through everything they possibly can and then if they find something tweet it out or send it to a rumor site. It would be nice to be surprised before a keynote. Yeah yeah I know stay off rumor sites. But really this dev has nothing better to do?
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This is super awesome news

Have wanted a dark mode for a long time!

Only awesome if it comes to iOS too.

 

[macintoshmac]

For once, I would like to see this dumpster diver's computer hacked with oddments leaked out on the internet, then we will see how he reacts. I really do not like it when people go to so much trouble as to peep into Apple's servers for a leak, just for a few likes. It is not going to get them paid in any way, just for some moments of glory, that satisfaction of the vain ego.

 

[Superhappytree]

It looks pretty ugly to me, as if we’re back to the 80s with black screens and plain text. It’s one of those things that you think will look good in your head but in reality it really doesn’t.

 

[BigMac?]

I guess that means that 10.14 doesn’t focus on UI refining for consistency.

Seems so

 

[Gorms]

Bet dollar this leak will sum up the entirety of the consumer facing features for macOS

 

[nottorp]

It looks pretty ugly to me, as if we’re back to the 80’s with black screens and plain text. It’s one of those things that you think will look good in your head but in reality it really doesn’t.

Personally I liked dark mode on CRTs because there was less light in your face. On a LCD, not sure it helps, but it does feel easier on the eyes. I feel there's too much light coming from a mostly white screen.

Maybe if OLED monitors become affordable and reliable... we'll have unlit black pixels again.

 

[BigMac?]

Yes about everyone who isn’t a nerd and posting here. “Normal” users use launchpad usually

Well launchpad is the easy way
Maybe it’s time for you to try spotlight

Sorry, sorry, no really, try spotlight!

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

Amazing, dark mode.

What about making Swift compile faster?

Its like when they couldn't keep iMessages in order but hey we go animojies!!!

 

[flyinmac]

Yeah. Heard employees get hung if they leak. /s

Better hope that Apple uses lax documentation standards. Some companies use documentation standards that track who typed what in every revision and modification. Whether it be code, a document, or simply changing whether the pencil sharpener plugs into the top or bottom electrical socket in an outlet.

Yes, there are companies so serious about documentation and process, that they do require a formal request to unplug something and plug it into the next nearest electrical socket. And that can take 3 months to process. Yes, I’ve dealt with them, and it’s quite common.

So, if Apple is a documentation company, they’ll find the culprit. Even if it’s by finding who didn’t do it.
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Well launchpad is the easy way
Maybe it’s time for you to try spotlight

Sorry, sorry, no really, try spotlight!

Yeah, I never go clicking around. I just type what I want and it shows up.

I forgot about launchpad until a couple days ago during an installation when I noticed a progress bar.