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Apple Shares Full Video of Today's WWDC Keynote on its Website [Update: Now on YouTube]

iapplelove said:
I’m waiting for the everything you need to know about the Apple keynote in 5 minutes video to upload.
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5 minutes? Think you could put it in a 30 second advert if you tried hard enough.

Some bits look "wow" at a Keynote but then rarely get used.

So disappointed there were no hardware updates. Not everything but the long overdue things should/could have been addressed. Mac Mini and Air I'm looking at you. Neither will be flagship devices when processors are eventually upgraded so why wait another three months to refresh everything? Both could have been interim updates though to get some momentum going until new processors are available.

This whole "once a year" (or only in three month slots thereafter) is boring. If Intel don't have enough new chips in three months time, I guess it will blow out another three months. There's Christmas/New Year gone. And current hardware looks even more stale compared to Windows machines. There's some rather great looking stuff in top end competitors machines now.

May as well delete iPods now. That's history. Small capacity, over priced and burdened with iTunes which is such a mess I may as well pull all my music and put in large SD cards or USBs I can move between hardware (car, Android phone and assorted Macs). Spotify fills in the blanks when I don't own a ripped CD.

At least we didn't get promised new hardware months ahead that still isn't available 9 months later... that trick was getting old too. Maybe they learnt from it. Perhaps this year's phones will turn up on time and in number - and more keenly priced. Notch/OLED novelty over.
 
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I missed the keynote (seems kind of silly to go back and watch it now) does the podcasting function in WatchOS open the possibility of syncing audiobooks to the Apple Watch? That was suggested on a news site (can't remember which one) but I can't find verification.

Really hope Audible can now release an Apple Watch app. For me that's the missing killer app.
 
clauzzz203 said:
What the hell price tag? MacOS is free for years.
I agree with your other points.
[doublepost=1528156110][/doublepost]This release makes you wonder what their developers are doing all day. For an entire year.
Maybe Cook’s ‘all must get along or don’t get promoted’ management style is locking innovation at team level?
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Except that you have to buy an overpriced computer to get it.
That ain't free.
 
Just finished watching it, but developers don't come from that period ."The Dinosaurs of Apple."

(That's gonna catch on)
 
PaulRustad007 said:
The beginning Mockumentary was amusing.......
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I actually didn’t find it amusing at all. In fact, I thought it was down right insulting. It portrays developers as sub-human. Think about it, replace developers with just about any other demographic and it becomes flat out discriminatory. What if, instead of developers, it were about Democrats, Republicans, old people, young people, Americans, Italians, men, women, Christians, Muslims, etc? Would you really put out a film that treats those groups as if they were animals being studied and pondered over by a David Attenborough-esque narrator? Yeah, it’s cool and countercultural to identify as a computer nerd these days, and a lot of the time I’m laughing right along with everyone else when we poke fun at the stereotypes (I love The IT Crowd), but sometimes it goes too far. This was one of those times.
 
QCassidy352 said:
I've been on this site since 2003 and a Mac user since the 90s. I am NOT part of the "Apple is doomed" or "Tim Cook is the worst ever" crowd.

That said: this was the most underwhelming keynote I've ever seen from Apple. No new hardware is one thing, but the software they announced has SO little of interest that I really have to wonder what they're doing over there. WatchOS, as the newest OS, has the most room to grow and failed to introduce any of the most important changes, like new faces (except the one pride face), 3rd party faces, always-on, or even always-on during activities.

iOS and macOS are obviously much more mature and have a lot less room to grow, but what they announced was so minimal that both updates feel like a .X update, not a X.0.

Flame on, but I just didn't see more than one or two things to be even interested in, let alone excited about, all keynote.
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Agreed!!! So sad.
[doublepost=1528177716][/doublepost]It's just sad... The mini Mac is so old.
 
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"Nocturnal cave dwelling creatures"

Translation: Losers with no life that come to worship at the altar of Apple.

Really? Just plain Offensive.
 
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This keynote should have been no longer than an hour. They wasted so much time with demos and used too many words to explain features. Should have been more TL;DR.
 
This was one of Apple's most underwhelming keynotes in years. I find Craig prancing around stage highlighting features that have been available from free apps and on other platforms for years a bit sad. Where is the innovation? Where is the heart-thumping, exciting new feature (just one or two would have been enough)? Where is moving the ball forward in a big way? They have had a year and we got very little that is new. The truth is iOS has become VERY stale and TIRED looking. Perhaps Apple needs new, fresh minds in the software development area. This all just feels very static and sad from a company with virtually limitless financial resources. And most terrifying, what are the most persistent rumors we hear about, TV production and content development? Apple please don't waste time and money on that. Not your line of business!! Nonetheless, given how buggy and slow and bloated iOS 11 has been, improving performance and stability is welcomed if not terribly exciting. I am really upset about having spend $1000 on an iPhone X only to have crappy performance and freezes and bugs.

Here's my list:

1. Siri once was the innovative leader, now it's an also-ran, has-been tech that lags far behind other assistants. It's actually embarrassing. Apple did little to move the ball forward on this. Shortcuts will never be adopted by the typical non-tech user. Siri should be able to use any third party app to find what we want and be smarter for it.
2. Group FaceTime is a nice step forward with a nicely designed interface, but bringing FaceTime to the Windows and Android world would have been much more exciting.
3. Always on screens with custom complications? Nope.
4. Split Screen on iPhone? Nope.
5. Improved and intelligent text selection (a la Android P)? Nope.
6. Muti-user accounts on iPads? Nope.
7. Full Safari on iPad? Nope.
8. Customizable Home Screens? Nope.
9. A Continuity Clipboard with Cloud storage for all iOS and Mac devices? Nope.
10. Better stock Mail and Calendar apps? Nope. These apps are in desperate need of improvement. These are apps people use everyday. Instead we get koala emojis.
11. Camera app improvements? Apple should be a leader in this but has surrendered its lead to Pixel. Portrait mode improvements are nice, but they could do so much more with the stock camera app.
12. While not a hardware-focused event, it must be noted that the MacBook line feels primitive and way behind Surface and Chromebook. Apple seems stubbornly committed to keeping its MacOS and iOS hardware/software worlds separate rather than trying to envision a better tech experience by borrowing the best from both worlds and creating something entirely new that the world has never seen before. For that, sadly we need Steve Jobs.
 
parseckadet said:
I actually didn’t find it amusing at all. In fact, I thought it was down right insulting. It portrays developers as sub-human. Think about it, replace developers with just about any other demographic and it becomes flat out discriminatory. What if, instead of developers, it were about Democrats, Republicans, old people, young people, Americans, Italians, men, women, Christians, Muslims, etc? Would you really put out a film that treats those groups as if they were animals being studied and pondered over by a David Attenborough-esque narrator? Yeah, it’s cool and countercultural to identify as a computer nerd these days, and a lot of the time I’m laughing right along with everyone else when we poke fun at the stereotypes (I love The IT Crowd), but sometimes it goes too far. This was one of those times.
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developer13245 said:
"Nocturnal cave dwelling creatures"

Translation: Losers with no life that come to worship at the altar of Apple.

Really? Just plain Offensive.
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Good lord, lighten up. It's a joke. Stop looking for things to be offended by.
 
Mojave? They can't even get Sierra to work properly. I'm still on El Capitán and do not plan on upgrading ever. Unless I change my late 2016 macbook (maybe a two year computer is too old for Apple standards?)

I would have loved they kept El Capitán and continue to add and correct great features. Apple Mail being one, Reminders being more natural typing, the calendar, keynotes, pages, etc. But oh well, I guess it's our fault for consuming it and not demanding better stuff.

I know I know, I purchased a computer, not software, but for the price, they could just invest in producing great applications, I would even pay for a good Apple mail software. And please, don't recommend other mail apps that hog resources like mad, just like browsers, and I end up with a 3 hour battery life instead of 7.

I tried Spark, Outlook, etc. I like not being connected to the charger 24/7, Apple native apps work better with MacOS, Safari is proof of that. No other browser eats less battery.
 
wbeasley said:
5 minutes? Think you could put it in a 30 second advert if you tried hard enough.

Some bits look "wow" at a Keynote but then rarely get used.

So disappointed there were no hardware updates. Not everything but the long overdue things should/could have been addressed. Mac Mini and Air I'm looking at you. Neither will be flagship devices when processors are eventually upgraded so why wait another three months to refresh everything? Both could have been interim updates though to get some momentum going until new processors are available.

This whole "once a year" (or only in three month slots thereafter) is boring. If Intel don't have enough new chips in three months time, I guess it will blow out another three months. There's Christmas/New Year gone. And current hardware looks even more stale compared to Windows machines. There's some rather great looking stuff in top end competitors machines now.

May as well delete iPods now. That's history. Small capacity, over priced and burdened with iTunes which is such a mess I may as well pull all my music and put in large SD cards or USBs I can move between hardware (car, Android phone and assorted Macs). Spotify fills in the blanks when I don't own a ripped CD.

At least we didn't get promised new hardware months ahead that still isn't available 9 months later... that trick was getting old too. Maybe they learnt from it. Perhaps this year's phones will turn up on time and in number - and more keenly priced. Notch/OLED novelty over.
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What universe are you people coming from where you are expecting hardware announcements at the WWDC Keynote?????????????????
 
mi7chy said:
Nothing really new. Just a rehash of what's been out for years.
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All those things that are going to be in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave and other updates already exist in current versions? How is it that people aren't using them and are waiting to make use of them in those versions (or installing beta versions to make use of them)?
 
There’s quite a few things I’m looking forward to.



Ios: Siri shortcuts, AR kit, memoji

Performance enhancements for my iPad mini 4, iPhone X gestures for iPad.


WatchOS: Walkie talkie, Siri suggestions and shortcuts, FaceTime audio, podcasts and audiobooks


HomePod: Siri shortcuts, FaceTime audio


TVOS: meh


MacOS: Changeable wallpaper, document\presentation features
 
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