Leaker Predicts WWDC Details: A14, macOS Big Sur, Redesigned UI, iPadOS Improved Hand Writing

[MacRumors]

In a last minute series of tweets, leaker L0vetodream has posted a number of last minute predictions about WWDC 2020. Apple's WWDC kicks off on Monday morning with a live stream. A previous series of rumors suggested we'd see no new hardware at WWDC, which @L0vetodream agrees with saying "There will be no hardware tomorrow and Im sure Jon is right".

Beyond that, the Twitter account shares some details about the upcoming announcements. Most specifically, L0vetodream specifies "macOS Big Sur" as the name for macOS 10.16 which will also include a "redesigned UI" and "huge update" for Safari.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274927653825347586

The other predictions are somewhat more vague, with this year being the "year of A14", Apple's own custom processor. The A13 presently drives the latest iPhones. tvOS and HomeKit integration are mentioned as well as watchOS updates including sleep and "hand wash monitoring function."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274917851275513857

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274926002406412288

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274927908704776192

iPadOS is described with a redesigned Sidecar -- Apple's feature to turn an iPad into a secondary monitor for a Mac. Finally, "improved and enhanced hand written input is also predicted.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274930688756609024

L0vetodream has previously had accurate predictions and normally writes their predictions in this sort of vague style.

Update: Another tweet, this time about iOS:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274941289943818240

Article Link: Leaker Predicts WWDC Details: A14, macOS Big Sur, Redesigned UI, iPadOS Improved Hand Writing

 

[2010mini]

well...in a little over 11 hours, we will all know.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Interesting . . .

We'll find out in a few hours.

 

[cmaier]

let’s hope the “new UI” isn’t the iOS UI - (in other words, Apple gives up making catalyst behave more Mac like and instead makes mac more catalyst-like)

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Wow, a redesigned UI for macOS. That could be cool. Hasn’t changed much since Yosemite.

 

[gigapocket1]

Prosser or I ain’t believing it

 

[allan.nyholm]

"In my dream" - Isn't that just what it is? A dream. I'm not familiar with the language, but I am somewhat familiar with the style of writing of Chinese and Russians - they all type that way. Thanks men.

Of course, there's no way to know for sure about all that is typed out in those tweets - I care not about any of the leaks. macOS 10.16 "Big Sur" with a new UI? Unless it's a direct copy of Windows 10's UI I'm not interested. Or am I?!

Hmm, the more I think about "In my dream" it sounds more like "I predict". But dreams does not function like that. The Chinese people do have a more exotic language with many more ways to write different things.
I think they have about 1000 words describing the term "leak to the public and press"

I'm just not that well educated.

 

[Mr. Dee]

I suspect macOS will get the iPhone X/iPad OS style Dock.

 

[cmaier]

I suspect macOS will get the iPhone X/iPad OS style Dock.

As long as i can still autohide it, fine with me

 

[LFC2020]

Hopefully their is a option to get rid of the home bar on iOS 14.

Overdue, when you receive a phone call and if hijacks your screen, 🤦‍♂️ You have to sit there like a idiot waiting for the call to stop, before returning to what you were doing.

hopefully rumor of widgets on home screen is true, be nice to see a refresh of the UI.

 

[sniffies]

I predict none of the following oddities in iOS will be changed (yet again):

- iCloud Mail read status still won’t sync
- Hidden Album in Photos app still won’t be password-protectable
- Still no Safari favicons in Bookmarks
- Still unable to see which number/email I receive a FaceTime call on
- Still unable to see which number/email I receive an iMessage on
- Live Wallpapers still pointless
- Still unable to switch from FaceTime Video to Audio while in call
- Still unable to clear all new notifications at once (unless there are older ones present alongside new ones)
- Still unable to search Phone Recents
- Still unable to customize the two shortcuts at the bottom of the lock screen
- Still unable to search emojis; emoji suggestion feature is insufficient and doesn’t always work
- Still no option to display full URL’s in Safari
- Still no option to turn off Smart Addresses in Mail

 

[Nozuka]

Well at least it wasn't a nightmare.

 

[arn]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274941289943818240

 

[benspratling]

let’s hope the “new UI” isn’t the iOS UI - (in other words, Apple gives up making catalyst behave more Mac like and instead makes mac more catalyst-like)

I would like it if they made MacCatalyst actually work. They claim UIDocumentBrowserViewController works, but it doesn't. So all document-based iOS apps don't work in MacCatalyst, if you build them the way apple asks us to.

Frankly, I hope they don't release iOS 14, but just release iOS 13 with the bugs fixed.

Also progressive downloads and SwiftUI in the browser. Yeah right, in my dreams.

 

[Pupi]

I love Safari otherwise, but watch it getting a major overhaul and still be awful at bookmarking.

 

[cmaier]

I would like it if they made MacCatalyst actually work. They claim UIDocumentBrowserViewController works, but it doesn't. So all document-based iOS apps don't work in MacCatalyst, if you build them the way apple asks us to.

Frankly, I hope they don't release iOS 14, but just release iOS 13 with the bugs fixed.

Also progressive downloads and SwiftUI in the browser. Yeah right, in my dreams.

I’d just be happy if Xcode always worked. I have to toggle the “mac” checkbox off and restart Xcode repeatedly to get one of my projects to build a functioning ios binary that doesn’t crash on start.

 

[Takuro]

Well, the Twitter account just posted that it was all a troll.

 

[cmaier]

Well, the Twitter account just posted that it was all a troll.

Sort of.

 

[CarlJ]

let’s hope the “new UI” isn’t the iOS UI - (in other words, Apple gives up making catalyst behave more Mac like and instead makes mac more catalyst-like)

That new iMac with “iPad design language”? You’ll have to swipe up from the bottom to unlock it.

 

[bobob]

Is this an Onion article?

 

[Bustycat]

"In my dream" - Isn't that just what it is? A dream. I'm not familiar with the language, but I am somewhat familiar with the style of writing of Chinese and Russians - they all type that way. Thanks men.

Of course, there's no way to know for sure about all that is typed out in those tweets - I care not about any of the leaks. macOS 10.16 "Big Sur" with a new UI? Unless it's a direct copy of Windows 10's UI I'm not interested. Or am I?!

Hmm, the more I think about "In my dream" it sounds more like "I predict". But dreams does not function like that. The Chinese people do have a more exotic language with many more ways to write different things.
I think they have about 1000 words describing the term "leak to the public and press"

I'm just not that well educated.

It is the recent trend in the Greater China region— using ‘in my dream’ or ‘I dreamed about’ to leak something.

 

[allan.nyholm]

Something’s telling me it’s gonna be boring yet again.

I predict none of the following oddities in iOS will be changed:

- iCloud Mail read status sync still won’t sync

This... drives me bonkers. "you've got mail!" "nope, just messing with ya! I lied. Just the old e-mails that's just not syncing properly when read on your Mac"
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It is the recent trend in the Greater China region— using ‘in my dream’ or ‘I dreamed about’ to leak something.

I see.. I feel mighty foolish then.

To show how off the beat I am, I didn't know that 'goat' mean't Greatest of all time. I thought it was weird to write on twitter or hear it on a podcast "that man was the goat" - I think this was after the helicopter accident with some basketball player that I forget the name of, died.

 

[k27]

tvOS needs multiuser support. If you have kids you know what I am talking about.

 

[arn]

"In my dream" - Isn't that just what it is? A dream. I'm not familiar with the language, but I am somewhat familiar with the style of writing of Chinese and Russians - they all type that way. Thanks men.

Of course, there's no way to know for sure about all that is typed out in those tweets - I care not about any of the leaks. macOS 10.16 "Big Sur" with a new UI? Unless it's a direct copy of Windows 10's UI I'm not interested. Or am I?!

Hmm, the more I think about "In my dream" it sounds more like "I predict". But dreams does not function like that. The Chinese people do have a more exotic language with many more ways to write different things.
I think they have about 1000 words describing the term "leak to the public and press"

I'm just not that well educated.

That's just how he/she writes: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/20/apple-controller-12-inch-arm-macbook-rumors/

 

[cmaier]

tvOS needs multiuser support. If you have kids you know what I am talking about.

It sorta has that, at least for some built-in apps, but the interface to switch users is weird, and no third-party apps have access to the user you select on the home screen.