Live From WWDC 2018: Coverage of Apple's Keynote with iOS 12, macOS 10.14, and More

[StellarVixen]

That applause and cheer when Craig showed the Xcode in dark mode was the most honest and genuine expression of audience's feelings that I've seen from audience on one Apple's keynote so far. Anyone who has wrote at least few lines of code in their life know how well dark themes and source code in monospace font go together, it is match made in heaven.

(Edit: Well, maybe most honest, since the introduction of iPhone). But I didn't watch that one live.

 

[technole]

Consolidation is never going to happen at Apple. Mouse support in iOS, never happening.

There is too much money to be made for different audiences and different platforms.

 

[The Game 161]

Good to see group notifications

 

[groove-agent]

I didn't get that at all. That was a pretty strong "NO" [we're not unifying the systems].

Honestly and objectively, some of the stuff announced is pretty interesting from a dev perspective however in general, this was pretty bad.. was expecting a bit more. And I like how Craig says no we are not merging the systems but they are unifying some of the fundamentals so eventually they will.

 

[pika2000]

Is it bad that the only thing in the entire keynote that I was excited for was Google Maps/Waze in CarPlay... Those aren't even Apple products.

It means you are a lay consumer.
WWDC is a conference for developers, consumers can watch the September event for more excitement.
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Consolidation is never going to happen at Apple. Mouse support in iOS, never happening.

There is too much money to be made for different audiences and different platforms.

And for good reason, that even Jobs already explained. When you start wanting to mix UIs from two different experiences, you start making compromises. So I don’t know why people still keep wanting this. My bet is people wanted something else, but didn’t know how to express it. (Eg. They might want some apps to be cross platform, so Apple is porting some APIs to give devs easier time to port apps properly, instead of just putting touch on Macs or mouse support on iOS and call it a day).

 

[Kiro]

Incredible, amazing....NOT.

 

[groove-agent]

Most of the time spend with your watch involves looking at the face. So why are there so little available? Apple needs to open it up to developers to create (AND SELL!) faces on the App Store.

 

[bluespark]

Honestly, this REALLY didn't need an on-stage press conference. Just mention these minor things in a blog post update on your webpage. Nothing there was worthy of summoning all of these people and press for some on-stage presentation. It's almost cringey feeling tbh.

They didn't summon these people for the keynote -- they are there for the conference. This keynote is to give the developers insight into Apple's software priorities because this greatly impacts what developers can and will want to do.

 

[Lioness~]

Incredible, amazing....NOT.

Incredibly stressful these people are on stage. Obviously they can’t be themselves, and need to put up a ‘performance’. Presenting a lot that would be distractions for me.

Remembering Steve’s magical keynotes

 

[ericinboston]

You can make fun of Apple as much as you want, but supporting a product form 2013 (iPhone 5S) is a huge feat.

No, no it's not a huge feat for a company that controls the hardware, the OS, most of the apps, 100% of the apps that get installed on it, and all the integration in/out of the phone. It is a small feat for 5 years worth of "support". How much has really changed between the iphone 8 and 5s from a software feature point of view? The iOS has changed each year (often for not much good reason) but the phones ship with 90% the same features. I'm not talking about "well, they changed the API and now the CODE is different".

Look at Microsoft and Windows...how well Windows XP lasted for 14+ years supporting 3rd party apps, 3rd party hardware, etc. Windows 95 and 98 lasted for eons, too.

I'm not making this an Apple vs. Microsoft argument...just citing an example.

It really, really, really burns me that I buy an iPad/iPhone and unless I update the iOS every 6-12 months, I find apps that won't install. It burns me even more that, for example, I have an app 1.0 that is designed for iOS 8.0 and I install it on my brand new iOS 8.0 iPad...then I upgrade to iOS 10.x years later (while 11.x has been out for a few months) and the app has an update to 3.0 but the app is now requiring 11.x and my iPad only upgrades to 10.x! Why can't I get version 2.0 of the app that still works under 10.x?! It's a generalized example, but I've encountered this numerous times. I'm a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" person with technology...so I do not update iOS every few months like a majority of the clueless public.

 

[cmiller4642]

Mojave is appropriate - the OS is barren and boring like a dessert. Kidding.

There were some interesting features but again, nothing game-changing. Also, I don't know why everyone is so obsessed with dark-mode. I can kind of understand the photography thing but who wants to stare at a "dark as death" screen all day?

They really should merge iOS and MacOS though. Only then will iPads replace MacBook Pros. Why can't they add mouse support to iOS and let someone attach a BT keyboard? It certainly would solve the crappy keyboard problem they've yet to fix in the MBPs. . Consolidation of their product lines would be beneficial, but I'm sure Apple would prefer to sell you multiple redundant devices that generally do the same thing.

Some of us work night shift and on our nights off like read the internet or e-read in bed before sleep and our significant others work day shift so they don't like to see a glowing white light at 3am

 

[markrath]

Why Apple!? WHY!? Why Do you feel a need to tilt the icons in macOS? iOS... beautiful uniform icons. watchOS... beautiful uniform icons. tvOS... beautiful uniform icons. macOS... some round, some square, some tilted. Drives me crazy!

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) starts today at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, with the traditional keynote kicking things off at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.

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We're expecting to see a number of announcements, although it appears Apple will primarily be discussing software this year.

Apple is providing a live video stream on its website and via Apple TV. iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 are expected to be the main focus as usual, with Apple itself leaking macOS details heading into the weekend.

In addition to Apple's video stream, we will be updating this article with live blog coverage and issuing Twitter updates through our @MacRumorsLive account as the keynote unfolds. Highlights from the event and separate news stories regarding today's announcements will go out through our @MacRumors account.

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[jdoll021]

I think Apple knows what’s important far better than you. They are executing a strategy that is working beautifully. Animoji are just a small part of it, despite what you think.

I think Apple knows what makes them billions in short term profit. If they think that a bunch of teens and tweens are going to pester their rich parents to buy them expensive iPhones so they can have the latest animoji’s, then that’s what they’re going to do. Their long time customers and pro users be damned!

 

[falcn]

I think there was hardware announcement (besides gay watchband) and everyone missed it.

Craig said multiple times that real-time photorealistic forest trail demo was running on a Macbook with eGPU. Current Macbooks cannot use eGPU because they don't have Thunderbolt.

 

[Neodym]

consumers can watch the September event for more excitement.

I wouldn’t hold my breath ...

 

[cmiller4642]

I wouldn’t hold my breath ...

iPhone X-2 Plus is the BEST iPhone EVER!

iPhone X-2 Plus starts are just $1299.99 for the 64gb model and only $1499.99 for the 128 gb model!

 

[bigtomato]

What a joke, nothing but eye candy....so disappointed glad I bought a supercharged windows machine that rocks

 

[BeatCrazy]

From Apple release.

• watchOS 5 will be available this fall as a free update for Apple Watch Series 1 and later and requires iPhone 5s or later on iOS 12. watchOS 5 will not be available on the original Apple Watch. Features are subject to change. Some features may not be available in all regions.

I'm I correct in assuming that since iOS 12 will come with watchOS 5, you wouldn't be able to pair an original watch (stuck on watchOS 4)?

 

[zeram1]

Screw da developers on new hardware, as we were sooo busy making animojis the wave of da future...Hence, the future is now...The future IS Apple!

 

[sracer]

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That applause and cheer when Craig showed the Xcode in dark mode was the most honest and genuine expression of audience's feelings that I've seen from audience on one Apple's keynote so far. Anyone who has wrote at least few lines of code in their life know how well dark themes and source code in monospace font go together, it is match made in heaven.

Which is odd, when one considers that "dark mode" was the only mode for us dinosaur software developers. To go from developing code from a 3277 terminal to the sleek 3279 terminal with a color text and graphics... THAT was wonderful. And then PC-DOS... THAT was dark mode too!

What I don't get is why Apple didn't continue on with their courage streak and stick with their pale palette and bright interface. Dark mode is so prehistoric that it is inconsistent with their innovative, forward-thinking approach to computing.

 

[pika2000]

I wouldn’t hold my breath ...

I wouldn’t either. Why would you want to hold your breath until September? :shrug:

 

[StellarVixen]

Oh, also, I like how Apple is gonna make ad companies even more mad than it did last year. This "fingerprint tracking" prevention is huge.

https://panopticlick.eff.org here you can see how cunning, and effective tracking by "fingerprinting" is.

 

[Baymowe335]

I think Apple knows what makes them billions in short term profit. If they think that a bunch of teens and tweens are going to pester their rich parents to buy them expensive iPhones so they can have the latest animoji’s, then that’s what they’re going to do. Their long time customers and pro users be damned!

Sigh...ok. Apple has outstanding management.

 

[pika2000]

No, no it's not a huge feat for a company that controls the hardware, the OS, most of the apps, 100% of the apps that get installed on it, and all the integration in/out of the phone. It is a small feat for 5 years worth of "support". How much has really changed between the iphone 8 and 5s from a software feature point of view? The iOS has changed each year (often for not much good reason) but the phones ship with 90% the same features. I'm not talking about "well, they changed the API and now the CODE is different".

Look at Microsoft and Windows...how well Windows XP lasted for 14+ years supporting 3rd party apps, 3rd party hardware, etc. Windows 95 and 98 lasted for eons, too.

I'm not making this an Apple vs. Microsoft argument...just citing an example.

It really, really, really burns me that I buy an iPad/iPhone and unless I update the iOS every 6-12 months, I find apps that won't install. It burns me even more that, for example, I have an app 1.0 that is designed for iOS 8.0 and I install it on my brand new iOS 8.0 iPad...then I upgrade to iOS 10.x years later (while 11.x has been out for a few months) and the app has an update to 3.0 but the app is now requiring 11.x and my iPad only upgrades to 10.x! Why can't I get version 2.0 of the app that still works under 10.x?! It's a generalized example, but I've encountered this numerous times. I'm a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" person with technology...so I do not update iOS every few months like a majority of the clueless public.

Supporting such old hardware IS a huge feat, as it is costly to do that. Apple has no reason to support the 5S as it is technically on the chopping block after the iPhone 5 being dropped last year, yet they decided to keep it supported in a market where 2 year support is a luxury.

Windows comparison is irrelevant.

 

[coolfactor]

Not sure what's going on, but every time I try to watch the stream, it plays their previous Educational Special Event. I was confused at first, but clearly the WWDC stream is not available yet. Not sure why they have the Special Event video linked on the June 2018 page, though.

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2018/