Live From WWDC 2019: Coverage of Apple's Keynote with iOS 13, macOS 10.15, and More

[TallManNY]

These AR presentations are always so strange. They look good on-camera, however in real life literally none of it is real. You can only see it through the 5" window of your phone.

They are weird. And it has been something like four years of AR getting a moment in nearly every keynote (WWDC and iPhone launch). All for something which I believe is rarely used by customers. Outside of Pokemon Go, I've never seen AR used in real life as something that someone did on a regular basis. But Apple seems to think it is very important.

 

[wolfshades]

Never in a million years did I expect them to put out an iPadOS. Never.

Kind of like its functionality though.

 

[Shirasaki]

iPhone: https://i.imgur.com/WuluzKr.png
iPad: https://i.imgur.com/HMqzALw.png

Interesting they keep iPad mini 4 around but cut iPhone 6 series.

 

[Skeptical.me]

I can see myself buying an used mac pro when my Mac Mini gives out, hopefully more than 10 years from now.

Completely relieved that buying the display is now out of the question, mostly because of the price but also because of it's design. The design of the display looks like a "classic" Apple product which I think is cool, but I wouldn't want that thing on my desk honestly.

I thought the same thing, the tech is great, images on the display must be extraordinary. However, it seems to appear to be quite thick, it really would be too large for my work space. Still, one can always dream lol

 

[Shanghaichica]

Wow, so cool. Google Assistant says hi.

But that voice over accessibility feature sounds the same as what google announced for the assistant at I/O.
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Interesting they keep iPad mini 4 around but cut iPhone 6 series.

I think the cuff off is 2GB of ram.

 

[mashinhead]

Amazing product news but $999 for the stand made the room go in total shock mode.......

This.

It doesn't really matter what features they release anymore, because their hardware has become so ludicrously expensive.

 

[FFR]

Interesting they keep iPad mini 4 around but cut iPhone 6 series.

They should have cut the iPhone 6s as well.
Maybe they will cut off the 6s and and 7 next year.

 

[iGeneo]

Sorry Apple but I can still build a massively more powerful pro editing PC for 6000$. And way less ugly too.

Cool story bro

The fact of the matter is that the people that truly need these things will have them purchased by their employer.

Sony, Disney and the like will eat this up. I have a good friend that wrote and directed a very popular animated movie. He sent me a message a few minutes ago that he is all in.

Me? I’m happy with my Mini and MBP.

 

[mrmcgoo]

I never ever thought I would see the day when an Apple Keynote talks about a woman's menstrual cycle.

Carrie, Moss, the first scene in Carrie! - The IT Crowd

 

[kissmo]

This.

It doesn't really matter what features they release anymore, because their hardware has become so ludicrously expensive.

999 is beyond ludicrous
It's a stand man! costs the same like an iPad LOL

 

[yAak]

LOL, MacRumors on Swift UI: "The developers seem excited."

Yes, yes we are. Whatever it is, it probably can't be worse than trying to merge .XIB/.storyboard file change conflicts.

 

[Everlast66]

The Chinese product copycats are laughing so hard now at that $999 monitor stand :joy:

 

[ladodger5]

I wonder if the mac mini 2018 will be able to play 4k hdr movies

 

[JetTester]

Hoooeeee, that Mac Pro is something! Can't innovate, my ass!

 

[HeavyMantra]

999 is beyond ludicrous
It's a stand man! costs the same like an iPad LOL

But it's gorgeous!

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

But that voice over accessibility feature sounds the same as what google announced for the assistant at I/O.
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I think the cuff off is 2GB of ram.

I can’t see it available for the gen 1 12,9 which has more than 2GB

 

[duervo]

Waiting to see if my 2012 iMac is still supported for Catalina.

Can't speak for the iMac, but my 15" mid2012 Unibody MacBook Pro listed the 10.15 beta as available for download through Software Update. It's downloading right now ... 6.46GB.

 

[robotfist]

Man, that monitor stand price. It's rare to receive a full groan from all the Apple fans at WWDC. They should have sold the monitor with a basic stand included in the price and then offered that rotating/swivel stand as a premium option. They probably wouldn't have made everyone cringe as bad. But to offer the only stand as a separate expense, and for $1000 at that, man, that was a bad mistake. That's like selling a BMW and then at the last minute saying, oh yeah, that price is just for the body. The wheels are an added, optional expense.

I'm sure there is going to be a lot of memes popping up about that stand.

 

[adrianlondon]

They should have cut the iPhone 6s as well.

Oi! I'm looking forward to putting the beta on my 6S as soon as it's available.

Same for Catalina and my 2013 MBP (10.15 is showing already in System Prefs / Software Update).

 

[Larabee119]

I just can't justify $6K. The barrier to entry is too high.

It's simply because you don't make enough ROI with that 6K entry price. For some pros, 6k for the equipments means nothing. That's the target market they are going for.

 

[SeattleMoose]

I'm usually a snarky skeptic about these events but I gotta say, this year was one of the best in quite a few years. The new Mac Pro is a BEAST!!! But unless they create a version with a lower price, a $6K entry level machine is just too much for my personal computing needs. Time to look at a tricked out Mac Mini I guess...but going to wait until next year to see what the prices do.

 

[mi7chy]

Is anyone else considering switching to iPad OS and ditching the Mac or am I just insane?

A lot of retirees have already done so. Useless for anything resembling real work.

 

[Icaras]

Can't speak for the iMac, but my 15" mid2012 Unibody MacBook Pro listed the 10.15 beta as available for download through Software Update. It's downloading right now ... 6.46GB.

It says 2012 iMac supported on Apple’s Catalina page

 

[Shirasaki]

They should have cut the iPhone 6s as well.
Maybe they will cut off the 6s and and 7 next year.

Yeah. I hoped they cut off 6s as well so that I did not need to upgrade to iOS 13. Well, now I have iPhone XS Max, kinda sad to not use iOS 13, which will 100% be supported.

 

[FFR]

Apple just