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WWDC 2013 Rumor Roundup: iOS 7, OS X 10.9, iRadio, and New Macs
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Agreed. Why fix a short-term proplem with a patch, if you plan on totally upgrading/replacing the product in the short-term anyway. Are we the only ones who see this?
Some of you guys need a Valium.I'm not expecting anything mind-blowing.
I am curious about iOSX 10.9 though... depending on how subtle this round of iOS-ification is, I'm betting in 5 years the MBP line may very well morph into the iPad Deluxe. Long live consumerism.
Well you can always dance the Windows 8 dance. You know, THAT operating system that gives the user so much freedom? You know, THAT operating system that's completely different from Tablet to Desktop? You know, THAT operating system who's navigation makes so much sense to everyone?
Yeah, THAT OS, since OS X is just too bothersome for you.
I'm sort of the same, except I've bought a lot of mine using Shazam. If a song is good enough that I Shazam'd it, it usually gets bought. I would use Apple's streaming service because it's GOT to be better than the selection they have on Pandora.
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As a recent Mac purchaser, I think I'm most excited about any OSX updates. I've never gotten to do a major update to my Mac Mini yet!
Like what ? my Ubuntu builds dont complain, my PCs don't complain, just the mac...
At least let me turn off the notification, because i KNOW I've done with the drive, i just need to grab it and run
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it gives you the option to "safely remove hardware" but it doesn't leave a bloody great dialog box on screen every-time i pull out a USB stick (one thats only been read from i might add)
Windows , since USB has been available as a source for drives, has never put a "you must click to dismiss" dialog box up, i just want to be able to tell my mac NOT to bother notifying me, i know the risks, you don't have to tell me EVERY time
That USB drives are not hot swap. If it doesn't complain doesn't mean your data is not ****ed up.
1. There are plenty of excellent engineers, especially in today's market, in need of work. Hiring more to address the lack of engineers thus pulling them off development for iOS work does hinder OS X progress. It already has with Leopard in 2007 as it was delayed twice, and is now happening again.
Apple announces Leopard delays due to the iPhone
2. Bad analogy as 9 engineers can positively impact development while releasing the update on time. This is not a "too many cooks in the kitchen" scenario but rather more objective heads involved notice bugs/issues other engineers miss as due to stress, lack of support especially when constant work on the same thing produces tunnel vision. Objectivity leads to better results.
3. Finder HFS+ needs updating. As ZFS+ once existed in Leopard beta's is no longer an option due to licensing issues and not being a proper OS X FS replacement, at least bring requested features third party app's address (XtraFinder is a free app with great Finder features). Tabbed browsing, dual sidebars, Cut/Paste/Move to, improved network protocols and stability, and finally fix customized view options that don't fully apple across selected folders and subfolders, etc.
4. Memory Management has been awful since 10.7, with welcomed improvements in 10.8 yet still needs addressing (I shake my head when glancing at console reports on my Mac Pro, Mac Mini, MacBook Air and iMac - all current gen with clean installs off 10.8's ESD dmg via USB).
5. OpenGL Core support (it's embarrassing only 4.1 shading is supported while Windows blows OS X out of the water, requiring many to boot into Windows due to OS X lacking support)
6. Wi-Fi has been unstable for many since 10.7. A Google search or quick glance at the OS X development forums will show just how prevalent problematic wireless/Airport has been for some time. I have used Snow Leopard on the same systems with no WiFi issues, yet both my 2.4 and 5GHz Airport Extreme bandwidths slowly lose signal strength on all my devices no matter the location, channels used, etc. Many of us have opened and acknowledged bugs since 10.7.
7. iCloud support with document syncing for those of us who use our devices for work, not games and movies. Adding back Keychain and Dock syncing across Mac's would be much welcomed, as well as a working replacement for the ill-fated iDisk.
8. iWork 09 and iLife 11, the year release dates state enough. The main updates have been for iOS support. Where is iWork '10, '11, heck, even '12?
9. Pro-Apps - After the Final Cut Pro X fiasco many jumped ship to Avid and Adobe's CS releases impressed many and pulled in the market Apple dropped (the latest finally brought back much needed features). Lightroom 4 is running circles around the dated Aperture 3.0 (which received updates for social networking as us photographers get so much business from Facebook, and a few RAW camera updates yet still lacks support for many).
10. OS X Server since Lion has been stripped of tools needed in order to appeal to the mass consumer market. Dozens of threads and articles address the removal of crucial components with OS X 10.8 Server.
Server, simplified: A power user’s guide to OS X Server
11. Quicktime - it's sad when a free app such as VLC outperforms and supports more codecs than Apple's media foundation. There's no reason for an outdated framework important to OS X.
12. iPhoto for iOS is a better app than iPhoto for OS X as many attest. It's embarrassing as the main conduit for OS X photo management. Apple removed the ability to retrieve deleted photo's in iPhoto 9+ via "Time Machine". Yes, you must empty iPhoto's trash, however that doesn't excuse having to restore an entire iPhoto library if you or someone else inadvertently deletes a needed picture.
Source:
iPhoto '11: Restoring from Time Machine with iPhoto '11 (9.2 or later) and OS X Lion 10.7.2 (or later)
13. Mail - Improve rules management, handling multiple accounts, improve enterprise support, update layout. Outlook may be a hot mess, at least they offer full features that OS X Mail lacks.
14. App consolidation - Notes, Reminders, Tasks - too many apps that essentially do the same thing. Even iTunes has become bloated, handling too much media as the main conduit for device syncing and media management. No support for NAS's, open source codecs aside from a small selection, and horrible memory management.
All these issues have been acknowledged and discussed for quite some time. Some are intentional as Apple shifts focus, most simply lack the support necessary for resolutions. Apple is more focused on iOS, I don't see any iOS engineers being pulled into OS X development. There's no logical excuse to not employ more engineers as the company has grown in incredible strides over recent years. With growth comes responsibility to the consumers who own the products, if the company is unwilling to use a small portion of those billions in cash to improve their engineering teams this cycle will only worsen.
I dunno, with that type of guy in the picture you'd think he'd know Haswell laptops are coming out.
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If Apple wants to show the people they're still working on the new Mac Pro and not to give up yet then they could announce it and briefly go through it, and then say it will be released in September or whenever those chips are coming out, for example, even if they don't specify the reason for the delay.
I got 5 bucks that says there'll never be an optical drive of any kind built into anything other than the Mac Pro again. Nice to save the space/weight, but neither is a requirement in an iMac. I still buy CD's and rip them. I still burn the odd disc. The nice thing about my old 24" is that it's 3 pieces - the computer, keyboard and mouse. Next time I buy, I'm going to have to get a 4th - that $100 wireless Super Drive. I do wish it was BD compatible. I may consider a Mac-compatible TB BD drive; we'll have to see.
ATV Development and Store?
I see as a possibility: Application Development (and app store) for Apple TV with a few new extensions/gadgets for that platform such as Facetime for ATV.
Personally, I'd like a MBP 13.3 with retina with enough graphics power to drive that as well/smooth as on a MBP 15.
I see as a possibility: Application Development (and app store) for Apple TV with a few new extensions/gadgets for that platform such as Facetime for ATV.
Personally, I'd like a MBP 13.3 with retina with enough graphics power to drive that as well/smooth as on a MBP 15.
I never have. It's been that way for as long as I can remember: 10+ years, I should think. Surely we're all trained up by now. At least the Mac has an eject button on it's keyboard. I'm still dragging my mouse across my desktop at work, clicking on the "eject devices" button on the Task Bar, selecting the item to eject and waiting for permission. Course I'm on a cheap "business" Dell that's just been converted from XP to 7...
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I've been called selfish many a time, but never because I didn't respects the needs and feelings my my operating system.
Bwahahahaha! I may not agree with your need to lose the eject button, but that's a great answer!!
I just think it could be more transparent.
To clarify my earlier post, I meant a long press on the keyboard eject key would enter safe eject mode, or bring up a picker window so I can select the volume to eject. I did not mean the the tiny little Devices Eject button in the finder. That obviously works if you already have a finder window open, and have your hand on a mouse, but I find it a minor chore to have to find a finder window to do that. Try doing that several times when moving files back and forth between multiple machines, it's a tiny mouse target. Selecting and Command-E works a little better when my eyesight is fuzzy.
I know, selfish and myopic, but it's one of the few pain points I have with Mac OS X. I just think that it's not inconceivable for OS X to evolve on its own instead of being dumbed down to iOS and us paying for that. Also, I think a safe eject mode would be a feature for those who use laptops "docked" to several devices at once. Give me a pleasurable way to undock at the end of the day - maybe something in the apple menu alongside Sleep, Restart, and Shutdown?
Maybe Sleep does this already? That would solve this with a keyboard shortcut and I could be generally happy with that. (Update, sleep does not like it when you manually remove devices)
Yeah, THAT OS you'll find on 9 out of 10 machines. (Not counting the number of THOSE copies running side by side with OSX of course)
What a disdainful dog THAT OS is!
<--- back at'cha.
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Fantastic, thanks for the laugh!
Based on how OS X has developed (or lack thereof), I'm betting on OS X 10.9 Kitty Litter
Three things I want to see, iOS 7/OS X 10.9 (and to find out what it's called!)/AppleTV Apps/channels.
Could care less about the hardware bumps if there are any. It's all about the software updates for me.
Could care less about the hardware bumps if there are any. It's all about the software updates for me.
Maybe Angelina Jolie should give the iOS 7 keynote. I kid, I kid!
This really isn't OK...
I really wish they introduce the Iwatch. I want one now
Seems to have disappeared from the rumors.
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Everyone so young!
Hmmn. So it's SO BAD it's evidence that it's real?
Come on!
it looks like someone has trained an iPhone camera at another image, so what on earth convinces you that this must be real, i have no idea.
Unless i'm actually one of the Illuminati, and i'm just toying with you.
Heute die Welt, morgen das Sonnensystem