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WWDC 2021 Apple Event Live Keynote Coverage: iOS 15, macOS 12, and More
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I think the OCR features are cool, along with the additional messaging and notes features. I thought there should be at least 1 positive post in this thread.
Spot on. AirDrop rocks, and is solid.
It wouldn't be a problem for me if all of this was just boring. This was mind-boggingly unnecessary and I would have prefered if they just held a 45 min long conference where half of the time they talked about health features. But most of this is just stunningly useless and you just know that a lot of time and energy will go into fixing bugs that will be all over the place with these features that depend on something working automagically. It will be bug city and Apple's resources will be spent on figuring out how to solve problems in mostly pointless features no one asked for. And that's the positive outlook on things.
Meanwhile I have battery drain on my iPad, stuttering while opening and closing apps on my iPhone and my AirPods Pro sometimes won't connect when I pick up a call. And just for the lulz, they showed an old person using Airpods to listen to someone who is standing a metre away from them, all the while I have to drop business calls on my Airpods Pros if I'm out on the street. This is why the most important feature for me was that stuff about Airpods picking up your voice in a noisy environment and I hope this happens on regular calls too, not just faceTime.
Meanwhile I have battery drain on my iPad, stuttering while opening and closing apps on my iPhone and my AirPods Pro sometimes won't connect when I pick up a call. And just for the lulz, they showed an old person using Airpods to listen to someone who is standing a metre away from them, all the while I have to drop business calls on my Airpods Pros if I'm out on the street. This is why the most important feature for me was that stuff about Airpods picking up your voice in a noisy environment and I hope this happens on regular calls too, not just faceTime.
I saw those. A lot of immature mocking and hate thrown at other human beings. Even someone in a wheelchair. Or the way one manager looked, just because of the way he spoke with an accent. Just gotta shake your head.
I’ve been an Apple user since the early 1980s. I’ve never owned a non-Apple computer, smart phone, or tablet.
You didn't understand what I wrote. I was saying that in the past OS upgrades past the one that came with your Mac where charged for and not free. For the record SL was only $29 because it was an under-the-hood upgrade to Leopard. There was nothing major to entice customers to pay the full $129 that Mac OS X normally cost.
October/November, like all the MacBook Pro announcements usually are over the last 4/5 years. Hardware at WWDC is rare, and has mostly been for Mac Pro hardware.
sure, but it's been way too long. they made a 16" out of 15" what, a year ago now? where is the 14"?
Swift Playgrounds building apps on iOS 15 is a big deal.
Widgets and multitasking in iPadOS 15 are a big deal.
System-wide Notes is a big deal.
Shortcuts on the Mac is a big deal.
The Health enhancements on the iPhone are a big deal.
Beyond this, I think that this year is a tuneup year for all platforms. Hopefully, tightening up code and making things more bulletproof.
iPadOS needs the most shoring up in terms of living up to the potential of the M1, which I did not see, this is my only letdown. Everyone with high expectations of hardware should have tempered them with the reality of supply constraints.
I know that there are Pros who need a larger iMac and MacBook Pros, but a lot of people here seemingly just want to be able to brag about things they aren’t going to buy anyways and are mad that didn’t happen.
If you've really never experienced a single AirDrop issue then you must either be the luckiest person on earth or you never use it. It's a really good feature and they've made it work a little better in recent years, but there was a period of a few years where it would regularly fail to find devices. I can't believe this is new information for you.
I also never said anything about the quality of Synergy, I'm just pointing out that you have no earthly idea how well Universal Control will or won't work because you've literally never used it or seen any use outside of a highly controlled and edited non-live promotional event. It's not a representation of real life. Go read about the first iPhone demo and how Jobs had like four devices that he switched between because they kept freezing. Even if there were massive, internally known bugs, Apple would hide them because that's what you do in a demo—you portray the best possible outcome no matter how realistic it is.
would it really have hurt apple that much to kill the rumor of new hardware at this event? like really? what are they playing at. all it takes is just a simple statement. why let rumors run wild?
Just because apple didn’t announce it, doesn’t mean that things on the back end didn’t get updated. Tune back later this week.
New MacBooks will be announced in October/November, so if they're doing that, you will see it then. Not at WWDC which is software related. the rare times hardware was announced, it was more often than not Mac Pro's. I think out of the last 20 years, once was a MacBook. So to expect a new MacBook at WWDC, when it's been October/November like clockwork for 4-5 years or so, is foolish.
Used it Daily since it came out, never had an issue. Maybe I should play the lotto!
Valid points. I missed the System-wide Notes. That must have been talked about before I got home.
ngl I'm disappointed, was hoping for more Messages updates, and of course (well until minutes before this...) the hardware updates.
On positive note, will give me more time to save for that memory upgrade I always dreamed about.
On positive note, will give me more time to save for that memory upgrade I always dreamed about.
Here’s a version of “focus” that works on any device. Put the damn device in the other room or turn it off. The fact that apple has spent months developing this and MORE ways to deal with notifications show how ridiculous it all is.
thank you for being so knowledgeable and condescending.
On Apple’s Leadership page, you have Lisa Jackson.
Anyway, with the exception of Craig, how many lines of OS code do you think the members of the Apple Executive Board write?
And, like I said. By the time the iPhone came out - you didn't have to switch between four iPhones to keep one working. Apple isn't going to let that come out of the factory that way! So while a demo might not represent Beta 1's performance - it will be super smooth by the time the official release comes out.
I have no doubt there is some bugs *right now* if you download the beta today. But by the time it comes out, it reflects the smoothness of the demo.
And I guess I should go buy a lottery ticket tonight. I've never had an issue dropping files. Between iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I drag and there it is. It's nowhere near as inconsistent as you must think.
What the emojis audience really looked like :
Apparently I didn't pay attention all the time...
Why? No reputable reporters said there was hardware. People getting hyped up for nothing did it to themselves. The software was pretty lackluster but what else do you expect? COVID has pushed a lot of things back, probably including the Macs.
No it’s not strange, hardware is not the norm at WWDC. And how are the M1 Macs a joke for devs? They’re faster than any previous laptop and plenty of devs were using 13” MBPs and Airs before this. Do you think devs are all using high end desktops?