WWDC Deep Dive – Mac Geek Gab 821

Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun share their thoughts and experiences with the new technologies Apple announced at WWDC this week.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 821 for Wednesday, June 24, 2020
• 00:01:28 Watch on your Apple TV (or YouTube)
• WWDC2020
  • 00:04:38 macOS 11 Big Sur
    • Supported Macs
    • Functional/User-interface changes
      • New fonts, colors, stylings (briefly, anyway). New modal sheet view
      • Control Center/menu bar. Sys Pref > Dock & Menu Bar > Control Center
      • Menu bar has more space/padding, but many things can be moved to control center
      • Wi-Fi Menu
      • Sys Pref > Battery
    • 00:16:58 Messages
      • Nice to have it in sync with (new) iOS 14 version
    • 00:17:54 Mail
      • “Classic” view still works, same as with Catalina
      • BS brings back actual columns in Classic view!
    • 00:21:19 Maps
    • 00:22:29 New sounds everywhere
      • Screenshots, Mail, you name it (including the reboot sound!)
      • New sound on 16” MacBook Pro
    • Safari
      • Language Translation
      • Redesigned tabs
    • 00:32:42 Overall stability
  • 00:35:22 WWDC Sponsor: iMazing Configurator
  • 00:37:03 Apple Silicon
    • 00:44:36 Universal 2
    • 00:46:45 Rosetta 2
      • “Ahead of time” translation and Apple’s “Translation Cache”
      • Kernel Extensions Cannot Be Translated
    • 00:50:59 iOS Apps on macOS
      • They get a menu bar…  complete with a “Quit” option!
    • Apple Silicon Branding!
    • 00:53:37 Virtualization – Vs Emulation! and Bootcamp
    • 00:59:13 Would you advise buying an intel Mac today? Or wait 18 months for AS?
    • What’s the future of the Mac now that iPads run the same chips?
  • 01:06:33 iOS 14/iPadOS 14
    • Runs on same devices as iOS 13
    • Fairly stable on my iPhone SE 2020
    • Home Screen
    • Widgets
  • 01:16:36 MGG 821 Outtro
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