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Brian and Brandon discuss all the new things from Apple's WWDC19 keynote!

Mac Pro Introducing the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR — Apple – YouTube

• GORGEOUS
• Stainless steel space frame
• Latticed aluminum housing

Design inspired by nature. The lattice pattern on Mac Pro is based on a naturally occurring phenomenon in molecular crystal structures. A network of three-dimensional interlocking hemispheres, it increases the surface area, optimizing airflow and structural rigidity.

• Up to 28 cores
• Runs continuously at maximum load
• Up to 1.5 TB RAM via 12 DIMM slots (6 channels of 2933MHz (2666MHz for 8-core) ECC DDR4)
• 8 PCIe slots
• MPX
  • Mac Pro Expansion module
  • Two GPUs each
  • Up to 12 4K displays or 6 Pro Display XDRs with the Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

A second connector. An industry first. The MPX Module starts with an industry-standard PCI Express connector. Then, for the first time in a graphics card, additional PCIe lanes were created to integrate Thunderbolt and provide increased capability. With up to 500 watts, the MPX Module has power capacity equivalent to that of the entire previous-generation Mac Pro.

• Afterburner
  • ProRes and ProRes RAW
• T2
• Up to 4TB SSD
• 1.4 KW PSU
• Three large fans and a blower fan near the memory to eliminate fans on individual components
• Optional wheels
  • 39.7 lbs.
• Fall 2019

Pro Display XDR

• Latticed aluminum, acts as a heatsink
• 20 million pixels
• 6K
• P3
• 576 blue LEDs for dynamic backlight
• 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
• 1000 nits full-screen sustained
• 1600 nits peak (when less than 25ºC)
• Better off axis contrast
• $999 stand
• Justin Searls on Twitter: “Just realized that Apple announced a $6K 6K monitor.”

Memojis enhancements Memoji Makeup Tutorial — Patrick Starrr and Desi Perkins — Apple – YouTube

• Eyeshadow
• Lipstick
• Piercings
• Teeth (feat. Mini Grill)
• Earings
• Hats
• Glasses
• AirPods

tvOS

• XBox One X and DualShock 4 controller support
• New screensavers

watchOS

• New watch faces
  • Decibel levels
  • Cellular strength
  • Chance of rain
  • Tap or chime on the hour, hold two fingers on the watch face to hear the time read aloud
• “What song is this?” – Siri and Shazam
• Previews of web results from a question to Siri
• App Store on the Apple Watch
• Audiobooks
• Calculator
• Voice Memos
• Redesigned Reminders
• Animoji or Memoji stickers
• Activity Trends
  • Walking pace
  • Flights climbed
  • VO2 max
  • Exercise, Move, Stand Minutes, Stand, Distance
  • 90 and 365 day averages
• Cycle tracking
  • Flow
  • Symptoms such as headaches or cramps
  • Cycle length or variation
  • Fertile window (Apple notes that this should not be used for birth control)
• Hearing health
• New native UI framework
• Developer things
  • Independent apps
  • Sign In with Apple
  • Streaming audio
  • Extended runtime
  • Access to Neural Engine/Core ML
• Apple Watch Series 1 or newer

iOS

• Dark mode
• Photos and Camera
  • Portrait Lighting Control
  • High-Key Mono
  • New Photos Tab (curated view of best moments from the day/month/year)
  • Redesigned editing
  • Video editing (rotate, crop, auto-enhance)
• Maps
  • New Map that shows details around you (beaches, buildings, roads, parks, and more)
  • Apple’s Street View
  • Favorites
  • Collections
• Siri
  • New voice
  • More conversational with Shortcuts
  • Can learn voices of family members on HomePod
  • Announce messages on AirPods – read the messages
    • Also, pair two sets of AirPods to one iPhone
  • Play media from named apps and add media to your library or playlist
• Messages
  • See Memoji section above
  • Memoji are automatically added to a sticker pack and can be used in Messages, Mail, and third-party apps
  • Share your name and photo
• QuickPath typing
  • Swipe in the stock Apple keyboard
• Reminders
  • Smart lists
  • Siri suggestions for Reminders
  • Quick toolbar
• Sign In with Apple
  • Every app that supports multi-provider SSO needs to support this, per app review/docs
• New location controls
  • Allow Location once
• HomeKit
  • HomeKit Secure Video
  • Linux IoT HomeKit support?
• CarPlay
  • New CarPlay dashboard
  • New Calendar app
  • Apple Music app shows album artwork
• Performance
  • Faster unlock
    • FaceID unlocks up to 30% faster than iOS12
  • Faster app launch
    • Up to 2x faster
    • Smaller download size
      • Installs up to 50% smaller
      • Updates up to 60% smaller
• Apple Arcade
• Voice Control
  • Introducing Voice Control on Mac and iOS — Apple – YouTube
• Text formatting tools in Mail
• New and improved Notes app
  • Gallery view
  • Improved search
  • Checklist option
• More personalized Health app
  • Cycle tracking
• Improved start page in Safari
• Files app
  • External drives
  • Servers
• Font management
• Handoff to HomePod
• Developer things
  • Add heat, weather, and buildings to maps
  • Portrait segmentation API
  • Location API changes
  • Sign In with Apple
  • Enterprise identity
  • Core ML 3
  • Siri follow-up questions, shortcut customization, and audio content playback
  • Siri reservation support (reminders to check in, provide directions in Maps, add to Calendar, etc.)
  • ARKit 3
    • OCCLUSION: this is the first step toward realistic-seeming AR
    • Conclusion? No occlusion. Taking people into account is fine, but that’s just one class of problem, and AR environments won’t be truly immersive until we make objects that can “hide behind” more real-world objects than just people
• iPhone SE/6s or newer

iPadOS

• Hello new name! (Will iPhoneOS come back?)

• Multiple apps in Slide Over
• Apps in multiple spaces
• App Exposé
• New homescreen
  • Pinned widgets
• Apple Pencil tool palette
• Full-Page markup
• Sidecar in macOS Catalina
• Copy, paste, and undo with gestures (three finger expand, pinch, and swipe left, respectfully)
• Cursor navigation
• Multiselect
• Intelligent text selection
• Floating keyboard
• More keyboard shortcuts
• Files
  • Multicolumn view!
  • iCloud Drive folder sharing
  • File servers
  • External drives
• Safari
  • Desktop version of Safari (user agent??)
  • Download manager to Downloads folder in Files
• iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, iPad (5th gen), or iPad Pro and newer

macOS
Apple shares its vision for macOS 10.15 Catalina: Cross-platform apps are key | Ars Technica

• macOS Catalina
• iTunes is broken out into a bunch of apps

• • iOS device syncing moved to Finder
  • Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV are now separate apps
• Project Catalyst (formerly known as Marzipan)
  • Translating iPad apps (which already need to know autolayout, presumably) into macOS apps
  • Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV are all implied Catalyst apps
• SwiftUI: React Native and Flutter-like stuff
  • SwiftUI | Apple Developer Documentation
  • Lookit these beautiful tutorials Apple Developer Documentation
  • This pulls in some of the best lessons from web frameworks like React while building apps that are truly native code
  • Brandon digs it
• Sidecar: sherlocking Luna and Duet Display
  • If you’ve got Apple Pencil and a compatible iPad, you can use your pencil as a Wacom pen pad!

• Reality Composer
• Screen Time for the Mac (ew)
• Catalina will run on a r/o system volume
  • What does this imply about upgrades?
• DriverKit: wrapper/replacement for kexts
• Activation Lock for macOS
• Approve with Apple Watch
• Voice Control
• Third-party file providers in finder (like iOS!)
• Find My: replacement for Find My Mac/iPhone/Friends

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