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!

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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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