WWDC Deep Dive – Mac Geek Gab 821

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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
    • 01:16:36 MGG 821 Outtro
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Dave Hamilton

Dave Hamilton is a podcaster, a publisher, and a nerd who has spent the past three decades of his career educating thousands of computer users. In addition to Mac Geek Gab podcast (now in its 19th year!), Dave is co-host of Business Brain and Gig Gab, two other shows to check out! Dave is also the co-founder and CEO of BackBeat Media, a boutique network of podcasts and websites that represents fiercely-independent publishers, of which Dave considers himself one. He has been involved in online publishing since 1998, when he co-founded The Mac Observer, a popular Apple news site which was acquired in 2021. Technology isn't the only thing Dave's a nerd about: he's also a drummer, playing in Bitter Pill, Fling, and various other projects in and around the New Hampshire seacoast where he and his wife, Lisa, live and raised their two children. Dave's reachable for a limited amount of paid consulting at DaveTheNerd.com and you can find to him on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, too!

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