WWDC Deep Dive – Mac Geek Gab 821

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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