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Opening
 
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Opening Music
 
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Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
 
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Sponsor: Simple Contacts
 
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Simple Contacts
 
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Simple Contacts is the most convenient way to renew your contact lens prescription and reorder your brand of contacts from anywhere, in minutes.
 
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When you need to renew your prescriptionr you simply take a 5 minute vision test from your phone or computer
 
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The test is then reviewed by a licensed doctor and you receive a renewed prescription & reorder your contacts. Simple.
 
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You just need your current contacts, a connection to the Internet and 10 feet of space. Who doesn't have that?
 
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Already have an unexpired prescription? Even better. Just upload a photo or your doctor’s information and order your lenses!
 
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Now, This isn't a replacement for your periodic full eye health exam, so you still do that, but for prescription renewals and ordering contacts Simple Contacts is the way to go.
 
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News
 
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WWDC 2018
 
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Intro stuff
 
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One of the best intro videos we've seen in years
 
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Developer nature "mockumentary" voiced by Stephen Fry
 
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Hilarious
 
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20 Million App developers now registered worldwide 6,000 at the event.
 
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Apps Store will be 10 years old next month, that's crazy
 
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500 million weekly visits.
 
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Apple will soon have paid out $100B to app developers.
 
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Event was going to be "All about the software"
 
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Many were hoping for MacBook Pro updates, not yet.
 
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Many of you wanted Air Pod updates
 
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Some also hoped for an update on the Mac Pro, which isn't going to come until 2019 according to Apple.
 
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iOS 12
 
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Focus on performance, especially on "older" models. All same devices that supported iOS 11 will support 12.
 
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iPhone back to the iPhone 5s and iPhone SE. iPads back to the iPad Air, 5th Generation, and iPad mini 2. 6th gen iPod Touch
 
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On an iPhone 6 Apple has 40% faster app launches, 50% faster to bring up the keyboard, and 70% faster to swipe to the camera
 
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Faster under load. 2x faster to access share sheet and launch apps.
 
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They ramp up the CPU clock instantaneously when needed and ramp back down to save power.
 
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ARKit 2
 
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USDZ file format created with Pixar
 
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Optimized for sharing
 
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Use across the system, "AR Quicklook"
 
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Native support in Adobe Creative Cloud
 
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New iOS app to develop AR experiences
 
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USD files have actually been around since the early days of Pixar (A Bugs Life)
 
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It's actually a "container" file.
 
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The "Z" comes in because the file format is a "zero compression" zip file of existing USD files, according to Pixar.
 
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The USD file acts as a "scene" for the rest of the contained assets.
 
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A usdz file is read-only.
 
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The file is not allowed to access other files or assets external to it
 
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It can contain multiple assets, like higher resolution assets, but if a device doesn't need them they won't impact the performance of the rendering at all.
 
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Adobe announced tools to let you create and edit USDZ files.
 
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They will unpack and extract the individual parts to allow for this.
 
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Accurate measurement
 
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Measure app.
 
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improved face tracking
 
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realistic rendering
 
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persistent experiences
 
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Shared experiences
 
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Multiuser experience.
 
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Not sure how many users, but at least 4
 
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LEGO demo.
 
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Photos
 
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Search suggestions
 
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Places by business anew or category
 
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Events by time and place (events)
 
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multiple search terms
 
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For You
 
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Featured Photo
 
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Effects Suggestions
 
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Shared Album Activity
 
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Sharing suggestions
 
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Siri
 
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10B requests per month
 
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Shortcuts, quick actions for any app.
 
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Third part app support for apps that choose to integrate Siri Shortcuts
 
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Assign your own phrases to apps for "Shortcut" functions they open up.
 
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Siri suggestion integration
 
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Shortcuts app
 
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Basically the integration of the Workflow app into iOS
 
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Chain together multiple steps and trigger them from the share sheet or with custom Siri commands.
 
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Hundreds of pre-set and customizable downloadable Shortcuts already.
 
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Apps
 
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News
 
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Sidebar on the iPad
 
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Stocks
 
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Completely rebuilt
 
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New design
 
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Apple News inside stock
 
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Full articles in app
 
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Stocks on iPad
 
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Voice Memos
 
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rebuilt
 
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on iPad
 
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iCloud support, for iCloud syncing
 
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iBooks
 
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Apple Books
 
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Reading Now
 
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New Store to make browsing easier
 
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CarPlay
 
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3rd Navigation app support
 
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Limit distractions
 
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Do Not Disturb
 
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During bedtime, only clock, no notifications
 
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tap to get notifications
 
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automatic ending
 
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Notifications
 
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Instant tuning
 
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Siri suggestions
 
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Grouped notifications **
 
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ScreenTime
 
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Reports, Activity summary
 
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Pickup tracking
 
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App tracking
 
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App limits, notifications when time is up.
 
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Allowances
 
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Animoji
 
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tongue detection
 
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New characters
 
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Memoji
 
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Personalized animoji
 
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Messages camera effects
 
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Animoji live on your head
 
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FaceTime
 
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Group FaceTime
 
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Up to 32 people
 
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Effects and animi support
 
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watchOS 5
 
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Health & Fitness
 
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Competitions, challenge friends to competition
 
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Yoga and Hiking workout
 
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Rolling Mile Pace for running and Pace alerts Cadence
 
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Start alerts/Stop alerts and retroactive
 
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Connected
 
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Walkie-Talkie, new app.
 
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Cellular or Wi-Fi
 
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Seems to be an option per user to make yourself "unavailable" for walkie-talkie messages.
 
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Siri Watch face
 
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3rd party apps
 
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Support for shortcuts
 
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No longer Hey Siri, just raise wrist
 
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Pride Watch Face
 
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Also a new matching band in Apple Store
 
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Available today.
 
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Notifications
 
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Interactive notifications.
 
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Web content via WebKit
 
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Podcasts
 
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Student ID cards in Wallet and Apple Watch (in Fall)
 
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Limited Universities
 
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Will support Series 1 and up
 
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Big deal in media being made about it not supporting the $10K+ Apple Edition Watches.
 
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tvOS 12
 
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Dolby Atmos AppleTV 4K
 
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Only streamer to be Atom and Dolby vision certified.
 
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Limited by available titles, but Apple said iTunes will be "home to the largest collection of Dolby Atmos-supported movies anywhere" after the update.
 
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Update will come later in the year.
 
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Apple TV App
 
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Zero Sign-on, if on providers broadband
 
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Charter-Specturm is one of the first in US
 
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3rd party home control systems from companies like Control4, Crestron and Savant along with Siri voice search and control.
 
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Tap to see arial locations
 
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Swipe between locations
 
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No multi-user support announced :(
 
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Will support 4th generation Apple TV and Apple TV 4K and be available in the Fall.
 
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Sponsor: Ulysses
 
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Ulysses
 
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Ulysses is a writing application for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
 
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I am a big convert to Markdown and in fact will be doing a talk on it at this years Macstock Expo.
 
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Ulysses is the perfect tool write and manage your Markdown
 
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I love it because it allows me to write fast and beautifully. Displays all the markup in style.
 
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Plus, I can add templates and themes from their Library.
 
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With filters and groups I can also organize my stuff by project or task. To-dos, Presentations, Documentation, etc.
 
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Easily add keywords to make filtering and finding documents fast and easy.
 
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Ulysses just shipped out a new version with some awesome new update and enhancements:
 
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Being a developer I'm biased but my favorite is revamped code blocks. Great for technical writers.
 
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They are compatible with GitHub Flavored Markdown fenced code blocks, and they support syntax highlighting for over 40 programming languages, both in the editor and in export!
 
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In the goals you can now set daily writing goals based on characters or words. You'll get a circular symbol to visualize your progress and it resets daily. You can monitor your progress over time and even export the data to CSV. A great motivator.
 
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You have always been able to set a goal for desired length or reading time of text and then track your progress, but now you can now also set a deadline. Ulysses will then calculate the number of words that need to be written per day in order to reach that goal.
 
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Finally, you can now add custom colors to keywords making them easier to spot in the library.
 
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Of course these are in addition to all the great features, like iCloud sync'ing, organizational tools like nested groups, and the distraction-free writing environment, that make Ulysses one of the best apps for writers.
 
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Monthly subscription: $4.99 / Yearly subscription: $39.99
 
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Discount for students: $10.99 per six months
 
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Special offer for the listeners of the MacCast podcast: They can use Ulysses for free for a period of 3 months, link: [ulyssesapp.com/maccast]
 
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Download for free on the App Store and the Mac App Store + free 14-day trial or if you use Setapp you already have it, grab it and start using it NOW.
 
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More information about Ulysses on the website: [ulyssesapp.com/maccast](ulyssesapp.com/maccast). And please use that link so they know you came from the Maccast.
 
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macOS Mojave
 
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Inspired by Pro users, but designed for everyone
 
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Dark mode
 
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Desktop can change with time of day
 
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Move from light to dark mode and change desktop background
 
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Desktop Stacks
 
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Automatically arranged into stacks
 
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By kind, date, or tag
 
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Finder
 
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Gallery view
 
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preview images and thumbnails
 
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Like Coverflow
 
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Sidebar with "Quick Actions" and full metadata
 
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Can customize what metadata you want to see.
 
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Quick Actions
 
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Customizable
 
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Quick Look
 
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Integration with Markup
 
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Audio and video trimming
 
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Screenshots
 
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New HUD
 
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Screen capture for video
 
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Set custom save location for screenshots
 
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Continuity Camera
 
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Capture from iPhone camera right to document.
 
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Apps
 
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News App for Mac
 
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Stock on the Mac
 
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Voice Memos for Mac.
 
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Home for Mac.
 
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Privacy
 
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More privacy protection locations
 
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Safari
 
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Fingerprinting
 
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Simplified system configuration
 
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Only system fonts
 
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Mac App Store
 
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Redesigned
 
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Discover tab with editorial on Mac apps.
 
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Top charts
 
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Create, Work, Play, and Develop tabs
 
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Categories tab
 
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Product pages
 
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video previews
 
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rating and reviews API for Mac apps
 
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Apple made some "sandboxing" improvements and apps like Transmit and BBEdit are coming back to the Mac App Store
 
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Transmit will be subscription prices on the MAS, but you can still get stand alone direct from Panic.
 
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Apple also announced Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Lightroom CC coming to the MAS.
 
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Metal
 
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Machine Learning
 
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CreateML
 
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Model training on the Mac
 
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CoreML 2
 
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Mac apps migrated from iOS
 
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The rumor previously known as Marzipan, now referred to as Universal Framework API
 
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Apple using it internally for now. Will roll to developers in 2019
 
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Pulls some of UI Kit and integrations into the macOS AppKit
 
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AppKit sits above some of the common foundations like Core OS, Core Services, and Media.
 
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Frameworks are generally different, but they pulled over some key frameworks and adapted them
 
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Trackpad and mouse input
 
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App Window stoplights
 
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Window resizing
 
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Scroll-bars
 
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Copy and paste and Drag and Drop integration into the System services.
 
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News, Stocks, Voice memos, and Home
 
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Betas are out now and available to developers. Will likely have public betas out this summer
 
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I HIGHLY advise that, unless your a developer or have a device or mac to spare, you don't run betas.
 
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Other comments
 
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Some of the unannounced features and things.
 
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Health Records API is opened up to developers
 
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Makes it possible for patients to “share medical records from multiple hospitals with their favorite trusted apps"
 
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Health Records data is encrypted and protected by iPhone users’ passcodes and not sent to Apple's servers.
 
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Data is shared with user permission and can be used in four categories:
 
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Medication Tracking via the Medisafe, a medication management app.
 
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Disease Management
 
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Nutrition Planning
 
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Medical Research
 
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New "Summer" colors for silicone iPhone cases and Apple Watch sport bands
 
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Pastels in peach, marine green and sky blue
 
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FaceID in iOS 12 has a setting for adding an "Alternate Appearance"
 
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"In addition to continuously learning how you look, Face ID can recognize an alternative appearance."
 
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9to5Mac confirmed they could add a "second person" as the alternate appearance
 
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When you reset FaceID both appearances are wiped.
 
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Security Code Auto-fill
 
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Fills in 2FA codes from a text message automatically.
 
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One-time passcodes will appear automatically as AutoFill suggestions
 
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Apple quietly swapped it's $49 29W USB-C Power Adapter for a 30W one (no hardware indeed).
 
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More Siri skills
 
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food-related questions like how many calories or how much fat something has
 
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Ability to look up passwords (auto-fill?)
 
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HomeKit control from Siri on the Mac.
 
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Anamoji "wink" detection (not just blink).
 
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AR location links (can drop an AR item geotagged for someone else to find).
 
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RAW photo editing. The iPad Pro can edit RAW photos; iPads and iPhones can import and manage them.
 
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Password managing API. Third party apps, like 1Password, can now be used for auto-fill in Safari.
 
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Closing
 
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Some housekeeping
 
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Don't forget about [Macstock 2018](https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com)
 
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We're keeping the forums open, so please join in if you'd like.
 
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