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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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News
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All the WWDC stuffs
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iOS 15
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FaceTime
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Grid view and portrait mode for video.
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Spatial Audio and adaptive voice isolation
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Shareable links to a scheduled video call.
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FaceTime calls from the web on Android and Windows
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“SharePlay” for movies, tv shows, music, and screen sharing
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Has an API available for 3rd parties
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Already have streaming service partners like Disney+, Hulu+, etc.
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Messages
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Shared Stacks consolidates things someone has shared with you from other sources
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Images, music, podcasts, Apple News, etc
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Shared content can be pinned
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Notifications
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More control for notifications including a notification summary driven by AI
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Do Not Disturb will be show to people in Messages.
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New “Focus” contexts that can change what kinds of notification come through depending on what you’re doing (Work, Personal time, sleep, etc)
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AirPods can speak notifications
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They are also getting the precision finding interface
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Conversation Boost to help focus on the person you’re speaking with. Can also decrease the amount of ambient noise
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New Widgets
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Find My
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Contacts
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Game Center
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App Store
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Sleep
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Mail
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Photos
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“Live Text” will recognize text in photos and make it selectable
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Can also work in Apps like News and Safari
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Photos can be included in Spotlight searches
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Can now use Apple Music in your Photos memories
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Exclude people from the Photos Memories widget
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Can now display camera EXIF and other metadata
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Safari
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Web browsers extensions are going to be supported
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Health
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Walking Steadiness can use iPhone and Apple Watch data to asses your risk of falling
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Will warn you if your risk increases
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Detailed descriptions to help you better understand lab results
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Trends that will show you changes in heath metrics over time
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Will be able to share specific data points from the Health app with doctors
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Wallet
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More keys. Employee badges, hotel room keys, smart locks
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ID cards including drivers licenses
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Apple said in “participating states” later this year
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Also working with the TSA to accept digital ID for flying.
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Maps
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A new Globe view and more detailed 3D city maps
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More road details and transit information including notification on when your stop is coming up.
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Siri
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Can handle most requests on device
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Timers & Alarms, Phone, Messaging, Sharing, App Launch, Control Audio Playback, and Settings.
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A new privacy provision to ensure audio recorded by Siri never leaves the local device
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Privacy
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App Privacy Report feature will let users see how often apps have used the permission they've previously granted to access their location, photos, camera, microphone, and contacts during the past seven days
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See all the third-party domains an app is contacting
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Part of a future software update to iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8 later this year.
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Other stuff
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Resigned Weather app with new background animations and weather maps
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Improved Spotlight results
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Outfits for your MeMojis
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“magnifying glass” when selecting text in iOS is back
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Change playback speed and skip silence in Voice memos
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Brining back the large “dial” picker often used for dates and times
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Can also tap the dial to bring up a number pad.
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New options in Setting to upgrade to iOS 15 or stick with iOS 14 and get security updates
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A new a new “Spatialize Stereo” option that can simulate Spatial Audio for non Dolby Atmos content played on AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
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Doesn't work in Apps that have a non-native player, like YouTube
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iPadOS 15
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Widget on the home screen
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App Library & hidden home screens
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Improvements for Split View and Multitasking
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Drag and drop apps on top of each other in Multitasking view
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You can slide apps out of the way to view your home screen
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A “Shelf” view will show you all the open “windows” in an app
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Notes
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Mentions & tags
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QuickNote lets you take a note inside any app with Apple Pencil
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Translate
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Auto translate
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Available anywhere on iPadOS, iOS, and macOS
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Swift Playgrounds
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Can create and submit apps to the AppStore right from Swift Playgrounds
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iCloud+
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New services for iCloud subscribers
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Will not cost extra
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Private Relay allows you connect encrypted through two relays iCloud+ (VPN?)
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even Apple doesn’t have access to the data
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Private Relay guarantees that users can't use the system to pretend to be from a different region
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Internet traffic that will not be protected by iCloud Private Relay:
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Local network connections
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Private domain name queries
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Traffic using a regular VPN
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Internet traffic using a proxy
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Also “Hide My Email” which offers randomized, unique emails that forward to your main account
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Unlimited HomeKit Secure Video cameras.
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custom domain name support
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iCloud will allow more storage while upgrading to a new device
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iCloud will grant you as much storage as you need to complete a temporary backup, free of charge, for up to three weeks
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watchOS 8
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Breathe has been renamed Mindfulness
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There was a leaked and removed image from Apple’s Platforms State of the Union video that showed a Fitness+ audio meditation
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Respiratory rate now measured in sleep tracking
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Workouts added Tai Chi and Pilates workout styles
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Apple Fitness+
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Picture in Picture support
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New filtering options
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Stop and resume an in-progress workout on any device
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Photos
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New depth using portrait mode watch faces photos
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Shows featured highlights and memories
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Share photos with with Messages and Mail from watch
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Can use emoji in scribble messages
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Always On for the Music, Maps, and Calculator
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Plus a new API for Always on that 3rd party pass can take advantage of.
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Music can be shared from Apple Watch over Messages
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Messages
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Has shelf with access to image search and photos
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FindMy now supports items and AirTags
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Find My app will have support for Separation Alerts
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locate your devices through the Find My network even if powered off
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Can also locate items that have Activation Lock enabled even after they are erased. The home screen will show your device is locked and still owned by someone else.
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Can do multiple timers
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tvOS
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SharePlay support through FaceTime on another device
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Spatial Audio with AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
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Lossless audio (coming later this year)
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HomePod mini can be used as speakers for the Apple TV
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“Hey Siri” can be used to play content on the TV
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“shared with you” section shows content shared with you
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For All of You row in the TV app to recommend shows and movies suitable for all users on the device.
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HomePod can now make commands to control content on Apple TV
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3rd party accessory makers will be able to integrate support for Hey Siri
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Will be able to use FaceID or TouchID on an iOS device to authenticate into a 3rd party app
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macOS Monterey (12)
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Shortcuts available on the Mac
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Automator will continue to be supported
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Can import Automator workflows into Shortcuts
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New Safari design with integrated tab bar (next to search bar)
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Universal Control will let you share a mouse and keyboard across multiple devices and seamlessly transition between them
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Include drag and drop support across devices
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Macs can now be an AirPlay destination
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AirPlay can work via a USB cable for lower latency, so in a way this sort of enables using an older Mac, that supports macOS Monterey, like an iMac, as an external display.
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Settings
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A dedicated passwords section to System Preferences on the Mac
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iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey are also getting a built-in two factor verification code generator that will auto-fill
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Animated MeMoji on the login screen
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Mail
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There is a new MailKit framework that will allow developers to create new Mail extensions
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four main categories of Mail app extensions
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Compose - provide new workflows when composing emails
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Actions - apply custom rules to incoming emails
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Content Blocking - Content blockers for emails based on specific criteria in an email's HTML code
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Message Security - Extensions that sign, encrypt, and decrypt emails
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older Mail app plug-ins will stop functioning in an unspecified future macOS release.
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Many of the iOS 15 features
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SharePlay
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Focus notifications
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FaceTime updates
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Portrait Mode on FaceTime (M1 only)
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Maps enhancements (M1 only)
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LiveText (M1 only)
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Quick Notes
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Object Capture (M1 only)
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Lets you turn a series of 2D images into a photo-realistic 3D
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On-device dictation (M1 only)
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Supported Macs
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iMac (Late 2015 and later)
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iMac Pro (all models)
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MacBook (Early 2016 and later)
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MacBook Air (Early 2015 and later)
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MacBook Pro (Early 2015 and later)
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Mac mini (Late 2014 and later)
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Mac Pro (Late 2013 and later)
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Other WWDC stuff
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Digital Legacy Program and Account Recovery Contacts
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Digital Legacy Program lets you designate someone as a Legacy Contact if you should die.
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They would access your account and personal information.
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Account Recovery Contacts are “trusted” contacts who can help you reset your password and regain access to your Apple ID
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Apple seems to be looking at developing APIs for developers to offer refunds and subscription cancellations
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Enabled via a new StoreKit API
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Apple has also updated its human interface guide with a new native UI for requesting refunds
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Hints of the next Intel update for the current Mac Pro design
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Xcode 13 includes a new reference to scalable Intel Ice Lake Xeon processor support
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iPhone 13 may offer larger batteries
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Coming from serial Apple leaker L0vetodream claims that Apple’s iPhone 13 batteries will be larger than the ones from the iPhone 12 by up to 18 percent.
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This is despite rumors that the case design should remain unchanged.
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Ming-Chi Kuo had also previously made comments about larger battery capacities noting that that would also add some weight to this years models.
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The A14 processors are also expected to be more energy efficient.
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Even with better processors and larger batteries though, don’t expect to automatically get more significant battery life.
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Other rumors have noted the possibility of LTPO displays with variable refresh rates enabling the iPhone to possibly get Apple’s 120Hz “Pro-Motion” display.
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While this too has the ability to be more energy efficient when running lower refresh rates, at higher rates though that usage increases/
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Also w’ve heard Apple could add the ability for an “always on” lock screen, so that too would likely consume the extra juice.
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Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives thinks Apple will offer a 1TB storage option on the iPhone 13 and will bring Apple’s LiDAR technology to the entire lineup this year.
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Apple considers wireless charging for iPad Pro
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According to a report by Bloomberg
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This would supposedly happen with the 2022 models if it happens at all
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Would require a glass backed iPad
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Seems like a somewhat scary proposition to me
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Also not sure I seem the advantage beyond possibly removing the port?
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Don’t think you’d do that now that you have USB 4 / Thunderbolt
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You have the Smart Connector that already in a way could accomplish that?
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Would need some form of MagSafe to handle alignment, plus charging is slower
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Piece does note that the feature would also offer “reverse” charging which could be handy for AirPods, iPhones, and Apple Watch
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Finally the story also claims Apple is still trying to develop some sort of wireless charger a la the failed AirPower charger along with long range wireless charging option.
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iPad mini may also be getting it’s first major redesign in six years according to Bloomberg
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The new design is said to have reduced bezels and flat square edges
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Basically a scaled down current gen iPad Air
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Apple may also be considering removing the home button (I assume for the TouchID power button)
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The design changes make sense for previous rumors that claimed Apple was considering bumping the screen size from 7.9 inches to 8.5 or 9 inches
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According top Jon Prosser it has a USB-C port and could have a smaller Apple Pencil accessory
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The same story from Bloomberg says Apple is working on a thinner “entry-level” iPad
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Both are expected to be available as soon as by the end of the year.
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Updated MacBook Pros still coming
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Didn’t happen at WWDC, but that hasn’t stopped the rumors
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A report noted that Apple’s WWDC YouTube videos are using the tags ‘m1x’ and ‘ M1X MacBook Pro’, but that’s likely just smart marketing
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DigiTimes claims an update of MacBook Pros with miniLED displays is still on for the second half of this year.
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Reportedly the delays have come because of shortages of miniLED components
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The news comes as they claim Apple has lined up another new supplier, Osram Opto Semiconductors, for production of miniLED for backlighting
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The new machines are expected to debut Apple’s next generation of Apple silicon with more cores, 10 (eight high performance and two high-efficiency), 16-core and 32-core GPU, and up to 64GB of RAM
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The case design is said to have more squared edges taking design queues from the latest iPads and iPhones and will bring back more ports like HDMI, SD card slots and MagSafe
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New Charles Schulz doc coming to Apple TV+
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Coming from Apple TVs partnership with Imagine Documentaries the production company from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
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‘Who Are You, Charlie Brown?’ will cover the career of Charles ‘Sparky’ Schulz the creator of the Peanuts comic strip
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The documentary will interweave celebrity interviews with a new animated story that follows Charlie Brown on a quest to discover himself.
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Who Are You, Charlie Brown? is premiering on June 25, 2021 and there is a trailer up on AppleTV+ now
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Apple’s AR headset comes next year
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In the second quarter according to Ming-Chi Kuo
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Says it “will provide a video see-through AR experience”
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Some reports have claimed it would offer both AR and VR experiences
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Kuo mentioned in the past that the headset could have as many and 15 cameras
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It’s expected to use eye tracking to enhance the user experience
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The device is predicted to probably launch with a high price point. At least USD $1000, but it could be higher.
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Apple hires former BMW electric car exec
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Bloomberg reports that Apple has recently hired a former senior VP from BMW, Ulrich Kranz, who worked on the development of BMW’s i3 and i8 electric and hybrid cars.
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Kranz was at BMW for 30 years but had left and spent 3 months at Faraday Future before cofounding the self-driving electric car startup Canoo
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Kranz will now be brining his skills and expertise to Apple to work with Doug Field and his team on Apple’s car development
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Apple’s car project is still in the early stages of development and most analysts don’t expect Apple to announce any result from the project for at least three or maybe five year or more.
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I also really enjoy the fact that these Steve Jobs episodes are delving into his full career inside and outside of Apple. So often the focus is just on Apple.
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Feedback, commentary, opinions
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Subscription Podcasts Feedback
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Last time I broght up some of my concerns about the “siloing” of podcasts
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Play feedback from Matt
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That’s not to say I’m against subscriptions or don’t think there is a place for paywalls for content. I just don’t think it’s the place for shows like mine that are designed to be a community experience.
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I’m also not sure that if your show is exclusive to a platform or ALL the content is behind a paywall it still gets to be called a “podcast”?
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Issue with the directories
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My experience with Apple and Amazon
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Adam Curry is trying to spearhead Podcasts 2.0 and bringing back an indie directory at [PodcastIndex.org](https://podcastindex.org)
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Spatial Audio in Apple Music
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Apple rolled out Apple Music Lossless and the Spatial Audio for Apple Music subscribers
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I immediately wanted to try it out.
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For Lossless you need to go into Settings > Music and set how you want to get audio
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Can have different options for wi-fi vs. cellular
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I have to say Spatial Audio is nice and enhances the experience for me.
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Not sure it’s a “earth shattering” as Apple’s marketing team wants you to believe it is.
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I was more blown away by Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos) in AirPods Pro for movies on the iPad
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Saving “man” pages
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Every once in a while I get a more technical question and these can just be fun.
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This one is from John:
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“I want to when performing man on a certain command I would like the output going to my desktop in human readable .txt file, is this even possible? I know grep is involved as well with |.”
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Many of you may be going, “What’s a “man” page? Let me explain
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If you open the Terminal on your Mac (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) you get a UNIX command line prompt
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From here there are all kinds of command you could type to perform various action on your computer. For example `ls` to list out the contents of your current directory or `cd` to change directories, if you pass a path as an argument.
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But how do you know what the commands do and what options or parameters they take?
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That’s where Manpages (Manual Pages) come in. Type `man` plus the name of the command you want to know about and it will return instrutions for how to use that command, what it does, etc.
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You can push the output of the man command into a text file. In fact with UNIX you can do that for any command that return text to standard output
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The “>” character is the redirection symbol and you “redirect” the output to a file.
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Double “>>” will append to a file.
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In the case of man page output there are backspaces and tabs that can throw off the ASCII text so you’ll probably want to clean that up.
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Luckily there is a command, `col` and a couple of flags `-b` an `-x` that will remove backspaces and convert tabs to spaces.
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You and use the “|” (pipe) character to “pipe” the output of one commend to another command.
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So in the end the command you wind up with is something like:
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`man cp | col -bx > ~/Desktop/man_cp.txt`
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[Dash](https://kapeli.com/dash) - Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager.
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