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iOS 9
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So...what are we hoping for?
iOS 9
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Apple WWDC 2015 announced - Starts 8th June
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Love a new Mac Pro, but I feel like at this point both the MP and MBP will just wait for the next Intel generation given how late it is in Haswell-E and how late Broadwell shipped.
Hopes for big optimizations and under-the-hood improvements for next OS X.
Guessing we get the new AppleTV and related SDKs.
Hopes for big optimizations and under-the-hood improvements for next OS X.
Guessing we get the new AppleTV and related SDKs.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Mac Pro and new Macbook Pro range, please.
I'm game for either.
I'm game for either.
Angelus Errare
Banned
10.11 (maybe) since Apple is on a new schedule with OS releases
Small blurb about finally killing off the non retina MBP
iOS9 (maybe)
New additions to iTunes
iPhone 6C/6S
Apple TV
Small blurb about finally killing off the non retina MBP
iOS9 (maybe)
New additions to iTunes
iPhone 6C/6S
Apple TV
Empyrean Heaven
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Not expecting too much from iOS9. I mean, what more CAN they do? Likely more Apple watch integration since that's their current cash cow.
Also interested to see any clues that will tie in to new features on the 6s/6s+.
Also interested to see any clues that will tie in to new features on the 6s/6s+.
Black Republican
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i dont have an Apple TV, but what can the rumored new one do that current one cant?
from what ive seen the Apple TV seems pretty complete bar some faster ram upgrades?
from what ive seen the Apple TV seems pretty complete bar some faster ram upgrades?
Ingueferroque
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Please let me choose which Maps application I want to use. Right now, Apple Maps is fucking useless for subway directions, which messes up with half of the Directions functionality since it always defaults to Apple Maps.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't run Apps?
This is a developer conference. They are going to talk about iOS9 and 10.11, that is why they're doing WWDC. New hardware is typically not introduced so a new iPhone is not going to happen. Apple TV might get announced if they're wanting to give out an early SDK to developers. Killing on non-retina MBP would surprise me but they might do it quietly with just a fast mention.
Not openly, no. Apple curates them by themselves.
njean777
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I remember reading an article that iOS9 is mainly going to concentrate on fixing bugs and under the hood optimizations.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=988679
For 2015, iOS 9, which is codenamed Stowe (after the ski resort in Vermont), is going to include a collection of under-the-hood improvements. Sources tell us that iOS 9 engineers are putting a “huge” focus on fixing bugs, maintaining stability, and boosting performance for the new operating system, rather than solely focusing on delivering major new feature additions. Apple will also continue to make efforts to keep the size of the OS and updates manageable, especially for the many millions of iOS device owners with 16GB devices.
Theonik
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Italicised what is very likely. Bolded is very unlikely.
I love you say maybe for the only stuff 100% will be there but not for the stuff highly unlikely to be there like iPhone hardware. You live in opposite world!
Angelus Errare
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Let me dream! I just really want them to kill off the non retina MBP. Like yesterday.
An iCloud Drive app to provide a de-facto file system. Fix the archaic copy selection. Let people uninstall Apple pre-installed apps. Let people pick their native applications. Tidy up sharesheets and make them consistent across Apple's own apps. Introduce clearer task scheduling APIs. Make notification center work. Open up Touch ID a little for use by apps. Do some underlying work on the way iOS updates itself so updates require less space to unpack. Safari could support WebM (ha!). Safari will probably implement HTML5 EME.
EDIT: Oh yeah, those third party Siri APIs that people have wanted forever and never come.
infiniteloop
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Gonna be packed:
- iOS 9
- New Music streaming
- New TV Service
- New Apple TV with app store
- OS X 10.11
- Native Watch apps
- maybe new MBPs
- iOS 9
- New Music streaming
- New TV Service
- New Apple TV with app store
- OS X 10.11
- Native Watch apps
- maybe new MBPs
Huh?
The 13 inch MacBook Pro (with that ssd size and others) just got refreshed this month. Including force touch trackpad and all. They aren't going to refresh it again just 3 months later.
New iPhone aren't usually announced at WWDC, they've had their own show in early September.
Frank Serpico
Banned
Most exciting Apple conference of the year
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Excited to see what iOS 9 brings to the table. Hope it's not just a performance-related update like early rumors suggested.
This is what I'm hoping for and expecting. Maybe Siri introduced for the new Apple TV and OS X with a possible way to intercommunicate between devices? It would be kind of cool to tell your Watch to load something up on your Apple TV or Mac. Now of course there's the problem of going "Hey Siri" and having 5 devices chime. Maybe something like "Hey Mac" or "Hey TV" could remedy that.
This is what I'm hoping for and expecting. Maybe Siri introduced for the new Apple TV and OS X with a possible way to intercommunicate between devices? It would be kind of cool to tell your Watch to load something up on your Apple TV or Mac. Now of course there's the problem of going "Hey Siri" and having 5 devices chime. Maybe something like "Hey Mac" or "Hey TV" could remedy that.
Those were minor revisions.
I'm waiting for the Skylake ones that should come until the end of the year.
Uhhhh
Forgot to say it was the base model. That one is still 128 gb.
njean777
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I hope they do improve its stability. iOS8 has been buggy as heck and it needs to be optimized.
I mean if it's that big of deal you can buy the correct screwdriver and just put a new one in yourself. I don't seem them doing that, it's an incentive for people to spend more.
jts
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It's normal that the base storage goes up as time goes by. The newest MacBook already has a 256GB base storage.
Although, yeah, they're not going to update the MBPr 13" so shortly after the last update, minor or not.
I wouldn't mind updates really focused on stability. I can kind of see that since 8.4 is supposed to have that new music app already. Yosemite was just last year and that was a huge overhaul visually so I don't see too many really new features being added.
From everything rumored it seems like it'll be a solid conference though. I really want to see the way the new watch stuff is going to work with iOS9 so we get some real native apps.
From everything rumored it seems like it'll be a solid conference though. I really want to see the way the new watch stuff is going to work with iOS9 so we get some real native apps.
They added force touch, it wasn't that minor.
That won't be at WWDC. Due to the upgrade the minimum before another upgrade is late fall, at best.
Edit: They will not change the base from 128 GB to 256 GB. Will not happen at all in the next few years at least. iPhone is still 16 GB after all.
Is this a possibility? I thought it read Q3 the earliest, but likely Q4.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
They usually vaporise legacy products with no fanfare (OS9 excepted)
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Judging by that flyer, expect LOTS of WatchKit stuff. Hopefully iOS9 will be Snow Leopard solid, and bring in some more OS X integration ready for the iPad Pro*
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Which if not released in Autumn will go in the vapourware crate with the Apple made television.
Empyrean Heaven
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I didn't say they were going to happen. Just that there were opportunities for development of iOS.
(That said, I don't think it's less likely than third party keyboards were, and that happened.)
If they do it, it'll be without a mention at all. The non-retina MBP exists solely for education markets, pretty much like the entry-level iMac.
Hardware comes out at WWDC with some frequency, but iPhones and iPads have dedicated events so anything there is vanishingly small.
badcrumble
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I expect iOS 9, OS X 10.11, significant Apple TV hardware and OS refresh (with the new OS possibly exclusive to the new hardware), Apple Watch OS 2.0, 15" MBPr, and maybe a new Mac Pro and 5K display of some sort (though the latter is kinda doubtful for a number of reasons).
As for what's *in* iOS 9 and OS X 10.11:
-Obviously a big music refresh is coming to iOS and iTunes. I'm hoping that iTunes on OS X gets broken out into smaller, leaner, much-less-bloated Music, Video (goodbye, QuickTime Player), and Books apps (iBooks ought to get renamed on iOS and OS X tbh, it's not a strong brand), plus a unified App Store app (for OS X, iOS, Watch, and TV apps) and an OS-level iOS backup/sync service for people who still want that option. I'm seriously hoping that the playlist-sync part of iTunes Match becomes free for all users, too. I could also see the PDF-handling aspects of Preview getting added to the PDF-handling of the Books app.
-Siri for OS X is a bit of a no-brainer. It's reportedly been in the works for a while.
-Control Center for OS X is reasonably likely, since it was in some builds of Yosemite but didn't make the features cut - it's likely still getting worked on.
-The Dashboard is probably getting mercy-killed this year. Good riddance.
-A Photos framework a la iOS (being able to open and save things directly to the photo library rather than to a folder) would go a long way toward making the new Photos app even more useful. I also expect Photo Booth and the slideshow screensaver to get fixed/improved integration with the new photo library.
-Dark mode's probably gonna get completed.
-A new OS X file system is gonna happen at some point for sure, and there's no time like the present.
-iOS needs to get a native iCloud Drive (and local storage?) file browser and a document picker so you can e.g. attach documents to an email as you write it instead of only being able to do that through Share Sheets. It needs this very, very fucking badly. A Safari download manager would be lovely too, but would require a file browser for sure.
-Maps is getting transit directions - we know this, and it was reportedly almost going to come in iOS 8. Thank god.
-I wouldn't be surprised to see a streamlining and integration of Phone Favorites with Email VIPs now that Favorites take up a privileged (if nonsensical) bit of UI space in the iOS app switcher.
-Apple's Mail.app needs to get on par with Dropbox's Mailbox, Google Inbox, and the new Microsoft Outlook app for sure.
-And obviously big Apple Pay improvements are going to be on their way - I wouldn't be surprised at all to see person-to-person payments in iOS 9 a la Venmo or Square Cash.
-The iPad really needs to take better advantage of its screen size with regard to the home screen, lock screen, notification center, control center, and app switcher, but the iPad's clearly on the back burner for Apple right now so I'm not sure I expect that to happen this year.
-I think the Apple Watch is gonna get a new API for identity authentication beyond just the payment-system stuff, and it's eventually going to be huge.
As for what's *in* iOS 9 and OS X 10.11:
-Obviously a big music refresh is coming to iOS and iTunes. I'm hoping that iTunes on OS X gets broken out into smaller, leaner, much-less-bloated Music, Video (goodbye, QuickTime Player), and Books apps (iBooks ought to get renamed on iOS and OS X tbh, it's not a strong brand), plus a unified App Store app (for OS X, iOS, Watch, and TV apps) and an OS-level iOS backup/sync service for people who still want that option. I'm seriously hoping that the playlist-sync part of iTunes Match becomes free for all users, too. I could also see the PDF-handling aspects of Preview getting added to the PDF-handling of the Books app.
-Siri for OS X is a bit of a no-brainer. It's reportedly been in the works for a while.
-Control Center for OS X is reasonably likely, since it was in some builds of Yosemite but didn't make the features cut - it's likely still getting worked on.
-The Dashboard is probably getting mercy-killed this year. Good riddance.
-A Photos framework a la iOS (being able to open and save things directly to the photo library rather than to a folder) would go a long way toward making the new Photos app even more useful. I also expect Photo Booth and the slideshow screensaver to get fixed/improved integration with the new photo library.
-Dark mode's probably gonna get completed.
-A new OS X file system is gonna happen at some point for sure, and there's no time like the present.
-iOS needs to get a native iCloud Drive (and local storage?) file browser and a document picker so you can e.g. attach documents to an email as you write it instead of only being able to do that through Share Sheets. It needs this very, very fucking badly. A Safari download manager would be lovely too, but would require a file browser for sure.
-Maps is getting transit directions - we know this, and it was reportedly almost going to come in iOS 8. Thank god.
-I wouldn't be surprised to see a streamlining and integration of Phone Favorites with Email VIPs now that Favorites take up a privileged (if nonsensical) bit of UI space in the iOS app switcher.
-Apple's Mail.app needs to get on par with Dropbox's Mailbox, Google Inbox, and the new Microsoft Outlook app for sure.
-And obviously big Apple Pay improvements are going to be on their way - I wouldn't be surprised at all to see person-to-person payments in iOS 9 a la Venmo or Square Cash.
-The iPad really needs to take better advantage of its screen size with regard to the home screen, lock screen, notification center, control center, and app switcher, but the iPad's clearly on the back burner for Apple right now so I'm not sure I expect that to happen this year.
-I think the Apple Watch is gonna get a new API for identity authentication beyond just the payment-system stuff, and it's eventually going to be huge.
Christoff Yurievich
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I just want a new ipod. Same form factor as the 6/6+ would be nice but I'm not picky.
64 would be OK but 128 would be perfect.
64 would be OK but 128 would be perfect.
good predictions, badcrumble.
I haven't experienced the issues others have with 10.10 and ios 8 but there's been enough of them out there that I'm hoping the rumors of ios 9 and 10.11 being more stability and speed focused are true. time to strengthen the foundation.
Watchkit 2.0 reveal with native apps makes a lot of sense for WWDC.
I'd also like to see a USB-C based 4K cinema display that allows for a single connection to the 12" macbook (and other future apple laptops, of course) that charges the laptop, handles displayport video and adds USB 3 ports via the back of the monitor. wih just one cable connection
I haven't experienced the issues others have with 10.10 and ios 8 but there's been enough of them out there that I'm hoping the rumors of ios 9 and 10.11 being more stability and speed focused are true. time to strengthen the foundation.
Watchkit 2.0 reveal with native apps makes a lot of sense for WWDC.
I'd also like to see a USB-C based 4K cinema display that allows for a single connection to the 12" macbook (and other future apple laptops, of course) that charges the laptop, handles displayport video and adds USB 3 ports via the back of the monitor. wih just one cable connection
badcrumble
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Does USB-C have the bandwidth to do 4K?
Theonik
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Kinda, it's display port with a different connector.
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