AussieMacZone
Episode: 049
Title: WWDC
Hosts: Glenn Goodman, Michael Seamons, Jayson Walmsley
Bandwidth for Aussie Mac Zone is provided by Aussie Tech Heads Hosting:
www.aussietechheads.com.au/hosting
Thanks to our sponsor: IT Help 2U
Theme music provided by:
podcastthemes.com
Feedback or questions? What would you like to see on the show?
News
Full Transcript of Apple’s WWDC 2014 Keynote: OS X 10.10, iOS 8, and More
![]() |
|
11:57 am | Keynote is over, everyone standing up. |
11:57 am | “Enjoy the week! Thank you very much!” |
11:57 am | Tim is thanking Apple employees back in Cupertino and all over the world. |
11:57 am | Crowd cheering. |
11:57 am | Tim asking Apple employees to stand up for a round of applause. |
11:56 am | “You’ve seen a few people on stage this morning, but there’s thousands of people who made today possible.” |
11:56 am | “This is something only Apple can do.” |
11:56 am | The goal is to create an unparalleled seamless experience. |
11:56 am | And how developers can create better apps, faster and easier, than ever before. |
11:55 am | Mentioning how all of the Apple products will offer a continuous experience. |
![]() |
|
11:55 am | Tim seems to be bringing the keynote to a close, further summing up what was covered today. |
11:54 am | “An incredible set of features and an incredible release.” |
11:54 am | Tim is back on stage. |
11:54 am | Coming to everyone else in the fall. |
11:54 am | iOS 8 beta available TODAY. |
11:54 am | Extensions, Metal, Swift, etc. |
11:53 am | Craig is summing up all the features they went over today. |
11:53 am | “iOS 8 is a huge developer release and a great end user release.” |
11:53 am | Day one you can submit apps written in Swift when IOS 8 is available. |
11:53 am | A Swift language guide is available now in iBooks. |
11:53 am | Swift has complete Xcode support, Swift will be ready for primetime out of the gate. |
11:52 am | “I think you guys are going to absolutely love it.” |
11:52 am | SceneKit being shown now, 3D version of the same demo game appears on screen. |
11:51 am | A timeline at the bottom of the screen allows you to go forward and back in the execution of your game to see how the effects all interact. |
![]() |
|
11:51 am | In Playground, you can see immediate feedback live in your game as you tweak the code. |
11:50 am | A simple change, and the whole visualized path reflects it. |
11:50 am | Can visualize the entire history of a value, shows the equation used to control a blimp will cause it to sink. |
11:50 am | Showing positioning a blimp in game. |
11:49 am | With Swift you can get a lot done with very little code. |
11:49 am | Loading a resource, image shown inside Xcode in the sidebar. |
11:49 am | Currently writing a simple casual 2D game. |
11:49 am | You can build anything with Swift, social media apps to high-performance games. |
11:48 am | Code is run as you type it, result displayed in sidebar on the right. |
11:48 am | Writing some new Swift code in Xcode. |
11:48 am | Demo now. |
11:47 am | Swift allows for a feature called Playgrounds. |
![]() |
|
11:47 am | Swift code can fit along side Objective C and C code in the same application. |
11:47 am | Totally native to Cocoa and Cocoa Touch. |
11:47 am | Large classes of common programming errors aren’t possible. |
11:46 am | Crowd is very excited for new features. |
![]() |
|
11:46 am | Swift is 3.9x faster than Objective C |
11:45 am | It’s fast, modern, designed for safety. |
11:45 am | “It totally rules.” |
11:45 am | Swift. |
11:45 am | Crowd goes “Whaaaaat?” |
11:45 am | New programming language. |
11:45 am | “Objective C without the baggage of C?” |
11:45 am | “It has served us well for 20 years.” |
11:44 am | Central to Xcode is Objective-C |
11:44 am | Last version was downloaded 14m times. |
11:44 am | Xcode |
11:44 am | Physics engine, particle effects, and more. |
11:44 am | 3D scene renderer designed for casual games. |
11:44 am | SceneKit |
11:43 am | Enhanced with light sources, field forces, per-pixel physics, inverse kinematics |
11:43 am | It’s been a big hit with casual games. |
11:43 am | SpriteKit |
11:43 am | Zen Garden will be available as a free tech demo as soon as iOS 8 is available |
11:42 am | “A stunning breakthrough.” |
11:42 am | They’re amazed by the amount of objects they can render at once. |
11:42 am | Demo was crazy, definitely watch the video if you can. |
11:42 am | This demo looks and navigates a lot like Infinity Blade with how it pans around. |
![]() |
|
11:41 am | Metal freed up so much resources each fish in a Koi pond can have its own AI. |
11:41 am | All sorts of visual effects being shown, water effects, etc. |
11:40 am | Looks INCREDIBLE. |
11:40 am | Running on an iPad. |
11:40 am | Using Metal gives them an order if magnitude of detail improvement. |
11:40 am | Showing a live zen garden, built on a high-end mac. |
11:40 am | *Sweeney |
11:40 am | Tim Sweeny from Epic is coming on stage. |
11:39 am | Up to 10x the performance before. |
11:39 am | Crytek was able to bring their console engine to iOS, 4,000 draw calls per frame. |
11:39 am | Using Frostbyte console engine on mobile. |
11:39 am | 1.3m triangles at a time with depth of field effects. |
11:39 am | Showing the console Plants vs Zombies. |
11:39 am | Have been working with leading providers, unity crytek, epic, etc. |
11:38 am | Get access to compute power of the GPU, pre-compiled shaders, multithreading, etc. |
![]() |
|
11:38 am | Up to 10x faster draw call rates. |
11:38 am | Metal reduces that overhead. |
11:38 am | OpenGL ends up being an overhead between game and hardware. |
![]() |
|
11:38 am | OpenGL is the standard-based way for 3D graphics. |
11:37 am | Metal? |
11:37 am | 1PB assets, 10TB database, 5TB/day asset transfer |
11:37 am | *With limits* |
11:37 am | CloudKit is “effectively free.” |
11:37 am | CloudKit takes over all the cloud stuff, adds client side programming model. |
11:36 am | CloudKit |
![]() |
|
11:36 am | Triggers a whole system of garage door closed, lights off, etc. |
11:36 am | Even works with Siri, “Get ready for bed.” |
11:36 am | Even works with Siri, “Get ready for bed. |
11:36 am | Secure pairing, control individual devices, AND group them in to scenes. |
![]() |
|
11:35 am | Locks, lights, cameras, doors, etc. |
11:35 am | Worked with leaders of home automation. |
11:35 am | Showed non-Nest thermostat. |
11:35 am | Companion apps for all sorts of things. |
11:35 am | Showing Philips Hue bulbs. |
11:35 am | HomeKit! |
11:34 am | Photo kit API is faster, read/write to photo library, non-destructive edits. |
![]() |
|
11:34 am | Manual control of exposure, light balance, and focus. |
11:34 am | Camera API’s |
11:34 am | Still protects fingerprint data, it’s never exposed anywhere outside the A7 processor. |
11:34 am | Protects data, unlocks keychain items |
11:34 am | Showing the Mint app. |
11:34 am | Third party apps can use TouchID as well. |
11:34 am | Passcode usage before TouchID was less than half, 83% via Touch ID on iPhone 5s. |
![]() |
|
11:33 am | Discussing popularity if Touch ID. |
11:33 am | Next up, Touch ID API. |
11:33 am | You can give it access though. |
11:33 am | Keyboards have the most restrictive sandbox, no network, etc. |
11:32 am | Something that looks like Swype is being shown. |
11:32 am | You can also install system-wide third party keyboards. |
11:32 am | Can select your board and other Pintrest settings. |
11:32 am | And now sharing that via Pintrest. |
11:31 am | Very cool. |
11:31 am | Translating in real time, in line, via Bing. |
11:31 am | Showing text being translated directly inside of Safari. |
11:31 am | Can bid direct from Notification Center. |
11:30 am | Widget for ebay shows all active bids. |
11:30 am | Also works for the iPad. |
11:30 am | Tap edit, adds Sports Center to the notification center. |
11:30 am | Pull down notification center, says “one new widget available.” |
![]() |
|
11:30 am | Very seamless. |
11:29 am | Tap edit, top left is an extensions button, Waterlogue pops up and turns photo in to a watercolor. When you’re done it’s back in photos. |
11:29 am | In photos, have a photo of a flower. |
11:29 am | Now a demo. |
11:29 am | Third party apps can also do Today screen widgets. |
11:28 am | Third party document providers. |
11:28 am | Photo filters are supported. |
11:28 am | Bing could offer translation inside of Safari. |
11:28 am | Add new sharing options, like Pintrest can offer a share sheet to Safari. |
11:28 am | Apps can reach out and talk to extensions, apps can project UI. |
11:28 am | Building on the same sandbox model. |
11:27 am | Apps are in sandboxes, can access own data but not other apps without your permission. |
11:27 am | Apps from the App Store can extend the system, offer services to other apps. |
11:27 am | Extensibility. |
11:27 am | 4,000 new developer APIs |
11:26 am | Craig is back on stage. |
![]() |
|
11:26 am | “Biggest release since the launch of the App Store.” |
11:26 am | Now discussing the SDK. |
11:26 am | Everything coming in the fall. |
11:25 am | Devs can invite users to beta test their app. |
![]() |
|
11:25 am | New beta test service called… Test Flight. |
11:25 am | App previews, developers can embed videos in iTunes creenshots. |
11:25 am | At a discounted price with just one tap. |
11:24 am | Users can buy multiple apps. |
11:24 am | App Bundles! |
11:24 am | Related searches, and new Editors’ Choice logo users can find the best apps. |
11:24 am | Faster searches through continued scrolling lists. |
![]() |
|
11:24 am | Top-trending searches. |
11:24 am | All kinds of sub-categories. |
11:23 am | Adding an “explore” tab to help users find apps. |
11:23 am | Rolling out new features on the App Store. |
11:23 am | 75b apps downloaded. |
11:23 am | Not just browsing, but downloading. |
11:23 am | 300m people visit the App Store every week. |
11:23 am | 1.2m apps available. |
11:23 am | All apps delivered via the App Store. |
11:22 am | The second part of the story is what iOS 8 provides for developers. |
11:22 am | Tim back on stage. |
11:22 am | That’s a look at the CONSUMER part of iOS 8. |
![]() |
|
11:22 am | China is getting better, vector based maps, navigation, lunar calendar support, improved predictive input, and weather. |
11:21 am | 22 new languages are coming. |
11:21 am | Siri hooks in with Shazam, can be triggered by saying “Hey, Siri.” |
![]() |
|
11:21 am | Siri up next. |
11:21 am | Not clear but that might be limited to photo storage only. |
11:20 am | First 5GB free, 20GB for 99c a month, 200gb for 3.99 a month. |
![]() |
|
11:20 am | New iCloud tiers. |
11:20 am | All photos and videos, original format and resolution. |
11:20 am | Also will be in Windows via the web. |
11:20 am | Photos coming to Yosemite in the future. |
11:19 am | Showing another photo being corrected, works surprisingly great, almost magical. |
11:19 am | Edits are there as well, all the same adjustments. |
11:19 am | All the same gestures, etc. |
11:18 am | Looks a lot like photos from iOS, but on the Mac. |
11:18 am | Now showing sneak peek. |
11:18 am | Working on a new photo solution for the Mac shipping early next year. |
11:18 am | Changes are reflected live on multiple devices pretty quickly. |
11:18 am | Showing the ability to favorite a photo, and how the same functionality exists on the iPad. |
![]() |
|
11:17 am | Edits immediately get sent to the cloud. |
11:17 am | Before and after is very dramatic with a few simple swipes. |
11:16 am | Color works similarly. |
11:16 am | Automatically doing all these different settings based on detailed image analysis for exposure, shadows, etc. |
11:16 am | Tapping light, you get a live display of what’s being modified in the photo. |
11:16 am | Showing a dark/washed out photo. |
![]() |
|
11:15 am | Now showing demo. |
11:15 am | Smart editing controls for light, color, auto-straightening and cropping. |
11:15 am | Location, time, albums, etc. |
11:15 am | Following the Spotlight theme, you can search photos in al sorts of ways. |
![]() |
|
11:14 am | Device has access to more photos in the cloud than it can store locally. |
11:14 am | Preserving common organization and edits. |
11:14 am | Photos and iCloud, every photo you take is on all your devices. |
11:13 am | Next: Photos. |
11:13 am | Adult account gets a notification that their kid tried to buy something. |
11:13 am | Kids get prompted to ask adults for permission before buying something. |
11:13 am | Up to six family members who all share the same credit card. |
![]() |
|
11:13 am | Can share media, apps, and all the purchases of your family. |
11:12 am | Automatically can share photos, calendars, reminders, etc and auto-configure Find My friends, find devices, etc. |
11:12 am | Can do a “Family Setup” |
11:12 am | “The easy way to share what’s important.” |
11:12 am | Family Sharing up next. |
11:11 am | Mayo Clinic thinks this will revolutionize how the health industry works. |
11:11 am | Also working with Mayo Clinic, with HealthKit they can figure out personalized thresholds for readings, notify doctors automatically, and more. |
![]() |
|
11:10 am | Can link in to third party apps. |
11:10 am | Corresponding app, “Health” monitors all your fitness metrics. |
![]() |
|
11:09 am | Provides a single place for health apps to compile a profile. |
11:09 am | HealthKit |
11:09 am | Showing health devices, fitbit, weight, blood pressure, etc. |
11:09 am | White icon with small red heart. |
11:09 am | Health! |
11:08 am | Management includes books and PDFs for education users. |
11:08 am | 3rd party documents providers, OneDrive, Box, “More…” |
11:08 am | All sorts of new Exchange stuff. |
11:08 am | Passcode protection for all data types. |
11:08 am | in iOS 8, this continues. |
11:07 am | Even can download all your enterprise apps. |
11:07 am | Device Enrollment Program allows you to get a new iPhone/iPad and have it auto configure for your enterprise. |
11:07 am | All because of great applications and security technologies. |
![]() |
|
11:06 am | 98% of Fortune 500 uses iOS. |
11:06 am | iOS is a huge hit in enterprise. |
11:06 am | Next up: Enterprise. |
11:06 am | Have access to all of this on your Mac. |
11:06 am | Edits are saved to original location. |
11:06 am | Say you’re in an app like Sketchbook, you can open compatible documents through iCloud Drive. |
11:05 am | iCloud Drive is up next. |
11:05 am | Craig is back on stage. |
11:05 am | Lower iPhone, message sends. |
11:05 am | Can reply to it in the same way. |
11:04 am | Raising your iPhone to your ear plays an audio message. |
11:04 am | Similarly, this all works from the lock screen. |
![]() |
|
11:04 am | There’s a “keep” button next to each one. |
11:04 am | Audio/video messages self destruct unless you tap to keep them so they don’t take up loads of space. |
![]() |
|
11:03 am | “Super duper easy.” |
11:03 am | When you get an audio message, you just tap to play it. |
11:03 am | All super easy. |
11:03 am | Taking a selfie on stage, sending it to the group. |
11:03 am | Showing sending a quick audio message. |
11:02 am | All attachments show up in one place, can view all the photos instead of scrolling forever. |
![]() |
|
11:02 am | Do not disturb toggle also in this view, or you can leave. |
11:02 am | Location sharing can be shared for an hour, the rest of the day, or longer. |
11:01 am | All these group settings are managed through a “Details” button. |
11:01 am | Doing a brief demo now. |
11:01 am | “A rich and powerful platform for communication.” |
11:01 am | Can also do video in the same way. |
![]() |
|
11:00 am | Shows up sort of similar to Find My Friends. |
11:00 am | Can share your location with people in a conversation. |
11:00 am | You can leave a thread yourself. |
11:00 am | Do Not Disturb on a per-thread level. |
11:00 am | Can name threads, add/remove people from conversations. |
10:59 am | Group messaging enhancements. |
10:59 am | Messages is the most frequently used app on iOS. |
10:59 am | Can also answer calls from iPad if phone is nearby. |
10:59 am | Continuity is next, briefly going over what was shown on the Mac side of things. |
10:59 am | Multiple language models, not just English. |
10:59 am | It learns how you type, offers buttons that say “epic”, “awesome” etc if that’s how you type. |
![]() |
|
10:58 am | Context sensitive, if someone asks if you want to go to dinner or a movie you get buttons like “dinner” “a movie” |
10:58 am | QuickType is predictive typing suggestions. |
10:57 am | Special keyboards,character sets, dictation, handwriting, etc. |
10:57 am | Showing how the iPhone changed mobile keyboards. |
![]() |
|
10:57 am | Keyboard enhancement: QuickType. |
10:57 am | Safari bar works very similar. |
10:57 am | Seems to work like Yosemite Spotlight but iOS-ized. |
10:56 am | Search for news, restaurants, movies, etc. |
10:56 am | Searching for apps will show apps on the App Store if you don’t have them. |
10:56 am | Yosemite enhancements also have made their way over |
10:56 am | “Let’s talk about Spotlight.” |
10:56 am | “We’re all going to love doing mail this way.” |
10:56 am | Showing email composing, all works super fluid with sliding the draft down, pulling up different email, selecting, copying, tapping to restore the draft then paste. |
![]() |
|
10:55 am | Also showing off gestures you can do to messages like flagging, unread, deleting, etc. |
![]() |
|
10:54 am | Mail from Open Table, offers intelligent suggestion to add reservation to your calendar. |
10:54 am | iPad mail enhancements being shown now. |
10:54 am | Double tap home button, see a group of recent people, you can call, iMessage, Facetime them, etc. |
10:53 am | Flicking up still works to dismiss notifications. |
10:53 am | Gets tagged on Facebook, can swipe down and like. |
10:53 am | Getting an iMessage, swipe down to reply without leaving app. |
10:53 am | Gets a notification for a meeting request, can swipe to accept/decline on lock screen. |
10:52 am | Now demoing the new features. |
10:52 am | Can swipe a message down in mail, and access the rest of your mail. |
10:52 am | Can mark messages unread or flag through different gestures. |
![]() |
|
10:51 am | Birds eye view coming to iPad from Yosemite Safari tabs. |
10:51 am | Double tap shows recent people as well as multitasking apps. |
10:51 am | Also works on the lock screen to get action buttons. |
10:51 am | You can pull down and reply to a iMessage without needing to leave the app you’re using. |
10:50 am | Notification center is refined, new interactive notifications. |
10:50 am | With enhancements to iPhone and iPad. |
10:50 am | Builds on design of iOS 7. |
![]() |
|
10:50 am | Going over end user features of iOS 8 with Craig. |
10:50 am | Great end-user features, and incredible developer features. |
10:49 am | “A giant release.” |
10:49 am | Announcing iOS 8 today. |
10:49 am | Tim couldn’t be happier with iOS 7, but they’re not standing still. |
![]() |
|
10:49 am | “Android fragmentation is turning devices into a toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities.” |
10:48 am | Android “dominates the mobile malware market.” |
10:48 am | These customers are not getting great new features, run new apps, or security updates. |
10:48 am | “That’s like ancient history.” |
10:48 am | 1/3 of Android users are running a version from four years ago. |
10:48 am | 9% on KitKat. |
10:48 am | “This is in stark contrast to Android.” |
10:47 am | 89% of install base are running iOS 7. |
10:47 am | People love iOS because updates are available to as many customers as possible. |
10:47 am | Customer satisfaction ratings “no one gets.” |
10:47 am | 97% overall satisfaction for iOS 7. |
10:47 am | iOS 7 took the iOS experience to a higher level. |
10:46 am | “And then sought a better experience and a better life and decided to check out iPhone and iOS.” |
10:46 am | “They had bought an Android phone… by mistake.” |
10:46 am | Many were switchers from Android. |
10:45 am | 130m totally new customers in the last year on iOS devices. |
10:45 am | “This is incredible.” |
10:45 am | iPhone 500m units. |
10:45 am | iPad 200m units. |
![]() |
|
10:45 am | iPod touch, 100m units. |
10:45 am | Sold over 800m iOS devices. |
10:45 am | Next up is iOS. |
10:45 am | “I’m glad I’m in the beta program.” |
10:44 am | Tim is back on stage now. |
![]() |
|
10:44 am | http://apple.com/osx/preview |
10:44 am | This summer there will be a public beta. |
10:44 am | Yosemite will be FREE. |
10:44 am | Everyone else will get it in the Fall. |
10:44 am | Available to developers TODAY. |
10:43 am | Craig is summing up everything he just showed off. |
10:43 am | “And that’s Continuity.” |
![]() |
|
10:43 am | (Says Dr. Dre) |
10:43 am | “I can’t wait to get to work with the team at Apple.” |
10:43 am | “New employee orientation starts at 9:00” says Craig. |
10:42 am | Craig welcomes Dr. Dre to Apple, crowd goes nuts. |
10:42 am | “Hello?” says Dr. Dre. |
10:42 am | Ringing. |
10:42 am | Ringing. |
10:42 am | Calling Dr. Dre. |
10:42 am | Going to call a new Apple employee instead. |
10:41 am | Looking up a restaurant in Safari. |
10:41 am | Showing how we can make a phone call. |
10:41 am | Can accept/decline calls on the Mac. |
10:41 am | Getting a phone call on the Mac. |
10:40 am | Flick up, and you’ve got the same link open. |
10:40 am | Picks up iPad, in bottom left is Safari. |
10:40 am | Clicking a URL from iMessage on a Mac. |
10:40 am | Starts writing email on phone, click Mail on the Mac, it’s all there. |
![]() |
|
10:39 am | Currently demoing this functionality on emails. |
10:39 am | “Call xxx-xxx-xxx on iPhone” pops up in Safari. |
10:39 am | Even works on web pages. |
10:39 am | Contacts from Mac can dial directly on your phone. |
![]() |
|
10:39 am | “Even works if your phone is across the house in a charger.” |
10:38 am | If your phone is nearby, Mac will show caller ID and you can use your Mac as a speakerphone. |
10:38 am | Also make and recieve phone calls. |
10:38 am | SMS now show up on your Mac. |
10:38 am | “We have these green bubble friends who have inferior devices and insist on sending us messages.” |
![]() |
|
10:37 am | “We all love iMessage.” |
10:37 am | SMS is next. |
10:37 am | Incredibly seamless. |
10:37 am | Mac sees your phone, prompts you to connect to it if you need to to get online. |
10:37 am | Instant Hotspot when your phone is nearby. |
10:37 am | Prompts come from the dock though. |
10:36 am | Similarly, email works the same way. |
10:36 am | Swiping up opens the numbers document you have open on your Mac. |
10:36 am | iPad gets a camera-like icon in the lower left of the screen |
10:36 am | When you’re working on a Mac, your devices nearby are aware of what you’re doing. |
10:36 am | New feature, Handoff. |
10:35 am | AirDrop now works with the Mac. |
10:35 am | Looking to make the transitions between these devices seamless. |
10:35 am | Showing iPhones, iPads, and Macs. |
10:35 am | Next up is Continuity |
![]() |
|
10:34 am | Scribbly speech bubble gets refined in to what looks like a comic book speech bubble. |
10:34 am | When Markup recognizes you trying to draw a shape, it makes it nicer. |
10:34 am | Can also add text via markup. |
10:33 am | Err an arrow rather. |
10:33 am | Showing sending an image to a new email, using Markup to circle a few climbers in the photo. |
10:33 am | The new share button in Safari allows you to click a button and send a link/image/etc to a huge variety of services. |
10:32 am | Tab view gives you a bird’s eye view of all the open tabs, when you get a bunch tabs from similar sites stack in to what looks like piles of cards. |
![]() |
|
10:32 am | You can now scroll through tabs regardless of how many you have open. |
10:31 am | “It’s super convenient.” |
10:31 am | Spotlight suggestions for searches show snippets from Wikipedia and more. |
10:31 am | New URL bar combo search field looks great. |
10:31 am | Tab view looks really cool, smaller title bar gives you a huge view for whatever you’re looking at. |
10:30 am | Now showing a quick demo of Safari. |
10:30 am | 6.5x faster on Javascript. |
10:30 am | Now showing performance graphs, Safari is faster than ever. |
10:29 am | Using the new HTML 5 video, you can get up to 2 hours longer streaming Netflix. |
![]() |
|
10:29 am | WebGL, SPDY, IndexedDB, Javascript Promises, CSS Shapes, HTML5 premium video. |
10:29 am | Also made privacy settings better, adding something similar to Chrome’s Incognito mode. |
10:28 am | New tab view, gives you a expose-style look at all your tabs you have open. |
![]() |
|
10:28 am | Likely also significantly snappier. |
10:28 am | Spotlight suggestions show up in the URL bar/smart search field. |
10:28 am | The top bar has been shrunk even more, favorite bar gone (but can be brought back), smart search field shows all favorites instead. |
![]() |
|
10:27 am | Safari is next. |
10:27 am | Showing how you can doodle on emails, PDFs, images, etc. |
10:26 am | Markup is next. |
10:26 am | Attachments can be up to 5GB in size. |
10:26 am | Attachments can be sent encrypted via iCloud, it’s seamless on a Mac otherwise they get a link. |
10:26 am | “Mail Drop” |
10:26 am | Addressing a problem with email, large attachments. |
![]() |
|
10:25 am | Mail has a new UI, “Focus on the basics” |
10:25 am | Mail is next. |
10:25 am | Windows support as well. |
10:25 am | Synched across all your Macs seamlessly, also available in iOS. |
![]() |
|
10:25 am | Browsable photos on your Mac for apps you might not even have. |
10:24 am | iCloud drive looks sort of like Dropbox? |
10:24 am | Crowd goes “Ooooh?” |
10:24 am | iCloud Drive is next. |
![]() |
|
10:24 am | Similarly, searching for “Godz” shows all kinds of Godzilla stuff from showtimes locally to Godzilla content in iTunes and more. |
10:23 am | Information seems sourced from Yelp. |
10:23 am | Can search for “sushi” to find local sushi places right inside of Spotlight. |
10:23 am | “Yose” shows Yosemite entry from Wikipedia, news from various sources, and a map to Yosemite. |
10:23 am | Showing how Spotlight can convert from Miles to kilometers and other things. |
10:22 am | Can search for “num” to see recent documents opened by Numbers. |
10:22 am | Searches for “Phil”, finds all sorts of results between meetings, emails, and more. |
![]() |
|
10:21 am | Showing Spotlight, just a few characters are required to get it to start looking things up. |
10:21 am | Showing 3rd party widget, ESPN Sports Center being dragged in. |
10:21 am | Apps can export widgets which can be dragged in. |
10:21 am | In Notification Center’s Today View it has stocks, reminders, clocks, weather, and can be edited by clicking an “edit” button. |
10:20 am | “It’s really cool.” |
10:20 am | Showing Messages, dragging the window around to show transparency. |
10:20 am | Calendar has a new day view. |
![]() |
|
10:19 am | Maps looks great, title bar is transparent and has a neat effect as the map scrolls under it. |
10:19 am | (Using those iMacs on stage mentioned earlier.) |
10:19 am | Now doing a quick demo. |
10:19 am | Also loops in Wikipedia and all sorts of other online data sources for searches. |
![]() |
|
10:18 am | Looks exactly like Quicksilver and Bartender. |
10:18 am | In Yosemite, Spotlight has a new interface that pops up in the middle. |
10:18 am | Next up is Spotlight. |
10:18 am | Notification Center has a iOS-like today view with calendar views, weather, and customizable widgets from the Mac App Store. |
10:17 am | Dark mode looks like notification center does now basically. |
![]() |
|
10:17 am | Sidebar apps like Messages get a new look too, with sidebars consistent across Reminders and other apps with similar UI elements. |
10:17 am | Window design maximizes the space for content. |
![]() |
|
10:17 am | Blackish instead of white. |
10:16 am | Menu bar goes dark, etc. |
10:16 am | A new dark mode will be included. |
10:16 am | Also focused on precise and consistent typography throughout the whole OS. |
10:16 am | Going over icons, “Check out that trash can.” |
10:16 am | Transparent windows look really cool, the dock got similar treatment. |
![]() |
|
10:15 am | “Your windows take on the personality of your desktop.” |
10:15 am | Transparency lets you see content as you scroll. |
10:15 am | Toolbars and windows have been refined. |
![]() |
|
10:15 am | Focus is on clarity and utility. |
10:15 am | “I think the team has done some remarkable work.” |
10:14 am | Calendar looks just like iOS 7. |
10:14 am | Transparent finder views, looks awesome. |
10:14 am | New icons across the board, all flat and iOS 7-like. |
10:14 am | Looks very iOS-7-y. |
![]() |
|
10:14 am | Now showing a video of the design changes of Yosemite. |
10:13 am | And how it has evolved to Mavericks. |
10:13 am | Discussing the “bold design” of Aqua. |
![]() |
|
10:13 am | New interface, big enhancement to popular apps, and new “Continuity” feature. |
10:13 am | OSX Yosemite it is! |
10:12 am | “Strangely this one had large pockets of support.” |
10:12 am | OSX Weed? Crowd goes nuts. |
![]() |
|
10:12 am | OSX Oxnard? Crowd laughs. |
10:12 am | “Another year, time for another name.” |
10:12 am | Discussing the shift from cats to places in California. |
10:11 am | Making jokes about OSX naming, “averting a crisis”. |
10:11 am | Crowd clapping like crazy. |
10:11 am | “Good morning!” |
10:11 am | Craig is coming on stage now to talk about the Mac. |
![]() |
|
10:11 am | “We could not be happier with Mavericks and the momentum of the Mac.” |
10:10 am | Wild applause. |
10:10 am | Tim, “Need I say more?” |
10:10 am | Crowd goes “Awwwwww”. |
10:10 am | Windows 8 at 14%. |
10:10 am | “You may wonder how that compares to Windows.” |
10:10 am | Fastest adoption of a PC OS in history. |
10:10 am | Over 50% of the install base (51%) uses Mavericks. |
10:10 am | Most in Apple’s history. |
10:10 am | Since release in October, 40m copies of Mavericks have been installed. |
![]() |
|
10:09 am | With loads of features for power users, better battery, etc. |
10:09 am | Mavericks release has done “really great.” |
10:09 am | Despite industry decline of 5%, Macs grew by 12%. |
10:09 am | “We’re shipping the best Macs in our history.” |
10:09 am | Starting with OSX and the Mac. |
10:09 am | An entire section of the presentation will be just for this. |
10:08 am | Also going to see the “mother of all releases” for developers. |
10:08 am | We’re going to see how they’ve been “engineered to work seamlessly together.” |
10:08 am | Great new features and updates for both. |
10:08 am | Here to talk about “two powerful platforms”, OSX and iOS. |
10:08 am | 9m registered developers, 47% increase from last year. |
10:08 am | “We’re going to be seeing apps from them for a long time.” |
10:07 am | The youngest developer in the audience is 13. |
10:07 am | “Special shout out” to the student scholarship winners. |
10:07 am | Tim is going over what WWDC is going to be about this week, attendees from 69 countries, 70% are first timers. |
10:06 am | This is the 25th anniversary of WWDC, the first one was to talk about system 7. |
![]() |
|
10:06 am | Mentioning all of the lives that have been enriched by apps and developers, thanking all developers for doing this. |
10:06 am | Tim is welcoming all the developers. |
10:05 am | “Good morning!” |
10:05 am | Tim Cook takes the stage. |
10:05 am | Video is over, massive applause. |
10:05 am | Back to people talking about how magical developers are and how they’re changing the world. |
10:05 am | The video is now shifting to a montage showing all these different apps used everywhere like cockpits, concerts, and more. |
![]() |
|
10:04 am | Now they’re showing an app controlled robotic hand used by a man. |
10:04 am | “This has become as essential as my guitar,” in regards to music apps. |
10:03 am | “Now it’s easy for them to focus on dreaming.” |
10:03 am | Apps are used my baseball players at all, breaking down the swing of a batter for improvement. |
![]() |
|
10:02 am | Other people are listing off games, Candy Crush, Words with Friends, etc. |
10:02 am | “The best app of all time has to be Tinder.” |
10:02 am | In the same video, a scientific sailing vessel uses apps to help with the study. Navigation apps, data collection apps, etc. |
10:01 am | Instagram, tumblr, Pintrest, etc. |
10:01 am | Now people are discussing the apps they can’t live without. |
10:01 am | Now demoing Paper to draw on an iPad in this same video. |
10:01 am | A bunch of different people talking about how the apps developers make let them do amazing things. |
10:00 am | Starting a video talking about what a developer looks like. |
10:00 am | Music is lowering. |
10:00 am | Everyone is cheering. |
10:00 am | Lights dimming. |
9:58 am | Everyone is cheering for the camera that is panning around as we get closer to starting. |
9:54 am | Announcer just said the presentation is starting shortly, asked everyone to make sure their phones are on silent. |
9:51 am | Connectivity is predictably pretty bad in the hall, lots of people mentioning not being able to get online at all to tweet or post photos. |
9:51 am | Apple employees are going around making sure all the seats near the front are full, trying to squeeze the last few people in. |
9:48 am | Music still playing, most people are seated now. |
9:47 am | Two iMacs are on the left of the stage set up for likely keynote demos. |
9:45 am | Cameras on cranes are panning all over the audience. |
9:44 am | Apple employees wearing orange shirts are doing everything they can to keep people from standing on their chairs to take photos. |
9:43 am | Music is still playing as people continue to file in to their seats. |
![]() |
|
9:24 am | Photo of on-stage Macs running OS X 10.10 via @LanceUlanoff |
![]() |
– See more at: http://aussietechheads.com.au/athv/episode-048-aussie-mac-zone-shownotes-2.html#sthash.4TLivJNU.dpuf
Leave a Reply