Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

WWDC Deep Dive – Mac Geek Gab 821

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Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun share their thoughts and experiences with the new technologies Apple announced at WWDC this week.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 821 for Wednesday, June 24, 2020
  • 00:01:28 Watch on your Apple TV (or YouTube)
  • WWDC2020
    • 00:04:38 macOS 11 Big Sur
      • Supported Macs
      • Functional/User-interface changes
        • New fonts, colors, stylings (briefly, anyway). New modal sheet view
        • Control Center/menu bar. Sys Pref > Dock & Menu Bar > Control Center
        • Menu bar has more space/padding, but many things can be moved to control center
        • Wi-Fi Menu
        • Sys Pref > Battery
        • 00:16:58 Messages
          • Nice to have it in sync with (new) iOS 14 version
          • 00:17:54 Mail
            • “Classic” view still works, same as with Catalina
            • BS brings back actual columns in Classic view!
            • 00:21:19 Maps
            • 00:22:29 New sounds everywhere
              • Screenshots, Mail, you name it (including the reboot sound!)
              • New sound on 16” MacBook Pro
              • Safari
                • Language Translation
                • Redesigned tabs
                • 00:32:42 Overall stability
                • 00:35:22 WWDC Sponsor: iMazing Configurator
                • 00:37:03 Apple Silicon
                  • 00:44:36 Universal 2
                  • 00:46:45 Rosetta 2
                    • “Ahead of time” translation and Apple’s “Translation Cache”
                    • Kernel Extensions Cannot Be Translated
                    • 00:50:59 iOS Apps on macOS
                      • They get a menu bar…  complete with a “Quit” option!
                      • Apple Silicon Branding!
                      • 00:53:37 Virtualization – Vs Emulation! and Bootcamp
                      • 00:59:13 Would you advise buying an intel Mac today? Or wait 18 months for AS?
                      • What’s the future of the Mac now that iPads run the same chips?
                      • 01:06:33 iOS 14/iPadOS 14
                        • Runs on same devices as iOS 13
                        • Fairly stable on my iPhone SE 2020
                        • Home Screen
                        • Widgets
                        • 01:16:36 MGG 821 Outtro
                        • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
                        • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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