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WWDC Deep Dive – Mac Geek Gab 821

2020/6/24
logo of podcast Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

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

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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)

  • You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network)

  • BackBeat Media Podcast Network)