1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,400 I would have bet money that Apple was going to announce 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,800 a replacement for the Mac Pro at this year's WWDC 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,520 because two years ago when they announced that they were going to be transitioning to Apple Silicon, 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:17,200 they committed that they were going to finish it within about two years. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:23,640 Well, they didn't. But what Apple did show is that there is a whole new generation 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,680 of Apple Silicon already, a brand new laptop, 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,680 a leap in iPad productivity, 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:35,120 and a whole bunch of features, further services, and software. 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,000 So let's unpack all the announcements and I'll tell you what I think. 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,280 It looks like less than two years after the M1 release, we're getting its successor, the M2. 11 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:58,040 This update cadence is interesting to me as we only just got the M1 ultra variant a few months ago, 12 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:03,680 which means that the M2 can't be faster than the M1 Pro found in the MacBook Pro. 13 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,120 And it isn't. While the CPU core count remains the same as the vanilla M1, 14 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:14,320 there are modest improvements everywhere. Two more GPU cores, a media engine with ProRes acceleration, 15 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:18,920 more memory up to 24 gigabytes, faster memory bandwidth at 100 gigabytes per second, 16 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,920 and a new five nanometer process, probably like the A15. 17 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,240 Aside from significantly faster ProRes performance, 18 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,160 things remain modest with Apple's claimed 18 and 35% 19 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,600 performance increases compared to the M1. Still absent, his support for Thunderbolt 4 20 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,280 and more than one display, the latter of which this much slower Intel MacBook Air 21 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,840 can do, by the way. And speaking of MacBook Air, there's a new one. 22 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,560 Arguably Apple's best and most important laptop has become much better. 23 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:56,120 It essentially cribs the current MacBook Pro design in a much thinner package. 24 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:01,280 It gets the same lovely MagSafe connector, same keyboard, and same notch. 25 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,760 Despite the shape, this isn't the same screen 26 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,200 you get in the Pro models with their ProMotion and XDR. 27 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,760 But it is improved compared to the last year. Brightness is up 100 nits to 500, 28 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,240 and it supports more color, billions, apparently. 29 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,980 What I'm most disappointed with is the colors on the outside. 30 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:25,460 Instead of the bright colors we have come to love on the iMac, what we get is midnight and starlight 31 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:29,420 alongside the traditional silver and space gray. 32 00:02:29,420 --> 00:02:33,540 And I really can't figure out which one I would choose. 33 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:38,540 Probably midnight, just because it's novel. New MacBook Air also costs more too, 34 00:02:38,540 --> 00:02:44,380 with a starting price of $1,200. For $100 more, you can get 10 GPU cores, 35 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:48,260 or the still confusingly named 13-inch MacBook Pro, 36 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:54,020 with the same chip and fan. Lovers of the touch bar, I'm guessing this is your last chance. 37 00:02:54,020 --> 00:02:58,740 This and the fact that Apple will still be selling the M1 MacBook Air for $1,000 38 00:02:58,740 --> 00:03:02,000 really completes the Apple laptop price spectrum. 39 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,280 No longer do you choose the Mac you need and pay the price, 40 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,040 now you can pick the price and get the MacBook to fit, 41 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:14,020 because there are no deals. So I've been having pretty big arguments 42 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:18,220 with people at the office about the iPad. There's a real desire to see the iPad 43 00:03:18,220 --> 00:03:21,380 become more Mac-like, something I don't agree with. 44 00:03:21,380 --> 00:03:26,100 Really, what a lot of people want is for the iPad to run macOS. 45 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:32,380 Well, it still doesn't. But the improvements to iPad OS bring it closer, 46 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:37,380 ever so slightly. Craig Federici announced desktop-class apps, 47 00:03:37,380 --> 00:03:42,260 which really just means that Apple's first-party system apps on iPad have features 48 00:03:42,260 --> 00:03:49,620 that have been in macOS for 20-plus years now. So customizable toolbars and find and replace. 49 00:03:49,620 --> 00:03:52,940 More importantly, the iPad now supports resizable Windows. 50 00:03:52,940 --> 00:03:57,700 And to organize all the Windows, Stage Manager groups them on the side, 51 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:01,460 enabling you to retrieve and group them as you see fit. 52 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:07,500 I'm not sure that this is all that great on a small iPad screen, but it is great for external displays with display scaling, 53 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:14,420 which the iPad now supports. Stage Manager is coming to the Mac too, for some reason. 54 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:19,340 Multitasking on the iPad has undergone a confusing evolution with mixed metaphors 55 00:04:19,340 --> 00:04:24,220 and undiscoverable implementation. So I'm curious how it's going to work in practice. 56 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:30,740 It shows that the iPad is getting more capable, which is good, but there are still some structural issues 57 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:34,100 the platform is going to have to figure out first. 58 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:38,300 iPhone users should enjoy their lock screen getting more purposeful and customizable. 59 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:42,740 Notifications have been pushed down to a bottom wheel to free up your background picture. 60 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:46,820 The clock numbers can peek behind your image subject and be in a different font. 61 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:50,100 You have a choice of six and you can add widgets. 62 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:55,660 By all appearances, the customizations look a lot like Apple Watch complications. 63 00:04:55,660 --> 00:04:59,820 Speaking of Apple Watch, the focus on health has been interesting. 64 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:03,380 For runners, the watch gets a feature called sensor fusion, 65 00:05:03,380 --> 00:05:07,100 which interprets how you're running just from your ARM movement. 66 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:12,580 This includes measurements of vertical oscillation, ground contact time and stride length. 67 00:05:12,580 --> 00:05:15,980 For me, I'm happy to see sleep track and get improved with sleep stages 68 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:20,500 until it tells me I'm sleeping badly. I felt a bit of deja vu during this event. 69 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:23,740 They literally mentioned that you can get sports scores from Siri. 70 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:30,180 Being able to ask Siri about players or teams. Scott Forstall announced that 10 years ago with iOS 6, 71 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:34,860 then there's iCloud shared photo library. This is a new feature specifically for families 72 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:37,900 using family sharing, allowing them to have one place 73 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:42,300 where all their family photos can go. This is great for that very specific circumstance, 74 00:05:42,380 --> 00:05:47,580 but you might be interested in knowing that Scott Forstall also announced iCloud photo albums 75 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:50,580 10 years ago too. Those albums are lower quality, 76 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:54,220 but they also don't use your iCloud storage either. 77 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:57,460 Now, if only Apple made their operating system look 78 00:05:57,460 --> 00:06:02,020 like iOS 6, bring skeuomorphism back, please. 79 00:06:02,020 --> 00:06:07,220 Likewise, collaboration was already a part of notes in Apple's productivity suite for years, 80 00:06:07,220 --> 00:06:11,020 but it was announced here. Sure, the interaction is a little more robust 81 00:06:11,060 --> 00:06:16,620 as it's integrated in the operating system share sheet, letting you collaborate within iMessage chat groups. 82 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:21,540 All the more reason for those Android holdouts in your life to switch over. 83 00:06:21,540 --> 00:06:26,660 iMessage. Apple also announced that CarPlay will now be able to go much deeper into your car 84 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:29,740 with the ability to take over all of your dashboard screens 85 00:06:29,740 --> 00:06:33,380 with Apple's interface. As a car guy, I found the concept design they showed 86 00:06:33,380 --> 00:06:38,900 not very compelling. Bunch of car makers have signed on, including ones who are switching over to Google's 87 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:44,580 infotainment operating system. I'll be really cross though, if they don't have an option for classic CarPlay, 88 00:06:44,580 --> 00:06:48,420 if I prefer my car's instruments, but Apple's infotainment. 89 00:06:48,420 --> 00:06:52,180 This feature is a long ways off. If you remember, CarPlay was originally announced 90 00:06:52,180 --> 00:06:56,820 with iOS 7, but didn't get added to car systems for two years, 91 00:06:56,820 --> 00:07:01,340 which brings me back to these updates. There's a lot in here that got announced, 92 00:07:01,340 --> 00:07:05,940 editable and deleteable iMessages, pass keys instead of passwords in Safari, 93 00:07:05,940 --> 00:07:11,780 cool machine learning intelligence with text recognition and the ability to lift the subject out of images. 94 00:07:11,780 --> 00:07:18,380 In terms of what devices will get these updates, well, the iPhone 8 and 10 are now the oldest to get iOS 16. 95 00:07:18,380 --> 00:07:23,300 iPad OS cuts off with the A9 powered fifth generation model. 96 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:27,340 Okay. And WatchOS 9 is not available with the Series 3, 97 00:07:27,340 --> 00:07:30,380 which is still available in the store. 98 00:07:30,380 --> 00:07:34,260 But what I felt was missing here was a cohesive story. 99 00:07:34,260 --> 00:07:39,140 What are the problems Apple is trying to solve for their users and developers? 100 00:07:39,140 --> 00:07:45,060 I heard a lot of everyone requested this, but with no curiosity or explanation as to why. 101 00:07:45,060 --> 00:07:48,460 I think that would help with the development of these features, no? 102 00:07:48,460 --> 00:07:51,820 Apple has diversified itself into remarkable complexity. 103 00:07:51,820 --> 00:07:57,300 There are so many different hardware models you can buy now. It almost feels like the 90s all over again. 104 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:00,540 And the list of features to go through is exhausting, 105 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:04,060 even if many are really just part of cross-device services. 106 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:08,380 My big question is, how many will make it to launch in the fall? 107 00:08:08,380 --> 00:08:12,740 Last year with iOS 15, many of the headline features weren't ready yet. 108 00:08:12,740 --> 00:08:16,500 Some not even until a few months ago. It begs the question, 109 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:19,220 is Apple running faster than it needs to? 110 00:08:20,340 --> 00:08:23,780 Thanks for coming outside for this Mac Address. If you like the new MacBook Air, 111 00:08:23,780 --> 00:08:27,020 then give this video a like. And if you are a lover of the touch bar, 112 00:08:27,020 --> 00:08:30,220 then you must subscribe. Now, I'm curious in the comments, 113 00:08:30,220 --> 00:08:34,260 what of the new features announced today at this WWDC? You're most interested in. 114 00:08:34,260 --> 00:08:36,220 I'm curious, who are there for?