WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.400 I would have bet money that Apple was going to announce 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.800 a replacement for the Mac Pro at this year's WWDC 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, 00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:17.200 they committed that they were going to finish it within about two years. 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 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.680 of Apple Silicon already, a brand new laptop, 00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:30.680 a leap in iPad productivity, 00:00:30.680 --> 00:00:35.120 and a whole bunch of features, further services, and software. 00:00:35.120 --> 00:00:39.000 So let's unpack all the announcements and I'll tell you what I think. 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. 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, 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. 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:08.120 And it isn't. While the CPU core count remains the same as the vanilla M1, 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:14.320 there are modest improvements everywhere. Two more GPU cores, a media engine with ProRes acceleration, 00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:18.920 more memory up to 24 gigabytes, faster memory bandwidth at 100 gigabytes per second, 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:23.920 and a new five nanometer process, probably like the A15. 00:01:24.160 --> 00:01:27.240 Aside from significantly faster ProRes performance, 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:31.160 things remain modest with Apple's claimed 18 and 35% 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:36.600 performance increases compared to the M1. Still absent, his support for Thunderbolt 4 00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:41.280 and more than one display, the latter of which this much slower Intel MacBook Air 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:46.840 can do, by the way. And speaking of MacBook Air, there's a new one. 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:51.560 Arguably Apple's best and most important laptop has become much better. 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:56.120 It essentially cribs the current MacBook Pro design in a much thinner package. 00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:01.280 It gets the same lovely MagSafe connector, same keyboard, and same notch. 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:04.760 Despite the shape, this isn't the same screen 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.200 you get in the Pro models with their ProMotion and XDR. 00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:12.760 But it is improved compared to the last year. Brightness is up 100 nits to 500, 00:02:12.760 --> 00:02:16.240 and it supports more color, billions, apparently. 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:19.980 What I'm most disappointed with is the colors on the outside. 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 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:29.420 alongside the traditional silver and space gray. 00:02:29.420 --> 00:02:33.540 And I really can't figure out which one I would choose. 00:02:33.540 --> 00:02:38.540 Probably midnight, just because it's novel. New MacBook Air also costs more too, 00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:44.380 with a starting price of $1,200. For $100 more, you can get 10 GPU cores, 00:02:44.380 --> 00:02:48.260 or the still confusingly named 13-inch MacBook Pro, 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. 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 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:02.000 really completes the Apple laptop price spectrum. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:05.280 No longer do you choose the Mac you need and pay the price, 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:09.040 now you can pick the price and get the MacBook to fit, 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:14.020 because there are no deals. So I've been having pretty big arguments 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 00:03:18.220 --> 00:03:21.380 become more Mac-like, something I don't agree with. 00:03:21.380 --> 00:03:26.100 Really, what a lot of people want is for the iPad to run macOS. 00:03:26.100 --> 00:03:32.380 Well, it still doesn't. But the improvements to iPad OS bring it closer, 00:03:32.380 --> 00:03:37.380 ever so slightly. Craig Federici announced desktop-class apps, 00:03:37.380 --> 00:03:42.260 which really just means that Apple's first-party system apps on iPad have features 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. 00:03:49.620 --> 00:03:52.940 More importantly, the iPad now supports resizable Windows. 00:03:52.940 --> 00:03:57.700 And to organize all the Windows, Stage Manager groups them on the side, 00:03:57.700 --> 00:04:01.460 enabling you to retrieve and group them as you see fit. 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, 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:14.420 which the iPad now supports. Stage Manager is coming to the Mac too, for some reason. 00:04:14.420 --> 00:04:19.340 Multitasking on the iPad has undergone a confusing evolution with mixed metaphors 00:04:19.340 --> 00:04:24.220 and undiscoverable implementation. So I'm curious how it's going to work in practice. 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 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:34.100 the platform is going to have to figure out first. 00:04:34.100 --> 00:04:38.300 iPhone users should enjoy their lock screen getting more purposeful and customizable. 00:04:38.300 --> 00:04:42.740 Notifications have been pushed down to a bottom wheel to free up your background picture. 00:04:42.740 --> 00:04:46.820 The clock numbers can peek behind your image subject and be in a different font. 00:04:46.820 --> 00:04:50.100 You have a choice of six and you can add widgets. 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:55.660 By all appearances, the customizations look a lot like Apple Watch complications. 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:59.820 Speaking of Apple Watch, the focus on health has been interesting. 00:04:59.820 --> 00:05:03.380 For runners, the watch gets a feature called sensor fusion, 00:05:03.380 --> 00:05:07.100 which interprets how you're running just from your ARM movement. 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:12.580 This includes measurements of vertical oscillation, ground contact time and stride length. 00:05:12.580 --> 00:05:15.980 For me, I'm happy to see sleep track and get improved with sleep stages 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. 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:23.740 They literally mentioned that you can get sports scores from Siri. 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, 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:34.860 then there's iCloud shared photo library. This is a new feature specifically for families 00:05:34.860 --> 00:05:37.900 using family sharing, allowing them to have one place 00:05:37.900 --> 00:05:42.300 where all their family photos can go. This is great for that very specific circumstance, 00:05:42.380 --> 00:05:47.580 but you might be interested in knowing that Scott Forstall also announced iCloud photo albums 00:05:47.580 --> 00:05:50.580 10 years ago too. Those albums are lower quality, 00:05:50.580 --> 00:05:54.220 but they also don't use your iCloud storage either. 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:57.460 Now, if only Apple made their operating system look 00:05:57.460 --> 00:06:02.020 like iOS 6, bring skeuomorphism back, please. 00:06:02.020 --> 00:06:07.220 Likewise, collaboration was already a part of notes in Apple's productivity suite for years, 00:06:07.220 --> 00:06:11.020 but it was announced here. Sure, the interaction is a little more robust 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. 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:21.540 All the more reason for those Android holdouts in your life to switch over. 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 00:06:26.660 --> 00:06:29.740 with the ability to take over all of your dashboard screens 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:33.380 with Apple's interface. As a car guy, I found the concept design they showed 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 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, 00:06:44.580 --> 00:06:48.420 if I prefer my car's instruments, but Apple's infotainment. 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:52.180 This feature is a long ways off. If you remember, CarPlay was originally announced 00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:56.820 with iOS 7, but didn't get added to car systems for two years, 00:06:56.820 --> 00:07:01.340 which brings me back to these updates. There's a lot in here that got announced, 00:07:01.340 --> 00:07:05.940 editable and deleteable iMessages, pass keys instead of passwords in Safari, 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. 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. 00:07:18.380 --> 00:07:23.300 iPad OS cuts off with the A9 powered fifth generation model. 00:07:23.300 --> 00:07:27.340 Okay. And WatchOS 9 is not available with the Series 3, 00:07:27.340 --> 00:07:30.380 which is still available in the store. 00:07:30.380 --> 00:07:34.260 But what I felt was missing here was a cohesive story. 00:07:34.260 --> 00:07:39.140 What are the problems Apple is trying to solve for their users and developers? 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. 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:48.460 I think that would help with the development of these features, no? 00:07:48.460 --> 00:07:51.820 Apple has diversified itself into remarkable complexity. 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. 00:07:57.300 --> 00:08:00.540 And the list of features to go through is exhausting, 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:04.060 even if many are really just part of cross-device services. 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:08.380 My big question is, how many will make it to launch in the fall? 00:08:08.380 --> 00:08:12.740 Last year with iOS 15, many of the headline features weren't ready yet. 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:16.500 Some not even until a few months ago. It begs the question, 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:19.220 is Apple running faster than it needs to? 00:08:20.340 --> 00:08:23.780 Thanks for coming outside for this Mac Address. If you like the new MacBook Air, 00:08:23.780 --> 00:08:27.020 then give this video a like. And if you are a lover of the touch bar, 00:08:27.020 --> 00:08:30.220 then you must subscribe. Now, I'm curious in the comments, 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:34.260 what of the new features announced today at this WWDC? You're most interested in. 00:08:34.260 --> 00:08:36.220 I'm curious, who are there for?