Apple's MacOS Catalina Will Open Up To iPad Apps, Be Available In the Fall (cnet.com) 38
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Apple on Monday announced the next version of MacOS. Called Catalina, the next major revision of the MacOS will replace the iTunes app with three dedicated media apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. The update coming this fall will also let Mac users run iPad apps they can download through the Mac App Store. Using the new Project Catalyst development tool, third-party iPad developers will be able to easily bring their iPad apps for the Mac, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, said. Apple's goal for developers is to help them build apps without a lot of extra effort that can run on both iOS and MacOS devices. And Mac users will benefit by getting access to an expanded collection of MacOS apps. MacOS Catalina will also let you use an iPad as a second screen. Developer betas for MacOS Catalina and iOS 13 will be available today. Public betas will come in July, and both desktop and mobile OSes will ship in the fall.
May help iPad as much as it does Mac (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:May help iPad as much as it does Mac (Score:4, Insightful)
Encouraging people to port iPad apps to MacOS is only going to result in a bunch of crappy, limited apps. It might benefit the iPad, but it'll be sad for the Macintosh.
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While I am amazed some larger developers do not have iPad-specific versions of their apps, I only find a couple annoying (like Signal). I have VNC/SSH and Remote Desktop for when I really need a real computer, but for 99% of what I do my iPad Pro is perfect. I don’t miss the old days!
It was expensive, but not more than a laptop would have been for my needs.
Apple in 2019 (Score:1)
Me too music and TV apps that nobody wants, and broken keyboards. Think diffident.
Apple announces limited edition cases made from (Score:1)
a small amount of Steve Jobs ashes. /s
Couldn't there just be one article about WWDC with links to the actual information?
I'm sure there is click demand for Apple news, but these are all just posting links to multiple other sources.
Problems and advertisement (Score:1)
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7 Apple stories today? (Score:1)
Or is there some payment for placement going on here?
What's up. This is pretty extreme and blatant.
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What's going on?
"He who pays the piper, calls the tune"
Re:7 Apple stories today? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:7 Apple stories today? (Score:5, Insightful)
What's up. This is pretty extreme and blatant.
It's the same as when you keep complaining about all the christmas stories that run on December 25th and act confused as to why.
Just a heads up, next week will be the yearly E3, so you will probably want to get your "I'm confused why all the video game stories happen this same exact week every year for the past few decades, what kind of paid promotional crap is this?!" complaints pre-drafted ahead of time.
Wait... (Score:2)
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Where have you been? They stopped since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (Zinfandel).
Apple (Score:1)
Ends 32 bit application support (Score:1)
Apple decided to end support of 32 bit applications with their next release. They have made annoying popups telling people to update their 32 bit applications because they won't work when they update. However in the real world that just doesn't work. The problem is not at the end user, but the fact that the 64 bit updates have failed to arrive.
If we look at why applications are stuck being 32 bit, then it's obviously applications not being updated anymore for whatever reason or the update is a new version m
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If you really want some of the features of the new OS then you can run an older version of MacOS in a VM.
That's correct and incorrect at the same time. EyeTV can record TV shows on the HD and if the computer is off, it will boot the computer in time for the recording to start. If the TV should watch for recordings around the clock, then the VM would have to run around the clock. It's a major downgrade.
I agree a VM could solve a bunch of issues, but it's HD consuming, requires more technical skills and is generally a slower and worse user experience. Don't get me wrong. VMs can be great in many cases. However i