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WWDC 2020 - Quick Thoughts

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iOS 14

  • Widgets
  • App Clips
  • Default Apps Allowed
  • Clearer Privacy Policies

iPadOS 14

  • Scribble for Apple Pencil
  • Shape Parsing(?) for Apple Pencil
  • New UI Elements like Sidebar

macOS 11 - Big Sur

  • Big UI Changes and Refresh
  • Improved Catalyst Look
  • New Icons
  • Improvements to Safari Web Extensions

Apple Silicon on the Mac

  • More Performance Per Watt
  • $500 Developer Tool Kit (Mac mini) for Rent
  • Major Software and Tools All Ready
    • Unity, Microsoft, Adobe, Homebrew, etc...
  • Virtualization available for Server-Side Development
    • VAPOR DEMOED!
  • Building for Universal Apps in Xcode for both CPU Architectures 
  • Rosetta 2 for Emulation
  • Can Run iOS Apps Natively

More Thoughts

🕵️‍♀️Find My _ (i.e. Apple Tags) is a certification similar to HomeKit
⌚️Wish there was more watchOS improvements
🌊Want to try Big Sur
🛠Looking forward to try Xcode 12 and talking about it next week with Vadim Shpakovski

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