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WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) Summary Apple just had the WWDC 2024 and below I’ve summarised some of the interesting information for updates to the software, with links to more info if available. Definitely plenty to read and look into, so will be interesting to follow it all over the next few months before it’s available. visionOS 2 update to version 2, after just 4 months of release. Lots of new Apps and features all coming. Larger “screens” coming to Vision Pro. You can read more about visionOS here. Apple Vision Pro available July 12th in Australia. iOS 18 More Home Screen customisation, and layouts. More Control Centre customisation.. Higher level of privacy and security. Lock/Hide Apps. Categories for Mail. Updates to Maps, Wallet, Journal, Photos (biggest redesign ever), Game Mode for iPhone. RCS Messages support (for sending better messaeges to non-iPhones). More information here. Updates to AirPod Pro’s. Nod or Shake head to take or decline a phone call. tvOS 18 Insight (look up info when watching), updates to sound and subtitles. Updates to screensaver (including Snoopy and Woodstock!). More information here. watchOS 11 new “active” updates. New health app - Vitals App (with alerts). New Translation App. Updates to Smart Stack. Redesigned Photos face, …and more. iPadOS 18 All the changes on iOS18 plus more. Floating tab bar - can morph into side bar (for more options). Screen share (and control) via SharePlay/Freeform. Calculator to iPad (finally) and “Math Notes feature. Also into Notes as well. Handwriting - “Smart Script” updates. (Tidies up your writing as you go), “scratch out” to remove handwritten text. More information here. macOS 15 Code named “Sequoia”. Updates to messages, Math Notes in Notes. Continuity updates. (iPhone mirroring - control your iPhone even when it’s in the other room - mirrored in an App). Background replacement in video calls. Building on Keychain Access, new Passwords App to make it all easier. Passwords App on all devices (and syncs) with iCloud. Updates to Safari (including “Highlights” to help webpages display information better. Viewer for better video handling). Photos update, Gaming updates. And more… You can read more information about it here. Apple intelligence (AI) Personal intelligence that understands “you”. Protects privacy, integrated with Apps. Capabilities - language, Images, Action, Personal Context. - makes day to day tasks easier. New writing tools to help what you write. Images - create images from your photos / contacts. Sketch, illustration and Animation. System wide. Action - operate things a lot more with a lot more ease. Personal Context. - retrieve and analyse a lot more of the personal data into more useful information. With Apple Intelligence built with a lot more privacy at the core. On device processing (instead of going to the cloud). Aware of your data without “collecting” your data. All the power needed with the A17 Pro, M1 through to M4 chips makes it all possible. If needs to use the cloud, it uses Private Cloud Compute (for larger server work needed, but still keeps your data private. And you’re in control of the privacy. Data never stored or made accessible to Apple. Used only for your request. Verifiable privacy promise. A brand new standard for AI from Apple. Will expand your experiences across all devices. Increase in how Siri works and helps. (1.5 billion Siri requests are made per day). Siri more natural, more relevant and more personal to you. Can now type to Siri (if don’t want to talk - can switch between talk or type). On-screen awareness. In-App Actions. More features rolling out all the time. Will be able to do a lot more with Siri and Apple intelligence without affecting your privacy. Apps and “tasks” all working together without having to to change from one App to another. All on devices and Mac. Rewrite, proofread and summarise for things you write - across all Apps. Can’t find the right emoji - can now use “Genmoji” to create your own. Just tell it what you’re wanting and it “makes” it for you. And can tie in with “image Playground” to take images even further. A new Image Playground App to make it easier to play around with it as well. Image Wand - circle and image and it helps create a “better image”. New Clean Up tool to fix up photos easily. Very easy to “Create a memory movie”. Recordings can be transcribed. All still with privacy at the forefront. Can also tap into ChatGPT if more information needed - but also asks permission to check there before doing it. Can use for free with ChatGPT - no account needed. And will always before sharing anything with ChatGPT. Lot of access for Developers as well, so they can use a lot of the features to increase App usage with Apple Intelligence. All coming in iOS18, iPad)S18 and macOS 15. And increasing over time with improvements - “just getting started”. More information about it here. If you want to watch the full 2 hour WWDC Keynote event you can view it all here. Definitely a lot of information with some fairly big things coming this year! Enjoy! Kind regards Daniel (Please excuse any mistakes,..it’s 3.30am and I’m tired to go back and fix them,..lol) --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry p : 0414 795 960 e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. 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