Apple WWDC 2019: iOS 13 dark mode, Mac Pro, MacOS 10.15 and everything Apple just announced

Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose on Monday and threw a lot of new stuff at us, including a Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, iOS 13 with a dark mode, MacOS Catalina and an operating system for the iPad called iPadOS.

As the conference started, Tim Cook gave us:

• A preview of the new Apple TV Plus show, For All Mankind, 
• News that Apple TV’s TVOS is getting multiuser support,
• and native support for Xbox One S and DualShock controllers

If you want a play-by-play recap of the entire event, check out our liveblog.

Mac Pro and Apple Pro Display XDR

• The cheese grater is back for 2019 — and it’s modernized, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. 
• It’s beastly, and here are the specs to prove it. Apple’s also introduced a custom video accelerator card, called Afterburner, designed specifically for video-editing acceleration to support native ProRes and ProRes Raw in 8K. Hello, 1.4 kilowatt power supply. But: optional wheels!
• The rumored 32-inch HDR display (that Apple dubs “XDR”) is real as the Pro Display XDR; Apple intends it to replace both reference and working monitors for video editors. It’s got a matching cheese-grater back that’s also a huge heat sink. the panel has 6,016×3,384 resolution, is true 10-bit, incorporates a polarizer for better viewing angles, etched glass and a large array of blue LEDs with lenses and local dimming that supports 1,600 nits peak and 1,000 nits sustained and high contrast. 
• Apple’s new Mac Pro with monitor costs $12K, so here are 10 cars that cost less

MacOS Catalina

• The new version of MacOS, version 10.15 or “Catalina:, has an iTunes replacement dubbed Music, less-intrusive iPhone integration, a Podcast app with indexing for easy finding, and Apple TV with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision support.
• There’s a new app called Sidecar that lets you use the iPad as a second display.
• It adds assistive voice control.
• An Activation Lock and Find My comes to MacOS for locking access to your MacBook from thieves.
• Project Catalyst (formerly Marzipan), is only for iPad apps; it permits developers to now easily port their iPad apps to MacOS. 
• For developers, RealityKit and Reality Composer updates to ARKit (with built-in motion capture) made Minecraft in the real world possible, and that’s just for starters.
• Swift programming language has a new framework to make programming easier.

IPad now runs iPadOS

• Splitting the operating system lets Apple take better advantage of the bigger screen. It lets you pin widgets to the home screen, provides a better multitasking interface, and permits multiple windows in apps with split screen, App Expose
• Now there’s a column view in Files, more metadata and quick actions. Also, folder sharing finally comes to iCloud Drive, and you’ll be able to attach to network servers.
• It adds support for USB thumb drives and the ability to import photos directly from a camera.
• Safari on iPad will pull the desktop site resized for its display and optimized for touch input. 
• There’s support for custom fonts from the big foundries, as well as better text selection.
• Apple Pencil has lower latency and is better for doing markup, and Apple has opened the programming interface to other software developers

Coming to the iPhone: iOS 13

• Dark mode is a-comin’.
• Safari, Mail and Notes get some updates, but the big rewrite is in Reminders; also more detailed maps arrive in Maps by end of 2019.
• Apple has cracked down on some privacy tracking including Apple tracking-free single-sign on, and random email addresses with forwarding — it will also be on the web.
• HomeKit security is also improved, and Apple now has a HomeKit-in-routers partner program
• And, of course, some Memoji upgrades for personalization. Now there are automatic sticker packs of your Memoji.
• Portrait lighting effects and an improved editing interface in Photos, as well as the ability to rotate and filter videos. Plus a new automatic organization of your Camera Roll.
• Siri can read and reply to messages via your AirPods, HandOff to your iPhone is coming to the HomePod, and more personalization across loads of HomePad capabilities.
• CarPlay has a new dashboard with expanded partner apps.
• Siri’s voice sounds a lot more natural, since it’s completely procedural rather than pieced-together recorded syllables.

Apple Watch and Watch OS 6

• Voice memo and calculator are now on your wrist.  
• There are new watch faces for Apple Watch: gradient face, digital face, California Dial, and a Solar face with a 24 hour sun path. 
• The Apple Watch app store is coming to the device, letting you browse, purchase and install right on the watch.
• A redesigned Health app, hearing monitoring app called Noise, fitness-tracking updates are coming. Also, menstrual cycle tracking is coming to both the Watch and the iPhone

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