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WWDC never gets old. There’s the excitement surrounding Apple’s announcements, but it’s far more than that. At its heart, the value of WWDC is in the people you see.
\nTen years ago, I attended my first WWDC ever as the parent of what is now called the Swift Student Challenge. At the time, I’d already begun dipping my toe into iOS development and arrived knowing nobody. By the end of the week, I’d met long-time indie developers like Daniel Jalkut, Craig Hockenberry, and Paul Kafasis, plus a couple of baby podcasters named Myke and Stephen.
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WWDC 2013.
WWDC was in San Francisco in those days, which had its pluses and minuses. There were great restaurants and a vibrant nightlife, but the city was also crowded and expensive. I’m glad Federico got to experience that version of WWDC in 2016, but I was happy about the switch to San Jose. The city is sleepier than San Francisco, but the big courtyard outside the convention center and the handful of hotels people stayed at made it easier to bump into people than you could in San Francisco.
\nWhen WWDC kicked off this year, I could have comfortably sat at home at my desk in my home office, taking in the keynote. If I’d done that, I certainly would have written more and gotten podcast episodes out faster. Still, I would have lost something far more valuable: the chance meetings with MacStories readers, podcast listeners, developers of the apps we cover, and the Apple engineers and other Apple folks who work hard to make WWDC something special every year.
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Source: Apple.
If it weren’t for COVID, I’d have a perfect ten-year WWDC streak going. Those two online-only years were hard. We did some of our best coverage ever at MacStories, but we entered the summer season with something missing. I know it may sound like a platitude to some, but WWDC truly is what fuels MacStories. We write about apps, but we care about the people behind them more, the stories that led to their creation, and how they affect the people who use them. It’s the encounters at WWDC with developers and the people who use their apps that put a face to everything we do and inspire our work for the rest of the year.
\nThe same goes for Apple’s engineers. We love obsessing over the smallest details of Apple’s OSes and system apps. WWDC is a time to meet the people who make what we love and appreciate their hard work. It’s also a chance to explain where we think the OSes and system apps fall short and where we’d like to see them head.
\nDuring COVID, some speculated that in-person conferences were finished and that WWDC’s successful two-year run as an online-only event would continue. Instead, Apple dipped its toe back into the in-person waters last year, taking a hybrid approach that allowed it to show off its new Developer Center and offer developers and the media a look inside Apple Park.
\nIt was fantastic to be back at WWDC last year, but in hindsight, it felt like a mere warmup compared to this year. In 2022, COVID loomed large over the event, putting a damper on social events. At the same time, it was my first keynote invitation, and experiencing Apple Park for the first time was a real treat. It was good to be back and despite the hesitancy of people to gather, everyone I talked to was glad to be back at WWDC and enjoyed the event.
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The MacStories team reunited after four years.
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Heading to the keynote. Photo: Federico.
However, last year felt like a practice run. Part of that is personal. This year was the first chance Federico, Alex, and I have been together since 2019. It was also a treat to go to Apple Park with Myke Hurley, who should have attended his first keynote with me last year but caught COVID and spent WWDC 2022 in a hotel room.
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Source: Apple.
Of course, another big part of what made this year’s WWDC special was Vision Pro. It’s not often you get to witness the unveiling of a whole new platform. Apple’s engineers were clearly excited to take the wraps off of something they’d worked on for years. It was infectious, and by all accounts of people who have tried Vision Pro, it delivers.
\nThere also seemed to be more developers at WWDC this year. I feel like I’m still playing catch-up after two online years of WWDC, but it felt great to meet so many people whose apps we’ve written about but never met.
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Recording in the Apple Podcasts studio
This year’s format closely followed 2022’s. Monday was dominated by the keynote, Platforms State of the Union, and Apple Design Awards. Developers also met with Apple engineers and participated in various Apple Park tours, while the media participated in briefings. Tuesday was dedicated to Vision Pro development talks for developers, Vision Pro demos for the media, and recording in the Apple Podcasts studio. It was a whirlwind couple of days that slowed significantly on Wednesday, which concluded with The Talk Show Live at the California Theater.
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The Apple Design Awards.
Overall, the experience was terrific, but I’d suggest a few changes. First, WWDC would benefit from expanding to fill all of Wednesday. That would allow for a more relaxed schedule for developers and media, leaving more time to meet people.
\nSecond, with more time, I’d like to see Apple create a communal space for developers, its engineers and other employees, and media to gather. The trouble is that Apple Park is off-limits unless you have an invitation for an event. Without a convention center or nearby hotel to meet at, a lot of mingling happened at the Visitor’s Center, which wasn’t ideal because it’s a store and not that big when flooded with hundreds of developers. The Visitor’s Center cafe worked well as a gathering and workspace for the media, but it would be too small for everyone.
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The Visitor’s Center worked well as a media gathering spot, but it’s not big enough for everyone. Source: Apple.
I’d love to see Apple open up the Developer Center and turn its parking lot into a gathering spot. Throw up some tents, add some tables and chairs, serve snacks and drinks, and I bet it would be a big hit, solving the problem that people can’t meet inside Apple Park and that hotels are spread out, preventing anywhere from becoming a central gathering spot during WWDC. Ideally, though, I’d love to see Apple set up a festival-style space inside Apple Park. I’m sure there are many security and other challenges to overcome, but the fields outside the company’s fitness center would be perfect.
\nWWDC 2023 was excellent, and it’s clear that a lot of work went into making it memorable for everyone who attended. I left tired and a little sick, but happy to have been part of the events and mostly glad to have had a chance to spend time with so many amazing people for a few days. If the experience can be extended a little and the socializing facilitated with a centralized meeting spot, all the better.
\nYou can also follow our 2023 Summer OS Preview Series through our dedicated hub, or subscribe to its RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "WWDC never gets old. There’s the excitement surrounding Apple’s announcements, but it’s far more than that. At its heart, the value of WWDC is in the people you see.\nTen years ago, I attended my first WWDC ever as the parent of what is now called the Swift Student Challenge. At the time, I’d already begun dipping my toe into iOS development and arrived knowing nobody. By the end of the week, I’d met long-time indie developers like Daniel Jalkut, Craig Hockenberry, and Paul Kafasis, plus a couple of baby podcasters named Myke and Stephen.\nWWDC 2013.\nWWDC was in San Francisco in those days, which had its pluses and minuses. There were great restaurants and a vibrant nightlife, but the city was also crowded and expensive. I’m glad Federico got to experience that version of WWDC in 2016, but I was happy about the switch to San Jose. The city is sleepier than San Francisco, but the big courtyard outside the convention center and the handful of hotels people stayed at made it easier to bump into people than you could in San Francisco.\nSupported By\nConcepts\n\n\nConcepts: Concepts - Sketch, Note, Draw\nWhen WWDC kicked off this year, I could have comfortably sat at home at my desk in my home office, taking in the keynote. If I’d done that, I certainly would have written more and gotten podcast episodes out faster. Still, I would have lost something far more valuable: the chance meetings with MacStories readers, podcast listeners, developers of the apps we cover, and the Apple engineers and other Apple folks who work hard to make WWDC something special every year.\n\nSource: Apple.\nIf it weren’t for COVID, I’d have a perfect ten-year WWDC streak going. Those two online-only years were hard. We did some of our best coverage ever at MacStories, but we entered the summer season with something missing. I know it may sound like a platitude to some, but WWDC truly is what fuels MacStories. We write about apps, but we care about the people behind them more, the stories that led to their creation, and how they affect the people who use them. It’s the encounters at WWDC with developers and the people who use their apps that put a face to everything we do and inspire our work for the rest of the year.\nThe same goes for Apple’s engineers. We love obsessing over the smallest details of Apple’s OSes and system apps. WWDC is a time to meet the people who make what we love and appreciate their hard work. It’s also a chance to explain where we think the OSes and system apps fall short and where we’d like to see them head.\nDuring COVID, some speculated that in-person conferences were finished and that WWDC’s successful two-year run as an online-only event would continue. Instead, Apple dipped its toe back into the in-person waters last year, taking a hybrid approach that allowed it to show off its new Developer Center and offer developers and the media a look inside Apple Park.\nIt was fantastic to be back at WWDC last year, but in hindsight, it felt like a mere warmup compared to this year. In 2022, COVID loomed large over the event, putting a damper on social events. At the same time, it was my first keynote invitation, and experiencing Apple Park for the first time was a real treat. It was good to be back and despite the hesitancy of people to gather, everyone I talked to was glad to be back at WWDC and enjoyed the event.\nThe MacStories team reunited after four years.\nHeading to the keynote. Photo: Federico.\nHowever, last year felt like a practice run. Part of that is personal. This year was the first chance Federico, Alex, and I have been together since 2019. It was also a treat to go to Apple Park with Myke Hurley, who should have attended his first keynote with me last year but caught COVID and spent WWDC 2022 in a hotel room.\nSource: Apple.\nOf course, another big part of what made this year’s WWDC special was Vision Pro. It’s not often you get to witness the unveiling of a whole new platform. Apple’s engineers were clearly excited to take the wraps off of something they’d worked on for years. It was infectious, and by all accounts of people who have tried Vision Pro, it delivers.\nThere also seemed to be more developers at WWDC this year. I feel like I’m still playing catch-up after two online years of WWDC, but it felt great to meet so many people whose apps we’ve written about but never met.\nRecording in the Apple Podcasts studio\nThis year’s format closely followed 2022’s. Monday was dominated by the keynote, Platforms State of the Union, and Apple Design Awards. Developers also met with Apple engineers and participated in various Apple Park tours, while the media participated in briefings. Tuesday was dedicated to Vision Pro development talks for developers, Vision Pro demos for the media, and recording in the Apple Podcasts studio. It was a whirlwind couple of days that slowed significantly on Wednesday, which concluded with The Talk Show Live at the California Theater.\nThe Apple Design Awards.\nOverall, the experience was terrific, but I’d suggest a few changes. First, WWDC would benefit from expanding to fill all of Wednesday. That would allow for a more relaxed schedule for developers and media, leaving more time to meet people.\nSecond, with more time, I’d like to see Apple create a communal space for developers, its engineers and other employees, and media to gather. The trouble is that Apple Park is off-limits unless you have an invitation for an event. Without a convention center or nearby hotel to meet at, a lot of mingling happened at the Visitor’s Center, which wasn’t ideal because it’s a store and not that big when flooded with hundreds of developers. The Visitor’s Center cafe worked well as a gathering and workspace for the media, but it would be too small for everyone.\nThe Visitor’s Center worked well as a media gathering spot, but it’s not big enough for everyone. Source: Apple.\nI’d love to see Apple open up the Developer Center and turn its parking lot into a gathering spot. Throw up some tents, add some tables and chairs, serve snacks and drinks, and I bet it would be a big hit, solving the problem that people can’t meet inside Apple Park and that hotels are spread out, preventing anywhere from becoming a central gathering spot during WWDC. Ideally, though, I’d love to see Apple set up a festival-style space inside Apple Park. I’m sure there are many security and other challenges to overcome, but the fields outside the company’s fitness center would be perfect.\nWWDC 2023 was excellent, and it’s clear that a lot of work went into making it memorable for everyone who attended. I left tired and a little sick, but happy to have been part of the events and mostly glad to have had a chance to spend time with so many amazing people for a few days. If the experience can be extended a little and the socializing facilitated with a centralized meeting spot, all the better.\nYou can also follow our 2023 Summer OS Preview Series through our dedicated hub, or subscribe to its RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. 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It was fun and inspiring to chat with Damian Perez, Henri Bredt, and Maria Eduarda Cabral de Lucena.
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Today on AppStories, Federico and John interview the creators of five apps that were finalists or winners of the 2023 Apple Design Awards: Zach Gage, the creator of Knotwords, Swupnil Sahai, the developer of SwingVision, Philipp Nägelsbach, the publisher of Engling, Leon Sasson of Rise: Energy and Sleep, and Jakob Lykkegaard of Lykke Studios the maker of stitch.
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Every WWDC, I look forward to what Apple’s Notes and Reminders teams have in store for the next version of the company’s OSes. Notes debuted with the iPhone itself, and Reminders wasn’t too far behind. All these years later, both apps remain actively developed, and in recent years have significantly extended their capabilities, adding new features that remain approachable for all users but also extend further to meet the needs of people who want something more.
\nLet’s take a look at the highlights of what both apps have in store for users in the fall.
\nNotes will add several new features this fall, including PDF tools, linking, new formatting, and Pages integration.
\nProbably the most extensive set of new features coming to Notes is related to PDF documents. With the update, you’ll be able to read and annotate PDFs and collaborate on documents with others. When you drop a PDF into Notes, it can be navigated by swiping from page to page or by displaying a strip of thumbnails above the current page. All of the markup tools available in Notes can be used to draw and type on a PDF, add shapes to it, or sign it. Notes will be able to detect fields in a PDF, so you can fill out forms with an enhanced version of AutoFill using data from the Contacts app too.
\nUsers will also be able to collaborate in real-time when editing PDFs by sharing a note with others. As you draw, annotate, type on, or add stickers to a shared PDF, Apple says the changes will appear immediately on your collaborator’s device.
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Also coming to Notes are a couple of new ways to add links. You can select text and add a hyperlink to a website, but you can also link to existing notes. I love this feature. It doesn’t automatically add backlinks to the source note the way an app like Obsidian does, but you can do that manually if you’d like, and I expect one-way linking is plenty for most users. With the new internal linking, users will be able to create tables of contents for related notes and split what might otherwise be a long note into linked sections, making the content easier to navigate and read.
\nFinally, Notes will add Pages compatibility in the fall. If you begin a document in Notes, you’ll be able to open it in Pages to take advantage of Pages’ more extensive set of styling tools. That will allow you to do things like use more fonts, resize graphics incorporate video, and more.
\nI’m excited about the updates coming to Notes. PDFs are at the heart of a lot of workflows. I don’t use them as frequently as I used to, but students, teachers, lawyers, and many others who depend on PDFs as a core part of their work, should get a much more robust solution for adding them to their note-taking setup with Notes this fall.
\nI’m also impressed by Notes’ addition of internal linking to other notes. The update should allow for vastly better organization of information in Notes. I’m envisioning it as a solution for our internal documentation needs at MacStories, along with project management and a lot more. I’ve used Notes for that sort of thing before, but once a note reached a certain length, it became hard to manage, especially on smaller devices. With internal linking, I expect that will be a thing of the past.
\n\nReminders is leaning into what I expect is one of its number one uses: grocery lists. I’ve got a shared grocery list that I share with my wife. Throughout the week, we each add items so that whenever one of us has time to stop by the store, we’re ready to go, whether or not we spoke about the list in advance. I’m especially fond of Reminders’ Siri integration, which makes adding items easy as I stare into an empty refrigerator.
\nThis fall, Reminders will be able to organize your groceries into categories like Produce, Dairy, Eggs, & Cheese, Frozen Food, and Breads & Cereals. You can designate the List Type as ‘Groceries’ when you create a list or change an existing list to that type by long-pressing the list and opening the Show List Info view. If you don’t like the category Reminders uses, you can change it, and the app will use the category you picked the next time you add that item.
\nReminders will also add sections to lists, allowing users to group related items. For instance, you could create a section for tasks you need to do when you’re at your desk in front of your computer and another for errands you need to run. Sections are managed from the More button in Reminders’ list view, which allows you to add new sections and edit existing ones. If you’ve used Things, which has a similar feature, you probably know how nice it is to break up a long task list into sections. It’s easier to scan visually and allows you to group related items together.
\nA related feature is Reminders’ upcoming ability to view lists as columns. If you’ve grouped tasks in a list using sections, each section becomes a column in the new column view. Column views are great for tracking the progress of an item through different stages of work. For example, the new columns view will allow me to create sections for Research, Writing, and Editing and then drop articles into the Research section when I begin and drag them from stage to stage until completion. Any items not included in a defined section are available in an ‘Others’ column.
\nI spent most of last year using Reminders, and one of the biggest friction points was lists that got so long that they were hard to scan quickly. Like internal linking in Notes, I expect that sections in Reminders will go a long way toward making Reminders easier to use with long lists. As a result, I’ll be switching to it as soon as I get home from WWDC and will report back with more details this fall.
\nNotes and Reminders have been mainstays of Apple’s OSes for a long time, but in the past few years, the apps have really distinguished themselves with more advanced features and refinements that make them more flexible than ever. Of course, I still need to spend a lot more time with both to evaluate whether the apps live up to what we saw at WWDC, but I like what I’ve seen a lot so far and will be using both extensively this summer as we prepare for our annual OS reviews this fall.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "Source: Apple.\nEvery WWDC, I look forward to what Apple’s Notes and Reminders teams have in store for the next version of the company’s OSes. Notes debuted with the iPhone itself, and Reminders wasn’t too far behind. All these years later, both apps remain actively developed, and in recent years have significantly extended their capabilities, adding new features that remain approachable for all users but also extend further to meet the needs of people who want something more.\nLet’s take a look at the highlights of what both apps have in store for users in the fall.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\nNotes\nNotes will add several new features this fall, including PDF tools, linking, new formatting, and Pages integration.\nProbably the most extensive set of new features coming to Notes is related to PDF documents. With the update, you’ll be able to read and annotate PDFs and collaborate on documents with others. When you drop a PDF into Notes, it can be navigated by swiping from page to page or by displaying a strip of thumbnails above the current page. All of the markup tools available in Notes can be used to draw and type on a PDF, add shapes to it, or sign it. Notes will be able to detect fields in a PDF, so you can fill out forms with an enhanced version of AutoFill using data from the Contacts app too.\nUsers will also be able to collaborate in real-time when editing PDFs by sharing a note with others. As you draw, annotate, type on, or add stickers to a shared PDF, Apple says the changes will appear immediately on your collaborator’s device.\nSource: Apple.\nAlso coming to Notes are a couple of new ways to add links. You can select text and add a hyperlink to a website, but you can also link to existing notes. I love this feature. It doesn’t automatically add backlinks to the source note the way an app like Obsidian does, but you can do that manually if you’d like, and I expect one-way linking is plenty for most users. With the new internal linking, users will be able to create tables of contents for related notes and split what might otherwise be a long note into linked sections, making the content easier to navigate and read.\nFinally, Notes will add Pages compatibility in the fall. If you begin a document in Notes, you’ll be able to open it in Pages to take advantage of Pages’ more extensive set of styling tools. That will allow you to do things like use more fonts, resize graphics incorporate video, and more.\nI’m excited about the updates coming to Notes. PDFs are at the heart of a lot of workflows. I don’t use them as frequently as I used to, but students, teachers, lawyers, and many others who depend on PDFs as a core part of their work, should get a much more robust solution for adding them to their note-taking setup with Notes this fall.\nI’m also impressed by Notes’ addition of internal linking to other notes. The update should allow for vastly better organization of information in Notes. I’m envisioning it as a solution for our internal documentation needs at MacStories, along with project management and a lot more. I’ve used Notes for that sort of thing before, but once a note reached a certain length, it became hard to manage, especially on smaller devices. With internal linking, I expect that will be a thing of the past.\n\nReminders\nReminders is leaning into what I expect is one of its number one uses: grocery lists. I’ve got a shared grocery list that I share with my wife. Throughout the week, we each add items so that whenever one of us has time to stop by the store, we’re ready to go, whether or not we spoke about the list in advance. I’m especially fond of Reminders’ Siri integration, which makes adding items easy as I stare into an empty refrigerator.\nThis fall, Reminders will be able to organize your groceries into categories like Produce, Dairy, Eggs, & Cheese, Frozen Food, and Breads & Cereals. You can designate the List Type as ‘Groceries’ when you create a list or change an existing list to that type by long-pressing the list and opening the Show List Info view. If you don’t like the category Reminders uses, you can change it, and the app will use the category you picked the next time you add that item.\nReminders will also add sections to lists, allowing users to group related items. For instance, you could create a section for tasks you need to do when you’re at your desk in front of your computer and another for errands you need to run. Sections are managed from the More button in Reminders’ list view, which allows you to add new sections and edit existing ones. If you’ve used Things, which has a similar feature, you probably know how nice it is to break up a long task list into sections. It’s easier to scan visually and allows you to group related items together.\nA related feature is Reminders’ upcoming ability to view lists as columns. If you’ve grouped tasks in a list using sections, each section becomes a column in the new column view. Column views are great for tracking the progress of an item through different stages of work. For example, the new columns view will allow me to create sections for Research, Writing, and Editing and then drop articles into the Research section when I begin and drag them from stage to stage until completion. Any items not included in a defined section are available in an ‘Others’ column.\nI spent most of last year using Reminders, and one of the biggest friction points was lists that got so long that they were hard to scan quickly. Like internal linking in Notes, I expect that sections in Reminders will go a long way toward making Reminders easier to use with long lists. As a result, I’ll be switching to it as soon as I get home from WWDC and will report back with more details this fall.\nNotes and Reminders have been mainstays of Apple’s OSes for a long time, but in the past few years, the apps have really distinguished themselves with more advanced features and refinements that make them more flexible than ever. Of course, I still need to spend a lot more time with both to evaluate whether the apps live up to what we saw at WWDC, but I like what I’ve seen a lot so far and will be using both extensively this summer as we prepare for our annual OS reviews this fall.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-09T11:05:13-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-09T11:05:13-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "iOS", "iPadOS", "macOS", "Notes", "reminders", "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72237", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/linked/appstories-episode-335-federicos-experience-with-apple-vision-pro/", "title": "AppStories, Episode 335 \u2013 Federico\u2019s Experience with Apple Vision Pro", "content_html": "In today’s WWDC episode of AppStories, Federico shares his experience with Apple Vision Pro answering questions from John, Alex, and Club MacStories members.
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The Apple Vision Pro wasn’t the only new hardware announced at Apple’s WWDC keynote event this Monday. The company also introduced a few new Mac models: a new 15” MacBook Air, an upgraded Mac Studio, and the long-awaited Apple silicon Mac Pro. Powering the freshly minted top of Apple’s Mac line is a brand-new chip: the M2 Ultra.
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There isn’t too much to say about the latest addition to Apple’s most popular Mac line. It’s an M2 MacBook Air, but bigger. The specs are nearly the same as the existing 13” model, with only two differences:
\nBoth models come with a baseline 8GB of unified memory and 256GB of SSD storage. Both can be upgraded up to 24GB unified memory and 2TB of SSD storage. Both laptops are available in Midnight, Starlight, Space Gray, and Silver.
\nThe new 15” MacBook Air with M2 starts at $1,299. Apple has also reduced the starting price of the 13” M2 MacBook Air from $1,199 to $1,099.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/m2-ultra-1686166698984.jpg\")
Apple silicon has a new top-of-the-line chip. The M2 Ultra uses Apple’s UltraFusion technology to connect two M2 Max chips together, forming a performance powerhouse with 20% faster CPU, 30% faster GPU, a 40% faster Neural Engine, 50% more memory capacity (up to 192GB of unified memory), and double the memory bandwidth compared to last year’s M1 Ultra.
\nThere are too many tech specs on this chip to list them all here, but those who want to dig into them all can find more details on Apple’s press release.
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A new chip is nothing without new computers to run it. Apple has introduced two this year, starting with the upgraded Mac Studio. While the case design hasn’t seen any change from last year, the new Mac Studio’s performance has been significantly boosted by the upgrade from M1 to M2.
\nThe computer starts at $1,999 for the M2 Max model, which comes with 32GB of unified memory and 512GB SSD storage. The M2 Ultra version starts at $3,999, and comes with 64GB unified memory and 1TB SSD storage.
\nJust like last year, the lower-cost model’s two front-facing ports are USB-C, while the higher-end model’s front-facing ports are Thunderbolt 4. Both models still also have an SDXC card slot on the front, and four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, one 10Gb Ethernet port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the back.
\nThe M2 Max Mac Studio delivers up to 50% faster performance over last year’s M1 Max model, and can play back up to 10 streams of ProRes 422 video at once. The M2 Ultra model doubles the performance of the M2 Max, and can play back up to 22 streams of ProRes 422 video simultaneously.
\nUnified memory can be configured up to 96GB with the M2 Max, or up to 192GB with the M2 Ultra. Either model can be configured with up to 8TB of SSD storage.
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Apple has finally delivered on its promise to ship a Mac Pro running on an M-series processor, thus completing the milestone of transitioning every Mac in the lineup to Apple silicon. Unsurprisingly, the new Mac Pro lives solidly at the very top of Mac performance. It starts at $6,999, and is only available with an M2 Ultra chip.
\nThe computer has a non-configurable 24-core CPU and 32-core Neural Engine, but its GPU can be configured between a baseline 60 cores and an upgraded 76 cores. Unified memory starts at 64GB, and can be upgraded up to 192GB. SSD storage starts at 1TB, and can be upgraded up to 8TB. The enclosure is unchanged, and can still be upgraded with wheels for $400. There is also a rack-mounted version available, with a starting price of $7,499 and identical specs to the tower model.
\nThe new Mac Pro introduces PCIe expansion to Apple silicon chips for the very first time. The enclosure includes seven PCIe expansion slots, with six open slots that feature the 2x faster PCIe gen 4. PCIe expansion cards allow Mac Pro users to customize their computers with specialized equipment for audio, video, and other demanding workflows.
\nThe Mac Pro also includes eight built-in Thunderbolt 4 ports, with six of them on the back and two on top. You can connect up to six Pro Display XDRs to it simultaneously. There are also three USB-A ports, two high-bandwidth HDMI ports, two 10Gb Ethernet ports, and a headphone jack.
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While they didn’t quite hit their original 2-year goal, the transition to Apple silicon is finally complete. The M2 Ultra Mac Studio and Mac Pro are certainly pricey machines, but they’re targeted solidly at the high-end markets. Apple silicon now covers price points all the way down to the far-more-affordable MacBook Air and Mac mini models, and the new 15” Air introduces yet another consumer-level option to get more screen real estate without breaking the bank.
\nThe 15” MacBook Air, M2 Max and M2 Ultra Mac Studio, and the new Apple silicon Mac Pro are all available starting today from Apple’s website. All models begin arriving to customers and at Apple stores on June 13.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "The Apple Vision Pro wasn’t the only new hardware announced at Apple’s WWDC keynote event this Monday. The company also introduced a few new Mac models: a new 15” MacBook Air, an upgraded Mac Studio, and the long-awaited Apple silicon Mac Pro. Powering the freshly minted top of Apple’s Mac line is a brand-new chip: the M2 Ultra.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\n\n15” MacBook Air with M2\n\nThere isn’t too much to say about the latest addition to Apple’s most popular Mac line. It’s an M2 MacBook Air, but bigger. The specs are nearly the same as the existing 13” model, with only two differences:\nThe 13” comes with an 8-core GPU and the option to upgrade to a 10-core GPU, but the 15” comes with the 10-core GPU in its base model (no CPU upgrades are available on either model, and no GPU upgrades are available on the 15”).\nThe 13” has a four-speaker sound system while the 15” has a six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers.\nBoth models come with a baseline 8GB of unified memory and 256GB of SSD storage. Both can be upgraded up to 24GB unified memory and 2TB of SSD storage. Both laptops are available in Midnight, Starlight, Space Gray, and Silver.\nThe new 15” MacBook Air with M2 starts at $1,299. Apple has also reduced the starting price of the 13” M2 MacBook Air from $1,199 to $1,099.\nM2 Ultra\n\nApple silicon has a new top-of-the-line chip. The M2 Ultra uses Apple’s UltraFusion technology to connect two M2 Max chips together, forming a performance powerhouse with 20% faster CPU, 30% faster GPU, a 40% faster Neural Engine, 50% more memory capacity (up to 192GB of unified memory), and double the memory bandwidth compared to last year’s M1 Ultra.\nThere are too many tech specs on this chip to list them all here, but those who want to dig into them all can find more details on Apple’s press release.\nMac Studio with M2 Max and M2 Ultra\n\nA new chip is nothing without new computers to run it. Apple has introduced two this year, starting with the upgraded Mac Studio. While the case design hasn’t seen any change from last year, the new Mac Studio’s performance has been significantly boosted by the upgrade from M1 to M2.\nThe computer starts at $1,999 for the M2 Max model, which comes with 32GB of unified memory and 512GB SSD storage. The M2 Ultra version starts at $3,999, and comes with 64GB unified memory and 1TB SSD storage.\nJust like last year, the lower-cost model’s two front-facing ports are USB-C, while the higher-end model’s front-facing ports are Thunderbolt 4. Both models still also have an SDXC card slot on the front, and four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, one 10Gb Ethernet port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the back.\nThe M2 Max Mac Studio delivers up to 50% faster performance over last year’s M1 Max model, and can play back up to 10 streams of ProRes 422 video at once. The M2 Ultra model doubles the performance of the M2 Max, and can play back up to 22 streams of ProRes 422 video simultaneously.\nUnified memory can be configured up to 96GB with the M2 Max, or up to 192GB with the M2 Ultra. Either model can be configured with up to 8TB of SSD storage.\nApple Silicon Mac Pro\n\nApple has finally delivered on its promise to ship a Mac Pro running on an M-series processor, thus completing the milestone of transitioning every Mac in the lineup to Apple silicon. Unsurprisingly, the new Mac Pro lives solidly at the very top of Mac performance. It starts at $6,999, and is only available with an M2 Ultra chip.\nThe computer has a non-configurable 24-core CPU and 32-core Neural Engine, but its GPU can be configured between a baseline 60 cores and an upgraded 76 cores. Unified memory starts at 64GB, and can be upgraded up to 192GB. SSD storage starts at 1TB, and can be upgraded up to 8TB. The enclosure is unchanged, and can still be upgraded with wheels for $400. There is also a rack-mounted version available, with a starting price of $7,499 and identical specs to the tower model.\nThe new Mac Pro introduces PCIe expansion to Apple silicon chips for the very first time. The enclosure includes seven PCIe expansion slots, with six open slots that feature the 2x faster PCIe gen 4. PCIe expansion cards allow Mac Pro users to customize their computers with specialized equipment for audio, video, and other demanding workflows.\nThe Mac Pro also includes eight built-in Thunderbolt 4 ports, with six of them on the back and two on top. You can connect up to six Pro Display XDRs to it simultaneously. There are also three USB-A ports, two high-bandwidth HDMI ports, two 10Gb Ethernet ports, and a headphone jack.\nConclusion\n\nWhile they didn’t quite hit their original 2-year goal, the transition to Apple silicon is finally complete. The M2 Ultra Mac Studio and Mac Pro are certainly pricey machines, but they’re targeted solidly at the high-end markets. Apple silicon now covers price points all the way down to the far-more-affordable MacBook Air and Mac mini models, and the new 15” Air introduces yet another consumer-level option to get more screen real estate without breaking the bank.\nThe 15” MacBook Air, M2 Max and M2 Ultra Mac Studio, and the new Apple silicon Mac Pro are all available starting today from Apple’s website. All models begin arriving to customers and at Apple stores on June 13.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-07T15:43:44-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-07T15:43:44-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Alex Guyot", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/alexguyot/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0541d67822e4e8ab166f2856d05588f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "mac", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72232", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/linked/appstories-episode-334-wwdc-2023-a-stage-manager-in-ipados-17-deep-dive-plus-notes-reminders-standby-and-more/", "title": "AppStories, Episode 334 \u2013 WWDC 2023: A Stage Manager in iPadOS 17 Deep Dive, Plus Notes, Reminders, Standby, and More", "content_html": "In the latest WWDC episode of AppStories, Federico, John, and Alex are joined by MacPaw developer Serhii Popov for a developer’s perspective on WWDC before covering iPadOS 17’s Stage Manager changes in depth, along with Notes, Reminders, and StandBy.
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", "content_text": "In the latest WWDC episode of AppStories, Federico, John, and Alex are joined by MacPaw developer Serhii Popov for a developer’s perspective on WWDC before covering iPadOS 17’s Stage Manager changes in depth, along with Notes, Reminders, and StandBy.\n\n \n \n \n \nSponsored by:\nSetapp – An efficient way to get and distribute apps on macOS, iOS, and web.\nSubscribe here.\nOn AppStories+, Federico, John, and Alex take questions from Club MacStories members about the announcements at WWDC.\nWe deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week.\nTo learn more about the benefits included with an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ.\n\u2192 Source: appstories.net", "date_published": "2023-06-07T14:39:26-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-12T11:34:33-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "appstories", "WWDC 2023", "Linked" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72228", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/stories/with-ipados-17-stage-manager-is-finally-moving-in-the-right-direction/", "title": "With iPadOS 17, Stage Manager Is (Finally) Moving in the Right Direction", "content_html": "![\"Stage](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/tuesday-06-jun-2023-18-41-58-1686102120516.png\")
Stage Manager on iPadOS 17 beta 1.
I’m in Cupertino for WWDC this week, and after yesterday’s whirlwind of announcements and surprises, I had some time to sit down with my 12.9” iPad Pro, install iPadOS 17 beta 1 on it, and try the improved version of Stage Manager. As you know, I have a…complicated history with the iPad’s latest multitasking system. Before coming here, I was worried Stage Manager would be left untouched without any updates for at least another year.
\nI’ll cut to the chase: Apple listened to feedback about Stage Manager and – at least so far – implemented the key improvements I wanted to see. I’ve been using Stage Manager on my iPad Pro since yesterday afternoon, and I even tested it on a portable external display that I brought with me for this trip. If this early, limited experience is of any indication, I think I’m going to be happy with Apple’s revised version of Stage Manager for iPad by the end of the summer. But then again, caution is necessary given how last year’s beta evolved over time.
\n\nThe one aspect of last year’s Stage Manager that Apple undid in iPadOS 17 is also the most important in my opinion: you now have much greater freedom in terms of window sizing and placement.
\nBased on what I’ve seen so far, Stage Manager for iPad is still based on different size classes for apps, which means that when you resize a window, you’re effectively choosing from a list of invisible presets that control how small or big a window can be and how its contents are laid out. However, compared to iPadOS 16, it feels to me as if the process of resizing a window is smoother and more lenient than before. You still see a window “blink” as it gets resized, but I’m under the impression that there are more “intermediate steps” when it comes to the sizes you can choose from. I understand why resizing an iPad app cannot be as pixel-precise as resizing a Mac one, but as long as Apple figures out a system to make layouts more flexible given the limitations of iPadOS, I’m good with that.
\nThere’s even better news on the window placement front: unlike the original Stage Manager, you can now almost freely place windows anywhere and make them overlap as much as you want if necessary. The “almost” part is necessary since I believe there is still a rail-based system underneath Stage Manager, but in iPadOS 17, it’s like those rails have gotten way denser than iPadOS 16, giving you a lot more options for placing a window somewhere and making it stay there. Which, as I argued last year, should be the whole point of a windowing-based multitasking system.
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Stage Manager in iPadOS 17 can be an overlapping fest, if you want to.
Stage Manager in iPadOS 17 is considerably less aggressive than its iPadOS 16 counterpart when it comes to deciding where windows you place onscreen should be. Or in other words: in iPadOS 17, Stage Manager sort of doesn’t decide on its own anymore. When you make a window bigger and drag it to the left side, you can cover the strip and hide it; if you change your mind, drag the window back to the right, place it anywhere you want, and you can show the strip again. Want to make a window small and tuck it in a corner of the screen? You can do that now and Stage Manager will not “intelligently” attach it next to another window. Want to use a workspace with a mix of large and small windows, precisely positioned in specific areas of the screen? iPadOS 17’s Stage Manager lets you do that.
\nSome of you may be thinking right now “Freely movable windows, what a concept!” – and you’re right, but still. It’s rare to see Apple completely reverse course on a major functionality they just introduced the previous year. I’m pleased to see this is the case with Stage Manager in iPadOS 17.
\nTo give you more examples, in my tests I tried replicating some of the issues I had with last year’s Stage Manager to see what they’d be like in iPadOS 17. Take this screenshot from iPadOS 16, for instance:
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Here’s what I wrote:
\n\n\n In this configuration, the strip gets hidden, and there is no way for me to make these two windows overlap to regain more space onscreen. Stage Manager will not allow them to overlap.\n
In iPadOS 17, I can replicate the same layout…
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…or I can just grab the Music window, drag it just a little to the right, make it overlap with Safari, and the strip is shown again:
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/tuesday-06-jun-2023-18-46-08-1686102370338.png\")
The list of examples goes on. Last year, I complained about being unable to drag a window to the top left corner of the screen without accidentally activating the strip. This year, I can make a window as small as I want it, drag it to the top left corner, and it just stays there without accidentally triggering anything:
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Also last year, I noted that it was impossible to lay out four windows in a grid in the same workspace without making them overlap. As part of the additional resizing options in iPadOS 17, that’s possible now:
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A real grid of windows is possible now.
I’ve also been able to appreciate the additional options for window placement when using Stage Manager on an external display. Last night, when I was using the iPad Pro with my C-Force portable display, I was able to take a small Music window, drag it to the bottom right corner of the screen and…it stayed there. I know: imagine that. Yet, for all those of us who had to suffer through the first version of Stage Manager for a year, all these small victories count. And given how they fundamentally alter the foundation of Stage Manager, I don’t even think they’re that small.
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Small windows on external displays now stay where you put them.
Lastly, I want to mention keyboard shortcuts. In iPadOS 17, I’m happy to see that you can Shift-click app icons in the dock, App Library, and the strip to instantly add a window to the current workspace. Shift-clicking has been available in Stage Manager for macOS since last year, and I always thought that its absence on iPadOS was odd; now, not only is Shift-clicking supported on the iPad, but it’s also consistently available throughout all the places from where you may want to open an app.
\nThe addition of Shift-clicking fixes one of my biggest gripes with Stage Manager on the iPad: now, drag and drop is no longer the only way to bring a window into an existing workspace. This keyboard shortcut considerably cuts down the time spent interacting with Stage Manager, which is a good thing when all you’re trying to do is getting work done on your iPad.
\nIt’s too early in the iPadOS 17 cycle to be able to confidently say whether Apple’s second take on Stage Manager addresses all the issues I reported last year. But today – two days into using the updated Stage Manager on my iPad Pro – I can see that Apple is on the right path towards improving the worst aspects of last year’s version and listening to the most common complaints from power users.
\nThere are still bugs with Stage Manager and, look, this is not surprising given this is the first beta of iPadOS 17. However, it feels like part of the philosophy behind Stage Manager has changed. It’s almost like Apple is willing to make concessions to power users without giving up on the underlying vision for a system that can neatly organize different workspaces and modernize the concept of overlapping windows.
\nI wrote last year that Stage Manager could be salvaged, but only if Apple wanted to truly understand the problem behind it. It seems like they did, and because of that, I want to give it another chance.
\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "Stage Manager on iPadOS 17 beta 1.\nI’m in Cupertino for WWDC this week, and after yesterday’s whirlwind of announcements and surprises, I had some time to sit down with my 12.9” iPad Pro, install iPadOS 17 beta 1 on it, and try the improved version of Stage Manager. As you know, I have a…complicated history with the iPad’s latest multitasking system. Before coming here, I was worried Stage Manager would be left untouched without any updates for at least another year.\nI’ll cut to the chase: Apple listened to feedback about Stage Manager and – at least so far – implemented the key improvements I wanted to see. I’ve been using Stage Manager on my iPad Pro since yesterday afternoon, and I even tested it on a portable external display that I brought with me for this trip. If this early, limited experience is of any indication, I think I’m going to be happy with Apple’s revised version of Stage Manager for iPad by the end of the summer. But then again, caution is necessary given how last year’s beta evolved over time.\n\nThe one aspect of last year’s Stage Manager that Apple undid in iPadOS 17 is also the most important in my opinion: you now have much greater freedom in terms of window sizing and placement.\nBased on what I’ve seen so far, Stage Manager for iPad is still based on different size classes for apps, which means that when you resize a window, you’re effectively choosing from a list of invisible presets that control how small or big a window can be and how its contents are laid out. However, compared to iPadOS 16, it feels to me as if the process of resizing a window is smoother and more lenient than before. You still see a window “blink” as it gets resized, but I’m under the impression that there are more “intermediate steps” when it comes to the sizes you can choose from. I understand why resizing an iPad app cannot be as pixel-precise as resizing a Mac one, but as long as Apple figures out a system to make layouts more flexible given the limitations of iPadOS, I’m good with that.\nThere’s even better news on the window placement front: unlike the original Stage Manager, you can now almost freely place windows anywhere and make them overlap as much as you want if necessary. The “almost” part is necessary since I believe there is still a rail-based system underneath Stage Manager, but in iPadOS 17, it’s like those rails have gotten way denser than iPadOS 16, giving you a lot more options for placing a window somewhere and making it stay there. Which, as I argued last year, should be the whole point of a windowing-based multitasking system.\nStage Manager in iPadOS 17 can be an overlapping fest, if you want to.\nStage Manager in iPadOS 17 is considerably less aggressive than its iPadOS 16 counterpart when it comes to deciding where windows you place onscreen should be. Or in other words: in iPadOS 17, Stage Manager sort of doesn’t decide on its own anymore. When you make a window bigger and drag it to the left side, you can cover the strip and hide it; if you change your mind, drag the window back to the right, place it anywhere you want, and you can show the strip again. Want to make a window small and tuck it in a corner of the screen? You can do that now and Stage Manager will not “intelligently” attach it next to another window. Want to use a workspace with a mix of large and small windows, precisely positioned in specific areas of the screen? iPadOS 17’s Stage Manager lets you do that.\nSome of you may be thinking right now “Freely movable windows, what a concept!” – and you’re right, but still. It’s rare to see Apple completely reverse course on a major functionality they just introduced the previous year. I’m pleased to see this is the case with Stage Manager in iPadOS 17.\nTo give you more examples, in my tests I tried replicating some of the issues I had with last year’s Stage Manager to see what they’d be like in iPadOS 17. Take this screenshot from iPadOS 16, for instance:\n\nHere’s what I wrote:\n\n In this configuration, the strip gets hidden, and there is no way for me to make these two windows overlap to regain more space onscreen. Stage Manager will not allow them to overlap.\n\nIn iPadOS 17, I can replicate the same layout…\n\n…or I can just grab the Music window, drag it just a little to the right, make it overlap with Safari, and the strip is shown again:\n\nThe list of examples goes on. Last year, I complained about being unable to drag a window to the top left corner of the screen without accidentally activating the strip. This year, I can make a window as small as I want it, drag it to the top left corner, and it just stays there without accidentally triggering anything:\n\nAlso last year, I noted that it was impossible to lay out four windows in a grid in the same workspace without making them overlap. As part of the additional resizing options in iPadOS 17, that’s possible now:\nA real grid of windows is possible now.\nI’ve also been able to appreciate the additional options for window placement when using Stage Manager on an external display. Last night, when I was using the iPad Pro with my C-Force portable display, I was able to take a small Music window, drag it to the bottom right corner of the screen and…it stayed there. I know: imagine that. Yet, for all those of us who had to suffer through the first version of Stage Manager for a year, all these small victories count. And given how they fundamentally alter the foundation of Stage Manager, I don’t even think they’re that small.\nSmall windows on external displays now stay where you put them.\nLastly, I want to mention keyboard shortcuts. In iPadOS 17, I’m happy to see that you can Shift-click app icons in the dock, App Library, and the strip to instantly add a window to the current workspace. Shift-clicking has been available in Stage Manager for macOS since last year, and I always thought that its absence on iPadOS was odd; now, not only is Shift-clicking supported on the iPad, but it’s also consistently available throughout all the places from where you may want to open an app.\nAs of iPadOS 17 beta 1, Shift-clicking in Spotlight does not work, but Shift-tapping does. My understanding is that this will be fixed in a future beta and Shift-clicking will soon work everywhere, including Spotlight search results.\n\nThe addition of Shift-clicking fixes one of my biggest gripes with Stage Manager on the iPad: now, drag and drop is no longer the only way to bring a window into an existing workspace. This keyboard shortcut considerably cuts down the time spent interacting with Stage Manager, which is a good thing when all you’re trying to do is getting work done on your iPad.\nIt’s too early in the iPadOS 17 cycle to be able to confidently say whether Apple’s second take on Stage Manager addresses all the issues I reported last year. But today – two days into using the updated Stage Manager on my iPad Pro – I can see that Apple is on the right path towards improving the worst aspects of last year’s version and listening to the most common complaints from power users.\n\nIt feels like part of the philosophy behind Stage Manager has changed.\n\nThere are still bugs with Stage Manager and, look, this is not surprising given this is the first beta of iPadOS 17. However, it feels like part of the philosophy behind Stage Manager has changed. It’s almost like Apple is willing to make concessions to power users without giving up on the underlying vision for a system that can neatly organize different workspaces and modernize the concept of overlapping windows.\nI wrote last year that Stage Manager could be salvaged, but only if Apple wanted to truly understand the problem behind it. It seems like they did, and because of that, I want to give it another chance.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. 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And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-06T22:03:54-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-06T22:04:17-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Federico Viticci", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/viticci/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/94a9aa7c70dbeb9440c6759bd2cebc2a?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "iPad", "iPadOS", "Stage Manager", "WWDC 2023", "stories" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72226", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/linked/appstories-episode-333-wwdc-2023-keynote-first-impressions/", "title": "AppStories, Episode 333 \u2013 WWDC 2023: Keynote First Impressions", "content_html": "For this special episode of AppStories, John and Federico were joined by Alex live in the Club MacStories+ Discord community to share their first impressions of the WWDC 2023 Keynote.
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", "content_text": "For this special episode of AppStories, John and Federico were joined by Alex live in the Club MacStories+ Discord community to share their first impressions of the WWDC 2023 Keynote.\n\n \n \n \n \nSponsored by:\nSetapp – An efficient way to get and distribute apps on macOS, iOS, and web.\nSubscribe here.\nOn AppStories+, Federico, John, and Alex take questions from Club MacStories members.\nWe deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week.\nTo learn more about the benefits included with an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ.\n\u2192 Source: appstories.net", "date_published": "2023-06-06T20:37:54-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-12T11:34:52-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "appstories", "WWDC 2023", "Linked" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72211", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/wwdc-2023-new-facetime-features-coming-this-fall/", "title": "WWDC 2023: New FaceTime Features Coming This Fall", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/facetime-hero-1686081900367.jpg\")
FaceTime is getting more attention in iOS 17 than it’s seen in quite a while, with a number of new features announced at yesterday’s WWDC keynote. All of these changes are coming to the iPad and Mac as well, and even tvOS has been shown some love.
\ntvOS 17 will include a brand-new FaceTime app, which will connect with an iPhone running iOS 17 to use as a camera. All you’ll have to do is place your iPhone in front of the TV, with the camera facing your couch, then sit back and take your FaceTime calls on your TV screen. The iPhone will use Apple’s Center Stage technology to keep the frame centered and focused on you, or expand it if someone else joins you on the couch. This feature also integrates with Apple SharePlay to enable you to watch a movie or TV show simultaneously with those on your FaceTime call.
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FaceTime in iOS 17 will also integrate with the new Contact Poster feature, which allows you to set a full-screen image and name for yourself and have it show up on your contacts’ devices when you call or FaceTime them. Contact Poster combines with the new NameDrop feature as well, allowing iPhone users to share contact information just by holding their phones near each other. (Your phones don’t even have to Bump!)
\nAnother new feature for FaceTime is the ability to make certain hand gestures to trigger full-screen effects. For instance, you can do a double thumbs up to see fireworks explode behind you, or you can make a heart sign and see a burst of small animated hearts come from your hands. This feature is very much a gimmick, but I’m sure some people will have some fun wth it.
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The feature I’m most excited about in the FaceTime updates is video messages. in iOS 17, if you miss a FaceTime call from a friend or family member, they can then leave you a video or audio message which you can watch or listen to at a later time. It’s voicemail for video calls.
\nSome of the best features in apps are those that seem the most obvious. I hadn’t even thought about how great of a feature video voicemail would be until I heard yesterday’s announcement, but since hearing it, I can’t believe we didn’t have this before.
\nI live across the country from my family, so I miss a lot of random events and get-togethers. I’m commonly FaceTimed from these, but I’m not always available to answer those calls. These events don’t happen all the time, and once the night comes to a close, FaceTiming back later doesn’t help me to catch the moment that I missed. While video messages aren’t going to be a perfect capture either, they’re so much better than nothing. I can’t wait for this feature to get into everyone’s hands, and for myself to start catching fun video glimpses of more family moments that I’m too far away to be a proper part of.
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Live Voicemail in iOS 17
It’s not entirely clear yet whether video voicemails will also work with Apple’s new Live Voicemail feature for phone calls. Also coming in iOS 17, Live Voicemail will transcribe an active voicemail to your phone screen, and allow you to pick up the call mid-voicemail if you decide it’s something you need to handle right now rather than later.
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All of Apple’s new video conferencing features were demoed for Zoom on macOS Sonoma, but it seems likely they’ll be coming to FaceTime as well — although FaceTime is certainly a rare choice for the business use case. In Sonoma, when you share your screen you’ll see new presentation options. You can select from two overlays: a large one that shows your screen in the background and allows you to move around in the foreground as the main subject, and a small one which shows you in a small bubble and allows your screen to be the main subject.
\nThere is also a new screen sharing menu, allowing you to more granularly pick between sharing an app, multiple apps, or your entire display.
\nThis year’s FaceTime improvements look fantastic across the board. I’m particularly excited for video messages (AKA voicemail for FaceTime), but the screen sharing changes look very nice as well. FaceTime on the TV is a great addition too, though I’m still curious to see exactly how much of a hassle it is to get it running since you also have to place an iPhone in front of the TV as a camera. If Apple can guide users — particularly less tech-savvy users — smoothly through the process of setting that up, then I expect this feature will be a slam dunk as well.
\nAll of the new FaceTime features should be available in the iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS updates coming this fall.
\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "FaceTime is getting more attention in iOS 17 than it’s seen in quite a while, with a number of new features announced at yesterday’s WWDC keynote. All of these changes are coming to the iPad and Mac as well, and even tvOS has been shown some love.\ntvOS 17 will include a brand-new FaceTime app, which will connect with an iPhone running iOS 17 to use as a camera. All you’ll have to do is place your iPhone in front of the TV, with the camera facing your couch, then sit back and take your FaceTime calls on your TV screen. The iPhone will use Apple’s Center Stage technology to keep the frame centered and focused on you, or expand it if someone else joins you on the couch. This feature also integrates with Apple SharePlay to enable you to watch a movie or TV show simultaneously with those on your FaceTime call.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\n\nContact Poster and Gestures\n\nFaceTime in iOS 17 will also integrate with the new Contact Poster feature, which allows you to set a full-screen image and name for yourself and have it show up on your contacts’ devices when you call or FaceTime them. Contact Poster combines with the new NameDrop feature as well, allowing iPhone users to share contact information just by holding their phones near each other. (Your phones don’t even have to Bump!)\nAnother new feature for FaceTime is the ability to make certain hand gestures to trigger full-screen effects. For instance, you can do a double thumbs up to see fireworks explode behind you, or you can make a heart sign and see a burst of small animated hearts come from your hands. This feature is very much a gimmick, but I’m sure some people will have some fun wth it.\nVideo Voicemails\n\nThe feature I’m most excited about in the FaceTime updates is video messages. in iOS 17, if you miss a FaceTime call from a friend or family member, they can then leave you a video or audio message which you can watch or listen to at a later time. It’s voicemail for video calls.\nSome of the best features in apps are those that seem the most obvious. I hadn’t even thought about how great of a feature video voicemail would be until I heard yesterday’s announcement, but since hearing it, I can’t believe we didn’t have this before.\nI live across the country from my family, so I miss a lot of random events and get-togethers. I’m commonly FaceTimed from these, but I’m not always available to answer those calls. These events don’t happen all the time, and once the night comes to a close, FaceTiming back later doesn’t help me to catch the moment that I missed. While video messages aren’t going to be a perfect capture either, they’re so much better than nothing. I can’t wait for this feature to get into everyone’s hands, and for myself to start catching fun video glimpses of more family moments that I’m too far away to be a proper part of.\nLive Voicemail in iOS 17\nIt’s not entirely clear yet whether video voicemails will also work with Apple’s new Live Voicemail feature for phone calls. Also coming in iOS 17, Live Voicemail will transcribe an active voicemail to your phone screen, and allow you to pick up the call mid-voicemail if you decide it’s something you need to handle right now rather than later.\nVideo Conferencing Improvements\n\nAll of Apple’s new video conferencing features were demoed for Zoom on macOS Sonoma, but it seems likely they’ll be coming to FaceTime as well — although FaceTime is certainly a rare choice for the business use case. In Sonoma, when you share your screen you’ll see new presentation options. You can select from two overlays: a large one that shows your screen in the background and allows you to move around in the foreground as the main subject, and a small one which shows you in a small bubble and allows your screen to be the main subject.\nThere is also a new screen sharing menu, allowing you to more granularly pick between sharing an app, multiple apps, or your entire display.\nConclusion\nThis year’s FaceTime improvements look fantastic across the board. I’m particularly excited for video messages (AKA voicemail for FaceTime), but the screen sharing changes look very nice as well. FaceTime on the TV is a great addition too, though I’m still curious to see exactly how much of a hassle it is to get it running since you also have to place an iPhone in front of the TV as a camera. If Apple can guide users — particularly less tech-savvy users — smoothly through the process of setting that up, then I expect this feature will be a slam dunk as well.\nAll of the new FaceTime features should be available in the iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS updates coming this fall.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-06T19:36:25-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-06T19:36:25-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Alex Guyot", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/alexguyot/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0541d67822e4e8ab166f2856d05588f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72206", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/2023-apple-design-award-winners-revealed/", "title": "2023 Apple Design Award Winners Revealed", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/applp-wwdc23-design-awards-trophy-230605-1686057094583.jpg\")
Two weeks ago, Apple announced the finalists for the 2023 Apple Design Awards: 36 apps and games in six categories: Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation.
\nLast evening, at an outdoor event on the stage built outside Caffè Macs for yesterday’s WWDC Keynote, the company announced two winners (one app and one game) in each category for a total of twelve 2023 Apple Design Award winners. Following the announcements, developers gathered in Caffè Macs for a reception and had a chance to see the Vision Pro for themselves at the Steve Jobs Theater.
\nCongratulations to all of this year’s Apple Design Award winners:
\nWe’ll have more 2023 Apple Design Award coverage soon, so stay tuned.
\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "Two weeks ago, Apple announced the finalists for the 2023 Apple Design Awards: 36 apps and games in six categories: Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation.\nLast evening, at an outdoor event on the stage built outside Caffè Macs for yesterday’s WWDC Keynote, the company announced two winners (one app and one game) in each category for a total of twelve 2023 Apple Design Award winners. Following the announcements, developers gathered in Caffè Macs for a reception and had a chance to see the Vision Pro for themselves at the Steve Jobs Theater.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\nCongratulations to all of this year’s Apple Design Award winners:\nInclusivity\nUniverse — Website Builder by Universe Exploration Company\nstitch. by Lykke Studios\nDelight and Fun\nDuolingo by Duolingo, Inc.\nAfterplace by Evan Kice\nInteraction\nFlighty by Flighty LLC\nRailbound by Afterburn\nSocial Impact\nHeadspace by Headspace\nEndling by HandyGames\nVisuals and Graphics\nAny Distance by Any Distance Inc.\nResident Evil Village by CAPCOM Co., Ltd.\nInnovation\nSwingVision: A.I. Tennis App by SwingVision Inc. \nMARVEL SNAP by Second Dinner\nWe’ll have more 2023 Apple Design Award coverage soon, so stay tuned.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-06T09:33:36-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-06T09:33:36-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "Apple Design Awards", "design", "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72196", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/wwdc-2023-standby-for-iphone/", "title": "WWDC 2023: StandBy for iPhone", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/standby-hero-1686017297265.jpg\")
This fall, iOS 17 will introduce a brand new viewing mode for iPhone, but it will be quite familiar to most Apple Watch users. StandBy is enabled automatically when you turn your iPhone on its side while it’s charging, and functions nearly identically to Nightstand mode on the Apple Watch.
\nNightstand mode has been around since all the way back in watchOS 2 (I covered it in my very first watchOS review in 2015), and exists as a way to view the time in the middle of the night just by bumping your nightstand while an Apple Watch is charging on it. Just like the new StandBy mode, the Apple Watch must be charging on its side, thus placing the screen at an ideal angle to be read from your bed without having to sit up or search for your device in the dark.
\n\nI’ve used Nightstand mode almost every day for 8 straight years — it is an excellent idea with a beautifully simple implementation. Bumping my nightstand to view the time is an utterly ingrained interaction for me now. When I’m occasionally somewhere without my beloved classic Mac Apple Watch charger, I often find myself confused and mildy annoyed when a light nightstand bump doesn’t give me any information and I have to carefully feel around to find my phone in the dark of the night.
\nThe Apple Watch picked up Nightstand mode so long ago because its wireless charging setup made it easy and natural to charge on its side. That never made much sense for the iPhone, or at least not until the introduction of MagSafe charging a few years back. Ever since sideways charging became possible, I expected it was only a matter of time until this feature leapt platforms. With StandBy, it has arrived.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/standby-hero-1686017106516.png\")
The iPhone’s version of this feature casts a bit wider of a use-case net, which is probably why they picked a different name. Place an iPhone running iOS 17 sideways on a charger, and it will enter StandBy mode. This mode displays a new, minimal full-screen interface with large, easy-to-read fonts and UI elements which are designed to be read at a distance.
\nBy defaut, StandBy uses a very similar display to the Apple Watch’s Nightstand mode: a dark background with bold green numbers displaying the time, and smaller elements showing the date, any alarms you have set, and the current weather.
\nFrom here though, StandBy begins to differentiate itself from its watchOS counterpart. You can swipe up on an iPhone display while it’s in StandBy mode to cycle through interface options. These quickly range wildly from the default — which is clearly meant to be a subtle, nighttime display — to a variety of vibrant and colorful options. These choices are meant for a StandBy iPhone that is placed on a desk, or in a kitchen or living room.
\nIf you swipe to the side of the screen in StandBy mode, you’ll enter a view of your past photos. They will cycle through over time, turning your iPhone into an easy photo frame with access to your entire library.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/standby-1686017297285.jpg\")
You can even set StandBy mode to display widgets. It can show two stacks side-by-side, and you can then swipe up on either side to cycle through the widgets in each stack. This works with iOS 17’s new interactive widgets as well, allowing you to set up an interactive control screen for your smart home devices, control your music playback, and so much more.
\nFinally, if you have “Hey Siri” enabled (which can be configured to no longer require the “hey” in iOS 17), you can make hands-free requests of your iPhone while it’s in StandBy mode. This makes it great for kitchen timers in particular, as the running timer should then be displayed on the screen if you have live widgets enabled.
\nAll in all, StandBy mode seems like a great new feature addition in iOS 17. I hope to eventually see some of these features brought to other platforms as well. The Apple Watch’s Nightstand mode could benefit from some of them, but the elephant in the room is clearly the iPad, whose significantly larger display would combine perfectly with StandBy mode to create a killer kitchen computer.
\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "This fall, iOS 17 will introduce a brand new viewing mode for iPhone, but it will be quite familiar to most Apple Watch users. StandBy is enabled automatically when you turn your iPhone on its side while it’s charging, and functions nearly identically to Nightstand mode on the Apple Watch.\nNightstand mode has been around since all the way back in watchOS 2 (I covered it in my very first watchOS review in 2015), and exists as a way to view the time in the middle of the night just by bumping your nightstand while an Apple Watch is charging on it. Just like the new StandBy mode, the Apple Watch must be charging on its side, thus placing the screen at an ideal angle to be read from your bed without having to sit up or search for your device in the dark.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\n\nI’ve used Nightstand mode almost every day for 8 straight years — it is an excellent idea with a beautifully simple implementation. Bumping my nightstand to view the time is an utterly ingrained interaction for me now. When I’m occasionally somewhere without my beloved classic Mac Apple Watch charger, I often find myself confused and mildy annoyed when a light nightstand bump doesn’t give me any information and I have to carefully feel around to find my phone in the dark of the night.\nThe Apple Watch picked up Nightstand mode so long ago because its wireless charging setup made it easy and natural to charge on its side. That never made much sense for the iPhone, or at least not until the introduction of MagSafe charging a few years back. Ever since sideways charging became possible, I expected it was only a matter of time until this feature leapt platforms. With StandBy, it has arrived.\n\nThe iPhone’s version of this feature casts a bit wider of a use-case net, which is probably why they picked a different name. Place an iPhone running iOS 17 sideways on a charger, and it will enter StandBy mode. This mode displays a new, minimal full-screen interface with large, easy-to-read fonts and UI elements which are designed to be read at a distance.\nBy defaut, StandBy uses a very similar display to the Apple Watch’s Nightstand mode: a dark background with bold green numbers displaying the time, and smaller elements showing the date, any alarms you have set, and the current weather.\nFrom here though, StandBy begins to differentiate itself from its watchOS counterpart. You can swipe up on an iPhone display while it’s in StandBy mode to cycle through interface options. These quickly range wildly from the default — which is clearly meant to be a subtle, nighttime display — to a variety of vibrant and colorful options. These choices are meant for a StandBy iPhone that is placed on a desk, or in a kitchen or living room.\nIf you swipe to the side of the screen in StandBy mode, you’ll enter a view of your past photos. They will cycle through over time, turning your iPhone into an easy photo frame with access to your entire library.\n\nYou can even set StandBy mode to display widgets. It can show two stacks side-by-side, and you can then swipe up on either side to cycle through the widgets in each stack. This works with iOS 17’s new interactive widgets as well, allowing you to set up an interactive control screen for your smart home devices, control your music playback, and so much more.\nFinally, if you have “Hey Siri” enabled (which can be configured to no longer require the “hey” in iOS 17), you can make hands-free requests of your iPhone while it’s in StandBy mode. This makes it great for kitchen timers in particular, as the running timer should then be displayed on the screen if you have live widgets enabled.\nAll in all, StandBy mode seems like a great new feature addition in iOS 17. I hope to eventually see some of these features brought to other platforms as well. The Apple Watch’s Nightstand mode could benefit from some of them, but the elephant in the room is clearly the iPad, whose significantly larger display would combine perfectly with StandBy mode to create a killer kitchen computer.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-05T22:18:45-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-05T22:18:45-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Alex Guyot", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/alexguyot/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0541d67822e4e8ab166f2856d05588f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72187", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/wwdc-2023-a-first-look-at-messages-in-ios-17/", "title": "WWDC 2023: A First Look at Messages in iOS 17", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/messages-hero-1686010902720.png\")
iOS 17 is coming this fall, and Apple has once again directed a significant amount of attention to one of the iPhone’s most popular apps: Messages. This year we’re getting another round of minor UI tweaks, most notably shifting the positioning of iMessage apps again: they will now pop up in a new full-screen overlay. The two-page overlay starts with your most frequently used iMessage apps, which is where you’ll find Camera and Photos. Swiping the first page up will reveal any further apps you have installed beyond your top six.
\n\nThe new overlay isn’t the most efficient use of screen real estate, but it does look less confusing to access since there’s now a single button to get to all iMessage apps. The previous version of Messages showed two separate interface rows, with the top row containing only the Camera app and a button to show or hide the bottom row. The Photos app was in the second row, and I can’t count the number of times I’ve tried to access the Photos iMessage app only to accidentally press the toggle button and hide its entire row.
\n![\"Left:](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/imessage-apps-1686010471574.png\")
Left: the new ‘+’ button to reveal the iMessage apps interface. Right: the new iMessage apps interface pop up.
In the new iOS 17 interface, a single ‘+’ button will pop up both the Camera and Photos iMessage apps. This will add one extra tap to get to Camera, but I think that’s a decent trade-off to make it less confusing to access everything else. By default, the overlay also appears to include the Stickers, Cash, Audio, and Location iMessage apps. It’s unclear whether this first-page grouping will fully sort itself based on your most-used apps, or if you’ll be able to manually sort it. I’m hoping for the latter.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/checkin-1686018050577.jpg\")
Apple is also introducing some new first-party iMessage apps in iOS 17. A new Location app will temporarily display yours or a friend’s location inside your Messages conversation. This looks like a great addition to make it more convenient to set up a temporary location share when you’re on your way to meet someone. Especially if you’re a perpetually late-running person like myself.
\nThe new Check In iMessage app allows you to schedule a time when you’re supposed to be at a location, such as when you’re arriving back home late at night. Once you’ve set up a Check In, your friends or family in the Messages conversation will be automatically notified when you make it safely to your location. Check In monitors your location as the designated time approaches, and if it determines that you can’t possibly make it to your destination in time, it will prompt you to add more time so that your family knows it’s a non-problematic delay. If it doesn’t hear back from you, it will share some information with your family or friends — including your location, your phone’s battery level, and your cell service status. All of this data is end-to-end encrypted.
\nBoth Check In and Location seem like great additions to Messages core feature set, and it’s good to see Apple continuing to invest in iMessage apps rather than let that platform fade away.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/craigball-1686004870794.png\")
Stickers is another new iMessage app in iOS 17, but its feature set extends even further into the app since it integrates with the existing sticker functionality, and adds even more. For starters, you can now use the Stickers iMessage app to create new stickers using photos from your collection. Stickers from photos are created using the same technology as last year’s feature where you could tap and hold on the subject of a photo to pop it out of the background. You can then save and reuse these stickers, and you can even pop out animated stickers from Live Photos. Memoji and other third-party sticker apps now live in the Apple Stickers iMessage app as well, and you can even create stickers from any standard emoji.
\nBest of all, Stickers can now be used as reactions to messages. A new ‘Add Sticker’ button now exists in the tap-back menu when you tap and hold on a message. Choosing a sticker will apply it to the message in the bottom-right corner, just like the set of five previously-boring tap-back icons. I still wish that Apple would just replace the boring tap-back icons with your most recently used stickers (or let you select a set of favorites), but at least it’s now possible to react with something other than a gray heart, thumbs up, or strange textual “HA HA”.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/autocorrect-1686009953165.png\")
This feature obviously spreads far beyond just Messages, but I am too excited about the prospect of autocorrect being significantly improved to not highlight it here. Apple has integrated a new language model technology into autocorrect, allowing it to better learn your personal style and the words that you like to use. It can also now correct at the sentence level rather than just the word or phrase level. This should make it more adept at understanding the full context of what you’re trying to say before it, for example, errantly changes your “well” to a “we’ll”.
\nAutocorrect has been in fairly bad shape in recent times, so I’m definitely taking this news with a grain of salt until I can start testing it personally. But, while Apple didn’t use the keyword “AI”, it does sound like the improvements to autocorrect have been made using a related technology to the large language models that have powered the recent AI craze. This gives me hope, as does Craig Federighi’s perfectly delivered keynote joke which made it clear that autocorrect will finally be willing to learn curse words.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/screenshot-2023-06-05-at-5-17-37-pm-1686010726640.png\")
All of these iOS 17 Messages features should also be coming to iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma, making it a great year for Messages users across all of Apple’s platforms. We can’t wait to get our hands on these updates to dig into the details, and will have more on Messages later this summer.
\nIn the meantime, developer betas of Apple’s new OSes are live today, and public betas will be released in July. Non-beta public releases are, as usual, dropping in the Fall.
\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "iOS 17 is coming this fall, and Apple has once again directed a significant amount of attention to one of the iPhone’s most popular apps: Messages. This year we’re getting another round of minor UI tweaks, most notably shifting the positioning of iMessage apps again: they will now pop up in a new full-screen overlay. The two-page overlay starts with your most frequently used iMessage apps, which is where you’ll find Camera and Photos. Swiping the first page up will reveal any further apps you have installed beyond your top six.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\n\nThe new overlay isn’t the most efficient use of screen real estate, but it does look less confusing to access since there’s now a single button to get to all iMessage apps. The previous version of Messages showed two separate interface rows, with the top row containing only the Camera app and a button to show or hide the bottom row. The Photos app was in the second row, and I can’t count the number of times I’ve tried to access the Photos iMessage app only to accidentally press the toggle button and hide its entire row.\nLeft: the new ‘+’ button to reveal the iMessage apps interface. Right: the new iMessage apps interface pop up.\nIn the new iOS 17 interface, a single ‘+’ button will pop up both the Camera and Photos iMessage apps. This will add one extra tap to get to Camera, but I think that’s a decent trade-off to make it less confusing to access everything else. By default, the overlay also appears to include the Stickers, Cash, Audio, and Location iMessage apps. It’s unclear whether this first-page grouping will fully sort itself based on your most-used apps, or if you’ll be able to manually sort it. I’m hoping for the latter.\nNew iMessage Apps\n\nApple is also introducing some new first-party iMessage apps in iOS 17. A new Location app will temporarily display yours or a friend’s location inside your Messages conversation. This looks like a great addition to make it more convenient to set up a temporary location share when you’re on your way to meet someone. Especially if you’re a perpetually late-running person like myself.\nThe new Check In iMessage app allows you to schedule a time when you’re supposed to be at a location, such as when you’re arriving back home late at night. Once you’ve set up a Check In, your friends or family in the Messages conversation will be automatically notified when you make it safely to your location. Check In monitors your location as the designated time approaches, and if it determines that you can’t possibly make it to your destination in time, it will prompt you to add more time so that your family knows it’s a non-problematic delay. If it doesn’t hear back from you, it will share some information with your family or friends — including your location, your phone’s battery level, and your cell service status. All of this data is end-to-end encrypted.\nBoth Check In and Location seem like great additions to Messages core feature set, and it’s good to see Apple continuing to invest in iMessage apps rather than let that platform fade away.\nStickers and Custom Sticker Reactions\n\nStickers is another new iMessage app in iOS 17, but its feature set extends even further into the app since it integrates with the existing sticker functionality, and adds even more. For starters, you can now use the Stickers iMessage app to create new stickers using photos from your collection. Stickers from photos are created using the same technology as last year’s feature where you could tap and hold on the subject of a photo to pop it out of the background. You can then save and reuse these stickers, and you can even pop out animated stickers from Live Photos. Memoji and other third-party sticker apps now live in the Apple Stickers iMessage app as well, and you can even create stickers from any standard emoji.\nBest of all, Stickers can now be used as reactions to messages. A new ‘Add Sticker’ button now exists in the tap-back menu when you tap and hold on a message. Choosing a sticker will apply it to the message in the bottom-right corner, just like the set of five previously-boring tap-back icons. I still wish that Apple would just replace the boring tap-back icons with your most recently used stickers (or let you select a set of favorites), but at least it’s now possible to react with something other than a gray heart, thumbs up, or strange textual “HA HA”.\nImproved Autocorrect\n\nThis feature obviously spreads far beyond just Messages, but I am too excited about the prospect of autocorrect being significantly improved to not highlight it here. Apple has integrated a new language model technology into autocorrect, allowing it to better learn your personal style and the words that you like to use. It can also now correct at the sentence level rather than just the word or phrase level. This should make it more adept at understanding the full context of what you’re trying to say before it, for example, errantly changes your “well” to a “we’ll”.\nAutocorrect has been in fairly bad shape in recent times, so I’m definitely taking this news with a grain of salt until I can start testing it personally. But, while Apple didn’t use the keyword “AI”, it does sound like the improvements to autocorrect have been made using a related technology to the large language models that have powered the recent AI craze. This gives me hope, as does Craig Federighi’s perfectly delivered keynote joke which made it clear that autocorrect will finally be willing to learn curse words.\nMiscellany\nThe new Messages app in iOS 17 also includes the ability to swipe a message to the right to start an inline reply to it.\nAudio messages are now transcribed like voicemails, so if you aren’t able to listen to an audio message, you can still read its contents in the meantime.\nMessages search has been significantly improved with the addition of search filters. These allow you to apply multiple disconnected filters rather than only being able to search a particular word or phrase. For instance, you can filter by messages from a specific contact, and then search for the actual text of a message and only see results from that contact.\n\nAll of these iOS 17 Messages features should also be coming to iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma, making it a great year for Messages users across all of Apple’s platforms. We can’t wait to get our hands on these updates to dig into the details, and will have more on Messages later this summer.\nIn the meantime, developer betas of Apple’s new OSes are live today, and public betas will be released in July. Non-beta public releases are, as usual, dropping in the Fall.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-05T20:30:52-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-06T14:05:43-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Alex Guyot", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/alexguyot/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0541d67822e4e8ab166f2856d05588f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72178", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/wwdc-2023-apple-publishes-keynote-video/", "title": "WWDC 2023: Apple Publishes Keynote Video", "content_html": "![\"Craig's](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/craigrun-1685995608116.png\")
Craig’s form is even better this year.
In a packed WWDC keynote, Apple raced through many impressive additions to their hardware and software lineup, including a new 15” MacBook Air, an upgraded Mac Studio, and an all-new Apple Silicon Mac Pro. Significant changes are coming to watchOS 10, and Widgets are getting super-powered across all major platforms. But the star of show came in a rare One More Thing-style announcement: the Apple Vision Pro.
\nWe’ll be posting coverage on all this and more in the coming hours and days, but in the meantime you can see it all for yourself in the keynote video on Apple’s Events site or on YouTube.
\nApple is also hosting the keynote presentation in higher quality on Apple Podcasts, where you can choose between video or audio versions.
\n\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "Craig’s form is even better this year.\nIn a packed WWDC keynote, Apple raced through many impressive additions to their hardware and software lineup, including a new 15” MacBook Air, an upgraded Mac Studio, and an all-new Apple Silicon Mac Pro. Significant changes are coming to watchOS 10, and Widgets are getting super-powered across all major platforms. But the star of show came in a rare One More Thing-style announcement: the Apple Vision Pro.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\nWe’ll be posting coverage on all this and more in the coming hours and days, but in the meantime you can see it all for yourself in the keynote video on Apple’s Events site or on YouTube.\nApple is also hosting the keynote presentation in higher quality on Apple Podcasts, where you can choose between video or audio versions.\n\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-06-05T16:26:27-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-06-05T16:26:27-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Alex Guyot", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/alexguyot/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0541d67822e4e8ab166f2856d05588f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72128", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/announcement-macstories-wwdc-2023-coverage/", "title": "Announcement: MacStories\u2019 WWDC 2023 Coverage", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/apple-wwdc23-event-announcement-hero-1685478006395.jpg\")
Nothing beats the anticipation of WWDC. After months of speculation and rumors, we’ll finally get a glimpse of what’s in store for the fall OS season. This year is more exciting than ever, with rumors that Apple will unveil a mixed reality headset and the first new OS since watchOS to drive it.
\nThis WWDC is also special for us at MacStories because it’s the first time we’ll have our full team in Cupertino since 2019. Federico, Alex, and I will all be in town to cover the events for the extended MacStories audience, with coverage on MacStories, for Club MacStories members, and with special episodes of AppStories. It’s going to be a busy week, so we thought we’d preview our coverage for you and introduce you to this year’s sponsor: Setapp.
\nAs always, we’ll have in-depth coverage of the keynote, Platforms State of the Union presentation, Apple Design Awards, and sessions. We’ll cover Apple’s announcements, dig into the details of announced OS updates and any new hardware, and roundups of everything happening throughout the week. You’ll also get the kind of details that aren’t widely reported as the team combs through session videos, product pages, developer videos, social media, and other sources.
\nBefore WWDC even gets started, we’ll be hosting a special live episode of AppStories in the Club MacStories+ Discord community for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members today, May 31st, at 10:00 AM Eastern US time. For Club members who can’t join us live, we’ll release the audio in the AppStories podcast feed on Sunday for AppStories+ subscribers and the morning of the beginning of WWDC for everyone else. We’ve also created a dedicated WWDC 2023 channel in our Discord community to discuss the conference this week and throughout the conference.
\nWe’ll also be doing bonus WWDC episodes of AppStories all week. Our extended AppStories coverage has been a big hit the past few years, so we’ll be at it again, starting with recaps of the keynote and Platforms State of the Union presentations next Tuesday, followed by episodes that dig in deeper into everything that’s announced. We also have a couple of surprises lined up for listeners, so be sure to follow along all week.
\nLast year’s recording of these AppStories episodes in our Club MacStories+ Discord community was a big hit, so we’ll be doing that again this year. It’s a great way to learn the latest in real time and an opportunity to ask us questions. We’ll be releasing the AppStories+ and AppStories versions of these episodes simultaneously due to the time constraints of WWDC, but the Q&A segments will be released as bonus content for AppStories+ subscribers only. The precise schedule of our recordings is still up in the air, but keep an eye out in Discord for details during the conference.
\nTo join the fun in Discord, sign up for a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier account at plus.club. Club Premier is our all-access pass to everything MacStories, including AppStories+, our extended, ad-free version of the show that is published a day early.
\n\n\n\n\nYou can follow along with all of the MacStories and AppStories coverage on our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
\nFinally, we’ll send a special issue of MacStories Weekly to Club MacStories members one day later than usual on Saturday, June 11th. The issue will be packed with WWDC-themed features, our thoughts on everything revealed, and giveaways.
\nIf you’re not a member of Club MacStories, you can join here.
\nOf course, we’re working on some surprises for the week, too, so keep a close eye on the MacStories, Club MacStories, and AppStories websites.
\nTo recap, stay tuned to MacStories, AppStories, and the Club for a full week of WWDC coverage:
\nToday
\nMonday - Friday
\nTuesday - Friday
\nSaturday
\nWe’re all excited for next week and hope you’ll join us for the festivities.
\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "Nothing beats the anticipation of WWDC. After months of speculation and rumors, we’ll finally get a glimpse of what’s in store for the fall OS season. This year is more exciting than ever, with rumors that Apple will unveil a mixed reality headset and the first new OS since watchOS to drive it.\nThis WWDC is also special for us at MacStories because it’s the first time we’ll have our full team in Cupertino since 2019. Federico, Alex, and I will all be in town to cover the events for the extended MacStories audience, with coverage on MacStories, for Club MacStories members, and with special episodes of AppStories. It’s going to be a busy week, so we thought we’d preview our coverage for you and introduce you to this year’s sponsor: Setapp.\nSupported By\nSetapp\n\n\nSetapp: Grow your app with Setapp\nAs always, we’ll have in-depth coverage of the keynote, Platforms State of the Union presentation, Apple Design Awards, and sessions. We’ll cover Apple’s announcements, dig into the details of announced OS updates and any new hardware, and roundups of everything happening throughout the week. You’ll also get the kind of details that aren’t widely reported as the team combs through session videos, product pages, developer videos, social media, and other sources.\nBefore WWDC even gets started, we’ll be hosting a special live episode of AppStories in the Club MacStories+ Discord community for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members today, May 31st, at 10:00 AM Eastern US time. For Club members who can’t join us live, we’ll release the audio in the AppStories podcast feed on Sunday for AppStories+ subscribers and the morning of the beginning of WWDC for everyone else. We’ve also created a dedicated WWDC 2023 channel in our Discord community to discuss the conference this week and throughout the conference.\nWe’ll also be doing bonus WWDC episodes of AppStories all week. Our extended AppStories coverage has been a big hit the past few years, so we’ll be at it again, starting with recaps of the keynote and Platforms State of the Union presentations next Tuesday, followed by episodes that dig in deeper into everything that’s announced. We also have a couple of surprises lined up for listeners, so be sure to follow along all week.\nLast year’s recording of these AppStories episodes in our Club MacStories+ Discord community was a big hit, so we’ll be doing that again this year. It’s a great way to learn the latest in real time and an opportunity to ask us questions. We’ll be releasing the AppStories+ and AppStories versions of these episodes simultaneously due to the time constraints of WWDC, but the Q&A segments will be released as bonus content for AppStories+ subscribers only. The precise schedule of our recordings is still up in the air, but keep an eye out in Discord for details during the conference.\nTo join the fun in Discord, sign up for a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier account at plus.club. Club Premier is our all-access pass to everything MacStories, including AppStories+, our extended, ad-free version of the show that is published a day early.\nClub MacStories+\n\nJoin Annual$100/yearJoin Monthly$10/month\n\nClub Premier\n\nJoin Annual$120/yearJoin Monthly$12/month\n\nYou can follow along with all of the MacStories and AppStories coverage on our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\nFinally, we’ll send a special issue of MacStories Weekly to Club MacStories members one day later than usual on Saturday, June 11th. The issue will be packed with WWDC-themed features, our thoughts on everything revealed, and giveaways.\nIf you’re not a member of Club MacStories, you can join here.\nOf course, we’re working on some surprises for the week, too, so keep a close eye on the MacStories, Club MacStories, and AppStories websites.\nTo recap, stay tuned to MacStories, AppStories, and the Club for a full week of WWDC coverage:\nThis Week\nToday\nAt 10:00 AM Eastern US time, a special live recording of AppStories in our Club MacStories+ Discord community, which will also be released in the AppStories+ and AppStories podcast feeds on Sunday, June 4th and Monday, June 5th.\nNext Week\nMonday - Friday\nContinuous Keynote, Platforms State of the Union, and session coverage on MacStories\nTuesday - Friday\nDaily episodes of AppStories covering all of Apple’s announcements, big and small\nLive recording of three shows Monday through Wednesday in the Club MacStories+ Discord\nSaturday\nA WWDC-themed issue of Club MacStories Weekly newsletter \nWe’re all excited for next week and hope you’ll join us for the festivities.\nYou can follow all of our WWDC coverage through our WWDC 2023 hub or subscribe to the dedicated WWDC 2023 RSS feed.\n\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-05-31T07:56:37-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-05-31T07:56:37-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72095", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/2023-ada-finalists-announced/", "title": "2023 ADA Finalists Announced", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/endframe-large_2x-1684878805365.png\")
As has been the case the past couple of years, Apple has announced the finalists in the running for its annual Apple Design Awards. The awards ceremony revealing the winners will be held during WWDC at 6:30 pm Pacific on June 6th.
\nThe finalists have been divided into six categories that include six finalists each:
\nThe selections include a broad selection of games and apps, including some apps from smaller developers like Knotwords, Afterplace, and Gentler Streak, as well as titles from bigger publishers.
\nThis is the third year in a row that Apple has announced the finalists in advance, which I like a lot. Winning an ADA is a big achievement for any developer, but it’s also nice to know who the finalists are because it’s quite an honor among the many apps that could have been chosen too.
\nFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.
\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "As has been the case the past couple of years, Apple has announced the finalists in the running for its annual Apple Design Awards. The awards ceremony revealing the winners will be held during WWDC at 6:30 pm Pacific on June 6th.\nThe finalists have been divided into six categories that include six finalists each:\nInclusivity\nAnne\nUniverse – Website Builder\nPassenger Assistance\nstitch.\nAncient Board Game Collection\nFinding Hannah\nDelight and Fun\nDuolingo\nCreme\nChantlings\nPocket Card Jockey: Ride On!\nKnotwords\nAfterplace\nInteraction\nShuffles by Pinterest\nTide Guide: Charts & Tables\nFlighty\nAutomatoys\nRailbound\nKimono Cats\nSocial Impact\nDuolingo\nSago Mini First Words\nHeadspace\nHindsight\nEndling\nBeecarbonize\nVisuals and Graphics\nAny Distance\nGentler Streak Health Fitness\nRiveo\nDiablo Immortal\nResident Evil Village\nEndling\nInnovation\nSwingVision: A.I. Tennis App\nCamo Studio\nRise: Energy & Sleep Tracker\nResident Evil Village\nstitch.\nMARVEL SNAP\nThe selections include a broad selection of games and apps, including some apps from smaller developers like Knotwords, Afterplace, and Gentler Streak, as well as titles from bigger publishers.\nThis is the third year in a row that Apple has announced the finalists in advance, which I like a lot. Winning an ADA is a big achievement for any developer, but it’s also nice to know who the finalists are because it’s quite an honor among the many apps that could have been chosen too.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-05-23T18:00:59-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-05-23T20:47:27-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "app store", "Apple Design Awards", "design", "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=72040", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/appstories-episode-329-our-watchos-10-and-tvos-17-wishes/", "title": "AppStories, Episode 329 \u2013 Our watchOS 10 and tvOS 17 Wishes", "content_html": "This week on AppStories, we explain the changes to watchOS and tvOS that we’d like to see made in 2023.
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On AppStories+, troubleshooting hardware and software issues.
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", "content_text": "This week on AppStories, we explain the changes to watchOS and tvOS that we’d like to see made in 2023.\n\n \n \n \n \nSubscribe here.\nOn AppStories+, troubleshooting hardware and software issues.\nWe deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week.\nTo learn more about the benefits included with an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ.\n\u2192 Source: appstories.net", "date_published": "2023-05-16T14:19:51-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-05-17T09:10:54-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "appstories", "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=71980", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/appstories-episode-328-our-ipados-17-wishes/", "title": "AppStories, Episode 328 \u2013 Our iPadOS 17 Wishes", "content_html": "This week on AppStories, we continue our wish list series with our wishes for iPadOS 17.
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\nJoin Now", "content_text": "This week on AppStories, we continue our wish list series with our wishes for iPadOS 17.\n\n \n \n \n \nSponsored by:\nZocdoc – Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free.\nSubscribe here.\nOn AppStories+, stand-up lawn mowers and my struggles with social media.\nWe deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week.\nTo learn more about the benefits included with an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-05-10T12:20:35-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-05-17T09:11:20-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "appstories", "WWDC 2023", "news" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=71919", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/linked/appstories-episode-327-our-ios-17-wishes/", "title": "AppStories, Episode 327 \u2013 Our iOS 17 Wishes", "content_html": "This week on AppStories, we kick off our annual OS wishes series with a long list of rapid-fire wishes for iOS 17.
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", "content_text": "This week on AppStories, we kick off our annual OS wishes series with a long list of rapid-fire wishes for iOS 17.\n\n \n \n \n \nSponsored by:\nHit The Island – Funn Media’s innovative, fun, and deceptively simple game for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.\nSubscribe here.\nOn AppStories+, Federico and I share our thoughts on AI-generated music and my struggles with managing 200 betas in TestFlight.\nWe deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week.\nTo learn more about the benefits included with an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ.\n\u2192 Source: appstories.net", "date_published": "2023-05-03T14:30:21-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-05-17T09:11:38-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "appstories", "WWDC 2023", "Linked" ] }, { "id": "https://www.macstories.net/?p=71625", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-announces-wwdc-2023-june-5-9-with-special-event-at-apple-park/", "title": "Apple Announces WWDC 2023: June 5-9 with Special Event at Apple Park", "content_html": "![\"\"](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/2048-1680109281188.jpeg\")
Apple has announced that WWDC will be an online-only event this year, running from June 5-9, 2023, but with a corresponding limited in-person event for developers, students, and press like last year. The company also opened submissions for the Swift Student Challenge from now through April 19.
\nIn a press release issued by today, Susan Prescott, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations and Enterprise and Education Marketing, said:
\n\n\n “WWDC is one of our favorite times of the year at Apple because it’s an opportunity to connect with the talented developers from around the globe who make this community so extraordinary. WWDC23 is going to be our biggest and most exciting yet, and we can’t wait to see many of you online and in person at this very special event!”\n
Apple also had this to say about events that will be held at Apple Park during the conference:
\n\n\n Along with announcements shared from the keynote and State of the Union presentations, this year’s online program will include sessions, one-on-one labs, and opportunities to engage with Apple engineers and other developers. Developers and students will also have the opportunity to attend a special day at Apple Park on June 5 to watch the keynote and State of the Union, alongside the global online community. Space for this in-person event will be limited, and details on how to apply to attend can be found on the Apple Developer site and app.\n
I’m glad to see Apple is evolving the format that debuted last year because everyone I spoke to thought it was a big success. The vibe was different because people were more spread out, but I know that the developers I talked to were grateful for the opportunity to get together for the first time since 2019, as was I. I’m looking forward to returning this year, but this time with Federico and Alex along for the fun.
\nOf course, MacStories readers can expect the same kind of comprehensive WWDC coverage we do every year. We’ll have extensive coverage on MacStories and AppStories, which will extend to Club MacStories too.
\nFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.
\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.
\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.
\nJoin Now", "content_text": "Apple has announced that WWDC will be an online-only event this year, running from June 5-9, 2023, but with a corresponding limited in-person event for developers, students, and press like last year. The company also opened submissions for the Swift Student Challenge from now through April 19.\nIn a press release issued by today, Susan Prescott, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations and Enterprise and Education Marketing, said:\n\n “WWDC is one of our favorite times of the year at Apple because it’s an opportunity to connect with the talented developers from around the globe who make this community so extraordinary. WWDC23 is going to be our biggest and most exciting yet, and we can’t wait to see many of you online and in person at this very special event!”\n\nApple also had this to say about events that will be held at Apple Park during the conference:\n\n Along with announcements shared from the keynote and State of the Union presentations, this year’s online program will include sessions, one-on-one labs, and opportunities to engage with Apple engineers and other developers. Developers and students will also have the opportunity to attend a special day at Apple Park on June 5 to watch the keynote and State of the Union, alongside the global online community. Space for this in-person event will be limited, and details on how to apply to attend can be found on the Apple Developer site and app.\n\nI’m glad to see Apple is evolving the format that debuted last year because everyone I spoke to thought it was a big success. The vibe was different because people were more spread out, but I know that the developers I talked to were grateful for the opportunity to get together for the first time since 2019, as was I. I’m looking forward to returning this year, but this time with Federico and Alex along for the fun.\nOf course, MacStories readers can expect the same kind of comprehensive WWDC coverage we do every year. We’ll have extensive coverage on MacStories and AppStories, which will extend to Club MacStories too.\nSupport MacStories and Unlock ExtrasFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for over six years.\nIn that time, members have enjoyed nearly 400 weekly and monthly newsletters packed with more of your favorite MacStories writing as well as Club-only podcasts, eBooks, discounts on apps, icons, and services. Join today, and you’ll get everything new that we publish every week, plus access to our entire archive of back issues and downloadable perks.\nThe Club expanded in 2021 with Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Club MacStories+ members enjoy even more exclusive stories, a vibrant Discord community, a rotating roster of app discounts, and more. And, with Club Premier, you get everything we offer at every Club level plus an extended, ad-free version of our podcast AppStories that is delivered early each week in high-bitrate audio.\nJoin Now", "date_published": "2023-03-29T13:05:08-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-03-29T13:05:08-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "John Voorhees", "url": "https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a1475dcd87638ed2f250b6213881115?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "tags": [ "WWDC 2023", "news" ] } ] }![\"[Subscribe](\"https://cdn.macstories.net/banneras-1629219199428.png\")