

I see this in my own family, where folks are watching and chatting at the same time. Apple put a lot of emphasis on co-viewing, that is watching videos while also messaging or FaceTiming friends. As my emails will attest, Big Sur was a mess.Ģ.
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Hopefully, smaller changes, allowing more time spent improving the stability of Monterey, will make Monterey safer to upgrade sooner. Monterey seems smaller, which means it may be more reliable from the start, but with the overall look-and-feel of Big Sur. Big Sur was a major, major change in operating systems and had no end of serious bugs both during beta and after its release. Monterey (the new name for macOS 10.16) seems far less in scope than Big Sur. NOTE: FastCompany has an interesting interview with Craig Frederighi discussing Apple’s new privacy features.įrom a media creator point of view, several things struck me:ġ. Yes, I would like to know all this detailed information, but I don’t NEED to know it. I have never used tracking technology on my website because I find it invasive. I agree with Apple that consumers should be given a choice on whether and how their personal information is tracked, sold and manipulated. So, Apple kept the focus tightly on its software.Įveryone will have their favorite news from the event, but, for me personally, the key point was Apple’s continued and growing focus on privacy especially trapping those ubiquitous tracking pixels that are all too common in email campaigns. If developers don’t get excited, all our cool computer hardware becomes, at best, expensive door stops. ( Published reports indicate that the on-going limitations imposed by both COVID and chip shortages played a role.) But, truthfully, the real reason WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) exists is to get DEVELOPERS excited about creating programs for all the various Apple platforms, then, second, to get consumers excited about upgrading. Like many, I was hoping for new hardware announcements, which didn’t come. But, as I think about it, the longer answer is more nuanced. My short answer is, for media creators, not much changes.

These new systems are in beta now, with release scheduled for the fall.Īlmost immediately, readers asked for my reaction. Apple introduced all their new operating systems yesterday at the start of WWDC 2021.
