WWDC 2022 By The Numbers
Apple held its 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose on Monday. It took the opportunity to show off its latest MacOS version, a plethora of new features for the iPad as well as a stunning display in 6K for its powerful Mac Pro, and even a new method of getting into Minecraft. Let's take an overview.
Microsoft saved Minecraft Earth's AR gameplay reveal to Apple. Although it operates under the Microsoft umbrella, the team behind global phenomenon Minecraft decided to announce the upcoming launch of the AR version of the game at WWDC. It appears that Pokemon Go is going to be in a battle for its hands when Minecraft Earth launches later this summer.
MacOS Catalina is Apple's next desktop operating system Catalina It's not just for wine mixers anymore. The Southern California island has been selected to serve as namesake for Apple's upcoming version of macOS (10.15). It will be a time of dissolution and restructuring of iTunes into its component podcast, music, and TV elements.
Apple built a 32-inch 6K Retina display for the Mac Pro So, let me clarify this at about the price of a used mid-sized sedan ($12,000), Apple will offer you a 6K Retina display and the Mac Pro to run it on, and it's impossible to be true, but is in fact -- a thousand dollar monitor stand. Apple is truly the personal computer manufacturer for the average man.
iOS 13 is focused on speed and embraces the darkness of Apple's mobile operating system is getting a power boost. According to senior VP of software engineering Craig Federighi, the next iOS will offer 30 percent faster facial recognition for unlocking, which will take less than half the time to download as the previous version and updates that take up only 40 percent of the space as the previous versions.
Apple finally unveiled the new Mac Pro Is there anything the new Mac Pro can't do? It has up to 28 cores, 1.5 terabytes of RAM and can handle two Radeon Pro Vega II GPUs, and even has a headphone jack. It can also be used to grate blocks of parmesan.
Apple's iPad gets its own OS. All Apple's mobile devices, desktop devices and fitness wearables come with their own OS builds. The iPad has one of its own. iPadOS will enable users to run multiple instances of the program with improved Swipe Over and Split Screen functionality, and even an attractive dark mode. The Only Way To Get Smarter Is By Playing A Smarter Opponent build for iPadOS is available now, though the public release won't happen until later this fall.