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Apple finally kills iTunes

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 6:47 pm
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After long anticipation, Apple finally announced that its killing iTunes its developer conference WWDC held in San Hose. Instead, it will be replaced by three new apps: Music, TV, and the Podcasts app.  You can sync your iPhone directly through the finder app. Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple is discontinuing the dreaded app. Over the weekend, the company removed all content from iTunes’ Facebook page and Instagram account. You can catch all our coverage for WWDC 2019 here.

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WWDC 2019: Everything Apple announced at its annual developer conference

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 6:45 pm
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It’s June, which means it’s time once again for Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). The annual developer event shifts the focus from hardware to software and services, detailing the best new features in watchOS, tvOS, iOS, and macOS. Occasionally we’ll get a hardware announcement or two, but make no mistake, WWDC is for developers. Here’s everything cool that Apple announced today at WWDC. tvOS Multi-user support is perhaps the feature we’ve all been waiting for on tvOS. Much like Google Home, AppleTV hardware now brings with it the ability to manage multiple accounts on a single unit, giving each user…

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Apple finally reveals its new Mac Pro worthy of the name

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 6:30 pm
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Finally. After years of waiting, Apple has revealed its new Mac Pro, abandoning the small cylindrical form factor for a beastly, more traditional and highly modular tower. But just because it’s a tower doesn’t mean it’s boring. The new Mac Pro features a stainless steel frame with an easily removable cover, providing 360-degree access to internal components. Simply turn a handle, and you can pull off the chassis easily. Those components include up to: A 28-core Intel Xeon (powered by up to 300 watts) 1.5 terabytes of RAM (12 DIMM slots) 8 PCIe slots (64 lanes) 1400 Watt Power Supply…

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Apple announces iPadOS, making its tablets more like laptops

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 6:30 pm
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Apple today announced iPadOS at its annual WWDC event. The new operating system comes with a plethora of updates over iOS that bring the company’s popular slab almost on part with laptops. First up, the iPad will get a new split-screen apps feature that brings side-by-side launching of apps – including duplicate apps. Apple promises this will work with third-party apps as well. The new OS will also include drag-and-drop support between open apps. The new OS also introduces the ability for iPad users to pin widgets directly to their home screen and several other quality of life upgrades including…

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Holy shit! iPads will now support USB drives

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 6:23 pm
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There’s been a long-standing complaint that Apple’s ‘not a computer’ iPads don’t support USB drives. Today at its developer conference WWDC, Apple announced that iPad will now support USB thumb drives with the new iPad OS. The USB drive will show up directly into the files app, and you can directly import them into apps like Adobe Lightroom Thankfully, the iPads will also support zipping and unzipping folders so you don’t have to uncompress files on your Mac or PC and then plug in the thumb drive. There’s no detail on what’s the maximum size of USB drives the iPadOS…

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