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SwiftUI is an expressive UI framework for iOS, MacOS, and more

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 7:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


Apple launched its Swift programming language almost five years ago. It was designed to supplant Objective-C with something that’s powerful, expressive, and crucially, as easy for beginners to grasp as Python. While it largely succeeded, one hindrance was the underlying MacOS and iOS APIs, which weren’t nearly as intuitive. Enter SwiftUI, which is Apple’s newest UI framework. SwiftUI is available across all of Apple’s menagerie of devices: phones, tablets, TV boxes, watches, and computers. It allows developers to create UI elements with an expressive, simple declarative syntax. Crucially, this can be done without writing mountains of code. Yes, this is…

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The Apple Pro Display XDR is an ultra-expensive, ultra-powerful HDR monitor

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 7:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


The new Mac Pro is unabashedly aimed at visual creatives: videographers, photographers, and the like. But what good is a souped-up machine if it’s paired with a naff monitor? Enter the new Apple Pro Display XDR, which will arrive this fall, retailing at $4,999. Pricey, but when you compare it to professional reference monitors, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars, it’s not too bad. The 32-inch 6K Apple Pro Display XDR is Cupertino’s first monitor since it killed the Thunderbolt Display back in 2016. This sexy panel is capable of displaying HDR content, with support for P3, 10-bit,…

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Apple reveals Catalina, the latest version of macOS

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 7:01 pm
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From the desert to the ocean: Apple today revealed its latest macOS update today: Catalina. The new OS comes with a host of new features, including accessibility updates, the death of iTunes, and more. Possibly the most exciting update is Project Catalyst, a development feature that allows app creators to make Mac apps based on existing iOS apps. One dev team would be able to develop an app for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS with relative ease. It’ll be available for developers on Catalina today. Aside from killing iTunes, Apple revealed it’d be updating iPhone syncing. Now the sync options are on…

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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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