Apple website hints macOS Catalina to launch on Oct. 4
Apple has not publicly announced a release date for macOS Catalina, but the company's regional website serving Denmark suggests the next-generation operating system will be available next week.
A webpage on Apple's Danish site details upcoming macOS Catalina features and notes Apple Arcade will launch on the Mac App Store on Oct. 4. The subscription gaming service, which is already available on iOS and tvOS, requires Catalina to function, meaning it will launch alongside or after the next-generation macOS is released.
"Play extraordinary. Find it in the App Store from October 4," the text on Apple's Danish page reads. The "Play extraordinary" tagline is common to Apple Arcade's advertising material.
As noted by MacRumors, which spotted the Oct. 4 date on Thursday, the accompanying informational webpage for Apple Arcade does not include mention of a specific launch date.
Identical Apple Arcade teasers found on other localized Apple websites include similar text, but none point to a specific launch date. The U.S. version of the same advertisement, for example, reads, "Play extraordinary. Coming to the Mac App Store in October."
Arcade went live last Thursday for devices running iOS 13, with expansions to iPadOS and tvOS arriving this past Tuesday. Apple's current release timeline pegs a debut on Mac sometime this fall.
Apple typically releases new software early in the week, with major updates arriving on Monday or Tuesday. Considering Oct. 4 is a Friday, it is possible that Catalina will launch early next week ahead of a start to Apple Arcade services. Alternatively, Apple could break with convention and issue both Catalina and Arcade on Friday.
Announced at the 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference in June, macOS Catalina delivers a fresh Mac experience with new technologies like Voice Control, second-screen capabilities with iPad via Sidecar, a refreshed user interface and new and upgraded first-party apps. Other major additions include Project Catalyst, a development framework that enables app makers to more easily port iOS software to Mac, and a breakup of iTunes.
A webpage on Apple's Danish site details upcoming macOS Catalina features and notes Apple Arcade will launch on the Mac App Store on Oct. 4. The subscription gaming service, which is already available on iOS and tvOS, requires Catalina to function, meaning it will launch alongside or after the next-generation macOS is released.
"Play extraordinary. Find it in the App Store from October 4," the text on Apple's Danish page reads. The "Play extraordinary" tagline is common to Apple Arcade's advertising material.
As noted by MacRumors, which spotted the Oct. 4 date on Thursday, the accompanying informational webpage for Apple Arcade does not include mention of a specific launch date.
Identical Apple Arcade teasers found on other localized Apple websites include similar text, but none point to a specific launch date. The U.S. version of the same advertisement, for example, reads, "Play extraordinary. Coming to the Mac App Store in October."
Arcade went live last Thursday for devices running iOS 13, with expansions to iPadOS and tvOS arriving this past Tuesday. Apple's current release timeline pegs a debut on Mac sometime this fall.
Apple typically releases new software early in the week, with major updates arriving on Monday or Tuesday. Considering Oct. 4 is a Friday, it is possible that Catalina will launch early next week ahead of a start to Apple Arcade services. Alternatively, Apple could break with convention and issue both Catalina and Arcade on Friday.
Announced at the 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference in June, macOS Catalina delivers a fresh Mac experience with new technologies like Voice Control, second-screen capabilities with iPad via Sidecar, a refreshed user interface and new and upgraded first-party apps. Other major additions include Project Catalyst, a development framework that enables app makers to more easily port iOS software to Mac, and a breakup of iTunes.
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You can check incompatible software by going to:
System Information (in Utilities folder), choose Software from the left hand side and sort the list by "64-Bit Intel." It's a good idea to write to developers who don't have 64-bit versions to see what their plans are.
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Our basic home needs are so simple (internet e-mail and photos) that we're still on a 2009 iMac, a 2008 & 2009 Macbook, and iPad mini 2's (iOS-12!).
Still brings joy every day that such old HW was supported so well by Apple with the new OSs, even when they stopped taking updates. Still use-able for the basics.
But Apple Arcade makes me want to have all new everything, including an Apple TV, and a PS-4 controller. Man! Daddy-Likes!
Is the best-guess that next year could/would/might-be all-new chassis for iMac? I love the 5mm sides (friction-stir welding!), but I'd be bummed to wait 10 years, buy, THEN the bezel-less future-one comes out.
Have a good weekend all.
Eric.
The general pubic is completely unaware of what Catalina will bring. Many will be auto-updated without knowing their 32 bit apps are dead. Apple tech blogs and the Apple Discussion Forums will be deluged with outrage and condemnation. They will claim that Apple should have called them individually to tell them what was going to happen. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see a class action lawsuit filed because of this. i had hoped that Apple would come up with some kind of transitional Rosetta-like framework to ease the pain. Believe me, the typical user pays no attention to those pop-ups warning their software needs to be updated.
The more customer focused companies will have already made their products Catalina ready. I use Epson printers/scanners and over the past year Epson has been slowly updating their utilities to 64 bit. The last straggler, Event Manager, was just updated a few days ago. From what I can see on my system all the Epson software is now 64 bit and I expect there will be no problems with the move to Catalina on my Epson WF-2860 all-in-one. I don’t know about HP, Brother, Canon, and others.