davidmalcolm

Soli said:

davidmalcolm said:

Watch and TV’s respective systems are already based on iOS just with some chunks removed and some stuff added that’s specific to their platforms. […] The big big question is, will Apple use the transition to “iOS desktop edition” as an excuse to lock down Macs to only sandboxes apps from the App Store?

And yet they're called tvOS and watchOS because they're distinct OSes for distinct devices. So, no, a Mac running x86_64 or AArch64 will not be renamed "iOS desktop edition."

Congrats, you're smart enough to understand that, yet not smart enough that I wasn't taking a stab at naming this impending OS. If I was going to take a stab at that, I'd suggest they were either going to stick with iOS, or rebrand iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS as appleOS or come up with some brand new naming convention. Though they could also just choose to keep calling this new version macOS and simply state that in version 10._ they're breaking compatibility and dropping a ton of APIs and requiring developers to use the new ones.

People don’t seem to be realizing that Springboard (your home screen) is not iOS, it is part of iOS, but it is part of the iOS UI, which obviously would be different depending on the device. 

Watch and TV’s respective systems are already based on iOS just with some chunks removed and some stuff added that’s specific to their platforms. iOS and macOS are already like this to some degree. The original iOS was based on a stripped down version of Snow Leopard. 

The big big question is, will Apple use the transition to “iOS desktop edition” as an excuse to lock down Macs to only sandboxes apps from the App Store? If so this would largely kill a lot of piracy on the Mac, you’d have no torrent clients, and you would be killing off a lot of bigger apps that have resisted Apple’s direction to bundle themselves into single bundles. 

Im really hoping that Apple leaves the restrictions on what can and can’t run the way they currently are. I don’t want to have to run a Windows or Linux NUC for torrents. 

That said other than that I welcome the shift to ARM. We will also be in a better space for apps than we were when we went PPC to Intel or Classic to X, since Adobe should already know that if they drag their feet Apple can just pump a bit of money into Serif and then eat their lunch. Microsoft already had office on iOS etc. 

I also do think the move to integrate cellular into all Macs would be a smart idea. And I really really hope these new ones ship with Pencil support. Being able to use pencil in graphic apps on a device as capable as a MacBook Pro would be a dream. 

Forget Pixelmator. If you've got a Mac and you're looking at graphic design software other than Photoshop you should be looking at Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. Photo is comparable to Photoshop and Designer is comparable to Illustrator (And they're working on Publisher which will be comparable to InDesign). The apps are cheap for what they do, don't come with a subscription, and having used both Pixelmator and Affinity Photo, Affinity is hands down a better app. Don't get me wrong, I like the guys behind Pixelmator and I wish them luck. But I'd much sooner push somebody towards Affinity's products.

I'm sure that they're hoping to prevent government snooping. But my guess is that the government will eventually just mandate that they give them access.

The story about the Microsoft Exec was in the authorized Biography. Though I don't know if it was as clear in there that it was the husband of his wife's friend. Overall this made me remember just how much I adore Scott.