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OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Re: OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Post by jsheard »

mayoff wrote: post #175
izacus wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Metal is a proprietary 3D technology ported from iOS. Apple chose to do another closed tech instead of adopting Vulkan or fixing their slow OpenGL implementation. If you look at the numbers, you'll see that Metal is about 30% faster than OpenGL on OS X, which is interesting because OpenGL is about 30% slower on OS X than on Windows. Which means they're forcing developers to use their proprietary API to get comparable…

To be fair (regarding "closed tech"), Apple was hardly the only one to release a propriety Vulkan alternative (there's also Mantle and DX12) and Apple released Metal to developers almost two years before Vulkan 1.0 was released.

The difference is the Windows driver model allows IHVs to implement Vulkan alongside the proprietary DX12. Microsoft may not support it but they've provided the framework to let it happen anyway.

In contrast Apple exclusively controls the macOS graphics stack top to bottom, so as long as they don't explicitly support Vulkan they're forcing developers to use their proprietary API.

Re: OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

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Post by mikestew »

bronson wrote: post #179
mikestew wrote: post #49

The good news is that I might not have to listen to people call it "Mac OS Ex" anymore. I'm hoping there's a bunch of new APIs hiding in there allowing ISVs to do cool stuff. Because the new version, meh, don't care about Siri much and the rest of the stuff is window dressing, IMO. Maybe some improvements for Xcode, testing tools?

Yeah, now you can take sides between "macahss" and "mac-oh-ess". And, we could use some more window dressing! The Mac's weird window management now feels extremely dated compared to Win10 and KDE/Gnome.

And, we could use some more window dressing!

Okay, I could get on board with that. Though I'm not one of those loading every window manager out there in search of perfection, Mac OS is looking a bit dated. I'm not even sure what I'm looking for (well, except I've figure out that I'm not a tiling WM kind of guy), but some sprucing up would be appreciated.

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Post by sirn »

pilif wrote: post #213
izacus wrote: post #97

Seriously, did Apple fire their OSX / macOS team? Pretty much all new features are spinoffs of their iOS infrastructure (Siri, handover, etc.) and the main OS development and innovation seems to have stalled. Not even a feature like telling software that you're on a metered connection and it shouldn't run backups! Is there anyone at Apple still working on innovating / improving OS X? Like people that tried to bring i…

They did introduce a new file system - it just wasn't part of the keynote.

Huh, this is true. Now this is super exciting.

> Session 701 Introducing Apple File System

> The Apple File System (APFS) is the next-generation file system designed to scale from an Apple Watch to a Mac Pro. APFS is optimized for Flash/SSD storage, and engineered with encryption as a primary feature. Learn about APFS benefits versus HFS+ and how to make sure your file system code is compatible.

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Post by dman »

Ono-Sendai wrote: post #186
vardump wrote: post #62

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Apple really needs to improve OpenGL support at least. Bump version to 4.4. They should also fix any OpenGL bugs in a timely manner. Windows file sharing (at least with Windows 10 Pro) is pretty broken as well. Transferring multiple large files (especially 2 GB+) from OS X to a win10 file share seems to fail every time.

out of interest, what are the OpenGL bugs?

Just one example => https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2015-May/0...

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Post by dman »

STRML wrote: post #224
dman wrote: post #207

Was hoping for a newer filesystem in this release.

Appears there is one: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/schedule/#/details/701

Excellent news! at a developer conference I would expect this to be the headline announcement.

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Post by izacus »

sirn wrote: post #223
pilif wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They did introduce a new file system - it just wasn't part of the keynote.

Huh, this is true. Now this is super exciting. > Session 701 Introducing Apple File System > The Apple File System (APFS) is the next-generation file system designed to scale from an Apple Watch to a Mac Pro. APFS is optimized for Flash/SSD storage, and engineered with encryption as a primary feature. Learn about APFS benefits versus HFS+ and how to make sure your file system code is compatible.

It indeed is. Now dare I hope for PowerNap APIs? ;)

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Post by orbitur »

izacus wrote: post #212
ejdyksen wrote: post #195

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They typically leave the keynote to high level features, or really big developer-focused features. However, you're in luck; looks like Apple is introducing a new file system: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/schedule/#/details/701

High-level features like 3x larger emojis in an app? O.o

Hey, one less reason for me to use FB Messenger. In complete honesty, I prefer FB Messenger because it seems a lot more expressive and it's way easier to access your photos.

FB is really stomping on iMessage in the chat realm, and I'm sad I have to wait for iOS 10.

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Post by leogiertz »

Animats wrote: post #216
leogiertz wrote: post #196

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I disagree, it's a very valid assumption to make given that mobile data quotas are increasing and metered broadband connections are most likely going to be a thing of the past. Edit: Also, Apples targets the premium segment of the market. Who are less likely to have such limitations.

It's a very valid assumption to make given that mobile data quotas are increasing and metered broadband connections are most likely going to be a thing of the past. The trend is in the other direction. AT&T now has data caps even on DSL lines. Almost all "unlimited" plans really have some limit.

Isn't fiber being rolled out across the US?
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