What Went Down at WWDC 2019 • Hacker News Board

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by wil421 » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:29 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #26

> The Apple Watch has become a staple for many, allowing them to be more active throughout the day, and saving many from life-threatening situations throughout the years of its existence Is this a PR piece?

I will try to do some additional walking if my watch tells me I’m close to meeting my goal. I should still exercise more but a small improvement is good as long as I have a sedentary desk job.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by jedberg » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:30 PM UTC

> No More iTunes

For those of you excited by this, don’t be. All they did was split one app into four. It still works the same way.

Yes you can see your device in the finder. But you can’t do anything with it other than upgrade the OS and back it up.

Want to put a movie on your iPhone? You’d think you could just drag it from finder. But no, you have to load the AppleTV app, which is just the movies and tv part of iTunes, import it, and then go back to finder to hit sync.

Honestly, the experience was better with iTunes, which was awful.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by mikecsh » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:30 PM UTC

phaedryx wrote: post #27

When I read the phrase "no pun intended" in an online article, I always wonder why, if they don't intend the pun, they don't just rephrase it?

I’ve never understood why people ever feel the need to point out whether a pun is intended or not. I never see (rhyme intended) for example, so why puns? To me it tends to disrupt the flow of the prose

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by eugeniub » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:33 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #32

> No More iTunes For those of you excited by this, don’t be. All they did was split one app into four. It still works the same way. Yes you can see your device in the finder. But you can’t do anything with it other than upgrade the OS and back it up. Want to put a movie on your iPhone? You’d think you could just drag it from finder. But no, you have to load the AppleTV app, which is just the movies and tv part of iTu…

Who still uses the stock iOS app to watch videos? There are a thousand other ways to put video files on your iPhone or iPad and tons of great apps like VLC for iOS, Infuse, etc. that offer many ways of adding video files. I don't fault Apple for not adding new features to the legacy iTunes-iOS media sync system.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by ekianjo » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

wil421 wrote: post #31

ekianjo wrote: post #26

> The Apple Watch has become a staple for many, allowing them to be more active throughout the day, and saving many from life-threatening situations throughout the years of its existence Is this a PR piece?

I will try to do some additional walking if my watch tells me I’m close to meeting my goal. I should still exercise more but a small improvement is good as long as I have a sedentary desk job.

How is that "allowing them to be more active throughout the day" ? You were already in a position to be more active if you wanted to. It's not like the watch increased your productivity 10 fold and suddenly freed up an additional 3 hours of your day to go exercise. The wording is questionable.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by zamalek » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #26

> The Apple Watch has become a staple for many, allowing them to be more active throughout the day, and saving many from life-threatening situations throughout the years of its existence Is this a PR piece?

The watches have suggested people go to hospital due to arrhythmia, with life-saving results more than once. The new Apple heart beat sensor supposedly allows this (so you won't find the same functionality on Fitbit etc.).

Pity you require an iPhone to even turn them on.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by jedberg » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

eugeniub wrote: post #34

jedberg wrote: post #32

> No More iTunes For those of you excited by this, don’t be. All they did was split one app into four. It still works the same way. Yes you can see your device in the finder. But you can’t do anything with it other than upgrade the OS and back it up. Want to put a movie on your iPhone? You’d think you could just drag it from finder. But no, you have to load the AppleTV app, which is just the movies and tv part of iTu…

Who still uses the stock iOS app to watch videos? There are a thousand other ways to put video files on your iPhone or iPad and tons of great apps like VLC for iOS, Infuse, etc. that offer many ways of adding video files. I don't fault Apple for not adding new features to the legacy iTunes-iOS media sync system.

I do. It’s the best way to let my kids watch videos on planes and car trips while honoring parental controls and guided access.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:38 PM UTC

vardhanagwal wrote: post #29

A follow on Twitter would be appreciated: https://twitter.com/vhanagwal

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Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by holy_city » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:38 PM UTC

s_dev wrote: post #18

WWDC in bullet points: https://github.com/Blackjacx/WWDC

Multi-mic capture via beamforming is awesome, I wonder if we'll see tighter integration into conferencing systems as a result.

Re: What Went Down at WWDC 2019

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Post by crooked-v » Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #26

> The Apple Watch has become a staple for many, allowing them to be more active throughout the day, and saving many from life-threatening situations throughout the years of its existence Is this a PR piece?

There are various anecdotes around about Apple Watches exposing undiagnosed heart conditions, though I don't know of any available statistics on the subject.