Recorded live in the Club MacStories Discord, Federico share their final preparations and plans for WWDC 2024 along with some last-minute predictions.
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Preparations for WWDC
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It’s been a while since I last shared my iPad Home Screen, and with WWDC starting in two days, it felt like a good opportunity to capture this moment in time and see what my iPad looks like before the AI takes over. I’m kidding, obviously. (At least, I think I’m kidding.) What I think...
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This week, Federico and John introduce Comfort Zone and NPC: Next Portable Console, two new MacStories podcasts and share their wishes for watchOS and tvOS updates.
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Two New MacStories Podcasts
watchOS Wishes
tvOS Wishes
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This week, Federico and John continue their annual wishlists with a look at macOS and visionOS.
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Our 2024 macOS and visionOS WWDC Wishes
- Our macOS Wishes
- Notifications
- Alerts
- Finder
- Stage Manager
- System Settings
- Music
- TestFlight
- Shortcuts
- Our visionOS Wishes
- The Developer Strap
- Multitasking
- Better Voice Control
- iPad Virtualization
- Environments
- Apple Pencil Pro
- More Native Apps
- Software OPtimizations
- Home Screen Changes
- Wi-Fi Performance
- Support for Mice
- Multiple Desktops
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This week, Federico and John kick off their annual WWDC wishes episodes with a conversation about the changes they’d like to see made to iOS and iPadOS 18.
- Things: a beautiful native app for Apple Vision Pro.
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Our iOS and iPadOS 18 Wishes for WWDC
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This week, Federico and John examine iPadOS and the ways it has failed to get the basics right.
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- Celtreos – The shoot-em-up game with tiny ships, big weapons, waves of foes, power-ups and obstacles.
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The Trouble with iPadOS
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This week, Federico and John are joined by Riley Testut for a conversation about the history of AltStore from side-loaded app to official alternative app marketplace in the EU and Delta’s dominance of the Top Free App chart in the US and elsewhere.
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An Interview with Riley Testut
- AltStore
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This week, Federico and John are joined by Susan Prescott, vice president of developer relations, education, and enterprise at Apple, along with 2024 Swift Student Challenge winners Harshitha Rajesh and Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg to talk about the challenge and the students’ projects. Then, John is joined by Finn Voorhees and Ellie O’Sullivan, past winners of the Swift Student Challenge who share their advice about participating in the program and getting started with Swift.
- DetailsPro – Design with SwiftUI, no coding required.
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Student Interviews with Susan Prescott, Harshitha Rajesh, and Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg
Interviews with Past Swift Student Challenge Winners
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