The invite cryptically tells us "It's been way too long" but it seems like just weeks ago we gathered to watch Apple announce new shiny things to the world. Join us once again as we anticipate refreshed iPads, the imminent release of the new OS X Yosemite and a promise of things to come. The curtain opens at 6pm (BST) and we hope the live streaming is more successful this time round. What are you hoping to see?
Once more around the block
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could be an interesting one. not planning to watch the whole stream, but curious if previous streaming problems have been resolved.
really hope mac minis are announced.
I know several people thinking the same but unless it's been a total secret, it seems unlikely.
Further predictions to follow, pre-presentation snack preparation is in hand
they're so out of date. wifi on them is hopeless and the graphics are ancient :(
I think they'll wait for Broadwell or not at all
Also, my predictions are:
* New iPads, refreshed Air & mini
* Yosemite, released today
* Retina iMac, possibly 27" only
* No new iPods (though I hope to be proven wrong on that)
* And a new nickname for Federighi
have twit fired up for this one: http://live.twit.tv
if they don't update ipod's, they have to can them. the 5th gen ipod is unusable with iOS 8.
Not sure if they sell in great numbers these days. Maybe a processor/graphics update with the existing shell
it's just wrong to sell a device that isn't fit for purpose.
Indeed
another thing desperately needing updating is the non-extreme version of the airport. still running old, old versions of wifi tech.
it's amazing how much apple stuff has been left to gather dust lately.
I dug out my Express last week as I was tired of WiFi dropping out at the other end of the flat. Much cheaper :)
my predictions:
- updated chips in the mac pro
- new screens announced but not available until next year
- split screen view in the largest ipad
but no support for 802.11ac
Hi All, watching on Twit & following six colors live blog on twitter @sixcolorsevent who are there
Not allowed to see the live streaming as on Chrome on my Windows PC
True. It's usually just iPad reading in bed. If/when the Apple TV gets .ac it'll be a different story
Hi Janna. Leo to the rescue
yay! hullo :)
Indeed, and Andy Ihnatko who's great
i read that android lollipop comes with live streaming updates, so apple streams should work once you get that downloaded (next month).
They are unusually late. Just re-booting to get the English language soundtrack to behave ;)
Oh that's good. I thought Apple only allowed streaming on Safari. Looking forward to Android L & should get it soon as I have Nexus 5
Bonjour
nah, it's just technology. same reason we have flash backup for our live streams.
i love the sound of RAW camera support and usb audio. looks like a decent update.
This is my new service that I offer to allow you to connect to me ;)
hello hello.
Buongiorno
♥
Ciao Giggles
I have a iPhone 6 non-bent.
heeh! any 240p footage to share?
I keep forgetting to post any...
I'll see if I can upload some...
love that leo is restreaming the stream. he the man.
that mean kat gets the 5s?
Or Nina, she is an Andronov after all
the 5 for her, surely? :)
Haven't stopped hearing about Apple Pay since the announcement. Every time it's mentioned work post a link to the article. Currently working at Amex...
cooool! any news on uk launch?
It has massive potential
Nothing I've seen.
I actually didn't get a 5s, Kat got that one. I was rocking the 5 until the 6. Nina now has my 5.
:)
too cool :)
CRAIG!
Oh, hi all.
Hi Christine
Hi Christine :)
we expecting iOS8 updates today? homekit?
She's 3 and she can go and take a photo, go and launch the apps she wants and she even double taps to switch app in the app picker which I didn't show her she worked it out for herself.
8.1 should be out if iPads launched, maybe in the next week
continuity
what?! siri next?
And iCloud Drive
god i hope so.
I'm still running 5.1.1 on my 3rd gen iPod touch ;) Sorry Mr C
A budding Sofia Coppola in the making
I have the F1 App widget on my devices. Race countdown :)
that upsets me more than you know. assume sidepodcast is unreadable on that?
I accidentally flew back to the UK on club class the other day... Here are two slow mo's I took. Considering I'm on a plane in flight the stability is pretty good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamOefe-lLY&list=UUX6tmuLxIqGf9UpJ2HSZbjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6H-Lh5DlFI&list=UUX6tmuLxIqGf9UpJ2HSZbjQ
It's for playing music & listening to podcasts. I have the phone to look at the internet
"Developers embraced Healthkit."
Yea, they did. Shame Apple couldn't do the same.
That stat about adoption is bad by the way, 48% in a month is great compared to Android... But is bad compared to iOS7 which was around 70%...
really bad. ios has never had a problem with fragmentation before. a whole new problem if that doesn't change.
Rather large boo boo on the 8.0.1 release
camera roll backtracking.
Do you have to pay for iCloud storage? Is it reasonable? Just wondering if you're storing photos, videos &c.
photos beta is coming back. how can it still not be finished??
It's difficult to know exactly... The stats weren't properly out before 7 and there is a theory that it was much more quickly adopted because of the new look. I think it takes the new phones to be in peoples hands for a lot of people. But it will be interesting to see. You are right it's a big problem if it doesn't improve.
Good news.
They are doing too many things...
Is it missing? I hadn't noticed. I can still get to my photos the same way as always?
First 5GB is free but new items in Photostream don't go against your allowance
That's good
If you use moments & collections then you are fine. But there was always camera roll which was basically a scrolling list of everything.
I didn't know I was, but I must be! Oh well :)
I mainly noticed it if using poorly designed image editing tools which suddenly had no pictures in because they were looking for something that didn't exist.
I'm not a fan of the flatter design of Yosemite. Will take a while to get used to
Oooh yes, that would be disconcerting!
silverlight-free netflix on yosemite :)
Do you use it? I only use netflix on iOS (iPad / Apple TV).
My iMac is too old for Continuity :(
nah. it's on appletv, roku and ps4. i just approve of plugin free browsing.
You can even call Dr Dre!
Are you telling me Apple are trying to get you to buy a new device ;)
I'm going to *try* to wait for the 2nd gen iMac Retina
But yes
That's a while from now!
another 18+ months surely?
I know.
[I have zero performance issues with my i7 iMac]
Hopefully Broadwell next year if Retina launched today
This is better funny this year.
But where is the hair joke?
broadwell offers little to desktops, you have a discreet gpu and no need to save battery??
@Siracusa: Dream job: making fake Apple rumor graphics for an Apple event.
Thunderbolt 2
will you ever use that perf? i can't max out thunderbolt 1.
You know what I see on my wrist? My wrist! :)
I suspect when 4K video becomes more popular I might
This is all pointless
fair enough. i think retina screen is a more worthy/noticeable upgrade.
heh. leo left.
It's showing the integration isn't it. This is what more of their presentations used to be like.
oh, he came back. thought he'd had enough.
I'm just wary of the first generation. The MacPros had a few issues. Maybe the GPUs in the desktop will have less restrictions
8.1 on monday. aww, wanted to download today.
It's also not just a rehash of the presentation at WWDC
yosemite today!
There is that
Learning lessons from the screw up earlier in the month?
could be. need those bluetooth fixes asap!
This comment comes from my 2nd generation iPod, on 5.1.1 :-) Took ten minutes to find and charge it, but SPC works!
Dreadfully leggy though. Plus the screen is full of cracks, and soother the screen is missing.
The first camera that my mum has owned of her own is an iPad. I know this sounds like a mad thing to say, but there has always been a "family" point and shoot... But she wanted her own iPad for reading, then discovered it had a camera and she uses it (even though it's a terrible camera).
Who would have thought we'd have iPads in flight decks when they were launched 4 years ago
LUNACY!
It turns out that submitting a comment breaks the page! Sebds it loopy. I'm back on a modern device now.
Thinner and golder
And back to having a number scheme
the iPad 2 was such a work horse. They must be hoping for the same magic.
them's some stats!
Oh, the iPad gets a flush camera lens!
*dramatic outrage*
No mute switch, as rumoured
I wanted it as a rotation lock as first, rather than the mute. But it turned out that I really want mute and rotation on my phone, but rarely do either on my iPad.
George Clooney's wedding guests made it into the promo material :)
Venice, I want to go back
Ooh, ac with MIMO. Proper good WiFi :-)
Thank goodness for Touch ID! It's crazymaking when it's on your phone but not the iPad.
i have no choice regarding upgrading, the 1st gen mini has had it the same as the touch.
amen. should've been there last year, but at least we have it now.
More RAM, Phil, more RAM!
Gosh! As I always think of it Pixel - mat OR.
Heh, I'll need to buy a better router first!
pixelmator on ipad?
John Gruber is keeping track on who has their shirt tucked or not. Everyone! :)
Productivity on the iPad... I think that's a big push
That's a cool feature!!!
photoshop does it on ipad, by sending the image to the server, processing it, sending it back.
that was amazing.
OK, now that's a productivity app I could use. Though I'd still need to send the end result somewhere.
ftp with transmit, no?
at least, that's how we're doing it now.
If it fits in seamlessly, then yes.
you can try it now. it's fab if you do anything with websites. highly recommend it.
He got Autocorrected! :)
Exactly!
Cool :-) hoping they release upgraded Mac Minis, which I plan to get. Then I'll be looking for more iOS/OSX apps.
Replay guys: both untucked.
Team untucked ahead 4-3.
i used to fight the ipad like crazy, but iOS 8 changes it for me. i can use it to MAKE stuff now :)
Yeah, maybe I'll find that too. I only upgraded over the weekend.
so no 3x graphics on ipad?
share sheets are your best friend if you wanna move stuff around.
No .ac WiFi on the mini
sod it.
3 gens of iPads now
still selling the 1st gen mini???
apple you're nuts. it's not good enough to be sold now.
It's a pricing trick... They have that there to get people to shut up about the low pricing.
@JohnPaczkowski: Comes in silver, space gray and ugly
:)
hmmm.
I recently bought a Mac Book Pro (which I'm writing this on now) so I may have Leo-ed this...
It's the same as the 16Gb. It's beneath Apple.
true.
Retina Mac Mini? That'd be a great troll video...
Did the iMac not already have retina?
nope! 15" was the biggest retina screen to date.
5K
This won't be cheap
what gpu is that imac running then??
That's an amazing machine!
It's so big, this is a first for the whole industry to be this big.
organic passivation?
Apple reinventing the dictionary
Are we going to see Ive? Not in the iPad intro...
Maybe in the manufacturing video at the end
He's probably busy going back to the beginning and starting again so that they don't preconceive the waffle waffle blah blah.
AMD R9 gpu. in that tiny box.
5mm! 5mm!!
$700 premium
That's a really good price.
mini!
Just give me a Mac Mini! FINALLY!
And it's cheaper :-)
That's a really good price.
Again.
w00t!
I actually quite like the energy efficiency too, since I track my energy usage like a hawk :-)
glad we have a mini, but seeing as they didn't redesign it, why couldn't they have updated it last year.
Very odd
so not cinema display updates?
screw you mac pro users.
I expect they were waiting for Broadwell, and Intel's time ran out.
guess so.
The Mac Pros can't drive them can they?
Zero iPods
true, but pro's are gonna have worse screens than consumers. update the pro gpu too.
Well the stream worked!
did tooo
There were a lot, lot, lot, fewer viewers though. They downplayed the hype etc.
no mention of homekit.
V. boring event and I don't want any of it! Boo.
It's not the ground breaking 'all the new things' event any more
Your bank account will love you ;)
still skipping the imac retina bassano?
Can start saving for the watch :)
Yeah, think so. Will wait for UK pricing out of interest and the reviews but not in a hurry, just yet
^ This ^
iPad mini 3 has A7 not A8X
Not much changed then
iMac 5K page: http://www.apple.com/imac-with-retina/
Scroll down.
Nice effect
eek! like.
cheers for the thread bassano. it's been fun following the keynotes with y'all.
*hugs*
No worries
& with you *hugs back*
i think all i have to buy from today's news is a mac mini.
i'd like the retina (and it's very much needed for ios graphics), not sure i absolutely need one though.
♥
Leo's already purchased a new iMac
None of the Mac Minis are quad-core. That's quite disappointing. The upgrade to 16Gb RAM is pretty steep too.
Then who would buy an iMac?
Someone who wants a display with their computer? Plus, their chips are still faster.
The Mac Pro starts at £2499 ;)
The retina does... non-retina is cheaper than that.
£160 is still way better than their RAM options used to be.
Not as good as Crucial though, obviously
True. I expect I'd just have to settle for an 8Gn version.
Display resolution comparison
http://david-smith.org/displays/
John Siracusa's very thorough Yosemite review http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/10/os-x-10-10/
[not on the Mac Store for me, yet]