{"id":8530,"date":"2021-06-07T11:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2021-06-07T15:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:19:47","slug":"technology-a-down-to-the-wire-completely-uninformed-wish-list-for-wwdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/06\/07\/technology-a-down-to-the-wire-completely-uninformed-wish-list-for-wwdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: A down to the wire, completely uninformed wish list for WWDC &#8211; UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like everyone is writing a wish list which means I can too!<\/p>\n<p>WWDC kicks off in 90 minutes at ApplePark in Cupertino California. A pre-recorded 90-120 minute \u2018keynote\u2019 will go live on Apple.com and YouTube where Developers, the press and people like me will tune in live or after the fact to watch a presentation that should be geared toward developers but usually contains other stuff. This is my personal wishlist as a project manager and creative who makes money doing both on Apple\u2019s hardware &amp; software and is in need of a few things in the very near term both.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>*iPad OS True Multitasking. I\u2019m not buying an M1 iPad Pro until I see software improvements. It\u2019s very good now and I can work on an iPad for up to 2 weeks and get by at about half speed to my Macintosh but it needs to be better<\/li>\n<li>M1 Powered MacBook Pro in a 14\u201d form factory that is shipping in June (I don\u2019t have a laptop right now and I\u2019m returning to the office)<\/li>\n<li>A return of the 6% Apple.com card cash back that stays forever. \u00a0Apple can afford to do this and should make it permanent. There are other cash back credit cards that offer better than AppleCard cash back and credit card warranties that are superior to Apple\u2019s one year. There\u2019s little incentive for me to purchase Apple Hardware with AppleCard at the moment<\/li>\n<li>*Add value to AppleOne Premiere\u2026more storage, keep the $5 a month iTunes Store credit we\u2019re getting currently<\/li>\n<li>*Give us a glimpse into Tim\u2019s vision for AR. I\u2019m not sold on it and I\u2019d like a teaser even if the hardware isn\u2019t ready<\/li>\n<li>Drop the price of AirPods Max to $499<\/li>\n<li>Give a glimpse on the M2 coming later this year to iMac and Mac mini Pro<\/li>\n<li>Release a 27\u201d panel (baby XDR) with MiniLED for $2999<\/li>\n<li>Announce a no new features MacOS year. I have serious issues with Mail, Notifications, Spotlight, Finder, Photos and Contacts that need help. Even apps like CardHop that sit on top of Contacts database has a beach ball. Spotlight indexes every hour, Mail is losing data (I think). It\u2019s very frustrating<\/li>\n<li>*Preview HomeOS so developers can be ready to build apps for an Amazon Show competitor that improves upon the now cancelled HomePod\u2019s audio but adds a screen with Center-Stage for FaceTime and app support for kitchen use. I\u2019d love to Handoff recipe links via Epicurious to a 15\u201d HomePod box that sits in the kitchen that displays the menu, has a side-view for music controls and supports Siri with even better sound quality than the original HomePod for $299. Make it happen Apple!<\/li>\n<li>Open an online store for the shirts and apparel you sell at Apple Park\u2019s visitor center. LONG SHOT but man, I was going to make a pilgrimage to the mothership last year and COVID cancelled that trip. I want to buy some new shirts. I\u2019ll even pay $99 for a developer account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have no idea what\u2019s going to happen but this is personally what I\u2019d like from Apple today. See you all in a bit!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s WWDC was purely a software and service presentation. I\u2019m looking forward to the iPad Multitasking features but I don\u2019t see any compelling re-think that brings it closer to a \u2018real OS\u2019 experience. iCloud+ with additional privacy features look great and I look forward to them and these do add value to AppleOne Premiere that I was asking for. I hope Monterey is an improvement to today\u2019s MacOS experience in reliability and bugs. While not explicit, the entire keynote along with new Apple Maps features DID highlight more of Apple\u2019s vision for AR. If you watch these keynotes, they\u2019re slowly demoing AR functionality as it makes its way into every single product they release. I\u2019ve put an asterisk above on the things that partially came true today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems like everyone is writing a wish list which means I can too! 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