Jun 04, 2019 03:53:00

Apple announces the latest OS 'macOS Catalina' for Mac

In the keynote speech of WWDC 2019 held by Apple for developers, we announced ' macOS Catalina ', the latest OS for Mac.

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Announcement about macOS.

The new macOS codename is ...

'Catalina'

From macOS Catalina, iTunes, which has supported Apple for many years, is finally dismantled, and its functionality is split into three apps.

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Also, the newly added function 'Sidecar' is ...

It will be able to use iPad as a sub display.

Accessibility has also been greatly improved.

It has become possible to fully operate the Apple device by voice.

'You have full control of your iOS device with your voice.'

Even people with disabilities in the movie ...

It was heard that the Apple terminal was completely operated by voice only.

'FindMy' is a combination of the two functions 'Find iPhone' and 'Find Friends'. Until now, it could not be used without being online, but the FindMy feature can use Bluetooth to detect nearby Apple devices.

The transmitted Bluetooth signal is encrypted and highly anonymous.

In addition, Macs equipped with the T2 security chip can now lock the activation. This makes it impossible to use or initialize if authentication is not successful, even if stolen.

Project Catalyst is intended to make it easy to port iOS apps to macOS.

In Xcode to be released on June 4, 2019 ...

It will be optimized to macOS immediately by putting a check in 'Mac'.

At the same time, it was also announced that the macOS version of the Twitter official client app, which was suddenly removed from the App Store in 2018, will be revived in the form of porting the iOS version.

From here, content for developers further.

About the development of augmented reality (AR) content.

According to the Reality Kit, there is no need to create a 3D model from scratch.

Assembled with Reality Composer

AR Kit version 3

Human recognition is possible in real time.

Motion capture is also possible.

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Demonstration of Minecraft AR Minecraft Earthcraft .

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Swift is a programming language that can be used on iOS, macOS and Linux.

It is used in the development of 450,000 apps.

AppKit, a framework for developing apps for macOS, and UIKit, a framework for developing apps for iOS, are built on Objective-C , and Swift's behavior is built on top of that.