Was also neat to see Adobe and Microsoft Office onboard with the Mac App Store.
[Updated] Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2018
Nothing truly revolutionary, as expected. The Mac App Store update was long due, and most other news are cosmetic. But that’s because this is the presentation for the mainstream public. They talked about improving older devices through the iOS update, and I believe most hardcore news will be under the hood.
What really got me frustrated, though, was the big “NO” to the question “Will Apple ever merge MacOS and iOS?” I confess I will never understand why not, it seems like an inevitable future to me. Of course, input methods differ from one to the other - though a touchscreen Mac is also long due at this point - but surely there’s a way around it.
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With Adobe’s pricing model (thanks to the cloud based apps) can’t say I was too fussed about Mac Store integration, same goes with Office 365, which is easy enough to download from within 365 for your running OS…
Can see where they are coming from with this, doing a merge could dilute functionality on both fronts as the hardware is (and for the foreseeable future) different. One being designed for ‘hardcore’ use if/when they sort out the specs to not being 1 or 2 gens outside of other manufacturers…the other (iOS) if more for on the go use covering the basics and some advanced features (for a tablet)…
As for a Touchscreen Mac, personally not for me…fingerprints on iPads can be bad enough, imagine a 27” iMac 
It’s all about the option. It wouldn’t be a requirement.
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Unfortunately based on some of Apple past releases, they make the option(s) for you, look at the ‘’higher spec’ 2017 15” MacBook Pro, TouchBar made a requirement (with extra cost), not an option of higher spec, sans TouchBar without having older inners…
Apple are famous (or perhaps infamous) for ‘deciding’ what the end user wants…or even how or if they are using it wrong 
I was meaning more so if they had the feature, you wouldn’t have to use it and could navigate the OS just as previously with trackpad/mouse.
Well guys, that keynote was pretty underwhelming. Software updates to all four platforms, but no sign of any hardware. We’ll have to wait until early September (2018 iPhones, Apple Watch Series 4) and late October (2018 Macs, iPad Pro X) for the good stuff.
I agree. It didn’t make me excited for anything.
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That’s a couple of hours of my life il never get back lol
Only thing I was impressed with was that the range of devices that are being supported. Not having the latest iPhone I should see a potential increase in speed but that’s about it 
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Yep, I thought they were trying to set a record 
Can’t say I’ve seen their keynotes go beyond 90min or so for a while (either that or I’d changed the channel)…
For those who don’t want to go through the full show, MacRumors have posted a 6min cut down of the main things;
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So glad I stopped watching and paying attention
Wish I had done the same 
I thought this was very interesting as well. I guess with all the press about battery throttling, Apple decided to focus on speed improvements for older phones. Even some Android phones released in the last year or two cannot be upgraded to the latest OS.
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Last year’s went way over.
Must have turned off before it ended (or caught part way through)
Yes! That’s exactly my point. Give us options!
Well, being a marketing professional, I can say there’s some truth to the way Jobs functioned. We all heard the famous quote from Henry Ford, saying that if you were to ask people what they wanted, they would’ve said faster horses. I’ve seen it enough, in many areas beyond tech, to know that sometimes you have to push it, break walls, or we’ll be all stuck in slight improvements of what we have instead of a truly better way. Of course, I’m not referring to the way one holds one’s phone… But sometimes we have to just push people to take the leap with us.
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I enjoyed the keynote. Some great new tweaks in iOS 12. Loved the Siri suggestions, Shortcuts and the screen time and parental controls. MeoJi’s (I know they’re on Android) but they’re not as good as the iOS ones lol
Also a couple of watch tweaks 
I agree–it didn’t do too much for me. I do like some of the tweaks they announced for iOS 12 (short of the Memojis since I don’t use an iPhone X). So many people were hoping for new hardware announcements (myself included) but when it was all about the software, and my attention span couldn’t hang in there for 3 hours.
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I can relate.
Actually, it was 2:16:21 
which was actually shorter than last year’s. The difference? Last year they updated their entire Mac lineup, introduced new iPad Pros, and provided sneak peeks of the HomePod and iMac Pro. This year? They drag out some new software features for way too long.
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