At this meeting, held on the 14th of July, we talked about Apple’s announcements from WWDC 2023 including new Macs, iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. Members also discussed a number of other topics.
WWDC 2023
Apple made lots of annoucments at WWDC 2023, at this meeting we covered:
- New and upgraded Mac models, the 15 inch MacBook Air, the M2 Mac Studio models and the new Apple Silicon Mac Pro.
- macOS Sonoma.
- iOS and iPad OS 17.
- We also talked some more about the Vision Pro.
Apple have a video introducing the Vision Pro and the full WWDC presentation.
Member topics
- DavidB mentioned What 3 Words, a useful app for sharing your location.
- We talked about using map apps with no mobile signal and Robert pointed out that an option to download maps for use offline is coming to Apple Maps in iOS 17.
- Elliott pointed out that the Find in page feature can be found in the Share sheet in Safari on iOS and iPadOS. DaveK mentioned that an “On This Page” option also appears in the search results when you search using the address bar. Both these methods are covered in this Mac Rumors post.
- Elliott mentioned that he has ordered an A500 mini (a mini computer that runs classic Amiga games).
- Denesh recommended Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. He mentioned Nick Mohammed (who plays Nate in the series) appearing on The Paul Chowdhry Pudcast.
- Denesh mentioned Tweet Deck now requiring a verified Twitter membership and talked about the new Twitter competitors Bluesky and Threads.
- DaveK mentioned a news story about celebrity impersonators being banned on Instagram.
- DaveK also mentioned 70’s comedian Norman Collier and his “faulty microphone” act.
- Ben mentioned AI in photography and Adobe’s ad for generative fill in Photoshop.