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MacOS Sierra (version 10.12) Released

9/19/2016

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Siri
Siri is integrated into the system. Users can access it via the Dock, the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut and results are shown with an interface in the upper-right corner. Siri can send messages, search the web, find files and adjust settings. Results are interactive and can be dropped into other applications or pinned to Notification Center. For instance, pictures from search results can be dragged into a document.

Photos
The Photos application now has improved face recognition. It also features object and scene recognition. It groups similar pictures together using faces, locations and object recognition to create "memories". Memories contain picture slideshows with transitions and music selected by the algorithm, which can be modified to the user's liking. The People album organizes photos by the people in them, and Places shows all photos on a world map.

Apple Pay
Apple Pay allows vendors to embed an Apple Pay button in their online stores. In Safari, users can click the Apple Pay button to checkout, then securely complete purchases using an iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple Pay requires a Mac that supports Continuity (2012 or later models) and either an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 10, or an Apple Watch with watchOS 3.

iCloud Drive
iCloud Drive has been more tightly integrated into the OS. Users can access all files from iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Windows PC and on iCloud.com.

Optimized Storage
Optimized Storage can free up storage space. When storage space is low, it automatically uploads old files, photos, movies, and email attachments to iCloud and makes them available on demand. Files that are recently created and recent photos stay on the Mac to allow quick access. Optimized Storage also allows finding and removing files or apps.

Messages
The Messages app adds aesthetic effects to messages, such as three times bigger emoji and tap back with hearts or thumbs-up on a message bubble. The ability to play YouTube videos and preview links in a conversation was introduced. Users can view interactive content added to iMessage in iOS 10.

iTunes
Apple Music within iTunes has been redesigned, making it simpler to find favorite songs and discover new ones. A new "For You" tab has been added, which suggests new music the user might like (similar to the existing Genius). A refined MiniPlayer with the ability to view lyrics while you listen has also been introduced.

Tabs
Applications that support multiple windows will support multiple tabs within a single window, allowing the user to keep windows organized similarly to Safari.
Picture in Picture
Multitasking has been made more convenient with the introduction of Picture-in-Picture, allowing users to watch and float a video window from Safari or iTunes over the desktop or a full-screen app.

Auto Unlock
With Auto Unlock, when users approach their Mac while wearing an Apple Watch, they are automatically logged in to their desktop account. Time of flight is used to prevent relay attacks. Auto Unlock requires a Mac that was introduced in 2013 or later, and an Apple Watch with watchOS 3.

Universal Clipboard
The clipboard can be shared across nearby macOS Sierra and iOS 10 devices for cut, copy and paste.

Apple File System
Apple released a preview of a new file system, called Apple File System (APFS), to overcome the limitations of HFS Plus. It is intended for solid-state drives and flash memory and will adopt several features found in modern file systems, such as snapshots and cloning, as well as native support for features that Apple already provides in HFS Plus through supplementary software, such as file-system encryption and trim, but will, unlike ZFS, not detect or protect against silent data corruption. The file system is currently experimental and a release is planned for 2017. Apple plans to document and publish the APFS volume format.[6][7]
 
 

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XCode 8.0 released

9/13/2016

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Includes SWIFT3, SDKs for iOS 10, watchOS 3, tvOS 10 and macOS Sierra
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iOS 10 release

9/12/2016

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  • New Sounds
    • Locking device
    • Keyboard Clicks
    • Voiceover Arabic add 2 new voices
  • Lock Screen
    • Swipe left to open Camera
    • Swipe right for Today view
    • Press home button to unlock device
  • Messages
    • Expressive Messaging
      • Bubble effects let you send messages loudly, gently, with a slam or with invisible ink
      • Full-screen effects to celebrate special moments
      • Tapback for quick replies to messages, links and photos
      • Handwritten messages animate like ink on paper
      • Digital Touch lets you send sketches, taps and heartbeats
      • Tap to replace can emojify your text with just a tap
      • Rich links show a preview of web pages you share
    • iMessage apps
      • New App Store for iMessage
      • Use the power of apps in Messages to share and collaborate with friends
      • Download stickers to send and place on text bubbles and photos
  • Siri
    • Siri now works with the following types of apps
      • Messaging apps to send, search and read back text messages
      • VoIP apps to make phone calls
      • Photos apps to search for images and photos
      • Ride service apps to book rides
      • Payment apps to make personal payments
      • Fitness apps to start, stop and pause workouts
      • CarPlay carmaker apps to adjust climate, radio, seat and personal settings
  • Maps
    • All-new look
      • Proactive suggestions for places you’re likely to go next, based on your routine or appointments in Calendar
      • Improved search with new callout design, clustered results and category filters
      • Home, work, favourite locations and locations from upcoming Calendar events are displayed on the map
      • Displays where your car is parked via CarPlay or Bluetooth
      • Weather for the currently viewed area
    • Extensions
      • Make a reservation within Maps using extensions from participating reservations apps
      • Book a ride to a destination within Maps using extensions from participating ride service apps
      • Turn-by-turn navigation improvements
      • Search along route for petrol stations, food and coffee shops
      • Automatic view adjustment of the road ahead
      • Use pan and zoom during navigation
      • Option to avoid tolls and motorways
  • Photos
    • Advanced face recognition designed with deep learning to automatically group similar faces together
    • Object and scene recognition to intelligently search for photos by what’s in them using advanced computer vision that scans your library locally on device
    • Places album to see all your photos, videos and Live Photos on a map
    • Memories
      • Intelligently highlights forgotten events, trips and people, and presents them in a beautiful collection
      • Memory movies automatically edited with theme music, titles and cinematic transitions
      • Related memories make it easy to rediscover even more photos in your collection, based on location, time, people, scenes and objects
      • Easily share with family and friends
    • Brilliance control applies region-specific adjustments to brightness, highlights and contrast
  • Home
    • New Home app to securely manage and control HomeKit-enabled accessories
    • Scenes to control groups of accessories with just a tap
    • Rich notifications with quick actions to control accessories
    • Optionally share home access with family and friends
    • Remote access and automation of accessories with Apple TV or iPad
  • Apple Music
    • An all-new design for Apple Music brings greater clarity and simplicity to every aspect of the experience
    • Navigate your Library with an improved menu and see all the Downloaded Music you can play on your device while offline
    • See recommendations in For You that highlight mixes, playlists, albums and Connect posts — selected for you based on the music and artists you love
    • Visit Browse to more easily see exclusive releases, find curated playlists and discover the most important new releases — picked by our editors each week
    • Listen to Radio more easily — clearly see what’s live on Beats 1, hear your favourite shows on demand or choose a curated station for any genre of music
    • Play music with an improved Now Playing experience — swipe up to view available lyrics and quickly see or edit songs that are coming up next
  • Apple News
    • An all-new design in For You adds bold typography, vibrant colour and distinct sections that make it easier to find stories on specific topics
    • See the most important stories of the day within Top Stories — updated by our editors throughout the day
    • Find the most popular stories right now within Trending Stories — selected based on what others are reading
    • See all your stories grouped into easy-to-understand sections on the topics you follow or read
    • Discover the best and most interesting stories of the week within Featured Stories — selected by our editors
    • Share stories more easily — just tap the icon on any story to send it to a friend straight from For You
    • Receive breaking news notifications from some of your most trusted sources
    • Subscribe to your favourite magazines and newspapers directly in News
    • New personalised Today View widget lets you keep up with the latest stories throughout the day
  • Experience
    • Raise to Wake automatically wakes the screen as you raise your iPhone P6S P6SP P7 P7P
    • Rich notifications that support real-time information, audio, photos and videos
    • Today view is redesigned and supports all-new widgets for apps like Weather, Up Next, Maps, Stocks and more
    • Control Centre is redesigned with easier-to-access controls including dedicated cards for music playback and Home
    • Expanded use of 3D Touch
      • Lock screen notifications to support an expanded view and access to quick actions
      • New quick actions for built-in apps like Weather, Stocks, Reminders, Health, Home, FaceTime, iCloud Drive and Settings
      • Home screen widgets
      • Control Centre for access to quick actions for Torch, Timer, Calculator and Camera
      • Clear all in Notification Centre
  • QuickType
    • New emoji, including gender-diverse options to existing characters, single-parent family variations, rainbow flag and beautiful redesigns of popular emoji
    • Contextual predictions for current location, recent addresses, contact information and calendar availability using deep neural network technology
    • Emoji predictions
    • Calendar events are intelligently populated using deep learning technology with information from your conversations in Mail and Messages
    • Multilingual typing now lets you type in two languages at once without having to switch keyboards
    • Rest & Type on iPad intelligently adapts to your unique typing patterns
    • Predictive typing now uses deep neural network technology for greater prediction accuracy
  • Phone
    • Voicemail transcription (beta)
    • Spam call alerts with spam call identification apps
    • Support for third-party VoIP apps receiving calls on the Lock screen, including support for Call Waiting, Mute and Do Not Disturb
  • Other improvements
    • Apple Pay in Safari P6 P6P P6S P6SP PSE P7 P7P
    • View two pages at once using Split View in Safari on iPad
    • Notes collaboration lets you invite people to work on your notes together
    • Markup support in Messages, Photos and PDFs stored in Notes
    • Bedtime Alarm in the Clock app lets you set a regular sleep schedule and receive bedtime reminders
    • Health adds support for health records and organ donation (US Only)
    • Stabilisation support for Live Photos for improved camera capture
    • Live Filters support when capturing Live Photos
    • iCloud Drive now supports Desktop and Documents folders from macOS
    • Live search results in Spotlight for Chinese and Japanese
    • Siri support for Spanish (Chile), Chinese (Cantonese – China), English (Ireland), English (South Africa)
    • Ling Wai and Kaiti Black document fonts for Chinese
    • Yu Kyokasho and Toppan Bunkyu fonts for Japanese
    • New definition dictionaries in Traditional Chinese and Danish and bilingual dictionaries in Dutch and Italian
    • New keyboard for Spanish (Latin America)
  • Accessibility
    • Magnifier now uses the camera on your iPhone or iPad like a digital magnifying glass for real-life objects
    • New range of display colour filters to support different forms of colour blindness or other vision challenges
    • VoiceOver adds a Pronunciation Editor to customise the way words are pronounced, additional voices and support for multiple audio sources
    • Additional text highlighting options in Speak Screen and Speak Selection, as well as the ability to speak keyboard letters and predictive typing suggestions to support multi-modal learning
    • Switch control now lets you control iOS, macOS and tvOS all from the same iPhone or iPad, so you don’t need to configure switches for the secondary device
    • Software textphone allows you to make and receive textphone calls without the need for traditional hardware teleprinter accessories
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Apple Event

9/6/2016

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iPhone 7 & 7 Plus
Apple Watch Series 2
AirPods
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