Presentation at the Apple WWDC: the results

Thus, the presentation of Apple come to an end, let's summarize. The new OS X 10.9, send a retired cat line, long-lasting new Macbook Air, heavy-duty long-awaited Mac Pro and of course, brand new iOS 7 with strimingovym music service on board. All that was promised and it has been shown. Let's look in more detail.

OS X 10.9

OS X has ceased to use the names of cats and began to use the name of California towns. The next version of OS X will receive a pack of new features and the name of the Mavericks. It seems that Apple is very fond of his home state.

Finder will receive the tab, such as we are accustomed to see them in any other application with tabs, but at least in the same Safari. Goodbye, hodgepodge windows Finder! In OS X Mavericks users can tag files labeled as a hard disk and in the iCloud. This makes searching for files easier.

The most important innovation - a greatly improved support for multiple screens. Menu and dock it will be possible to flip between screens, the function of simultaneous work on multiple displays in full-screen mode will appear. On this occasion, the redesigned Mission control. New supports Airplay, which allows you to use the TV c AppleTV as a second screen. The new OS X improved CPU management, which according to Apple reduces CPU utilization by 72%.

Together with the new OS will be released the updated Safari browser. OS X Notification Center also got new features. Now you can respond to notifications iMessages, letters, and perform a number of other operations. The new OS X will be separate applications for cards and iBooks, migrated from the mobile iOS.

OS X Mavericks will be available to developers today, and the final release is scheduled for the autumn. Price is not called.

macbook Air

Phil Schiller introduced the new line of Macbook Air. 13-inch laptop is now able to run on battery power up to 12 hours, 11-inch - up to 9 hours.

MacBook Air is now equipped with the new Intel Haswell processor and graphics system, which is 40 percent more productive the previous model. Prices remain the same - from $ 999. and $ 1 199. respectively. Laptops are available now on the Apple site.

AirPort, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule

Apple line of access points also refreshed - both outside and inside. Devices have support for the new 802.11ac wireless standard, which provides a three-fold acceleration of data than current Wi-Fi-protocols.

Like the previous model, the new items may work in two ranges - at frequencies 2.4GHz and 5GHz.

Time Capsule offers the same capabilities as the AirPort Extreme, and in addition is provided with a hard disk into 2 or 3 terabytes to wirelessly backup and data storage. Included with the Time Machine feature in OS X, Time Capsule still is a great solution for painless backup data.

mac Pro

Then Phil Schiller dramatically summed up his part of the presentation to the announcement of the new Mac Pro. This jet car in the world of computers will be equipped with processors with 12-core Intel Xeon, and the fastest of the existing memory. Compared with the last line, the performance of the new Mac Pro will be doubled.

The new Mac Pro is also equipped with a Thunderbolt port 2, the two graphics cards with support for 4K resolution displays. Computer design has also been updated and now all this power is packed in a stylish cylinder 8 times smaller than its predecessor.

Date of commencement of sales and price were not specified, but it was noted that the Mac Pro will be made in the United States.

iWork in iCloud

Apple was late with this step at least a year. Open beta testing of new cloud service iCloud (beta.icloud.com), which will add the ability to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations directly in the browser using the web version of the iWork package. Although the presentation of the product looked impressive, much remains unsaid. For example, not a word was said about the possibilities of collaborative editing of documents, which is a killer-a feature, for example, to Google Docs.

Casually mentioned the imminent update iWork for iOS and OS X, but no specific dates were mentioned again.

iOS 7

Culminating in the presentation of the new version of iOS. Read more in future articles, but for now the most important thing: a brand new flat interface, unlock gesture from the bottom up, the parallax effect when scrolling screens. Significantly updated Safari, the new multi-tasking mode (which is now supported for all applications). Applications are now updated in the App Store automatically in the background, depending on the quality of communication. Camera app now includes filters, and photos can be grouped by geographical labels. Appeared AirDrop support and new application Control Center, caused by a swipe from the bottom up.

Updated Siri - new languages ​​to choose male or female voice, the ability to control the screen brightness. In addition, Apple announced a partnership with leading automotive brands, which are embedded in their new cars integration with iOS devices and Siri. The first results of this collaboration will be seen in 2014.

Apple also announced the launch of iTunes Radio service, the streaming music service, whose appearance was predicted on the eve of WWDC. Initially the service will only work in the US and will be available to all for free with advertising, and for subscribers iTunes Match - without her.

Well, such radical changes are expected, and even been claimed. Parish Quince led to sudden death skevomorficheskogo heritage Scott Forstall, and now we have to observe an unprecedented symbiosis of software and hardware under the firm hand of Apple chief designer.

For developers, the beta is available today, users will receive the update in the fall (probably with a new iPhone).