I’m not sure where I should go for this month’s Tech Stuff. On the 14th, Apple announced updated operating systems at WWDC16 — their worldwide developer conference. I wasn’t able to tune in live, but I watched the video the next night. Well, most of the video. I don’t think I watched to the end. If I did, I fell asleep. The audience was polite, but I detected little enthusiasm from either the presenters or the audience. Some of what was announced might have interested 12-year-olds, but that may be insulting to 12-year-olds.<\/p>\n
OS X is now…Mac OS.\u00a0 Siri and Universal Clipboard. Yawn. IOS10 is coming. More emojis and strange stuff in Messaging that I cannot imagine is going to be useful. And, for IOS, if I don’t update to it, I’ll have a persistent red circle on my settings app icon designed to drive me bonkers until I give in and update. I may be able to avoid the MacOS update for a considerable amount of time, but I’ll have to cave on that eventually.<\/p>\n
They started with the best — Watch OS3, which looks like it will provide value. I still don’t see a need to purchase an Apple Watch. If you’ve been on the fence about this device, I’d suggest the next hardware update will be the time to spring for it.<\/p>\n
It may not be a bad thing the Apple platform has reached a stagnant place. But, I’m not sure it’s a great thing, either. Time will tell. Is anyone hot on their tail? Microsoft sure isn’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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