Apple WWDC 2019: iOS 13 dark mode, Mac Pro, MacOS 10.15 and everything Apple just announced

Today, Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose and threw a lot of new stuff at us, including a Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, iOS 13 with a Dark Mode, MacOS Catalina and an operating system for the iPad called iPadOS.

As the conference started, Tim Cook gave us:

Mac Pro and Apple Pro Display XDR

The cheese grater is back for 2019, modernized, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's based on a 28-core Intel Xeon workstation processor 6 channels of ECC for up to 1TB of system memory, 8 PCIe slots (four double wide) two 10Gb Ethernet ports, support for dual AMD GPUs and more. Apple's also introduced a custom video accelerator card, Afterburner.

The rumored 32-inch HDR display (that Apple dubs "XDR") is real and Apple intends to replace reference monitors, with a matching cheese grater back that's a huge heat sink. It's 6016x3384 resolution true 10-bit panel, a polarizer for better viewing angles, etched glass and a large array of blue LEDs with lenses and local dimming that supports 1,600 nits peak and 1,000 nits sustained and high contrast. 

Apple also has a new card called Afterburner designed specifically for video-editing acceleration  to support native ProRes and ProRes Raw in 8K. 

Hello 1.4 kilowatt power supply. But optional wheels!

MacOS Catalina

• The new version of MacOS has an iTunes replacement, Music, less-intrusive iPhone integration, a Podcast app with indexing for easy finding and Apple TV with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision support.
• There's a new app called Sidecar that lets you use the iPad as a second display
• It adds assistive voice control
• An Activation Lock and Find My comes to MacOS for locking your MacBook from thievery
• Project Catalyst is formerly Marzipan, though only for iPad apps; developers can now easily port their iPad apps to MacOS
• For developers, RealityKit and Reality Composer updates to ARKit (with built-in motion capture) made Minecraft in the real world possible and more
• Swift programming language has a new framework to make programming easier

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Apple introduces iPad OS

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IPad now runs iPadOS

• Forking the operating system lets Apple take better advantage of the bigger screen. It lets you pin widgets to the home screen, a better multitasking interface, multiple windows in apps with split screen, App Expose
• Now there's a column view in Files, more metadata and quick actions; folder sharing finally comes to iCloud Drive and you'll be able to attach to network servers.
• It adds support for USB thumb drives and the ability to import photos directly from a camera
• Safari on iPad will pull the desktop site resized for its display and optimized for touch input. 
• There's support for custom fonts from the big foundries, better text selection
• Apple Pencil has lower latency, is better for doing markup, and Apple has opened the programming interface to other software developers

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Coming to the iPhone, iOS 13

• Dark mode is a-comin'
• Safari, Mail and Notes get some updates, but the big rewrite is in Reminders and more detailed maps in Maps by end of 2019.
• Apple has cracked down on some privacy tracking including Apple tracking-free single-sign on and random email addresses with forwarding -- it will also be on the web.
• HomeKit security is also improved, and Apple now has a HomeKit-in-routers partner program
• And, of course, some Memoji upgrades for personalization. And now, there are automatic sticker packs of your Memoji.
• Portrait lighting effects and an improved editing interface in Photos, as well as the ability to rotate and filter videos. Plus a new automatic organization of your Camera Roll.
• Siri can read and reply to messages via your AirPods, HandOff to your iPhone s coming to the HomePod, and more personalization across a bunch of HomePad capabilities.
• CarPlay has a new dashboard with expanded partner apps
• Siri's voice sounds a lot more natural, since it's completely procedural rather than pieced-together recorded syllables

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Apple Watch and Watch OS 6

• And voice memo and calculator now on your wrist.  
• There are new watch faces for Apple Watch: gradient face, digital face, California Dial, and a Solar face with a 24 hour sun path. 
• The Apple Watch app store is coming to the device, letting you browse, purchase and install right on the watch.
• A redesigned Health app, hearing monitoring app, fitness tracking updates are coming, and menstrual cycle tracking is coming to both the Watch and the iPhone

This is a developing story. Follow all of today's Apple news.

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