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WWDC21 is a wrap!
This week's Worldwide Developers Conference brought an avalanche of info about what to expect from Apple's next-gen operating systems.
Our top post runs down our overall first impressions after Monday's WWDC keynote. And our newsy roundups showcase each platform's new key features.
Cult of Mac published too many stories this week to cram all the links into one newsletter. But don't miss Ed Hardy's deeper hands-on dives into key features coming in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.
And if you want to get exhaustive, you can dig through all the posts by key platform: iOS 15, macOS Monterey, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8 and tvOS.
We'll continue our coverage of all the new features next week, but that should keep you busy till Monday!
— Lewis Wallace, managing editor
News and opinion
We picked out the best of the best new features announced at this week's WWDC keynote.
Overviews of the new platforms:
Live Text is perhaps the coolest feature in iOS 15, macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15. It magically pulls the words out of images and lets you paste them into notes.
More hands-on posts:
Unloading your old Apple device to buy a new one can be a high-stakes game. Some folks lost this week.
The days of iOS 14 are numbered. Here in June 2021, it’s all about … err, iOS 4? At least, that’s the case for Zane Kleinberg, who made OldOS.
Want to relive Hair Force One's daring iPad catch from Monday’s keynote, set to a toe-tapping tune? Of course you do. Fortunately, Jonathan Mann is here to help.
How-tos
Spatial audio with Dolby Atmos offers a multidimensional listening experience to everyone with a set of decent headphones. Here’s how to enable it on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
Itching to get your hands on the first developer betas ASAP? We definitely don’t recommend installing them just yet, but we’ll still tell you how to do it.
Deals
The All-Star Mac Bundle Featuring Parallels Pro is the ultimate curated app collection. In addition to Parallels Pro, which lets you run Windows apps on your Mac, the bundle boasts five award-winning apps that will boost your productivity, secure your data and more. And it's on sale for just $25!
This Apple bundle giveaway could be your ticket to an awesome setup.
You can charge your iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously with this multitasking cable. And it only costs $16.99!
Forget AirDrop and switch to iMazing. It's basically the Swiss Army knife of iPhone, iPad and iPod management.
Reviews
The wild adaptation of Stephen King’s novel gets even richer and more imaginative in this week’s episode, "Under the Yum-Yum Tree."
If you ever thought, “I wish my MacBook had more ports, longer battery life and more storage," this docking station is for you.
The show about a cute and cuddly girl reporter returns for more incongruous drama (and more bad parenting) in season 2.