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macOS Catalina is bringing with it a feature set that edges on the audacious. Catalyst aims to let the vast catalog of iPad apps move more easily to the Mac, while SwiftUI teases a future where developers can build them that way to begin with. iTunes, venerable and beyond bloated, is being shattered into new Music, Podcast, and TV apps, with updated Books and even Finger functionality to round them out. There’s a new, more salient Photos app, Mail that’s more zen, Notes that are easier to find, QuickTime for pros, all new, all powerful Reminders and a far more omniscient Find My app, plus Screen Time comes to Mac to help you balance it all. Sidecar lets you use your iPad as an external display to mirror or extend your desktop. Or, grab an Apple Pencil and use it with tablet-enabled Mac apps in a way that just might make any of the smaller Wacoms weep. Security and Privacy are getting an even more vigilant Gatekeeper, a read-only system volume, extensions and drivers ripped out of kernel space, and Sign in wit

Apple’s got a new Mac Pro and it’s almost everything everyone who loves the Mac Pro wanted. It’s got a bunch of PCIe slots for expansion, all wrapped up in a mini tower case that can grate cheese in more dimensions than ever. If you want to, you can kick it up to 28 Xeon Cascade Lake cores and 1.5 Terabytes of memory. That is, if you work for ILM or Pixar or Skywalker Audio because just going out to buy those cores from Intel will cost you 7 and a half to 10K, and just getting that RAM from… anyone will cost you another 20K. SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Buy Mac mini - Apple Amazon.com: Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box, Thunderbolt 3-to eGPU PCIe Card Expansion System (GPU-350W-TB3Z): Computers & Accessories Amazon.com: Radeon RX 580 Amazon.com: Belkin F4U088tt USB-IF Certified USB 3.0 4-Port Hub with 1-Meter USB Type C (USB-C) to Micro-B Cable: Gateway Mac mini vs. Mac Pro: The affordable alternative | iMore MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector

Google is killing off its Pixel line of homespun tablet hardware. Now, just to be 100% crystal clear, Google is still going to be making Pixel Phones and Pixel Laptops, Home Max and Chromecast Ultra, Nest Thermostats and Nest Cams. But the Pixel Slate — That has to die. But, why? Russell Holly from Android Central joins me to figure it all out! SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Russell Holly (@russellholly) | Twitter Google's officially done making its own tablets | Computerworld Rick Osterloh on Twitter: "Hey, it's true...Google's HARDWARE team will be solely focused on building laptops moving forward, but make no mistake, Android & Chrome OS teams are 100% committed for the long-run on working with our partners on tablets for all segments of the market (consumer, enterprise, edu)" MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram:

Yes, this is utterly, completely, totally, add any three words that all mean the same thing, ridiculous. iPhone 11 is still 3 months away and not only are we already getting iPhone 12 rumors, we’ve been getting them basically forever already. So, let's break them down! SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Kuo on 2020 iPhones: 5.4-Inch and 6.7-Inch Models With 5G, 6.1-Inch Model With LTE, All With OLED Displays - MacRumors Apple reportedly to launch 3 OLED-based iPhones in 2020 New Iphone, Ipad in 2019 and 2020: What to Expect from Apple - Bloomberg 2020 iPhones May Have Full-Screen Touch ID, New iPhone SE Based on iPhone 8 Also Possible Next Year - MacRumors MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Y

Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has just announced Libra, his attempt to revolutionize not just payments, but money itself, on a global scale, and Calibra, Facebook’s wallet app for Libra. But what is Libra more exactly and why, after the terrible, scandalous, privacy violating, trust rending, not good very bad year if not decade Facebook’s had, why would anyone in their right mind, or Mark Zuckerberg, think for a smoking hot minute we’d trust them with our money? Tantalizingly — or appallingly, you be the judge — Zuckerberg thinks he has an answer. Hit subscribe and poke that bell gizmo so YouTube will have to actually tell you about new videos when they come out, and then let’s break it all down. SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate

When I first reviewed the iPad Pro last November, I focused on the seriously amped up hardware design. I figured the iOS 12 software story hadn’t changed so there was no point revisiting it. Many of you all, of course, allowed yourselves to retort. And you were right. So, two weeks later, I redid my review, went over why I felt the iPad Pro was less a laptop replacement and more a laptop alternative, and then went through a few of the ways I was hoping Apple would improve the software in the future to take better advantage of all the new hardware. Well, that future is now. Ish. iOS 13 and iPadOS — yes, the iPad still runs iOS 13 just with the beginnings of some iPadOS differentiation — offer some major enhancements to the iPads capabilities. I’m not going to review it or re-re-review it now. All the new software is still all up in beta, so it wouldn’t just be premature, it would be downright silly. Everything from performance to stability to implementations can and will change. This fall, once Apple ships all

Siri and Apple’s voice and assistive technologies in general are getting some major love in iOS 13, including a synthetic yet more natural sound, new intents so developers can add Siri support to Maps apps like Waze and audio apps like Overcast, Audible, and Spotify, and even full-on Voice Control so you can navigate your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with basically the Will and the Word. And, of course, Shortcuts is becoming a built-in app and is adding support for a bunch of new functionality, not the least of which is the ability to accept conversation input. Yup, now if you tell Shortcuts to order you a pizza, it can ask you which of the last four pizza orders you want to repeat. To dig deep into how it all works, I asked Matthew Cassinelli to join. He was actually on the Workflow team when Apple bought the app, had written the documentation and filled the gallery, but left just as Apple was transitioning it into Shortcuts. Why? So he could help evangelize the technology from the outside. And that’s just exactly w

Apple has announced their plans for watchOS 6, and here’s 5… no, let’s make that an even 6, things you need to know about it! SPONSOR: Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this show! The first 500 of you will get 2 months of premium courses for FREE! MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

One of the big questions following the announcement of the new TV app and it’s availability on smart TVs and streaming boxes was — what place did that leave for Apple TV 4K, which could now come off as expensive at best and superfluous at worst. And Apple, with Tim Cook doing the presentation, started to make that case at WWDC. It’s about the experience, dammit. And that experience is driven by tvOS. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and 20% off their annual Premium subscription! MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

Back in early 2015 I asked Apple and the world a question: “What if the iPad ran iPadOS?” At the time, iPad may not have been quote-unquote just a big iPod touch, but it wasn’t much more than an iPod touch gone IMAX. Then, slowly, every couple of years, it started getting exclusive features like Side-by-Side apps and Picture-in-Picture video. Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard. Multi-window Drag-and-Drop and workspaces. But, only every couple of years. Because the iPad didn’t have its own OS like the Mac, the Watch, or even the TV, Apple wasn’t forced to show off new features every year at WWDC. So, some years, under the crunch of iPhone or just general features, they didn’t. Now, Apple has finally made one of my longer standing dreams into reality. iPadOS. And not just because it’s neat or right or just for the iPad, which has long had its won experience, to have its own, named iOS variant the way most other major products do, but because of the demands that come with it having its own, named variant. From now

In this second audio special from WWDC, Rene speaks with Bud Tribble. Tribble is a long-time Apple employee, a member of the original Macintosh design team, and currently Vice President of Software Technology. They discuss the new 'Sign in with Apple' feature along with other measures the company takes to protect user privacy. MORE: March: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

In this audio special from WWDC, Rene speaks with Sarah Herrlinger, Director, Global Accessibility Policy & initiatives at Apple about new software features that help make computing accessible for everyone. MORE: March: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

We’ve just gotten our first sneak peek at the all-new Mac Pro and Pro Display and I’m going to go through their top 5 highlights. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: What's in Rene's WWDC 2019 gear bag? | iMore MORE: March: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

Apple isn’t killing iTunes on Monday. Tim Cook isn’t coming to your house and deleting all the music and movies you’ve bought and downloaded over the years. There will be no Thanos snap live on stage. No decimation around the world. None of that is true or real in any true or real way. So, why are there so many headlines saying iTunes is ending and the age of digital downloads is over? Because, apparently, writers can’t read, fact checkers can’t check facts, and editors are too busy baiting clicks and not busy enough thinking about the needless stress and anxiety they’re causing the audience that relies on their reporting. Like every viral maelstrom, though, there’s a calm set of facts right in the center. What are they? Let’s break it down right now. SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: What's in Rene's WWDC 2019 gear bag? | iMore MORE: March: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: ht

It’s that time of year again. Apple’s WWDC 2019 keynote kicks off on Monday, June 3, at 10 Pacific, 1pm Eastern, and I’m going to be there to bring you back all the action, not just for the morning but for the whole day and the entire week. Because the keynote is really only the beginning. To do that, though, I need gear. I need tech. I need… so much stuff. And, I need to pack it all up to take it with me. But, here’s the thing: I’m going to do it a bit differently this year. Instead of taking a big camera bag and my big cameras with me — I’m trying out the Peek right now and I’m still using the GH-5 to shoot all this — I’m going to keep things ultra light and ultra mobile. Basically, my every day carry optimized for going away. But what exactly does that mean and how exactly does that work? SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: What's in Rene's WWDC 2019 gear bag? | iMore MORE: March: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: ht

About 3 months ago, just before Apple’s March 2019 event, I put together a list of YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, journalists, and analysts who were worth following for their takes on the show. I did it because, after having been a blogger and podcaster, and now trying this whole YouTube thing, I realized most of us don’t know each other well if at all, and I wanted to try and change that. Now, just a week away from Apple’s 30th annual World Wide Developer Conference, WWDC 2019, I’m updating and expanding the list. Now, a lot of names are the same, everyone from iJustine to MKBHD, John Gruber to Lory Gil, Christina Warren to Jason Snell, Joanna Stern to Matthew Panzarino, Neil Cybart to Carolina Milanesi. They’re all going to knock it out the Apple Park. But, instead of repeating them all here, I’m just going to link to that first video in the description, and highlight a few specific to WWDC so you can get your baseline follow on. Then, because this is Apple’s big software event, I’m going to add a few new

I’ve been wanting to do a video about Google’s Pixel phones for a while now. Ever since the company announced kinda lackluster sales for the premium Pixel 3 but then turned right around and launched the much more budget friendly Pixel 3a. Then, Jon Rettinger posted his video, provocatively titled “No One Cares About Pixel”, and it's great. You should watch it. Link in the description. But that also got me thinking, Drax-Style, not so much about what is the Pixel but why is the Pixel? What does its existence do for Google and for us? And, if we’re seeing that change with the 3a or with the 4, what does that mean? To help me figure it all out, I asked on the man who literally got me started in this business, and, yeah, that aside, one of the smartest people I know. Executive Editor of The Verge and host of the Processor on YouTube, Dieter Bohn. SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Dieter Bohn (@backlon) | Twitter Dieter Bohn Profile and Activity - The Verge I

Apple has just announced a refreshed iPod touch that offers updated internals and support for several of its best new features. This time around, the iPod touch features Apple's A10 Fusion chip, internal storage of up to 256GB, and can now participate in Group FaceTime calls and more. The updated models are available starting today, and prices start at just $199 for the 32GB model and go up to $399 for the 256GB option. It's available in six different color options, including space gray, white, gold, blue, pink and (PRODUCT)RED. SPONSOR: Vector Merchandise LINKS: iPod touch - Apple MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

For years, Apple made some of the best — and most expensive — displays in the business. Not only did they have great design and terrific panels, they had those Apple logos right up front for people who wanted that look and that experience beyond an iMac — for their Mac Pros to MacBook Pros as well. We got generations of Cinema Displays, LED Displays… Thunderbolt Displays But then, just a few years ago, Apple went and stopped making them. From hero to zero, something to nothing in one Thanos snap flat. There were rumors — there are always rumors — of a 4K display that Apple was working on but never shipped. But for an agonizingly long period of time, measured in pro-user angst years, Apple just didn’t offer anything for anyone who didn’t want an all-in one. Until now. Or, well, soon at least. It’s complicated. So MKBHD, Marques Brownlee was kind enough to share with us what he wants to see, and then I break it all down. SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Ma

The music fades. The lights go down. A video plays. Developers. Apps. Apple. The community. We’re all together again. And when the lights come back up, Tim Cook is walking onto the stage. “Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. And welcome to Apple’s 30th annual WWDC!” SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 30 days. LINKS: What we know about Apple’s new pro display ahead of WWDC GitHub - insidegui/AnimojiStudio: Make cute emoji videos with unlimited duration and share anywhere (iPhone X, XS and XS Max only!) AirBuddy Sharecuts MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link Policy SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube