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A Time Saving Hint If You’re Getting a New iPhone

Tomorrow, September 22, is new iPhone day for a lot of folks. Some will get them delivered. Some will pick them up from Apple Stores. Some will get them from carriers. And once the hype of release day passes folks will still be doing that going forward.

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Regardless of how and when you get your new iPhone you have an option to set it up as a new iPhone or transfer all of your data and info from the older one. I typically choose the latter option. Let’s face it, either way you’re going to spend some time setting things up.

One of the things I’ve learned through the years is a way to save some time if you decide to transfer your data from iPhone to iPhone instead of starting with an absolute new setup. Apple gives you options if you’re transferring data. You can choose to transfer your data from iCloud or you can choose to transfer directly between your old iPhone and the new one. Both are time consuming.

The first let’s you get back to business sooner while things continue to load in via iCloud. The latter means you have to wait for the transfer to complete before you can use your new iPhone or trade-in or pass down your older one. Either way, data and Apps will transfer to the new device.

Here’s the tip. Some of your Apps are quite large. If you delete them before you do the transfer you’ll save a considerable amount of time during the transfer process. This is especially true if you’re a gamer and have large games on your device. Garage Band is another candidate. It has over a 1.5 GB footprint for the App itself. If you’ve got an App that has a large footprint on your device that entire footprint has to be transferred to be brought over to the new device.

If it’s a crucial App, obviously leave it alone and let the process do its thing. If it’s not, chances are you aren’t going to be using the App right away after you start using your new iPhone. You can reinstall the App once you’re ready for it after things settle down on your new device. (Another hint: This is a great way to do some house cleaning and delete Apps you’ve probably forgotten are on your phone.)

But what about my data?!? Well that depends on how your App stores and retrieves data. Some Apps use iCloud for storage. That data will in most cases still be in iCloud even if you delete the App. If the App uses its own storage in some other cloud, the same thing typically applies. If your App stores everything locally then this hint won’t work for that App.

If you’re unsure or confused, don’t delete the App. Better safe than blaming me.

CleanShot 2023 09 21 at 09 41 48 2x Apple also offers you an option to delete the App and save it’s data. You can find out the size of Apps and their footprints in General/ iPhone Storage.

I typically get rid of about 10-15 gigabytes of Apps and data before transferring things to a new device. That’s a real time savings in the transfer process. And I bring back Apps as I need them after things settle in.

If you delete some apps to cut down the time on transferring from old to new, and you are going to use the iCloud option, make sure you do a backup (Settings/iCloud/iCloud Backup) after doing so. What’s in your latest backup is what will transfer over to your new iPhone.

This tip can really pay off if you’re one, like me, who likes to pick up your new iPhone at an Apple Store. Apple Stores are fun places to hang out and check out new gear. Not so much if you’re stuck standing at a table looking at your old and new devices while your data transfers.

Even if you’re transferring data between phones from the comfort of your home the time savings can be real.

Sunday Morning Reading

It’s Sunday morning. So here’s some Sunday Morning Reading to share. There’s no theme. Just a collection of topics and writers that caught my eye and tugged a bit on the heartstrings.

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Chris Welch on The Verge lets us know that Samsung and NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art are collaborating and expanding the collection of art that is available to view in your home on Samsung’s Frame TVs. I didn’t know this was a thing. I’m sure some art lovers are glad it is. Would be nice to see this picked up by other museums and Smart TV makers. Check out Samsung Is Bringing Artwork From The Met Museum To Its Frame TVs.

On the politics beat, Susan Glaser pens The Rage of The Toddler Caucus On Capitol Hill. If they title doesn’t tell you what it’s about, you’re not paying attention.

When and why does time matter? Check out Philip Ogley’s The Clock Watcher. Make the time.

What happens if turbulence in the brain’s waves can carve indentations and pathways over time in the same way that water does in stone? Check out Newly Discovered Spirals of Brain Activity May Help Explain Cognition by Shelly Fan.

David Todd McCarty penned an excellent and very personal piece this week about his family coping with drug addiction and its aftermath entitled Bear With Me, I Want To Tell You Something. Beautiful stuff. Tough. Coconuts and plungers.

These are tough times to wade through. Ana Marie Cox says We Are Not Just Polarized. We Are Traumatized. I think she’s correct. And remember, cynicism is a trauma response.

A devilishly good piece by Natasha MH, In Bed With the Devil.

Mark Jacob in Courier Newsroom let’s us in on The Republican Trick To Spin Straw Into Gold. There are no surprises. But we all need to recognize it when it’s happening.

Changing the channel, M.G. Siegler takes a look at the end of the Cable TV bundle in Cable Bites the Dust, and predicts that we’re going to be bundling again as we continue down the path into streaming entertainment consolidation.

And as we head into a week when new iPhones are arriving around the world, finally equipped for USB-C charging, Jay Peters on The Verge writes an almost mournful obituary for the Lightning Connector in Lightning was Great Actually.

If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.

Apple’s iPhone Announcement Has Some Vision Behind It

Apple has announced new iPhones and Apple Watches for 2023. They look nice. They always do. Apple by and large held prices at the same level. There are improved cameras in the iPhones. There’s Titanium on the Pro models. The Apple Watches get a new chip set, more memory and brighter screens. There’s a new 3 nanometer chip in the Pro iPhones and Apple is working hard to save the environment and tell you about saving lives.

And it all sorta, kinda feels obligatory.

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Even coverage of the event and the devices feels a bit underwhelming. (Except for the derision being tossed around over Apple’s environmental efforts video featuring Octavia Spencer.) I’m betting the reviews will feel lackluster too. There’s a reason for that. Until at least “early next year” Apple’s vision for the Vision Pro and spatial computing is sucking up all the space, time and energy. What we’re seeing with this fall’s release of new iPhones and Apple Watches, and anything else that might come later, is merely marking time to keep the money machine churning until Apple flips the switch on its new paradigm.

Don’t get me wrong. The new iPhones and Apple Watches look like very nice devices. For those ready to upgrade or jump on the Apple bus for the first time I’m confident they will feel good about the devices they choose. We’re certainly not in any post-iPhone period. As I’ve said here and other places this is a mature product line and we’re seeing more iteration than innovation. It’s tough to make big splashes with iteration. And it seems like even Apple’s design folks responsible for colors are putting their focus elsewhere. For the most part, this is not going to change until after “early next year.” And maybe not even for awhile after.

But Apple did drop a few clues and if you’re paying attention it’s not hard to piece them together to suss out where things are headed.

We’ve become accustomed to the iPhone being the center of Apple’s universe. That will continue for quite some time to come. But in Apple’s universe the future belongs to spatial computing. No one knows when and exactly how that future will arrive, but Tim Cook is taking steps to make it possible. And we saw some of those steps and clues at this iPhone and Apple Watch event.

The first clue was lifting and refining the Double Tap gesture for the Apple Watch out of the Accessibiility options, where it has already been available, and making it a full-fledged feature of watchOS. The Double Tap got tent pole time at the event. And if you’ve been paying any attention at all to Vision Pro and spatial computing you immediately recognized that gesture from what Apple has revealed one of the ways users will interact in that new world.

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Another big clue was the announcement that the new iPhone 15 Pro models will be able to record spatial video. That only makes sense. Spatial video from what everyone who has demoed the headsets says is pretty amazing to view in those devices. If Apple meets its target and releases Vision Pro devices “early next year” with spatial video as one of the signature features it doesn’t want to wait until next fall to have an iPhone that can record it. Yes, you can use the Vision Pro headset to record spatial video, but just about everyone agreed that poor dad at the birthday party looked pretty darned creepy.

Applevisiondad iCloud storage capacity levels are getting a bump up to 6TB and 12TB (at a price). I’m guessing those spatial videos will take up quite a bit of room.

Apple told us up front in the event that the focus would only be on new iPhones and Apple Watches. The pre-event rumor mill had pretty much quieted down talk about new iPads and Macs, much less anything about Apple TVs and other gear. So this annual fall event happened in essentially routine fashion. No big surprises, no “one more thing.”

There are folks that think we may see another event this fall regarding Macs and iPads. But I don’t think so. We’re not going to see new Macs until after we see the Vision Pro released. The reason I think that is one of the signature features of the Vision Pro and spatial computing: the ability to see and work spatially with the apps on your Mac.

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I may be completely off base, but “early next year” sure seems like the perfect marketing one-two timing punch to sell newer Macs. I’m not sure how the iPad fits into that picture though. Which, as an iPad user is slightly concerning.

Spatial computing is the vision for the future. For better or worse Apple is taking us there. Until “early next year” things are going to feel a bit obligatory and routine when it comes to the current product lineup and maybe next year’s as well given that we probably aren’t going to see mass consumer take up of the Vision Pro in year one.

There’s nothing wrong with that. If Apple’s spatial computing bet on the future pays off then, at the moment, it feels like Tim Cook has timed this transition well. There are certainly enough iPhone users out there who will need and want to upgrade and there’s going to be a new iPhone every year going forward for quite awhile. But the vision is shifting and so too should our expectations.

The iPad Mystery That Isn’t Really a Mystery

Apple is about to unleash its annual storm of iPhone news next week when it unveils the 2023 edition of the computer that changed everything. There will be a flood of impressions initially, good and less than good, and we’ll be wading through high water right into the holiday season.

So why is it raining thoughts about iPads?

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Probably because it doesn’t look there will be much in the way of iPad news at this event. And from what we know of iPadOS the big news seems to be correcting the goofy mistakes made last year with Stage Manager. I also think that since this year’s iPhones and Apple Watches are rumored to be more interative than innovative, and much of the pent up energy is focused ahead to next year’s release of Apple’s Vision Pro, AND the predominant iPad rumor is that the 2024 iPad will feature big design changes, there’s room to kvetch a bit.

Don’t get me wrong about the iPhone. I don’t think iterative is a bad thing. The iPhone is mature platform. In and of itself that’s a great thing. But that doesn’t set the tech pundit heartbeats a-fluttering as much as the potential for bigger innovations.

Nature abhors a vacuum and so does the Internet. So why not talk about everyone’s favorite Apple mystery: iPad.

Why a mystery? No one seems to know exactly how to define this device. Including Apple.

Before moving on let me say this. I’m an iPad fan. I’ve owned most of them, currently the latest versions of the 11-inch iPad Pro and iPad mini. I use them both daily (along with Macs) for both work and play. I’m typing this currently on the iPad Pro while visiting family. There hasn’t been one too far from my reach since the first version. It’s my favorite work device and my favorite stall surfing device.

Here’s a quick summary of what some are saying:

Jason Snell of Six Colors kicked off this current wave by saying he’s Giving up the iPad-Only Travel Dream. He’d like to see the iPad capable of more functionality with Apple opening the platform up for developers and users to more easily extend it to their heart’s content.

John Gruber picked up and extended that argument on Daring Fireball.

Wes Davis on The Verge hammers the iPad sits in an awkward place argument.

Harry McCracken calls it a beautiful disappointment.

Jason McFadden asks the question Why do some want the iPad to be more than just a good tablet?

Denny Henke of Beardy Guy Musings thinks we’re perpertually moving goal posts in the discussion between touch-first casual users and power users who pound keyboards for a living.

I’m sure I missed a few.

None of them are wrong.

Much of the mystery isn’t really mysterious. It’s that there seems to be no Goldilocks answer. The pro-users want more and the extremes in that camp won’t be content until the Mac and the iPad are one and the same. In the middle, the iPad Air line offers most users much of what the Pro offers but holds back a bit. The iPad without a modifer offers even less, but compensates with a price point that makes it popular for those who just want to stream entertainment, do some browsing, FaceTime, or shut their kids up by letting them stream CoComelon.

And the iPad mini is caught somewhere in the middle. In my view the iPad mini is the most hindered by Apple’s attempts at segregating the lineup beyond size. Goldilocks might have called it “just right.” It’s the device I pick up the most.

Unless you measure success merely by sales charts, there’s nothing wrong with there being some confusing segmentation. On the other, what we currently know (and use) in all computing categories is constantly changing around and underneath our finger tips. Apple Silcon changed everything, including, I think, Apple’s plans. All you had to do was watch the “What’s a computer” commercials in the last decade to see where things seemed to be headed.

And if you think that spatial computing, the concept behind Apple’s Vision Pro, wasn’t in the works when those commericals were approved and aired, you’re mistaken. Whatever spatial computing is going to be it is going to profoundly change things.

It’s hard for the pundits when Apple’s cues aren’t easily decipherable. In my view it’s less, but still so for consumers. I’ve yet to read a review of any product in any category that calls it perfect without calling for more. Goodness knows how confusing things will be in the future if spatial computing’s future offers a lineup of products resembling anything close to current speculation, from contact lenses to powerhouse gaming headsets.

So I say enjoy the ride while the riding’s good. There’s no Goldilocks iPad for all. There’s no Goldilocks computing platform for all. There probably shouldn’t be and I hope that always remains the case. Niches can be nice. And besides, we’d all be bored and begging for more anyway if the game just stopped. Just look at the lack of excitement about this year’s iPhones and Apple Watches.

Sunday Morning Reading

Summer is heading towards Fall and we’re on lake time this weekend. So a shorter list of things to share. As usual it’s a potpourri of topics and great writing. Enjoy!

Mug shots were the talk of all the towns this week. David Todd McCarty takes a look at a bit of of mug shot shooting history in The Lost Art of Shooting Criminals.

Always fun to look back on the history of old school Chicago politics. Edward Robert McClelland takes just such a look back as he looks ahead in The Machine Has Given Way to Organizing.

This piece is a real pleasure from Natasha MH. Worth lingering over for more than two minutes. Check out A Two-Minute Pleasure.

In this world where the reliance on facts keeps diminishing Jonathan Taplin takes a look at How Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg and Andresseen-Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs- Are Creating an Autocratic Reality.

And if Autumn is approaching so too is football. David. K. Li takes a look back at the Supreme Court case that changed the game (or rather the money behind the game), in Meet The Man Who Thinks He’s Screwed Up College Football With A Supreme Court Win.

An another harbinger of Fall is the build up and anticipation of new Apple gear. Jason Snell takes yet another look at the never ending debate surrounding the purpose of the iPad in Giving Up The iPad-only Travel Dream.

If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.

A Possible Answer To Those Apple Migraines

I’ve written about what seemed like random issues with my Apple devices here and here. It looks like these supposedly unexplainable Apple Migraines might not be quite so random. At least of late.

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The issues are maddening. At apparent random times the Macs I use will disconnect from iCloud, losing the ability to Sign in with Apple Watch and jettison the Continuity features including Handoff and Universal Control. At times a reboot would rectify the problem. At other times not. I’ve spoken several times with Apple Support and they have no answer they are willing to reveal.

Recently though I’ve detected a pattern. Apple has released quite a few operating system updates in these last few months. Several of those were what Apple calls Apple Security Responses meant to fix security holes and are smaller updates. We’ve also seen two larger OS updates in recent months. If you follow the news you know roughly when these releases will drop. Regardless of type, the last five releases prompted an iCloud disconnection the morning the updates would be released.

I’d say it’s like clockwork, but that’s a risky statement. Stranger still is that during at least two of these cycles after installing the OS updates I got the alert that a new Mac had been added to my account.

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That notification haven’t appeared for the last three updates. I’d call Apple Support and talk to them about it, but that’s been proving to be a waste of time with this and other issues.

Apple just released what is probably the last major OS updates for Ventura and iOS 16 as well as their other devices. There may be more of those Security Responses before Sonoma and iOS 17 roll out in the fall. I’ll post updates if I see this behavior continue. Is this an answer? Probably not. But it is a clue.

In the meantime, it’s still catch as catch can when it comes to pinning this down conclusively, and as long as Apple Support remains silent on the issue who really knows what’s going on behind the scenes.

Sunday Morning Reading

Charisma might be the theme of some of this week’s edition of Sunday Morning Reading. Or maybe it’s our fasicnation with folks who seem to marshall it for mischief. The theme runs through a range of topics from Artificial Intelligence to the media with a few other subjects tossed on the reading pile. Speaking of charisma and mischief marshaling, these articles all came my way as we were absorbing the news of the Trump indictment this week. I wrote a little something about that here.

Om Malik stands as much in dismay as I do at how much time the media spotlights charlatans in Media and Monsters.

Joe Zadeh takes a look at the The Secret History and Strange Future of Charisma. It features this quote from Ernst Glöckner.

“I knew: This man is doing me violence — but I was no longer strong enough. I kissed the hand he offered and with choking voice uttered: ‘Master, what shall I do?’”

We’ve witnessed quite a few falls from grace this week. None more glaring than CNN’s Chris Licht. Mark Jacob in the Courier breaks down the difference between platforming and journalism. The latter Licht’s lickspittling helped slide further down the reputation damage scale.

Morality is declining. That seems to be something most believe at the moment. Data says otherwise according to Mariana Lenharo.

Jeff Jarvis followed a court case in which a couple of lawyers had to own up for submitting nonexistant citations and cases created by ChatGPT.

John Warner lays out an excellent long read on why Speed and Efficiency are Not Human Values. Yes, it’s AI related but you’ll also find a little Korsakov, Tolstoy and Prince in the mix.

James Grissom claims he received a phone call from playwright Tennessee Williams, who asked Grissom to “be my witness.” After a meetiing with Williams, Grissom takes the names Williams gives him and proceeds to follow the playwright’s wish: “I would like you to ask these people if I ever mattered.” Grissom turned it into a calling card, a book and a career. Lots of folks doubt the whole thing. Helen Shaw tackles the story in Did This Writer Actually Know Tennesee Williams?

David Todd McCarthy takes on our fascination with the unprecdented in America Grows Up.

Sabrina Imbler tells us the story of The Strange Case of the Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits.

And to end this week’s edition of Sunday Morning Reading here’s a piece by Melissa Cunningham about Jenny Graves. “Why are we still singing about Adam and Eve when there’s so much gorgeous science out thre is the world that explains our origins.” That’s the question Jenny Graves, an evolutionary geneticist, asked herself on her way to creating a libretto based on Joseph Hayden’s The Creation. Melissa Cunningham tells the story

If you’re interseted in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.

Apple’s Mixed Reality Reactions

As expected Apple unmasked its new mixed reality headset, now named Apple Vision Pro, at its annual World Wide Devleopers Conference this week. No surprise that the reactions have also been as expected with some giving new meaning to the old cliché about Apple’s reality distortion field and others being quite vocal with their negative reactions, especially as regards to that $3500 price point.

I’ve been following along with some of the bloggers and journalists who got to try the headset on, experience the 30-minute demo and I have complied a series of links to some of the reactions. Keep in mind the responses from those who got strapped in are somewhat akin to folks reacting to a trailer for a new film. Folks are responding to a canned demo, acknowledging that, and the fact that Apple has a lot of work to do before this thing debuts to the public supposedly early in 2024.

I’ll have more to say about it at some point in the future based on my thoughts to these reactions.

Matthew Panzarino in TechCrunch says Yes, Apple Vision Pro Works and Yes, It’s Good.

Jason Snell of Six Colors goes Eyes (and head) on with the Apple Vision Pro.

Joanna Stern in the Wall Street Journal had two reactions after the demo. “Wow. Very Cool” and “Did I just do drugs?”

John Gruber says the price might be an impediment to owning one. But the experience is something you’ll want to set aside some time to try it out.

Krista Jones in Esquire says she knew you could do futuristic FaceTime, but what she found the most interesting -shocking even-was how it made her feel.

Harry McCracken in Fast Company gives us three things he learned and three things he didn’t about the new gizmo.

Jason Hiner on ZDNet says Apple Vision Pro is far ahead of where he expected it to be.

David Pogue on Medium brings up a recurring theme I’m seeing among those writing about these first experiences that say the device felt heavy after using it a bit in the 30 minute demo.

Roman Loyola of MacWorld didn’t want to leave the demo.

And you might want to watch this video review of the experience from MKBHD.

There’s plenty more out there if you’re interested. There will be more digital ink spilled on this between now and the products eventual release than you can imagine. Bottom line themes I see emerging:

1. Amazing technology

2. Expensive

3. Weight is still an issue

4. Apple has lots of work to do before this releases and even more in the years ahead. They’ve staked out a vision and have the bankroll to advance it. It will be interesting to follow.

Sunday Morning Reading

Some complex, challenging, and excellent writing to share with you today covering everything from big picture politics to the small, media meanderings and meltdowns, and some interesting tech analysis heading into Apple’s big mixed reality headset announcement at its WorldWide Developer Conference tomorrow. Hope you find the suggestions fascinating. I do.

Chilling read. Ryan Busse, a former gun executive talks to ProPublica’s Corey G. Johnson about the danger of increasing radicalization in the industry.

The subhead for this piece, “The view from nowhere came from somewhere” should have been the title instead of The Invention of Objectivity. Regardless Darrell Hartman lays out a good read about how “objectivity” came to the New York Times. Subjectively speaking pretending that journalism can be unbiased is not a bias I subscribe to.

David Todd McCarthy walks along The Edge of Defeat in today’s political battles between progressives and establishment loyalists. Note: McCarthy is also setting up a new publication focusing on his political writings and musings called Rome Magazine. Also worth your time while the world burns.

Peter Turchin in The Atlantic adapts some of his book End Times (a good read) into an article called America is Headed Toward Collapse. He argues that history can show us how to muck our way through our present day “discord” as we have done twice before. I’m not sure history is going to be so kind this time around.

Anyone paying attention to the goings on at CNN leading up to and following the recent “town hall” featuring the conman known as the former president will find this behind the scenes feature by Tim Alberta in the Atlantic a fascinating read. The title certainly points to where it’s going: Inside the Meltdown at CNN.

Big pictures are complex. Neil Theise’s book Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Concsicousness, and Being tackles some of that complexity. In this article he lays out five key insights from his book.

Smart People are Falling for Stupid Lies by Kathryn Joyce in Vanity Fair is another article that racks the big picture political focus down to the view inside local battles in a specific county. These type of articles are enormously helpful in shedding light on the fact that the problems we face aren’t just top down but also bottom up, and how both feed the frenzy. Here’s another one from February in Politico about Ottawa Country, Michigan.

Om Malik tosses a bit of reality into the hype fire surrounding Apple’s headest to be unveiled tomorrow.

One more piece on Apple’s upcoming headset. David Pierce at the Verge says If Apple Wants Its Headset To Win, It Needs to Reinvent the App .I don’t agree with some of the things David lays out, but his central thesis is spot on.

If you’re interseted in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.

Apple WWDC Thoughts

Beginning June 5 Apple kicks off its annual World Wide Developers Conference, (WWDC). Apple will introduce new versions of its operating systems for current devices, but all of the excitement is focused on Apple’s AR/VR headset and the operating system that will run the thing. Mixed reality, augmented reality, virtual reality… who knows. I’m sure whatever it will be will somewhat unreal. I’ll certainly be interested to see how Apple tries to make it real, but it’s from a very backseat perspective. I just don’t see myself as being in the market for this kind of device/experience.

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Let’s face it, the next period of time is going to be focused very much on the headset and what it offers. Even though whatever Apple announces is probably going to be a years long effort towards what the product will eventually become. How that interacts with the existing ecosystem will be much more interesting for me.

To be honest, I’m not expecting much from iOS or macOS or any of their siblings. And I’m not sure anyone should. For better or worse these operating systems are quite mature. Sure there will be some new things, but for my money I’d prefer to see Apple keep tidying things up. Refining and striving for consistency are higher priorities for me than whiz bang new features.

I don’t have many big “wishes” for what I’d like to see. But I do have a few minor ones that would make my time in the orchard a bit easier.

Notifications are still problematic. Especially on the Mac. For goodness sake give us a button that allows us to bulk dismiss notifications like we can on iOS.

Last year saw some syncing up of features in Apple Mail between iOS and Mac. Keep it up. Also, make Rules work better and more consistently.

It’s time for a Clipboard Manager in the operating systems.

Bring Automations to Shortcuts on macOS.

Get rid of the consistent inconsistency with iCloud.

Fix Siri. Just do it.

The App Stores make much money for Apple and developers. It’s supposed to be a showplace. Clean it up. It should also run more efficiently than it does.

I’m hoping there will be some clarity and cleaning up of Stage Manager given that it feels very much like a building block for the AR/VR vision.

That’s it. That’s my wish list. Whatever reality we end up in after Monday I hope some of the above gets addressed.