The WWDC 2020 has wrapped up and it’s one of the most successful developers conferences Apple has held to date, despite being pre-recorded in front of an empty auditorium in the Steve Jobs Theater. We got to see a company firing from all cylinders as various executives demonstrated a bunch of cool new features in iOS and iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14. That’s not even mentioning the Apple Silicon announcement, strengthening your privacy across Apple platforms and a bunch of new APIs for developers, to name but a few.
Welcome to a new installment of iDownloadBlog’s Editor’s Desk weekly column in which we round up everything published on iDownloadBlog.com from June 22 through 28.
“Let’s Talk iOS” podcast: WWDC 2020 debriefing
In episode #349 of our “Let’s Talk iOS” podcast, Cody and Sebastien go over the WWDC 2020 keynote announcements and reveal the winner of the previous week’s fantasy draft.
Be sure to follow your hosts @Sebastien and @melvco and don’t forget to send a tweet to @LTiOS_fm if you’d like your question answered at the end of next week’s podcast.
Talk to you next week!
Wallpapers
iOS 14 stock wallpapers
As with all new versions, iOS 14 wallpapers for iPhone and iPad are included in the release. We have the six different versions ready for download right now, without needing to install the developer beta to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device.
macOS Big Sur stock wallpapers
Be sure to check out these 10 amazing wallpapers in macOS Big Sur, and download them right now for your Mac, iPhone or iPad in their appropriate resolutions.
Submit images for consideration to our wallpaper wizard Jim Gresham via @jim_gresham
News and rumors to keep tabs on
Check out our WWDC 2020 coverage and other stories we published in the past week:
iOS and iPadOS 14
- App Library brings better app organization
- Picture-in-picture comes to iPhone
- Messages gains pinned chats, new Memoji customization
- Resizable Home screen widgets are here
- iOS 14 brings support for wallpapers and new apps
- App Clips let you use apps briefly without downloading
- iPadOS 14 brings improved Search, widgets
- New iPadOS Scribble feature turns handwriting into text
- Incoming calls no longer take over whole screen
- Customizable defaults for email and browser apps
- iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 system requirements
- 12 cool new features in iOS 14
- 12 cool new features in iPadOS 14
- Back Tap lets you tap your iPhone for custom actions
- Sound Recognition brings alerts for fire alarms. doorbells, more
- Clipboard paste notification protects your privacy
- New Photos picker brings better privacy
- Satus bar indicator for when apps use your mic
- Another indicator for when apps use your camera
- AirPods battery notification
- Photos app now supports captions
- QuickTake and Camera toggles come to older phones
- Video: top 50 new iOS 14 features coming to iPhone
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watchOS 7
- watchOS 7 brings sleep tracking, handwashing detection
- watchOS 7 system requirements
- DRM audio streaming apps coming to Apple Watch
macOS Big Sur
- Apple announces macOS 11.0 is called Big Sur
- Messages getting search, Memoji editing, effects
- macOS Big Sur system requirements
- Network Utility has been deprecated
- Startup chime is back!
- 6 cool new features in macOS Big Sur
tvOS 14
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Other WWDDC 2020 announcements
- AirPods getting spatial audio, auto-switching
- AirPods Pro firmware version updated to 2D27
- Apple doubling down on privacy
- Updated CarPlay brings digital car keys
- Apple Silicon and ARM Macs go official
- New Apple OS betas available to developers
- HomePod getting support for third-party music services
- Developers can now challenge App Store review guidelines
- WWDC 2020 keynote replay available on YouTube
- Developers can access Apple U1 chip
- Apple revamps Game Center
- Safari adds Face/Touch ID support to bypass passwords
- ARM Macs won’t support Windows via Boot Camp
- Hand gestures bring screenless app interactions
- iOS 14 paste notification prompts TikTok to end clipboard snooping
- Craig Federighi discusses WWDC stuff with Marques Brownlee
Okay so TikTok is grabbing the contents of my clipboard every 1-3 keystrokes. iOS 14 is snitching on it with the new paste notification pic.twitter.com/OSXP43t5SZ
— Jeremy Burge (@jeremyburge) June 24, 2020
News
- Apple approves the Hey email app
- Refurbished 2020 MacBook Air models launch
- Apple is trying to sway former Apple Arcade subscribers with an extra free month
- Apple acquires Fleetsmith to boost enterprise efforts
- 7 Apple stores in Houston re-closing due to COVID-19
- 14 Apple stores in Florida re-closing due to COVID-19
- Microsoft permanently closing its physical stores
- Wireless CarPlay coming to 2021 Ford F-150 via SYNC 4
Rumors
- macOS Big Sur said to feature revamped interface
- Apple might rename iOS to iPhoneOS
- Kuo: AirPods 3 to have AirPods Pro-like design
- Kuo: First ARM Macs will be 13.3″ MacBook Pro, redesigned iMac
- 12.9″ iPad Pro with mini-LED in trial production
- iPhone 12 box may include 20W power adapter
- App Store rules may provoke US antitrust probe
- Skylake’s “bad” QA accelerated Apple’s plans to ditch Intel
- Barclays: no EarPods or charger in iPhone 12 box
- Some iPhone 12 models may have ProMotion 120Hz displays
Hollywood entertainment
- Julianne Moore joins Apple TV+ film “Sharper”
- Sci-fi epic “Foundation” hitting Apple TV+ in 2021
- Coming-of-age drama “Little Voice” coming to Apple TV+
- Murder mystery comedy series “The Afterparty” coming to Apple TV+
- Israeli psychological thriller “Losing Alice” coming to Apple TV+
Tips and tutorials to learn something new
Learn something new with our fresh tutorials:
- Cstomizing paragraph/text styles in iWork
- Setting default templates in iWork
- Use bookmarks in Apple Pages
- Using links in Notes
- Sharing Spark emails via links
- Using Smart Folders in Spark
- Creating movies with pictures in Google Photos
- Create animations with pictures in Google Photos
- How to install iOS and iPadOS 14 betas
- How to downgrade iOS/iPadOS 14 back to stable release
Don’t like the changes in iOS/iPadOS 14? You can revert to the stale release with out tutorial
Apps, games and updates to unwind
Check out these app roundups:
Jailbreak tweaks for pwned devices
Check out the latest jailbreak news:
- Checkra1n team gets jailbreak working on iOS 14 beta
- Sam Bingner teases Cydia on iOS 14
- Jailbreakers got their own keynote this week
- 13 iOS/iPadOS 14 features borrowed from jailbreak community
We’ve curated these new jailbreak tweaks for you:
- Arise: Automate your Lock screen
- Dots color: Colorize Home screen page dots
- Finical: Dismiss lingering Now Playing widget
- Green Potion: Potion-style battery animation
- Mavalry: All-in-one iOS customization
- Modern Battery: Upgrades battery indicator on notched iPhones
- Siri TTL: Timeout period for Siri UI
- Weather Plus: Adds dates to stock Weather forecasts
- XPad: Supercharge stock iPad keyboard
Your favorites?
Your favorite picks from the roundup?
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