Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast chromatography column , which includes all the Apple news you miss last week in a handy snack - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we recall it go capital with a Monday dawning cup of coffee or tea leaf , but it ’s coolheaded if you need to give it a read during tiffin or dinner party 60 minutes too .
The shock of the new
Journalism , we are told ( believably not by George Orwell , but that ’s another story ) is printing what someone else does n’t want publish , while everything else counts as public relations . And under those term , the journalistic purist would probably have declined to write about theVision Pro developer labsthat Apple was promote fairly heavily last workweek . But I thought the program was quite interesting , and not solely in the personal manner that Apple intend .
First , the staple . The Vision Pro developer labs are a program of preparation , consultation , and evangelism sessions lay on for the multitude who will write the computer software for the companionship ’s upcoming mixed - reality headset . Developers who secure a post in the sessions get the prospect to assay out Vision Pro and pose inquiry to its house decorator , aid them to gain a more concluded understanding of how their software will work in that environment . InApple ’s ottoman piece , bighearted - name devs line up to testify that the sessions advanced their plans for visionOS apps and gave them Modern exuberance for the project . Job done , it would come out .
But here ’s the problem . If developers with proved commercial winner and extensive experience in the industriousness need their hand hold back in ordering to comprehend Vision Pro ’s potential — to appreciate , for example , that a spacial computer science interface is less restrain than a bordered screen — then what hope is there for the rest of us ?
Next yr will bea critical one for Apple , and Vision Pro is the keystone launch around which the company ’s next tenner will succeed or fail . The company is banking on practical and augmented reality becoming the next big platform , but it face the obstruction that most of its potential customers have had either spoilt experience with these technologies ( from prove out sweaty or downhearted - ray gaming headset , perhaps , or from observing Google Glass owners in the wild ) , or more likely no experiences at all . It ’s punishing to sell an idea this new and this unproven , and unlike the smartphone and the smartwatch , there ’s no predecessor equipment that acts as a gentle on - incline to the challenging concept of the mixed - realness headset . I ’m a full - time Apple - concentre technical school writer , and I do n’t feel like I understand what Vision Pro is going to offer , or how it ’s going to convert thing . Where does that leave the average member of the world ?
What Apple needs to do , of class , is get Vision Pro into people ’s hands . A vulgar theme of hands - on reviews ( includingours ) was initial skepticism trace by surprised exuberance , and the machine is evidently its own best salesman . But Apple ca n’t afford to invite us all to demo school term , which is why it ’s trying to generate second - paw hype by posting article about how much a bunch of software program developer sleep together theirs .
Foundry
Reviews corner
After 25 year andnumerous reinventions , has the iMacoverstayed its welcome ?
Roman Loyola excuse how he switchedfrom an iPhone to a Galaxy Z Fold5withan app and some mag tape .
Jason Cross outlinesfive iOS 17 featuresthatwon’t be readyfor next calendar month ’s launch .
How Apple’ssquare smartwatchmade everyone look dumb .
Apple isflip - floppingon California’s‘Right to Repair ’ bill .
The rumor mill
Did Applejust confirmthe iPhone 15 Pro’sAction clit ?
TheApple Watch Series 9may be abettor upgrade than you think .
Not so fast : The iPhone 15’sUSB - C cableis reportedlyas slow as Lightning .
You might require towait a monthfor theiPhone 15 modelyou really want .
TheiPhone 15 Pro Maxmight be named Ultraafter all .
The bestiPhone 15 upgrade?Longer people of colour - matched braided cables .
FutureApple Watchesmayeasily replacement colorsbased on your outfit .
TheiPhone 15 Pro , meanwhile , is set to total in‘Titan Gray ’ and blue , replacing gold and purpleness .
Software updates, bugs, and problems
A investigator has revealeda security holeinMac App Management .
OurSafari 17 superguideoutlinesall the new featurescoming to your Mac this nightfall .
chromium-plate on iPhoneis cause abottom address barlike Safari .
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