iPad apps for Mac, iTunes shattered into Music, Podcasts, and TV, better security and privacy, Sidecar to turn your iPad into a Mac tablet, a ton of new and updated apps, including an all new Reminders, and Voice Control straight out of Blade Runner. This is macOS Catalina, now in Public Beta.
In 2007, Steve Jobs pulled OS X engineers off Leopard to help get the original iPhone ready for launch. In 2010, WWDC came and went with no mention of the Mac at all.
Since then, iOS hasn`t just gotten a dizzying array of new features while OS X — now macOS — has felt like it`s been left playing catchup — but Apple has introduced an increasing number of additional operating systems, from tvOS to watchOS to the brand-new iPadOS, and that`s not even counting the BridgeOS that runs the TouchBar or AudioOS that runs the HomePod.
And, yeah, iOS is based on macOS and everything since has been based on iOS, but that`s still a lot of software to develop, maintain, and push for...
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