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Apple overhauls Mac App Store to try to get you to actually use it

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has struggled to get people to use its Mac App Store to find and install software, but the company hopes an overhaul will help. The new Mac App Store, unveiled Monday at Apple’s developers conference, will come …

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MacOS Mojave adds Dark Mode and Desktop Stacks at WWDC 2018

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s latest operating system for Macs is on its way.  The company on Monday announced the newest version of its MacOS software, called Mojave, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. Now playing: Watch this: WWDC 2018: Best new iOS …

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Apple’s Stocks, Voice Memo apps will be available for iPad, Mac

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple will make its Stocks and Voice Memo apps available for the iPad and Mac, company executives announced at WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference that kicked off today in San Jose.  The company also announced updates to the apps. Stocks will now include business …

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iOS 12 turns your iPhone into a virtual tape measure

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple shows new Measure AR app 1:22 Augmented reality was one of the first topics Apple tackled at its yearly WWDC keynote on Monday, with new ARKit2 features in iOS 12 designed to help people put the technology to …

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Trust me, the favicons in MacOS Mojave will make you like Safari better

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has a slew of new features coming with MacOS 10.14 Mojave — a dark mode, stacks to organize files, the terrific screenshot tool already iOS, a gallery view in Finder, and even the ability to run iOS apps on your Mac. Fine, great, whatever. For …

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Apple Watch’s Siri watch face getting smarter

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has some new features for its Siri watch face on the Apple Watch. The Siri watch face, first introduced last year, brings a handful of the voice assistant’s features right up front on your Apple Watch, providing your calendar, reminders and commute times. …

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Apple WWDC 2018: App Store yielded $100 billion for app makers

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The App Store is about to turn 10 years old, and so far, it’s paid out some big bucks to software developers.  Revenue for iOS developers is $100 billion so far, said CEO Tim Cook at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, …

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Original Apple Watch won’t get WatchOS 5 update

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Traditionally, gold watches are heirlooms that never go out of date. The 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition, however, is now officially behind the times.  According to Apple (via Kyle Seth Gray on Twitter) the original first-generation Apple Watch, gold or otherwise, won’t get …

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Apple’s new ARKit has multi

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is getting more serious about augmented reality. The company on Monday announced a new version of ARKit, Apple’s set of tools that let developers create augmented reality apps for iPhones and iPads. The updated version will have multi-user functions, so more than …

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Apple definitively confirms iOS and MacOS will not merge

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: MacOS and iOS are definitely not getting together, or… 1:12 Apparently, Apple’s been asked this question a lot: “Are you merging iOS and MacOS?” At the company’s WWDC, Senior VP Craig Federighi wanted to tackle it head-on, saying, “I’d …

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