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Apple WWDC 2020
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I thought it was interesting that iOS and iPadOS apps would be able to run on Mac.
I got the impression that Rosetta 2 would help with plugin compatible even as the apps themselves were native.
Still not clear if Apple is going to move to USB4 with the move to ARM. Connectivity might be a big pain point for Pros moving away from Thunderbolt. -
FCPX screen shots running under Big Sur on an ARM Mac. This shows the FCPX version of Adobe Premiere’s auto reframe feature using Apple’s “neural engine.”
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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From this screen grab I can tell that they’ve added a full audio mixing suite, support for Blackmagic Raw, a scrolling timeline, multi-user support and a completely overhauled key framing system!
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I’m not seeing these…Is this a joke?
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Sure. Right. If you say so. :/
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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I guess this will spell the end of the Hackintosh. It also would make me nervous about how long I could run an expensive shiny new Intel MacPro before having to stay put on an OS that worked and forgoing any software updates for popular apps as a result.
That said I think Apple are smart to do this move to ARM. Apart from having more control and lower power for laptops, it will annoy the hell out of Adobe, Blackmagic and AVID to have to support an OS running on very different hardware.
Meanwhile I’m weighing up my options to do a PC rebuild and maybe run Resolve on Linux. Apple is even further away for me as an option.
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[Oliver Peters] “OK, here you go. Big Sur is the next mac OS. Transition to ARM (Apple Silicon) is on. First ARM-based Macs and Big Sur will be out by the end of the year. Full transition to Apple Silicon will take about 2 years. All Apple apps (including ProApps) will be native.
“For me, I was deliriously happy with the Keynote.
First, FCP X (and the ProApps in general) got stage time!
To me that signals that Apple top management understands that they have a suite of tools that scale perfectly into the new WorkFromHome reality – and they are committed to those tools.PLUS, those tools (including FCP X!) were announced as being already actively ported to run on the new Apple Silicon! Which should put a huge NAIL in the coffin of all the idiots still thinking that “FCP X was announced with a 10 year life span, and that’s close to over and Apple will surely abandon it as unimportant to their iPhone sales.”
This was the POLAR opposite of that. The ProApps are CENTRAL to where Apple sees their hardware going! My take away is that the tool I love and that makes me a faster, happier editor will likely be around for the rest of my career.
This WWDC was an absolute HOME RUN for me because of those factors.
Features, shmeeshers. I can get features over time. FCP X has already given me huge boosts ion stability and efficiency, which drives my bottom line WAY better than whether or not I ever get DUP DETECTION. (nothing wrong with that, but it just ain’t “mission critical” which not crashing and being daily dependable totally IS.
I came away from watching WWDC as a VERY happy guy.
Creator of XinTwo – http://www.xintwo.com
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[Michael Gissing] “it will annoy the hell out of Adobe, Blackmagic and AVID to have to support an OS running on very different hardware.”
Well, technically they already have to do that on the Windows side between AMD and Intel CPUs, and NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD GPUs. Not quite as different, but still something that adds complexity to the development schedule.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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As a follow up, here’s John Gruber’s The Talk Show interview:
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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