macOS Catalina is the new name

iTunes

iTunes has grown too large from its foundation.

Apple Music, Apple Podcast, and AppleTV will be split out of iTunes. Allows the apps be faster.

Plug in your phone, and nothing happens. Sync options moved to the Finder

Podcast can be searched by keywords now.

AppleTv, just like the app on the Apple TV

Sidecar

Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac. Use Apple Pencil as well.

Accessibility

Voice Control allows you to control your Mac and iOS with just your voice.

FindMy

Mac and iOS

can find devices even if offline. Securely uses other iOS devices nearby to help you locate a device even if not online.

Activation lock – just like on iOS coming to Mac.

Screentime – links up with iOS to record your screen time.

Project Catalyst

Use iPad apps and help them come to Mac. Apple used this last year with Home, Voice Memos, News, and Stocks. They’ve learned a lot though.

Improve sidebar, text selection, and more over the apps from last year.

AR

Reality Kit – helps developers get into AR

Apple will provide images and more to allow developers to get into AR.

ARKit turns 3

People Occlusion – AR will be able to detect people better for motion capture or location based objects.

Minecraft Earth – Minecraft in the real world. uses AR to bring Minecraft into AR.

Swift

SwiftUI framework

designed to build better apps with less code. Allows the code to get updates easier, like when dark mode is added, you don’t need to change the code, it’s already in there.