June 3rd to 7th, 2019 Apple/Mac/OS X News, Tips and Tech Articles

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Apple unveils powerful, all-new Mac Pro and groundbreaking Pro Display XDR (pr)
New Mac Pro product page and tech specs (starts at $5,999 - 'coming this fall')
(Verge says based on component prices, it could cost $33K+, before factoring in 4 GPUs.
That's based on retail component pricing, not OEM volume cost + Apple's profit.)
BTW: The NVMe SSDs look like Mini PCI Express cards. (Wider than M.2 connector.)
Pro Display XDR product page and tech specs ('coming this fall')
$4,999 for standard glass model, $5999 for Nano-texture glass model.
The Pro Stand is $999, a VESA mount adapter is $199.
(Only Apple would make a Stand that cost $999. Someone will make a lower cost one.)
Pro app developers react to the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR (press release)
Apple previews macOS Catalina (10.15) (press release)
Highlights from WWDC 2019 (Apple photos)
Apple unveils groundbreaking new technologies for app development (press release)
- SwiftUI Framework, ARKit 3, New Xcode Tools Make Developing Apps Easier & Faster.
tvOS 13 powers the most personal cinematic experience ever (press release)
The new iPadOS powers unique experiences designed for iPad (press release)
Apple previews iOS 13 (press release)
watchOS 6 advances health and fitness capabilities for Apple Watch (press release)
Video replay of Apple Special Event (WWDC keynote)

VLC Media Player for Mac version 3.0.7 (OS X 10.7.5 or later)
Here's Mac related changes/fixes in v3.0.7:
- Fixes for UPnP on recent Macbooks.
- Fix video distortion on macOS Mojave
- Fix numerous security issues (1 high, 21 medium and 20 low security issues fixed).
Update: Version 3.0.7.1 released with v3.0.7 regression bug fix for macOS.
(More details on changes in all OS versions in the changelog.)
Catalina, Read-only System Volume, and HFS is getting out of the system business (Carbon Copy Cloner Blog)
Safari Technology Preview 84, with Safari 13 Features Now Available
"Safari Technology Preview Release 84 is now available for download for macOS Mojave. With this release, Safari Technology Preview is now available for betas of macOS Catalina. If you already have Safari Technology Preview installed, you can update from the Software Update pane of System Preferences."
Micromat MachineProfile 1.3.8 update (use in-app update check)
- Added MacBook Pro (2019) support.
- Correction to Mac Pro (2010 & 2012) for Maximum Supported Operating System.
- Updated machine and location identification strings.
- Other minor fixes and enhancements.

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