Some people think so.
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WWDC-Sherlock Edition.
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You can access anything on your iphone via your Mac, so long as it’s close. One of the first thing that popped into my head was Whatsapp which doesn’t work on Mac or iPad but is the way I keep in touch with my closest friends.
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As you and others have responded, I’m beginning to see the merits. That said, I think it increases the temptation for people to mess with things on their phone inconspicuously while in meetings.
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As I feared, this model (from 2017) is dropped 
Either I’m entirely biased, or Victor Tangermann is, or he did not watch the same keynote I did. His analysis is superficial at best. Apple’s AI presentation involved much more than Chatbot and image generation. or much more likely, this is merely Clickbait.
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Until recently I worked as an iOS developer for a company that has several iPhones connected to a Mac in a lab, to automatically test their software whenever a new build is made. The Android developers could remotely log in into that Mac and then use scrcpy to control their Android phones, so I guess the remaining iOS developers are pretty happy with this new feature.
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There’s a MacOS WhatsApp application which works independently of the phone.
I don’t think Apple AI is offering anything new as such, but it does look very well integrated across the OS… which they had to do to compete with Microsoft and (probably) Google. They’ve done well to (as you expect from Apple) make it look stylish.
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iPhone mirroring is one of few features I thought I could use. It basically lets me run all iPhone apps on my Mac. Now my question is will it work with my older Intel Macs or do I have to spend thousands to get the new features?
Frankly I’m surprised that this feature (as well as the iPad screen sharing) took so long to arrive. Macs have been able to do this between each other for many years, and in fact they actually remove the screen sharing (I think it was called Back To My Mac) years ago because of security concerns. I used that to assist my father when he was in his upper 80’s back around 2010.
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IMO this is clickbait. But Apple Intelligence does look like it could be a consumer only product. If it doesn’t work with enterprise/business software and data located on servers/cloud that could give Co-Pilot PCs an advantage over the Mac.
But if AI causes increased iPhone sales that would more than make up for any lost Mac business.
That is a fair point, but I always view Apple services and products as primarily consumer oriented, so I seldom think in terms of enterprise solutions.
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Same for me - for now. One of the reasons I’ve stuck with 1Password are Vaults, and the ability to store more than just passwords - I also keep device keys, software keys, etc. along with my passwords.
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Definitely the worst Keynote I have ever seen. They really need to intro hardware at each gathering because let’s face it, Apple’s software is not that exciting.
I put the beta on my old M1 iPad. The voice transcription in notes and voice memos is really sweet.
I wasn’t holding my breath that Apple would apply a ton of changes to iPadOS, but I was hoping for more. It’s perplexing how small the changes are year over year. However, part of me thinks they’re banking on AI taking over traditional computing. Maybe we’re at the beginning stages of AI sorting and calling up our files instead of us using a traditional file system. It’s all a bit strange. But the handwriting features are interesting.
Is there a clipboard in iOS yet?
This was hilarious, and without suggesting more from your pithy comment, it led me to an observation about apps. The blogosphere, and even people in this forum, has been absolutely frothy about the “lack” of a calculator app (even though there are plenty of developers who make solid calculator apps—e.g., PCalc.). Now Apple introduces one and, sure enough, it has sherlocked a 3rd Party developer. I’m not sure how I feel about the sherlocking issue, but I am of the general mindset that it’s better for Apple not to compete with its developers. I am not drawing any conclusions, save for this: the clamor for a first-party solution to a problem nearly always results in the sherlocking of a third-party solution to that same problem.
There would be no math notes in Apple Notes without Apple doing this, of course. But wouldn’t it be cool if app developers were enabled to create extensions to system tools—like Notes—that would allow these creators to fill in functionality like this, rather than Apple having to do it all? Soulver might have been able to fill this gap some time ago if such flexibility existed. Maybe it’s not a great idea, but it does strike me that a motivated third-party developer that offers a specialized app will maximize the functionality of it’s tool in a way that the systems designer can’t. Apple cannot focus intently on every nook and cranny of the system and its universe of apps.
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The voice transcription in notes and voice memos
This will be handy in my meetings!
RANDO THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S APPLE NEWS
AI? I guess it’s cool, but none of the demos I’ve heard about look all that interesting. If Siri is better able to understand what I tell it to do, that would be a breakthrough. If I say, “remind me to… “ Siri should know that I want it to add a reminder to Omnifocus, not Reminders. I don’t use Reminders.
AirPods are getting the ability to respond to Siri shaking your head. That sounds useful. I wonder whether my four-year-old Airpods Pro will support that.
Apple is bringing automatic window tiling to Sequoia. I’ve been happy with Raycast for that but we’ll see what Apple does with it.
Standalone Passwords app? Yes, please. We’ve never been able to get 1Password family sharing working right.
New photo search and magic eraser look interesting. Yes, I know Android has had those things for a while.
The ability to mirror the iPhone on the Mac seems great, but I wonder whether I would ever use that.
The iPadOS update is disappointing. I’m far from the first person to point out that the iPad is Maserati-class hardware paired with a 1968 Volkswagen operating system.
The customizable control center on the iPhone looks nice. Voice memos app including transcriptions, and the ability to record calls and transcribe them can be extremely useful in my line of work; I currently rely on pricey third-party services for that kind of thing.
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