Skimming over the various announcements:

- The Apple File System (http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/13/apple-file-system-apfs/). Optimized for SSD, encryption built-in, "scalable". Is this the ZFS replacement we've been waiting for? Seems not, but at least something is happening.

- All sorts of new integration between iOS and Mac devices (e.g., a "universal clipboard" cut-and-paste from one to the other, Siri on the Mac desktop)

- They've also got some sort of proximity sensor (Bluetooth-based?) so when you walk up to your Mac wearing your Apple watch, you're automatically logged in

- Assorted app redesigns (e.g., new Music app to replace iTunes) with design language that looks a lot like Google's Material Design

- "Swift Playgrounds" to help kids learn to program on an iPad

So far as I can tell, there wasn't any sort of new hardware announcement. Many of Apple's new software features have strong analogs in the Google universe and if you're the sort of person who keeps your life in the Google/Android universe, the new OS X features really don't all all that much to what you've already got.

Oh, and it's not "OS X" any more. It's "macOS".


Overall, this is great if you're deeply into the Apple ecosystem (iCloud, iDevices, etc.). For me, the big news is a new filesystem. The rest? Doesn't change much.