New MacOS 10.14 features appear to leak ahead of WWDC 2018
It wouldn't be a huge annual trade show without a few appetite-whetting leaks.
Just a few short days before Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) kicks off on June 4, an apparent leaks points to some incoming MacOS updates. While there's surely more to be revealed, it looks like MacOS 10.14 will sport both a "dark mode" and an Apple News app.
The discoveries come from developer Steve Troughton-Smith (h/t 9to5Mac). He came across the new bits while he was fiddling around with the Mac App Store API.
Buried behind the scenes, Troughton-Smith discovered a 30-second preview of Xcode 10, Apple's forthcoming update for its OS development tools. View it right here.
The video doesn't spell out any major changes on its own, but eagle-eyed viewers have picked it apart already.
The dark mode in evidence goes much further than the currently available version of it on MacOS, where it only affects the dock and menu bar. If you look carefully at the dock in the video, you can also see an app icon for Apple News (it's the red-and-white one, between the camera icon and the iTunes icon).
The presence of a video preview in the Mac App Store also points to another new feature: App Store support for video previews. 9to5Mac speculates that this means iOS 11's App Store redesign is spreading to MacOS with 10.14.
The video also offers a first look at Xcode 10. Troughton-Smith helpfully plucked out screenshots from the video preview, which you can see below.
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With WWDC 2018 getting underway on June 4, you can expect plenty more Apple news to surface soon.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
