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",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-3895307176280767"},{text:"The current design is over ten years old, based on the confines of an app originally designed to play music and sync it to an iPod.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-11555892182514071"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-4265385437756777",textItems:[{text:"The integration of the Mac App Store could also be improved, with both receiving the better solution.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-2180552831850946"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-4263701210729778",textItems:[{text:"Lets look at the current applications in OS X, and how they share or separate particular concerns.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-8168415264226496"}]},{type:"unorderedList",identifier:"i-3647961630485952",typeGroup:"subsection"},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-039216314908117056",textItems:[{text:"Calendar: ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-6595514805521816"},{text:"View events, invite people to events, accept invites.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-5614441835787147"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-8651964280288666",textItems:[{text:"Contacts: ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-8112739401403815"},{text:"View contact details, add contact details for a person or business, share contacts.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-594559938646853"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-7597013413906097",textItems:[{text:"Mail: ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-9276231455150992"},{text:"View emails, receive emails from people, write and send emails to people. 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",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-0970490479376167"},{text:"If you imagine someone hovering over the app’s icon in the Dock about to launch it, they have something specific on their mind that they would like to do that is the core of the product they are about to open. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-6021934889722615"},{text:"Not iTunes.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-35048233228735626"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"subhead1",identifier:"i-15737607283517718",textItems:[{text:"How would OS X work if it was designed today?",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-07548680226318538"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-7812950711231679",textItems:[{text:"Incorporate the communication with iOS devices into the system. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-6728510863613337"},{text:"If OS X was being designed today, how would it integrate this syncing with iPhones and iPads? ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-11800639564171433"},{text:"How would services such as iCloud Drive be presented? ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-29571417858824134"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-179500512778759",textItems:[{text:"What would be the philosophy for files and content, would they brought together closer conceptually instead of being separated between Finder and iTunes device syncing?",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-8486942523159087"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-17853031726554036",textItems:[{text:"What would the default screen be that users would see? Would it be a desktop that they can place files and aliases on, or would it be something else?",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-799508759053424"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-36969215236604214",textItems:[{text:"How would apps be organised and opened? 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",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-5596797624602914"},{text:"On OS X the home screen is a grid of files – the desktop.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-11511455872096121"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"subhead1",identifier:"i-450586152728647",textItems:[{text:"Rethinking the desktop.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-8910582293756306"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-31130670034326613",textItems:[{text:"If the Desktop in OS X was redesigned, it could become a real home for what people are looking for. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-0023415274918079376"},{text:"A new desktop could put more emphasis on finding and opening something in seconds and less on traversing Finder windows.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-06994655961170793"}]},{type:"unorderedList",identifier:"i-8717771547380835",typeGroup:"subsection"},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-7638632638845593",textItems:[{text:"Unorganised files",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-14753814437426627"},{text:" like the current desktop houses now. ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!1},identifier:"i-7444752319715917"},{text:"These are files that were recently placed or are needing organisation. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-6289770125877112"},{text:"They could optionally be moved into a single button that sits on the desktop",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-16839294647797942"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-0007173491176217794",textItems:[{text:"Regularly needed files and folders. ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-19937454955652356"},{text:"These are often put in the Finder’s sidebar which is shared across all Finder windows. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-8031437031459063"},{text:"Why not put this on the desktop, under a button that requires a single click to view a list of favourite folders and files? ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-4198372478131205"},{text:"This would emphasise letting the user get to their most important files as quickly as possible, to be opened in an app and only viewed in a Finder window as a last resort.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-485611968440935"},{text:"",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-7858561389148235"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-12488015764392912",textItems:[{text:"Connected iOS devices. ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-6081483231391758"},{text:"They would all appear under a single button, which branches out into each connected iPad or iPhone. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-4678119574673474"},{text:"These devices can then have particular media synced across from the computer’s library, be backed up, or have files Airdropped to them.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-006196546368300915"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-5511616317089647",textItems:[{text:"External drives. ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!0},identifier:"i-24158512149006128"},{text:"USB drives, network drives, and floppy disks can currently be optionally hidden from the desktop. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-2552687267307192"},{text:"In this new system, they could return but under a single button.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-3077398408204317"}]},{type:"normal",identifier:"i-09260909166187048",typeGroup:"subsection"},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-7439695268403739",textItems:[{text:"The gesture to show the desktop (spreading finger tips and thumb outwards) could pop this ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-8048712590243667"},{text:"file launcher",type:"text",traits:{italic:!0},identifier:"i-9204605978447944"},{text:" out of the desktop, ready for the user to use.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-10383189492858946"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"subhead1",identifier:"i-07256867014802992",textItems:[{text:"Play controls in the OS X Dock. ",type:"text",traits:{bold:!1},identifier:"i-938909282675013"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-7844724438618869",textItems:[{text:"Like those that live in iOS’s Control Centre, controls could show the currently playing audio from iTunes, Spotify, or other media app. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-6467415525112301"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-2556283457670361",textItems:[{text:"These controls could live in between the apps and documents divisions as an extra section.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-6488075363449752"},{identifier:"i-29009291739203036",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Or they could appear as additions to the dock above the icon of the app currently playing. "},{text:"Hovering over these controls would show the title of the song and artist’s name.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-625629055313766"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-5607266898732632",textItems:[{text:"In fact, iTunes wouldn’t even have to be open for audio to be playing, simply select shuffle or a playlist from iTunes or another music app to begin playing.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-003573710098862648"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"subhead1",identifier:"i-5127866959664971",textItems:[{identifier:"i-6281963817309588",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Quicktime Player is now Videos"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-9463004823774099",textItems:[{identifier:"i-5364053710363805",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Like the iOS app, Videos for Mac would allow playing of user’s video files as well as iTunes purchases and rentals. "},{identifier:"i-7786240649875253",type:"text",traits:{},text:"A dedicated user interface would make this really nice. "},{identifier:"i-7155555079225451",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Airplay to iOS devices or Apple TV would also be built in. "},{identifier:"i-17015424300916493",type:"text",traits:{},text:"For pleasant watching on iOS devices with low storage, videos from the iTunes Store could be downloaded to a roomier Mac and easily pushed to an iPad or iPhone."}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-5290920399129391",textItems:[{identifier:"i-9230028006713837",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Separating the iTunes Store"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-6271470545325428",textItems:[{identifier:"i-7225610038731247",type:"text",traits:{},text:"I am not sure of the best solution here. "},{identifier:"i-20570866880007088",type:"text",traits:{},text:"One thing I think Apple may be wary of is integrating the iTunes Store too well into their operating systems, in case they get any Microsoft-style attention of enforcing a platform monopoly."}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-952610322041437",textItems:[{identifier:"i-025363543769344687",type:"text",traits:{},text:"One option could be to separate Music and the iTunes Store into separate apps like on iOS, however, also on iOS are apps dedicated to Podcasts and iTunes U. "},{identifier:"i-6598512553609908",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Assuming Apple would not want to also create dedicated apps, the playback of these would possibly have to be folded into Music."}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-09750262810848653",textItems:[{identifier:"i-9500956325791776",type:"text",traits:{},text:"Another option could be to have a music experience and a video experience in their respective new dedicated apps for Mac, each with their own way to go into their store like how iBooks switches between the local library and the store."}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"subhead1",identifier:"i-705711591988802",textItems:[{text:"Device backups in Time Machine.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-11981697613373399"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-30273630702868104",textItems:[{text:"The backing up of iOS devices would now live under Time Machine, with its System Preference pane being used to configure devices. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-6009768017102033"},{text:"The backups would by default only be stored on the Time Machine drive and not taking up valuable space on the Mac.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-11640861514024436"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"subhead1",identifier:"i-4199256596621126",textItems:[{text:"Finder favourites from its Dock menu.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-12315044761635363"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-23749346565455198",textItems:[{text:"Easily open any favourited files (which now appear in a collection on the desktop as well as the sidebar) from the Finder’s Dock menu. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-9632992064580321"},{identifier:"i-595431849360466",type:"text",traits:{},text:"This would emphasise the importance of this list of favourites, rather than using the desktop."}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-7653017756529152",textItems:[{text:"This idea is messy, maybe as messy as the current set up. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-23563463962636888"},{text:"My approach would be to prototype the above features and tweak and cut the ones that don’t work very well.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-7960382690653205"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-584804262034595",textItems:[{text:"OS X has introduced some features to make working with files easier. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-54095568950288"},{text:"I think these are poor solutions.",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-20278590125963092"}]},{typeGroup:"text",type:"body",identifier:"i-026599390199407935",textItems:[{text:"The All My Files feature presents a woeful experience. ",type:"text",traits:{},identifier:"i-39547748514451087"},{text:"The context of files is pulled completely apart, and rearranged chronologically by the time they were last edited. 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