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# This Just In: Apple Updates
- URL: https://justincox.com/blog/2020/06/this-just-in-apple-updates/
- Published: 2020-06-29T08:21:01.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-17T00:21:13.000Z
- Description: Why I’m using Google Chrome again…
- Author: Justin Cox
- Tags: Tech, This Just In, #apple

## Why I’m Using Google Chrome Again…

Apple announced [macOS 11](https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/?ref=justincox.com) and [iOS 14](https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-14-preview/?ref=justincox.com) earlier this week. While the public releases are a few months away, developer betas are available now. When betas come out, I usually ignore the warnings and dive in headfirst, installing them on my computer and my phone. No safety net, no problem. This year I’m proceeding with a little more caution.

When [I changed careers earlier this year](https://psiloveyou.xyz/choosing-growth-over-fear-in-a-time-of-uncertainty-545fad5c8c54?ref=justincox.com), I entered the corporate world where devices are provided. For the first time in over a decade, I wasn’t using my personal computer for work. I unlocked the deep recesses of my brain and pulled up the muscle memory necessary for Microsoft Office and Windows.

As [COVID numbers continue to climb](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-florida-coronavirus-saturday-june-27-20200627-wlaxcvv6nvcennambcrod4qule-story.html?ref=justincox.com) here in Orlando, we moved into a hybrid work schedule. Half the week I’m in the office using a Windows PC and half the week [I’m working from home](https://writingcooperative.com/how-i-write-from-home-728f6d7eab01?ref=justincox.com) on my Mac. In order to keep everything in sync across platforms, I’m now relying on a number of non-Apple products — namely Google Chrome (?) and Microsoft OneDrive. I don’t trust either of these apps to work seamlessly on the latest macOS beta ( **OneDrive barely works as it is*), so Apple’s new features must wait.

At the same event, Apple announced a transition of its computers to Apple Silicon. Starting “later this year” Apple will once again produce the processors in its computers.

I purchased my first Mac in 2006 when Apple transitioned its computers from PowerPC to Intel. I bought the first [polycarbonate Intel iMac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac%5F%28Intel-based%29?ref=justincox.com), released around my birthday that year. If the rumors are to be believed, it looks like my next Mac might be the first [Apple Silicon iMac](https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/23/kuo-24-inch-imac-new-design-4q20/?ref=justincox.com), again, sometime around my birthday. This is the final eagerly awaited piece of the home office puzzle. Well, that and a number of things we need to frame and hang up.

When that computer is released, I won’t need to worry about installing betas of macOS 11 — it’ll come preinstalled. Will OneDrive and Chrome work? [That remains to be seen](https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-confirms-mac-to-arm-macos-will-look-more-like-ios/?ref=justincox.com). Either way, at that point I’m diving into the deep end of the pool.