Macworld Friday they discussed with Phil Schiller, Craig Federighi si Bud Tribble, members of the leading team Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, about Mac, OS X and the iDevices that are so popular. Although none of the three wanted to reveal much about OS X 10.10, egg they stated however, that the future version of the operating system will differ from iOS in many more elements than in the past. Although the operating system interface will be updated and will have a "flat" design, the changes will not be as drastic as in iOS 7 and the final result will not be similar.
It's obvious and easy enough to slap a touchscreen on a piece of hardware, but is that a good experience? We believe, no. We don't waste time thinking, 'But it should be one [interface]!' How do you make these [operating systems] go together?' What a waste of energy that would be," Schiller said. But he added that the company definitely tries to smooth out bumps in the road that make it difficult for its customers to switch between a Mac and an iOS device—for example, making sure its messaging and calendaring apps have the same name on both OS X and iOS.
The managers claim that the experiences of using a Mac and those of one iPhone or a tablet iPad they are different because each one has its own interaction system with the user, so each of them must have a well-thought-out operating system that offers the best possible experience. Those from Apple openly criticized the implementation of a touch screen for laptops and the lack of popularity of these devices proved that for Apple there is currently no good enough motivation to launch a Mac in which we have a touch screen, or a iPad tablet with OS X.
"The reason OS X has a different interface than iOS isn't because one came after the other or because this one's old and this one's new," Federighi said. Instead, it's because using a mouse and keyboard just isn't the same as tapping with your finger. "This device," Federighi said, pointing at a MacBook Air screen, "has been honed over 30 years to be optimal" for keyboards and mice. Schiller and Federighi both made it clear that Apple believes that competitors who try to attach a touchscreen to a PC or a clamshell keyboard onto a tablet are barking up the wrong tree.
Apple has been developing for several months OS X 10.10 code-named Syrah and for now the company has improved the notification system using some elements of iOS 7, and the implementation of a compatibility between AirDrop for Mac and iOS is possible. Basically, we can expect new design changes for OS X 10.10, functions that will interconnect Macs with iDevices even more, but the operating systems will remain fundamentally different and this will not change.
