Apple seems to have joined Meta in going down the productivity path, instead of catering specifically to the gaming market. The headset is controlled with a user’s “eyes, hands, and voice” instead of controllers. Expect advanced hand and eye tracking as standard. Gestures themselves are designed to be “subtle and natural,” and Siri also plays a part.

Users can utilize a variety of apps, and scale them to their needs. If you hate looking at your living room, “environments” can also be added to change your backdrop, and their transparency can be altered via a wheel on the headset. It also syncs with iCloud, and interacts seamlessly with the rest of Apple’s ecosystem. If you must have some form of input, Vision Pro will automatically connect with a Mac or iPhone, and can connect to things like keyboards via Bluetooth.

Apple has suggested it could particularly benefit remote workers, and people who regularly attend virtual meetings. The device also has a slim profile, which could mean it is comfortable to wear for extended periods. As current VR-users may know, this is vital when working in a headset for an extended period, or if you’re using one as a home entertainment system. 

As far as gaming is concerned, Apple did give a glimpse of some capability — however, there is nothing to suggest you’ll get a similar experience to the one currently offered by devices like the Quest 2 headset.

At WWDC 2023, Apple talked extensively about the storage expansion versatility of the new Mac Pro. It offers seven PCIe expansion slots, with six of them supporting the PCIe Gen 4 standard that is twice as faster. The I/O situation is handled by a total of eight Thunderbolt 4 bolts — two on the top and six at the back.

There’s also a trio of USB Type-A ports, a pair of high-bandwidth HDMI ports that allow up to 8K video streams, and a pair of Ethernet ports with a peak 10Gbps data throughput. You can hook up to six Pro Display XDR monitors to the new Mac Pro, if you desire that many screens on your workstation for some reason.

The Mac Pro starts at $6,999 for the tower setup, but if you want the rack-mounted format, you will have to cough up $7,499 at the bare minimum. A student discount brings the asking price of Apple’s updated Mac Pro to $6,599.

This is a fairly simple process, but bear in mind that you’ll need to empty out the device you wish to share and sync files to (rather than from) for this to work, so transfer or backup anything you don’t want to lose permanently.

1. Make sure both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
2. Perform a factory reset on your target device (i.e. the one you want to transfer or copy files over to).
3. Open the Settings (gear icon) app on whichever device you want to be your main source, and select your name at the top of the menu, then choose iCloud. You can see how much storage you have used versus what’s available at the top of the iCloud menu.
4. Select iCloud Backup from the menu, under Device Backups, then turn on the Back Up This iPhone (or iPad) toggle.
5. Select Back Up Now, then wait for the backup process to finish. This may take several minutes, depending on the number of files and amount of space required.
6. Turn on the new or factory reset device and follow the on-screen setup prompts, then select Restore from iCloud Backup.
7. Choose your recent backup and wait for the syncing process to finish.

Now both your iPhone and iPad are synced over iCloud. Any documents, photos, videos, etc that are created, saved, or edited one will automatically sync to the other with no additional input necessary.