Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Needless to say my predictions (http://macte.ch/mGHbx) on what would be unveiled at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference were off by quite a bit. I was (mostly) right about MacBook Air updates, the apparent demise of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion details and iOS info.

However, I had predicted a peak at a software development kit for the Apple TV (didn’t happen), as well as iMac and Mac Pro updates. There was no mention of the former. And I want my Retina display Mac!

Apple’s 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off Monday, and there’ll be a keynote at 10 am (Pacific). I’m expecting a big ol’ gang of Apple execs to be on hand for the party. So what will they be celebrating?

“9to5Mac” (http://www.9to5Mac.com) says that, in a first, Apple will update four of their five Mac lines. They’re probably right. I think we’ll see refreshes of the iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and, yes, the Mac Pro. (Sorry, Mac mini, you’ll have to wait).

An Apple patent (number 20120144330) for morphing an user interface control object has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Systems and techniques are disclosed for morphing a first control object in a user-interface into a second control object.