Apple’s recent software development delay underscores the need to get ambitious 2024 updates right. Also: Initial thoughts on Apple’s latest MacBook Pros and iMac, and what an M3 Ultra chip could look like.
  • heyitscjjc@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I always feel like when there’s a major overhaul happens in iOS, expect it to only be stable on the next major version.

    It has always been this way since iOS 7. Though, when iOS 11 was released, it was buggy as hell. They then decided to highlight stability on the next version 🤣

    • Quajeraz@alien.topBEnglish
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      2 years ago

      "i UsE aPpLe FoR tHe StAbIlItY aNd ReLiAbIlItY. iT jUsT wOrKs WhEn I wAnT iT tO

    • 21Shells@alien.topBEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Tbf this goes for most updates to IOS (and most other operating systems) that are feature updates. Thats why they dont encourage you to move onto the next version until the first security updates come out. I believe when IOS and IpadOS 17 came out I had to go out of my way to select an option that allows you to update to 17.0. The only operating system where this wont be true will be some Linux distros like Debian where its thoroughly tested before any features are added, this means you only get one update every few years though.

    • Jordan_Jackson@alien.topBEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Man, the betas for iOS 11 were so buggy that I couldn’t even count them all. It only got good about halfway through the beta cycle. This years and last years beta cycle gave me no problems in contrast.

    • DrinkingBleachForFun@alien.topBEnglish
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      2 years ago

      They do this with macOS too. For example Lion -> Mountain Lion, or Yosemite -> El Capitan.

      I think that macOS releases that focus on “stability” have some permutation of the previous release’s name. For example, Mountain Lion still has “Lion” in the name, and “El Capitan” is a formation within the Yosemite national park.

  • favicondotico@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If the company continues to double both the CPU and graphics configurations with the Ultra, we’re looking at a Mac chip that tops out at an outrageous 32 CPU cores and 80 graphics cores. And as Apple steps up the memory, you could imagine an option with 256 gigabytes.

    Sounds like it’s going to be a beast. Imagine what the next step up from Ultra could be…

  • BRI4NK@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    As a long time Apple user, I would be happy with a year of stability prioritization. It has been rough since iOS 16.

  • TrevorAlan@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Meanwhile iOS 17 just came out and people are still on iOS 16 or 15 because updating is too much work and scary and makes things “worse” somehow.

    IDK why we have to have news of the next years things now, hate the news cycle.

  • SillySoundXD@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    As if iOS 17 brought anything useful other than Bugs the only good thing on 17 is the possible preparation for Sideloading in the 17.2 beta.

  • DLiltsadwj@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    All that’s cool, but are they going to give me a way to remove the camera and flashlight from the lock screen? It must take some heroic effort to do it.

  • Professional-Dish324@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I wonder if this is the first year that we’ll see iOS 18 for new devices only?

    TLDR: If Apple attempts to launch iOS 18 with a ‘transformer Siri’ on a range of older devices in September, it’ll likely be a buggy disaster.

    So perhaps we’ll see:

    - New iPhones get iOS 18 with the ‘ambitious’ transformer AI / Siri stuff (which is obviously what this is).

    - With older devices on iOS 17 getting new features that aren’t dependent on this.

    AND/OR

    - A staggered release, with iOS 18 gradually being made available for older devices as it becomes more optimised and stable.

    You could imagine them doing the same for iPadOS and macOS too & for macOS, making the next version Mx processor only.

  • 12InchPickle@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    How about they focus on fixed their OS and not releasing more features? I still can’t use the reminder widget since iOS 17.