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Apple Briefly Paused Work on New Features for iOS 18 and macOS 15 to Clean Up Bugs
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I thought iOS 17 was supposed to be a bug fix release but it’s been more buggy that iOS 16. Focusing on fixing bugs is something Apple has needed to do for awhile now.
guess what, just keep releasing security updates for the last version (iOS/iPadOS). Then people who wants the latest shiny can beta test jump to the next major release in September, while people who rather have stability can stay on the last version and upgrade next August, when most bugs are fixed.
Oh, and stop butchering macOS to make it closer to iPadOS
Oh, and stop butchering macOS to make it closer to iPadOS
If you want to save battery, open the dock (double-click the crown) and close all your apps by swiping them to the side and pressing the X button. Background apps may not use that much power, but on such a low power device as the watch, it makes a difference.
I think I know what happened. All senior executives got new M3 MacBook Pros recently and when they discovered they couldn't update to macOS Sonoma from macOS Ventura, they realized they needed to pause development on macOS 15 to fix macOS 14 bugs
About time! iOS 17 is a disgrace. I've never experienced so many bugs with an iphone before.
A one week sprint to resolve bugs is nothing. Sometimes, depending on the severity of an issue, it could take more than a week to fix a single bug. This is more for publicity reasons than actual code fixing.
Yeah I only had Lumy - which I removed.
First week with the watch - amazing battery.
Update to 10.1 - no problems.
2 days ago - all of a sudden the watch starts draining battery like crazy for no reason - nothing changed.
I removed Lumy - no changes.
I am loosing like 1% in5 minutes if I do something on the watch and 1% per 30 minutes in low power mode without doing anything.
I am beta testing things for about three decades now - started with earlier beta builds of Windows NT 4. And of all bugs I report about every week, Apple is the one that drags their feet the longest. I am seeing things being fixed with the latest OS which I reported back in the Beta 3 days. Other bugs are yet to get resolved - from iOS 16. I get it that fixing isn’t fun as bringing new ideas, but then I keep thinking “why bother with Apple”, if they have the tools and the resources, but opt not to act until egg splashed their faces.
Apple needs to get back to running a tighter ship with processes and procedures. Shouldn't have this kind of situation occur at a company of this stature.
With iOS 17 on iPhone 15 Pro, I can't use faceid if I am outdoors and the sun is out, even on an overcast day. At night, unless an overhead light is on or I am staring straight into a lamp with no shade, faceid doesn't work then either.
They need to fix Siri requests on homepod mini. I won't even bother anymore and will just use it as an audio output now. I counted 7 "Sorry something went wrong" responses last night but on iPhone it worked first time.
Need a lot more than a friggin' week!! Good lord.
More than likely Federighi was given less resources and less time than was needed. Apple is driven by the keynote date, not common sense. This problem is not Federighi it goes right to the top where resources are allocated and schedules are made. No one except an inept CEO or board member could be this bad at addressing bugs.
I recall a version of MacOS/System* from the pre OS X days that had an Easter egg "Rock Solid" with a picture of mountains, IIRC. It would be nice if Apple could have pride in their OSes again.
The people that understand the code are the people that created it. Not a bunch of foreign engineers that work for $4 per hr and that have never seen the code before. The poor code quality is Cook trying to get by on the cheap, nothing else.
They look at Android's features that are 3 years old and go, "Too soon, let's wait 2 more years." Then they add a timer, stickers, emojis, and some other half-baked trinkets while breaking the WiFi, the battery, and the phone's durability and claim that they've made the best hand-warmer ever.
As always in recent history, Apple is delusional about how big the problems are.
Nothing but 'Smoke & Mirrors'
Updated an iPhone 6s Plus to iOS 15.8 (released the end of October) last night and now the phone has NO SERVICE unless you are standing next to a tower.
And for some reason WiFi Calling becomes disabled when there is NO SERVICE even though the phone is connected to WiFi and can access the net.
I guess disabling the Cellular Network is Apple's way of patching security issues.
Updated an iPhone 6s Plus to iOS 15.8 (released the end of October) last night and now the phone has NO SERVICE unless you are standing next to a tower.
And for some reason WiFi Calling becomes disabled when there is NO SERVICE even though the phone is connected to WiFi and can access the net.
I guess disabling the Cellular Network is Apple's way of patching security issues.
