Apple Pulls Third Software Update in Past Month Due to Issues

[rjjacobson]

Well yeah it’s beta so you use at your own risk for sure. I usually never beta test watchOS but the official 11.0 release two weeks after my install on 16th started draing my AW Ultra 1 battery twice as fast as 10.x did which has been normal since I got my Ultra 1 year and half ago.

So I read that beta 2 of 11.1 still had drain but if by joining test I can tell apple about it and they will improve. So I reported beta 2 continued battery drain and it sent the phone/ipad and watch sysdignose files and with in hour it said known issue and lots of reports. When beta 3 dropped on Monday I installed and it has reduced the excess battery drain by 50 percent although still above the pre 11.0 official use I had on all the 10.x updates. So far I am not having the issues reported but hope it continues ok til beta 4

 

[mrhick01]

Hahah I thought that too yesterday but either way it’s prison fraud and many more criminal records do that on that position of CEO selling it before the ship sinks

Let's not do this.

The stock sales are scheduled beforehand. What's with all of this gossipy FUD?

 

[CouldBeWorse]

A shame that Apple Intelligence can't QA software.

In all seriousness, it sounds to me that Apple needs another feature light, bug fix set of releases.

 

[jonnyb098]

Seriously what the hell is going on with that team? This is legit concerning. And still nothing from them on M4 iPad Pro debacle nearly 3 weeks later.

 

[Cyberius11]

Probably a stupid question, but what watch face is that in the article picture?

 

[ignatius345]

This forced yearly OS update stuff is just a nightmare. It's all done to goose hardware sales, but I really wish they'd just release updates when they're actually ready instead of adhering to some sales calendar.

 

[Minato1990]

Omg are they still on their work from home ****?
However its a beta software it is what it is.

 

[dominiongamma]

People on here will defend it since Apple never does anything wrong.

 

[scrapesleon]

They must be hiring kids over there

 

[chrono1081]

They need to hire better people for the job

Not only is this a beta, the type of builds used to catch these things, but you can test all day every day until you're blue in the face and there's going to always ALWAYS be some bug that isn't discovered until end users get the product.

It's the nature of software development.

 

[Abazigal]

Things happen, Apple will get it fixed, and nobody will care or even remember that this was an issue in a couple of week's time.

 

[antiprotest]

Apple needs new leadership and a new culture.

And don't give me that, "Are you Tim Cook?! Do you run a trillion dollar company?!" No, Tim Cook might have been good for investors, but not for customers and users. I am speaking as a user.

Or, "Are you an Apple engineer?! Software has bugs you know. That's why they call it a beta?!" I am not an engineer, but I still have a right to judge as a user. I am not a chef, but I pay and eat, and I know when the food sucks. And their final releases still brick devices, so don't lecture me about betas.

None of those overused excuses and comebacks ever made any sense, and they are getting more absurd. Admit that Apple has a real problem, and it has been getting worse.

 

[BarrettF77]

This is making me want to get off the beta train for good.

There is no want, after the next .1 release I’m done with Apple betas going forwards. Period. I dont trust their testing process in light of the last month. It’s felt like walking a field of land mines.

 

[richardjhurst]

Bring back Johnny Ives and put him in charge!

 

[poofdadz]

Seriously what the hell is going on with that team? This is legit concerning. And still nothing from them on M4 iPad Pro debacle nearly 3 weeks later.

It's called beta software. Maybe Google "beta software" and you might learn something new?

 

[1JPK1]

It's called BETA software for a reason. Complaining that BETA software is buggy is kinda missing the point of BETA software!

 

[Entilzha]

Some major copium in this thread right now 😂

These mistakes aren’t just beta are they, there is a big problem with Apple right now.

And we think you’re going to love it!!!

If copium is accurately saying that beta software carries risks no matter how far along said beta is, then hand me all the copium in the world, I guess.

 

[1JPK1]

Some major copium in this thread right now 😂

These mistakes aren’t just beta are they, there is a big problem with Apple right now.

And we think you’re going to love it!!!

I never had any problem with any update on any of my family's Apple products (over 25 or 30 and over 80 updates). This is just the usual forum angst and disinformation that pollutes the internet. ARGH

 

[rjjacobson]

There is no want, after the next .1 release I’m done with Apple betas going forwards. Period. I dont trust their testing process in light of the last month. It’s felt like walking a field of land mines.

It is interesting testing developer 18.0 and then 18.1 on my M4 iPad Pro i have had few issues and I often test my iPad if i am iterested in testing some particular features. I even did 18.1 beta on my iPhone 15 PM since am not upgrading this year waiting for 17 PM. But betas are betas and we are testing to hopefully find these things. And I have my original pre beta iPad and iPhone OS’s backed up on my MacBook that does not have beta to be safe.

But there were two issues of major import that did not get caught:

1)Officlal 18.0 bricked some of the new M4 iPad Pros (I had no Problems with 18.0 beta on mine and now am using 18.1 beta on it)

2) As I mentioned earlier I installed WatchOS 11.0 official release on 9-16. It worked great ( I am using year and half old AW Ultra 1 I got at clearance at Best Buy few months before AW Ultra 2 was released). Then on the 29th of September 13 day after my install of 11.0 a significant battery drain started I found my trusty ole Ultra 1 was now draining twice as fast in a day . Before 11.0 I was getting 75 percent left after a 12 hour day before it went on charger and with 11.0 I was getting 35 percent left after 12 hours.

So because of number 2 I decided to try beta 2 of 11.1 even though battery drain issues were reported and sure enough drain I saw in 11.0 continued but I filed a reporte and they noted on feedbak many had reported so the bug wa getting noticed. Beta 3 came out and I had no problems on Monday and my increase in drain lessened by 50 percent but still not back to the pre 11.0 official level i was getting in versions of 10.x.

So there are issues with 18.0 iPadOS on some M4’s and for me and others issues with battery drain (and actually the chart in battery setting had issues) in WatchOS 11.0 official so these bugs were not caught in testing of 11.0 betas.

 

[antiprotest]

It's called beta software. Maybe Google "beta software" and you might learn something new?

Their final releases also brick devices. At least twice just last month, and many more times over the years.

 

[antiprotest]

It's called BETA software for a reason. Complaining that BETA software is buggy is kinda missing the point of BETA software!

Their final releases also brick devices. At least twice just last month, and many more times over the years.

 

[jarman92]

Some major copium in this thread right now 😂

These mistakes aren’t just beta are they, there is a big problem with Apple right now.

And we think you’re going to love it!!!

People in these forums make this same claim literally every year—Apple has big problems! Steve wouldn't have allowed this! Apple is doomed!—and the world keeps turning. Things happen, Apple will be fine.

 

[VisceralRealist]

B.E.T.A. = Bricking Every Time Always

 

[Analog Kid]

This is the third software version that Apple has pulled over the past month. In September, Apple pulled iPadOS 18 for iPad Pro models with the M4 chip after the update prevented some of those devices from working, and it also pulled HomePod software 18.1 beta 2 after that beta caused some HomePod speakers to stop working.

Pulling a beta is what betas are for. If the beta testing for iPadOS 18 were done better, they wouldn't have needed to pull the production release.

 

[FunkyTang]

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