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Apple Releases iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 With Home Screen Redesign, App Library, Compact UI, Translate App, Scribble Support, App Clips, and More

I used to be able to see my alarms if I 3dtouch on apple calendar app and now it's gone. How can i do that or if i can still do that? In many ways iOS 14 is a downgrade functionally.
 
I spent 20 minutes organizing all my apps in folders, deleting the ones I don't need anymore, etc.

Then I thought "Hmm, done! Now let's put a couple of widgets"

... And when I dragged the widget out, it took every single app I had out of their folders, and put them by alphabetical order.
 
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AE_stc said:
That’s been my case since Catalina. I can’t use iTunes to connect to my phone with Mojave. Dirty pool on apples’ part
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I am at macOS Mojave, and my iOS 13 phone does connect with iTunes, where I do over-the-wire backups and sync my music.

EDIT: or, wait, did you mean it just started that behavior after installing iOS 14?
 
phgreer said:
Has anyone else had issues with the clock widget keeping time? It's like an old timey car clock. The widget actually loses minutes. That can get people in trouble when it's later than they think it is.
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No issue here. This was a problem in the earlier betas. If you haven’t already, try a reboot.
 
No app library on the iPad?? What the heck?? I nearly threw a Steve Jobs Tantrum! In what world does it make sense to have an inconsistent interface where you can tidy up all your apps on the iPhone but leave the icon dump on the iPad?
 
dmylrea said:
It's not an option if you can't turn it off.
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While that's true, it's still an option you don't have to use. On iOS 13, if I swipe right (swipe left? I'm swiping my finger right to left, but moving in the phone universe to the right. Which way is that labelled?) past the last page of app icons, I don't get anything, and that's where the App Library is...you don't have to go there at all.

Anyway, I have all my apps in folders and I rarely go in them: I use search as a launcher. The muscle memory is there, I probably won't use the App Library. But I will definitely reduce my home screen to just one (lightly populated) page without having to use folders or deleting apps...that will be nice!
 
trip1ex said:
well playing around with widgets nuked almost all my folders. Don’t try this at home. Too much a pain to recreate the folders right. I had everything pretty organized.
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This is why I took screenshots of my current organized setup as reference, I kind of fear that may get fried after installing 14. I want the new experience without confusion.
 
Only little thing I miss so far is the old Stock widget. I liked the old version where you could hit "show more" and it would expand to all your stocks. Now you only see 3 lines and when you hit it the Stocks the app opens. Not that big a deal but I liked the old version better.
 
Up Next is gone, Maps public transport service change widget is gone, app library is **** if i can't assign apps to proper categories. Still need 4 taps to delete a contact from contacts app. what the **** is going on. A few usefull changes and everything else is a ****ing downgrade.
 
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Fatboy71 said:
I agree.
People think Apple was perfect when Steve was in charge, but it was not. Like as been mentioned antenna gate is just one such example.

It's like when Steve quoted "who wants to use a stylus". I don't think Steve would have thought this now, with all the drawing capabilities of the iPad.
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I think what has happened over time is that the iPhone (and the Mac, for that matter) used to have to do a limited set of things. Perhaps at the time it seemed like it did a lot, but compared to now it was a very limited set of things. Comparatively easier to keep it bug-free (or bug-very-few). But as the number of things the phone does gets larger and larger, as the "surface area" grows, then it's tougher to spot and fix all the cracks. There are so many things that interact with each other now, so many combinations of things that have to be checked. It seems like an overwhelming job now.
 
So does iOS 14 no longer rotate the home screen to portrait mode? I dock my iPhone 8 Plus in portrait mode and the home screen no longer seems to rotate. Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Frustrating if this functionality was removed, as it hobbles my phone in functionality. If I had known this, I would have stuck with iOS 13. Also, I don't care for the widgets as they take up too much screen space and lack useful customization (ie take up one row of icons as opposed to two and/or fit more information in the 2x2 tile). They were fine being on their own page one swipe away.
 
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Can iOS 14 still connect to iTunes on High Sierra?

Edit:
Apparently there can be a problem and following could be a solution:
Quit iTunes. Launch this iTunes installer with iPhone plugged in:

Download iTunes 12.8.3 for Mac - Apple Support

This update resolves an issue that may prevent iTunes from playing media to third-party AirPlay speakers. It also includes minor app and performance improvements.
support.apple.com support.apple.com
A dialogue should appear similar to "Start download for compatibility with this iPhone"
Confirm. Continue until finished. Launch iTunes.

Edit:
For most of us it connects flawlessly:
forums.macrumors.com

iOS 14 devices with macOS High Sierra 13.6?

Same here with iPad. No further compatibility update with iPhone.
forums.macrumors.com forums.macrumors.com
 
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--R0B-- said:
Yes. I backed it up before the update but now it won't restore, says unknown error 21.

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Did you try turning off the phone and shutting down iTunes? Apples "help" says to reboot the computer, but just quitting everything finally broke the 'circle of death' for me. At some point one of the dialog boxes gave me the option of restoring or updating. I think I picked restore, but then didn't really restore it from backup, but told it to set it up as a new phone. I didn't know if something in the backup was going to start the cycle all over. I may still try to restore from update, but mine just had music and some apps that I can just reload.
 
otternonsense said:
Really though, this is the worst wallpaper collection of any iOS to date. Who needs all these blobs, flat rainbows and funeral flowers?! Even my 2005 Nokia had better wallpapers, damn.
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They don't offend anyone...well...except people with taste, but that kind of offense don't count.
 
Y014951 said:
Well, I‘m not quite sure about this and I am not a developer but I believe Apple did this...

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Exposure Notification - Apple Developer

The ExposureNotification framework is designed to help governments and public health authorities reduce the spread of COVID-19 through contact tracing, with user privacy and security core to the design. Find reference documentation, detailed specifications, and source code for the...
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uh....

hmmmm....

off to look at code...

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CPx said:
If I'm not mistaken, I don't think you can add widgets directly to the iPad home screen. They need to live within the today view panel thing (it should be noted you can permanently display the today view panel).
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No, you are supposed to be able to add them to the Home Screen. When I initially set up as a new device widgets on the Home Screen worked. Now that I’ve restored from a backup it doesn’t
 
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