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Apple Releases iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 With Home Screen Customization, App Locking, Passwords App, Messages Updates and More
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At a bare minimum, they need to increase the free tier. 5GB is a joke these days. Not to mention Google has been 15GB for many years.
The main reasons I upgraded (IP15 Pro Max)
1 RCS - turns out it isn't supported by my Carrier (not Apples fault and they probably don't really care). So Currently unusable.
2 The hype surrounding the new Photos App - What a mess. it doesn't make any sense at all. Thankfully the macOS version is still usable.
3 Passwords App - Yay! Finally something I can use
1 out of three aint bad by Apples modern standards. Played around with the Home Screen customisations for about 5 minutes and just set it back to the default - it's a gimmick. Control Center seems a bit chaotic. I do like the App ordering in Settings. Much easier to find what you're looking for. iCloud+ page presented quite well but not sure about that Subscriber badge in the top corner - unnecessary. Require Face ID setting by App is useful.
In summary, the little changes make the upgrade worthwhile, but it could almost have been a dot release.
1 RCS - turns out it isn't supported by my Carrier (not Apples fault and they probably don't really care). So Currently unusable.
2 The hype surrounding the new Photos App - What a mess. it doesn't make any sense at all. Thankfully the macOS version is still usable.
3 Passwords App - Yay! Finally something I can use
1 out of three aint bad by Apples modern standards. Played around with the Home Screen customisations for about 5 minutes and just set it back to the default - it's a gimmick. Control Center seems a bit chaotic. I do like the App ordering in Settings. Much easier to find what you're looking for. iCloud+ page presented quite well but not sure about that Subscriber badge in the top corner - unnecessary. Require Face ID setting by App is useful.
In summary, the little changes make the upgrade worthwhile, but it could almost have been a dot release.
You could do that before by hitting the "Edit" button on the top right of the Wi-Fi settings screen.Unexpected (to me) benefit of the password manager app: you can *finally* see and "forget" Wifi networks that you previously connected to without being in range of the network. I was able to clean out more than a dozen hotel Wifi networks alone.
Funny thing is I just discovered the edit button under wifi settings yesterday when I was on 17.6.1 I dont know how long its been a feature where u can look at all your wifis but I like it. I dont use the password app cuz I have everything written down.
I had a quick Google...looks like it was added with iOS 16.
Does anyone on iPhone 15 Pro Max have an iOS 17 vs 18 Geekbench, an hour or so after updating to 18?
iOS 17.6.1, 15 Pro Max
CPU
Single:2962
Multi:7463
GPU Metal 27508
iOS 17.6.1, 15 Pro Max
CPU
Single:2962
Multi:7463
GPU Metal 27508
And the Messages and Mail synching glitches that came with same.
I agree. But 50GB for 99 cents a month is a pretty good deal. That’s practically free.
Oh dang had no idea. Thats good they kept that feature in ios 18 even after i deleted the password app.
That's a shame. I'd most want to use the Journal app in the evening when I'm winding down for the day, and when I get home I put my phone on the wireless charger and use my iPad exclusively. I'm amazed Apple still haven't brought it across with iCloud syncing.
I Just bricked my ipad M4 bahaha
Tried to perform a clean ios 18 installation, thing just froze.
Freaking Apple now belongs to the toilet imo.
Update:
For those with bricking issues try:
support.apple.com
Worked for me.
update: no it didn't (well it did partially) next step was to downgrade to iPadOS 17.
Tried to perform a clean ios 18 installation, thing just froze.
Freaking Apple now belongs to the toilet imo.
Update:
For those with bricking issues try:
If you can't update or restore your iPad - Apple Support
You can put your iPad in recovery mode, then restore it using your computer.
Worked for me.
update: no it didn't (well it did partially) next step was to downgrade to iPadOS 17.
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I saw that it might take a while to show up, I am updating HomePods now so haven't been able to test yet and it wasn't there on the 18.1 beta on the phone with 17 on the homepods.
I was most looking forward to getting rid of the camera icon on the Lock Screen, which had a nasty habit of activating itself accidentally while in my pocket, thus turning it into a miniature heating device. After this update… success! I replaced it with a link to the calculator. Much less dangerous.
If a hard reset does not work take it to the Apple store. I had the same issue (see above) and Apple is going to replace mine.
I actually think it’s much later, march or April. Or maybe it’s the AI use of Siri.
What’s the point of RCS? I’m testing with my husband and Tapback reactions still show up as “…loved an image”. UGH
If he has a android when u text from your iphone it will show on your end that he read the text and that hes writing back
Well that part is great, but I thought it also supported Tapback reactions