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Apple Releases iOS 8 Beta 5 to Developers

Did a "reset network settings" on my phone, and when it came back up I was prompted to confirm I wanted my other devices to use my phone as an SMS relay. Not seen that before.
 
Google Sheets allows me to open and edit a sheet now for the first time since I got iOS 8 beta.
 
AppleFan91 said:
So dumb question. But I thought the icloud drive was going to be like a preinstalled app that was basically a file manager in the cloud similar to Google Drive or Dropbox. Is that not the case?
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No, iCloud drive isn't an App. All of your existing documents in iCloud will move in to app folders in iCloud drive (e.g. ICD/Pages/mydoc.pages).

The difference is that you will be able to save files anywhere in iCloud drive; not just in a specific app folder. Apps can access files in any iCloud drive folder; not just their own app folders. So basically it does work like Dropbox, but it's built-in and there's no central Finder/explorer management app. You just see an iCloud drive panel when you want to open a file, and you can select anything using that panel.

I'm not sure about saving - I suppose it's up to the App to decide whether to put it in an app folder or to give you a save panel where you can create directories, etc.
 
Updated WI-FI CALLING

When wifi calling is enabled it now says T-Mobile WIFI and you can place and receive calls with cellular turned off. I think wifi calling is going to save alot of money for people who travel and take a load of cell networks.
 
New iCloud Photo Library settings.

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Almost certainly not the final beta. The Swift language and its interoperability with APIs (Cocoa, Sprite Kit, etc.) still have a TON of issues, including some fairly major ones (and this is including the changes in this beta). They are making some progress, but there will be a few more betas, at least IMO.
 
HiRez said:
Almost certainly not the final beta. The Swift language and its interoperability with APIs (Cocoa, Sprite Kit, etc.) still have a TON of issues, including some fairly major ones (and this is including the changes in this beta). They are making some progress, but there will be a few more betas, at least IMO.
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i agree with you.
 
HiRez said:
Almost certainly not the final beta. The Swift language and its interoperability with APIs (Cocoa, Sprite Kit, etc.) still have a TON of issues, including some fairly major ones (and this is including the changes in this beta). They are making some progress, but there will be a few more betas, at least IMO.
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Yes, but all the Swift libraries get embedded in to the App package, so Swift can continue to evolve even after the 8.0 final release.
 
eklof said:
Mine is stuck not long from 100% on that update bar. Wait or hard reset? :)
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My iPad did the same. I got impatient and did a hard reset and it loaded into the Welcome screen with no issues. That was experience, but YMMV.
 
iOS 8 Beta 5 seems to be running very smoothly on my iPhone 5. I'm still having some buggy keyboard things though.
 
springsup said:
No, iCloud drive isn't an App. All of your existing documents in iCloud will move in to app folders in iCloud drive (e.g. ICD/Pages/mydoc.pages).

The difference is that you will be able to save files anywhere in iCloud drive; not just in a specific app folder. Apps can access files in any iCloud drive folder; not just their own app folders. So basically it does work like Dropbox, but it's built-in and there's no central Finder/explorer management app. You just see an iCloud drive panel when you want to open a file, and you can select anything using that panel.

I'm not sure about saving - I suppose it's up to the App to decide whether to put it in an app folder or to give you a save panel where you can create directories, etc.
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Awesome, thanks for the detailed reply. I was really hoping it had a finder like attribute to it as an app. Oh well haha. Still an improvement :)
 
Dumb question. If you convert to use iCloud Photo Library how can you access the photos from the Mac until the new photos app is available next year?
 
i understand its not purely ios8 related. but has anyone tried hand off between OS X dp 5 and iOS 8 beta 5; it does not seem to be working for me
 
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