Apple Releases iOS 8 With Continuity, Third Party Access to Keyboards/Touch ID, Family Sharing, and 'Health' App

[576316]

has anyone tried to restore from an ios7 iCloud backup yet. does it work?

Apple would have millions of angry customers if it didn't...

 

[rjflyn]

The direct link isn't downloading much faster, it just sits there too.

 

[smartalic34]

First try at iTunes download resulted in timing out after 30 seconds and 1.5 MB downloaded. Second try - downloaded the 1.67 GB in 2 minutes flat. I don't understand servers...

 

[shandyman]

So, surely with huge data farms, Apple should dedicate more server bandwidth. They expect this, what is the problem?

There's only so much bandwidth they can have though. It's only for the first hour or so, then it calms down. It's just the impatient people that get stroppy.

 

[afawcett]

Normally I'd be all over this, but the feature I'm most looking forward to is continuity the public Yosemite launch isn't until next month. Also I have an iPhone 5 and it's still very snappy on iOS 7. I'll wait until my iPhone 6 comes. It has been an exciting month

 

[2010mini]

estimated time to download 5hrs......

 

[dancingqueen83]

Apple would have millions of angry customers if it didn't...

well when I received my new iPad they were different versions and wouldn't let me do it.

 

[gdeusthewhizkid]

half hour for me.. I'm such a geek. i could've waited lol…

 

[CEmajr]

I'm mostly anxious to get Wi-Fi Calling. I spend more than half of the day underground or in buildings with little to no cell service. Will finally be able to communicate with the few contacts I have who still use the wrong phone.

 

[shanson27]

Finally

 

[deviant]

I'm not saying the info wasn't available, I'm saying that I've been hearing about the new features but none of them have made enough of an impression to actually remember any of them. Looking at them now, it still seems like most of them won't make a difference to me based on the combination of hardware I have.

well, the keyboard is nice. the widgets are a VERY nice addition.. Other than that, until yosemite is out, it's just ok i guess.

 

[xjames]

big wheel keeps on turning

 

[AppleRobert]

Finished. Back to the iPhone threads. I do not know a darn thing about IOS 8.

 

[Thoir]

Only problem is that for the time being iTunes is showing iOS 7.1.2 as the current version...

Patience is the keyword I guess. It is busy. My iOS device says try later....

 

[aliensporebomb]

"Preparing Update..."

Preparing Update is the hardest words to see when I have a corporate meeting to attent in a little under 5 minutes.

That progress bar makes a snail look like a Bugatti Veyron.

 

[TMRJIJ]

#

Sucks for you guys. I had iOS 8 GM on my iPad and OS X Yosemite Beta 3 on my MacBook Pro. No need to wait for updates now and all my documents are still accessible.

 

[iPhil]

Verifying phase - At last the reboot phasers to STUN..

 

[paulie6978]

You suffer from a condition called EOL. Emoji Over Load.

oh you must be a Dr

 

[KisakiSama]

I went from 2 hours, to 1 hour, to 2 hours, to 40 minutes, to 3 hours, to 25 minutes...

I'll just assume "sometime today" and stop watching

 

[TallManNY]

Darn

Darn it is not recognizing my password. I've had this happen before for an update on my iPad Mini. I had to download the update off my computer and load it through USB. Too bad because I would like to down load now while at work and have the new OS to play with on way home.

 

[HenryDJP]

Sucks for you guys. I had iOS 8 GM on my iPad and OS X Yosemite Beta 3 on my MacBook Pro. No need to wait for updates now and all my documents are still accessible.

Well that's amazing. OMG. You're so awesome. Thanks for telling us...

 

[StyxMaker]

Looks like the next ****** after the Keynote live stream. The download won't even start here too. Definitely the worst update experience in years.

That's what people say every year when there's an update.

 

[oyvader]

My ipad mini seems to be stuck in the "Preparing Update" stage. I'll hold off on updating my phone until I actually get home.

 

[Tbone999]

Sucks for you guys. I had iOS 8 GM on my iPad and OS X Yosemite Beta 3 on my MacBook Pro. No need to wait for updates now and all my documents are still accessible.

Wow. Way to gloat.

 

[aloshka]

GM is the same? No updates for people that are on GM.