Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 13.2.3 With Bug Fixes for Messages, Mail and More

[BigMcGuire]

I have ipad air 3 too
Have yu experienced a little fast battery drain on yr air 3 recently too ??
Can it also occur cos of 30w apple fast charger that i use ??
I mean it sure charges my ipad really fast but maybe my ipad battery is draining a bit quick due to it ??

My Air 3 is still giving me over a week of battery life on a charge unless I use it heavily (iOS 13). But I'm a light user (mostly reading, data input via bluetooth keyboard to Day One, etc...).

Charging fast / slow shouldn't affect drain rate. The iPad will accept only a safe charge so you could have a 200w charger and it would only pull what it wants. I'd start looking at your Settings --> Battery to see what apps are taking power - consider doing a hard reset (Power + Home button), etc.

New iOS usually means less than average battery life for the first few days.

 

[MacBH928]

In the 90s, I had a teacher in computer class that told us "Save, take a breath, save again" now its "update, take a breath, update again".

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. People complain about bugs with a lack of updates, then people complain with too many.

critical security updates are welcome.
The annoying part comes with updates like:
13.1.1: fixes an issue where the flash light might flash twice when turned on iphone5s
13.1.2: fixes an issue where if you log-in, then out, then in, then out, of Youtube, Safari might crash ipad 3

 

[HobbesInVA]

All these bugs on iOS 13 and I'm rocking iOS 12.4.1 on my 8+. This is EXACTLY why you don't update when a new iOS comes out. You wait until about 8-10 months later once its more refined.

This approach doesn't always work when a Zero Day vulnerability is discovered and is patch by an iOS update.

 

[LV426]

There's absolutely zero need to tie software releases to the annual iPhone release. iPhone 11 could have easily launched on iOS 12.4.x.

A ton of stuff under the hood will have been completely re-written to accommodate the new hardware capabilities of the iPhone 11, like the A13 chip. Re-writes demand a major version number change.

 

[maybeinoregon]

Oh boy. Did the update last night, and it has really wrecked Safari on my iPad Air. Sad to see how buggy updates and releases are from Apple in recent years. I remember when they used to be pretty solid. Now I feel like a beta tester for all the people I’ve pulled into the Apple ecosystem. I just sent out a group email telling people to not upgrade when prompted.

 

[BeefCake 15]

Hey Apple, you are yet known for :
- quality first, quantity will come naturally
- when you do something, you do it right

do not forget that please!

Tim appreciates your message.

 

[Chaka Jon]

I’ve been having the problem of the Home app in Control Center never showing the correct status of any of my HomeKit devices. It’s not just one manufacturer. It’s any device. Have to reboot to get them to show correctly.

 

[moonwalk]

I appreciate updates, but the amount of them for iOS13 is getting a little ridiculous. The average user doesn't want to keep having their phone update all the time.

Edit: Since September 24th they've released 8 updates for iOS13. That's just too many.

If it fixes things, it's great.

 

[Aditya rathee]

My Air 3 is still giving me over a week of battery life on a charge unless I use it heavily (iOS 13). But I'm a light user (mostly reading, data input via bluetooth keyboard to Day One, etc...).

Charging fast / slow shouldn't affect drain rate. The iPad will accept only a safe charge so you could have a 200w charger and it would only pull what it wants. I'd start looking at your Settings --> Battery to see what apps are taking power - consider doing a hard reset (Power + Home button), etc.

New iOS usually means less than average battery life for the first few days.

I saw in battery
Shadowgun legends is takinh 58% battery plus i play games in 60fps so it can also be an issue ... thx anyways

 

[NetMage]

For those saying you shouldn’t complain about too frequent updates, you seem to be all having a disconnect to me.
Don’t forget it was an update that brought about a lot of bugs, some of which are regressions in functionality that have worked for years (per above: the 5s camera flash was broken?!!??) - with that kind of track record there is no reason to think these minor updates won’t also break other unrelated functionality and are purely bug fixes.
Which means for IT support and testing is required every time a new release is made, since we can’t necessarily control updating in a BYOD environment, which means a ton more work for IT for issues that should never have reached release.
There’s a reason Microsoft has regularly scheduled Windows patching and that is to reduce the burden of testing patches in the real world.

 

[IG88]

A ton of stuff under the hood will have been completely re-written to accommodate the new hardware capabilities of the iPhone 11, like the A13 chip. Re-writes demand a major version number change.

By that logic they'd have to tie Mac and iPad launches to new major version Mac OS / iOS releases which does not happen.

 

[chrfr]

A ton of stuff under the hood will have been completely re-written to accommodate the new hardware capabilities of the iPhone 11, like the A13 chip. Re-writes demand a major version number change.

Neither iPads nor Macs follow this model. The decision to tie iPhones to a new major version of iOS is marketing-driven, not technically-driven.

 

[Daniva]

The update I was waiting. Fixed a problem with Mail on iPhone 7. It did not download background messages despite the counter indications. Thanks Apple

 

[Babygotfont]

By that logic they'd have to tie Mac and iPad launches to new major version Mac OS / iOS releases which does not happen.

continuity is hosed and has been since 13.x and 15.x
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The update I was waiting. Fixed a problem with Mail on iPhone 7. It did not download background messages despite the counter indications. Thanks Apple

Thank you sir, may I have another (bug fix)

 

[shpankey]

Exchange email had been working perfectly for me, unlike some others. Now trying to fix theirs they broke mine.

 

[Killbynumbers]

Another one? I think I've only updated one iPhone to 13.2.2 and the rest are on lower iOS versions. I've kept one XS Max on 12.4.1.

Then there's the three iPads. Enough with the updates.

 

[Black Magic]

Bluetooth still randomly connects in my Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep.....Apple, you are making it so hard for me to be a fan.

 

[hagjohn]

13.2.3 is much faster on X than previous updates but it would be nice if MacOS had a bit of love from Apple with some updates.

 

[bluecoast]

Is iOS 13 worth upgrading for an XR ? Don't want any slow downs.

Xr user here who upgraded to 13. I wouldn’t. Dark mode is great, however battery life has taken a hit. It’s hard to quantify but it just doesn’t seem as good as when I had 12 on my XR. 12 is a great stable version of the direction that Apple took with iOS 7, stay on it.

 

[LV426]

By that logic they'd have to tie Mac and iPad launches to new major version Mac OS / iOS releases which does not happen.

ipad And Mac launches are tied to iPhone release schedules. You’ll notice that major macOS releases always follow iOS releases, never the other way round. Making a device a bit slimmer of faster will not of itself require a major OS update. But where there are significant functIonal differences like, say, use of Apple Pencil, a Secure Enclave, or biometrics, that does.

 

[chrfr]

ipad And Mac launches are tied to iPhone release schedules.

iPads are not tied to iPhone releases. The 2017 iPad Pros were released in June 2017, with iOS 10.3.2, and the 2018 iPad Pros were released in October 2018, with iOS 12.1. The latest iPad Air and Mini were released in March 2019, with iOS 12.2.

 

[Abazigal]

For those saying you shouldn’t complain about too frequent updates, you seem to be all having a disconnect to me.
Don’t forget it was an update that brought about a lot of bugs, some of which are regressions in functionality that have worked for years (per above: the 5s camera flash was broken?!!??) - with that kind of track record there is no reason to think these minor updates won’t also break other unrelated functionality and are purely bug fixes.
Which means for IT support and testing is required every time a new release is made, since we can’t necessarily control updating in a BYOD environment, which means a ton more work for IT for issues that should never have reached release.
There’s a reason Microsoft has regularly scheduled Windows patching and that is to reduce the burden of testing patches in the real world.

Except that people aren’t complaining about any of the points above. They are just complaining.

For the majority of users, their phones are going to update silently overnight while they sleep. It’s not going to impose any real inconvenience to them. I updated my iPad, followed by my iPhone while spazzing on the couch yesterday evening.

iOS 13.3 is going to be released in a couple more weeks. Are we going to be seeing another round of whining and complaining.

 

[IG88]

ipad And Mac launches are tied to iPhone release schedules.

Here are the last few releases of 15" Macbook Pro:
2017 MBP - June 5, 2017
2018 MBP - July 12, 2018
2019 MBP - May 21, 2019

Please explain how those are even remotely tied to iPhone release schedules, or even macOS release schedules.

 

[IG88]

iPads are not tied to iPhone releases. The 2017 iPad Pros were released in June 2017, with iOS 10.3.2, and the 2018 iPad Pros were released in October 2018, with iOS 12.1. The latest iPad Air and Mini were released in March 2019, with iOS 12.2.

Not only that, but Apple has even explained before that they generally prefer to launch iPads intentionally far removed from iPhones due to fab capacity.

 

[LV426]

Here are the last few releases of 15" Macbook Pro:
2017 MBP - June 5, 2017
2018 MBP - July 12, 2018
2019 MBP - May 21, 2019

Please explain how those are even remotely tied to iPhone release schedules, or even macOS release schedules.

Those are minor refreshes, not Model releases.

Model releases:

MacBook Pro 13” (USB-C without Touchbar) Late 2016

MacBook Pro 13” (TouchBar) Late 2016

MacBook Pro 15” (Touchbar) Late 2016

MacBook Air 13” Late 2018

MacBook Pro 16” Late 2019

All followed recent macOS major version updates, all of which took place shortly after iOS major version updates.