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Fixed my app launch issues on a 2018 iPad Pro. The whole dock full of apps now opens with no delay, and even YouTube remembers where it left off. Looking good, for the first ten minutes anyway. Nothing has crashed yet.
 
My wish list for things to be included in the next iOS:
1. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous.
2. add haptic feedback to the keyboard, and better yet, make it possible to customize different intensities to your heart's content.
Those who are concerned with battery can just turn it off.
3. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps/settings and not this general thing they're doing, forcing you to do it while the thing is being played, such as separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume...hey...much like Android.
4. add suggestions from the address book when you're dialing a phone number. Common now Apple.
5. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color.
6. make it possible to schedule a message to be sent at a certain time/date.
7. make it possible to move the icons anywhere you want to.
8. make it possible to stitch screen shots right there as you're taking them.
9. Use an OS-wide clipboard.
 
My comment to that is: two doctors can’t deliver a baby In half the time.
I agree with the intent behind your message but that analogy is sloppy AF. It just doesn't work here because there is more than one bug here.

If you're talking about developing features then, yes, adding a second programmer rarely equates to double the output which is where your analogy holds true.
 
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Starting with iOS 13.2, using iPhone X, some third party apps are still using cellular data even when blocking cellular data for these apps in Settings.

Data block works for Apple apps on iOS 13.2 such as Safari and App Store, but it might be an iOS issue because the block is not working for many third party apps such as Facebook and Tweetbot.

However, other third party apps such as Google Maps, Overcast and Instapaper are still blocked on cellular data when I toggle data off for these apps.

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can anyone try if iOS 13.3 fixes the cellular data block issue ?

regards,
 
Starting with iOS 13.2, using iPhone X, some third party apps are still using cellular data even when blocking cellular data for these apps in Settings.

Data block works for Apple apps on iOS 13.2 such as Safari and App Store, but it might be an iOS issue because the block is not working for many third party apps such as Facebook and Tweetbot.

However, other third party apps such as Google Maps, Overcast and Instapaper are still blocked on cellular data when I toggle data off for these apps.

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can anyone try if iOS 13.3 fixes the cellular data block issue ?

regards,

Not fixed. I turned off cellular for FB and I can still access it.
 
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After skipping the entire 13 beta program I’m back in now with 13.3 iPadOS on a 2017 iPad.

I wonder what kind of an uptick Apple is seeing now with 13.3 beta going public and apparently solving some serious issues.
 
As a developer, "eliminate more bugs before releasing software" sounds like something that involves a magic wand and incantation. Do you have an actual plan that would allow such a thing to happen or is it nothing more than a "they should do better!!!" comment?

As a developer I can say the plan usually is to give the QA department proper time and appreciation. Obviously Apple took that away some time ago, and now everyone can see the results.
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Software development doesn’t work that way where more resources can be thrown into the mix and the company would/could expect better or faster results. (Similar time the delivering a baby analogy) My guess the teams at Apple are already optimized.

You must be kidding. Right now it seems obvious that not much is optimized at the Apple software department. Shoddy releases are pushed out left and right.
When even Apple fanboy John Gruber forwards us warnings from Apple developers about the software quality, then something must be very wrong: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/10/22/shayer-apple-software-quality

Either Apple has messed up some critical internal processes really badly, or, which I suspect more, they're not giving enough attention to QA. And yes, this could easily be solved by hiring more staff. We're not talking about more coders working on the same feature here.
 
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The RAM management issue is solved, for sure, the nest app needs to run in the background in order for the home away assistant and geofence to work, with iOS 13.2 my nest app stoped working in the background but now is back to normal in iOS 13.3 beta.
 
Either Apple has messed up some critical internal processes really badly, or, which I suspect more, they're not giving enough attention to QA. And yes, this could easily be solved by hiring more staff. We're not talking about more coders working on the same feature here.
The issue could very well lie elsewhere -- not in not knowing that there are issues but in simply not addressing them based on some sort of decisions and/or other reasons. All the quality testing in the world won't deal with that aspect of it.
 
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But two mothers can deliver two babies in the same amount of time.
Never increase the number of consultants, increase the people in production.
But not by one doctor. Two doctors one mother, same amount of time as two doctors, two mothers. Putting more resources, doctors, against the bugs, mothers, doesn't make it better.
 
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Never really noticed the app refreshes but the black crown on the watch icon was unbearable. Glad that’s finally fixed
 
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a company with a near $300 billion in cash reserves should hire a few more people to tackle the bugs, you'd think they'd be on top of things.

You'd think, but you'd be wrong. Adding money and people doesn't always give the bang-for-the-buck one would expect. If you're seriously curious, check out a book titled The Mythical Man-Month. It goes into this topic in depth. The gist of it is, Apple could hire TONS more people, but that doesn't mean it would change anything. In some cases, it would very likely make things worse in fact.
 
I agree with the intent behind your message but that analogy is sloppy AF. It just doesn't work here because there is more than one bug here.

If you're talking about developing features then, yes, adding a second programmer rarely equates to double the output which is where your analogy holds true.
Typically increasing the number of developers, software engineers, or whatever you want to call them, doesn't in my own experience lessen the development time.
 
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But not by one doctor. Two doctors one mother, same amount of time as two doctors, two mothers. Putting more resources, doctors, against the bugs, mothers, doesn't make it better.

Another favorite of mine, since it's easier to understand than two woman sharing a pregnancy:

It takes 1 person 6 months to build a house.
It takes a crew of 10 only a month to build the same house.
It takes a crew of 10,000 people many years to build the same house because there's too many damn people in the way!
 
Another favorite of mine, since it's easier to understand than two woman sharing a pregnancy:

It takes 1 person 6 months to build a house.
It takes a crew of 10 only a month to build the same house.
It takes a crew of 10,000 people many years to build the same house because there's too many damn people in the way!
Nice one!

The point of all of the aphorisms is just throwing more engineers on a team doesn't make the work go faster. Ramp up too much and there is confusion. Not enough resources and there is a lag/delay in getting work done. It's almost an art to resource planning.

But all of this is, in my opinion.
 
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If you go to beta.apple.com to get the "profile" and the link is greyed-out and says "iOS device needed to download profile", try changing Safari's website setting to "request mobile site". This fix worked for my 11 Pro Max. My default setting for websites is "request desktop site".
 
Hey Apple, I really miss a working version of the native email app. I get it that hardly no one uses it, especially with Microsoft Exchange/Office 365 because that is used by no one anymore.

The Outlook app is making forget you even made a mail app.
 
Hey Apple, I really miss a working version of the native email app. I get it that hardly no one uses it, especially with Microsoft Exchange/Office 365 because that is used by no one anymore.

The Outlook app is making forget you even made a mail app.

I use the native email app.

If you're having problems with your MS outlook or live email account in the iOS native email app delete the account then add it again. This fixed my @live.com issue where I could not delete emails from the inbox. They would reappear.
 
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