If you are already on the dev beta, there is not much point going with the public one. Most of the time the PB is exactly the same build as the DB, just coming out several hours or days after the DB.
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If you are already on the dev beta, there is not much point going with the public one. Most of the time the PB is exactly the same build as the DB, just coming out several hours or days after the DB.
Can’t believe they excluded the 14 Pro. It’s a two year old iPhone. Come on Apple, stop being a greedy bitc…
I appreciate that Apple is taking their time to get AI right.
But I do admit to being confused by the lack of glow for Siri after updating my 13 Pro. Is the Glow only going to show up on "supported" devices, and the rest of us still get the Siri "orb"?
I was immensely impressed by how quickly iOS 18 installed. It was done in 15 minutes. I was like "It's done?"
Running great.
Can't upgrade hardware over the air.
right but I want to switch off beta when 18.1 hits so I’m wondering the best ‘off ramp’ for that
You bought your phone based on its feature set at the time. If you base your decision on what software will be available in 2 years, the only person to blame is the one staring back at you in the mirror.
Apple Intelligence is one of the few "heavy" features that requires minimum hardware specs to run well. Would it run on your 14 Pro? Probably, but with compromises that would fuel even more complaints.
No matter what phone you buy, or have bought the last 5 years or so, Apple has screwed you. They have mastered the slow drip of advancement and calculated withholding of technology to force upgrades, even if it’s purely a software tweak.
Even better!
I will check things out, slowly but everything I’ve seen and heard about thus far, I just have no interest in. And I know I might be in the minority…
I am sure they knew AI will come, when the 14 Pro was released.
Its odd - under Siri settings on my M4 iPad, after the update, I had an option to "join a waitlist for Apple AI" So I guess even running 18.1 does not guarantee you access to Apple AI
I just installed the iPadOS 18.1 public beta on my M4 13’ 2024 iPad Pro 256gb without issues.
That’s also coming from iPadOS 17.7
Glad it worked out, was kinda bummed when I tried to set it up earlier from my old iPad 11’ pro with iPadOS 18 release as the new iPad needed iPadOS 18 to be installed but couldn’t due to them pulling the software due to bugs. I just ended up setting the iPad up as new, manually installed all apps logging into those I use, then upgrading to the public beta this morning.
That’s also coming from iPadOS 17.7
Glad it worked out, was kinda bummed when I tried to set it up earlier from my old iPad 11’ pro with iPadOS 18 release as the new iPad needed iPadOS 18 to be installed but couldn’t due to them pulling the software due to bugs. I just ended up setting the iPad up as new, manually installed all apps logging into those I use, then upgrading to the public beta this morning.
You can enable Apple Intelligence with MikasaX Sideload - is not jailbreak, so nothing about hardware... Its just a greedy move https://github.com/straight-tamago/misakaX?tab=readme-ov-file
go get it:
Supported Features
- TrollStore Installer
- Dynamic Island (iOS 16.0+)
- Charge Limit (iOS 17.0+)
- Boot Chime (iOS 17.0+)
- Stage Manager (iOS 16.0+)
- Shutter Sound (iOS 16.0+)
Please do not use camera silence for the purpose of voyeurism. For photographing pets, etc. - Always-on Display (AoD) (iOS 18.0+)
- Apple Pencil (iOS 18.0+)
- Action Button (iOS 17.0+)
- Internal Storage (iOS 17.0+)
- Clock UI (iOS 18.0+)
- SOS Collision (iOS 18.0+)
- TapToWake (iPhone SE 2/3, iOS 18.0+)
- Apple Intelligence (iOS 18.1 Beta, ALL DEVICES ON 18.1)
- Landscape FaceID (iOS 17.0+)
- Old Photo UI (iOS 18.0+)
- iPad Apps Support (iOS 16.0+)
- Developer Mode & Metal HUD (iOS 16.0+)
- CameraControl (18.0+)
- AoD Vibrancy (may affect others tweak, iOS 18.0+)
- Sleep apnea (iOS 18.0+)
Indeed it does - 5 minutes after I joined the waitlist I got a notification to join.
Apple is a profit company, they don’t owe it to the people not willing to upgrade because people are stubborn
The worst was the X. The new software wasn’t available for that phone at launch. I remember at the Apple Store they had to connect my phone to iTunes, downgrade it, do a backup and then set up the new phone from that backup. What a pain.
And if they gave the features and it destroyed the battery due to the increased power requirements to run the LLMs and other AI processing they would complain that it too is just an upgrade tactic.
I wonder how long 8GB RAM will be enough? The Pixel 9 has 12GB RAM and the 9 Pro has 16GB. The Galaxy S24 Ultra has 12GB.
Guess I'm dumb, but I'm gonna go with "trust reporting by Bloomberg, Forbes, and the WSJ" over "trust MacRumors forum poster"
FWIW iPhone design specs are locked in like 12-18 months in advance. Even if they knew Apple AI was coming, it was probably too late to do anything about it.
Same. M2 MacBook Air. Enter password like usual, then a second little box pops up in the center of the screen asking for password again. After entering 2nd time, the progress bar goes back and forth, then an error message comes up saying it can't be installed. Closing all user sessions after closing all applications, and then restarting doesn't bring success. Never saw this before. Also, I tried to find where the update is hiding, as I assume it is corrupt, and can't find it. Used to be in Library/Appications/something, but I find nothing.
Can somebody help?
I will set it to update overnight, and maybe that will work, but I'd appreciate any input in case it does not.
Thank you in advance.
UPDATE: the remedy suggested in comment #37 solved it. TLDR: turn of find my Mac. Restart. Install update. Turn FMM back on. Thanks to #37 author for helping by sharing knowledge!
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i mean, it will continue to do exactly what you paid for when it was advertised. and it will continue to do so very well for quite a while as smartphones have become pretty powerful.
declaring that apple made an [expletive] move in not disclosing their future plans is just ignorant thinking. companies have no obligation to disclose R&D of unreleased/unannounced products and endeavours before they're ready to deploy. you havent been conned into making a purchase of something you didnt want, and it's not like what you have will be taken away from you.
"i'd have waited if i knew blah would come up" then just dont buy new tech. there's *always* a reason to not buy the current thing by that thinking.
"if i would have known the phone was going to essentially be cut off after two years"
that is patently absurd, and you're just whining at that point. again, it's going to continue doing exactly what it was setup to do, it wont be doing any of the advanced AI features you were never promised in the first place. and apparently you were happy enough with it to get the device as it was advertised to you at the time of purchase. knowing people that are still on iPhone 8's (!!!) happily to this day, i'm pretty sure your iPhone 14 is going to work fantastically for quite some time.
no, it will not take advantage of some new upcoming features. that is quite literally common practice, and something that happens every single year. your phone was bound to *not* do something
Companies are not owed a pass for greed because they a for-profit.
..but I get why apple isn't bringing it to the 14.
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