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Apple Unveiled These Five New Apps Last Week

Jayht said:
Has anyone experienced Siri being worse in iOS 27 (I know it is still very very early beta, just something I have observed so far)? Just got the more advanced Siri finally approved today on my 16pro and it is considerably worse at basic tasks. One specifically as example is it can’t resume/start an audible book I had just been listening to. It will even respond with the exact name of the book I requested but say it can’t be found. This wasn’t an issue for previous Siri.
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This may also be a case of the App Dev needing to update the app for the new functionality.
 
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The remote app doesn’t work. Added it to the home screen, tapped to open only to get a message that the remote app has been moved to control centre. 🤪 Yes, I know it’s in beta but when they add a new app, you’d expect to be able to open it, no?
 
JosephAW said:
We go way back with filemaker, all the way back to nutshell on the PC dos side.
We nearly bought every Mac version when forced to, from the Motorola chip to the power PC chip to the Intel 32 bit version and the 64 bit Intel version.
Since the current version is the Intel version that means that we have to buy it again after macOS 27, crazy.
When was this madness stop. 😡
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That’s why a lot of companies moved to subscriptions.
 
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And does anyone think people need these apps? To me, they are all unnecessary. The necessary software either doesn't exist at all, or has incomplete libraries, or costs like a bomber.
 
Apple Watch user from the beginning. Never needed a find my Apple watch app. The Apple Watch is either on my wrist or the charger. Now that iPhone and iPad, those little ones sneak off and hide in the most interesting places. Solved my Apple TV remote sneaking off with a case that has a tether attached. Apps and more apps a new annoying aspect of technology.
 
PlayUltimate said:
Filemaker . . . . do people still use this? I remember the days when Filemaker was a thing and later when Apple released Bento. Had not idea this was still around.
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I miss Bento and i hope Apple bring it back soon. I was disappointed when Apple Support for Bento ended.
 
JosephAW said:
We go way back with filemaker, all the way back to nutshell on the PC dos side.
We nearly bought every Mac version when forced to, from the Motorola chip to the power PC chip to the Intel 32 bit version and the 64 bit Intel version.
Since the current version is the Intel version that means that we have to buy it again after macOS 27, crazy.
When was this madness stop. 😡
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do you actually expect to pay for a piece of software once and then have it supported infinitely for free over multiple computer architectures?
 
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GraXXoR said:
Did for me. When they doubled the subscription price last year I skipped an upgrade for 3 months. Then it stopped working and couldn’t update any data only read it.
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Really? Interesting. I saw the price increased but it’s still a great deal. My 2024 developer version still works but maybe things changed with 2025.
 
olavsu1 said:
And does anyone think people need these apps? To me, they are all unnecessary. The necessary software either doesn't exist at all, or has incomplete libraries, or costs like a bomber.
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Which article are you replying to? This is about updates and new apps that are part of the next OS’s. Why do you think that no one needs these apps? They seem mostly useful. What are you on about not existing or having incomplete libraries? Have you even read the article?
 
Siri being worse? It's been in beta since 2011!

As for FileMaker and Bento, I always felt Bento (excellent product by the way) was the spiritual replacement for AppleWorks's database module. It was great for people who just needed to build personal databases.

Does anyone know if FileMaker 19 works on current Macs? I bought it years ago, never really used it, keep telling myself I could have a use for it, and then wind up doing an equivalent type of database in some other tool.
 
Wow. That's crazy how expensive Filemaker is now. I guess it grew into something else. Used the hell out of it in the 90s and 20s as my go-to database.
 
ChrisA said:
I think people will find this useful. But I agree, present-day Siri is very poor and pointless, even saying things like "turn off the light" fails. If they can make Siri as smart as the competition, I'd use it, if for nothing else as a research assistant
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This is precisely the sort of thing I’ve been using GPT for. As a research assistant. Not to make any sort of decisions for me, or to do my work. But it does a good job of helping find information I otherwise would have had to scour the web for for hours. It’s particularly useful for helping interpret documents of a technical nature.

Everything must be double checked, though. I’ve used GPT to help me do some car and truck maintenance work and it’s given me wrong information like part numbers, torque values, and general procedures. Anything critical must be given a manual review.
 
IIGS User said:
This is precisely the sort of thing I’ve been using GPT for. As a research assistant. Not to make any sort of decisions for me, or to do my work. But it does a good job of helping find information I otherwise would have had to scour the web for for hours. It’s particularly useful for helping interpret documents of a technical nature.

Everything must be double checked, though. I’ve used GPT to help me do some car and truck maintenance work and it’s given me wrong information like part numbers, torque values, and general procedures. Anything critical must be given a manual review.
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I've been getting good responses from Siri in the OS 27 beta. According to Craig Federighi, they tore down the old Siri and built Siri AI from the ground up and it shows.
 
GPT is excellent as a research tool. It finds information far better than any search engine, especially if you're looking for free, peer-reviewed articles. By contrast, Google is terrible--it's either outdated or points to Reddit/Quora, plus the scholarly articles are hard to search for and are by and large hidden behind paywalls.

GPT is also the best bibliography generator out there. As an educator, I'm curious to see how long Chegg will survive in the AI age, as its products are slow, clunky, and ad-ridden by comparison. EasyBib is the prime example of this. It was once a useful tool, but now is both obsolete and inferior. Chegg is going to have to really adapt its products or risk being a casualty.

I don't have the beta of iOS 27 so I can't comment on Siri in the new version, but anything would be an improvement over what we've had the last 15 years. I bought a 4S back in 2011 just to get Siri and was disappointed then. I'm more disappointed today in how buggy it is after 15 years to fix it. (Of course, Apple has been buggier in general, like how my documents folder under the current macOS wants to default to large icon view no matter what I last had it in).
 
Am I wrong thinking Siri app is US exclusive? I can’t get it to show on an iPhone 15Pro with region set as Canada, and ios27 beta 2.
 
Tagbert said:
I've been getting good responses from Siri in the OS 27 beta. According to Craig Federighi, they tore down the old Siri and built Siri AI from the ground up and it shows.
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Been on the wait list for 10 days now. I’m eager to try it out
 
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