I would say that because iPhone mirroring still isn’t available in the EU I actually didn’t use a single iOS 18 feature but I’d be lying because I have been making and sending a lot of Genmojis
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I'd like to go back a bunch of versions, with the satellite feature, when iOS was simple, smaller and relatively bug free.
I thought I was the only one experiencing this. My 16 Pro Max used to have great battery life, now it’s terrible. I feel like I’m using a 4 year old phone even though my battery health is still at 100%.
I thought you could just download a wallpaper, how is it a feature — seems like they’re skimming the barrel on the updates here.
iOS 19? I don‘t trust in Apples design choices anymore. In the meantime Gnome 48 on Linus feels way ahead compared to MacOS. And an all transparent iOS19? WWDC starts soon and we will see the transparent monster …
This so sad.
iOS 19 is around the corner and yet iOS 18 is so packed with bugs, and the release notes of an update starts with NEW WALLPAPERS.
What the heck happened to Apple?
iOS 19 is around the corner and yet iOS 18 is so packed with bugs, and the release notes of an update starts with NEW WALLPAPERS.
What the heck happened to Apple?
I have a 15PM and battery life has been consistent in a positive way, since I got the phone.
I have zero issues with battery life.
I have apple mail screen going blank while it checks for new mail.
Ummm I’d like to scroll mail already in my box while you get NEW mail. Too much to ask for?
I have apple mail screen going blank while it checks for new mail.
Ummm I’d like to scroll mail already in my box while you get NEW mail. Too much to ask for?
Nope, I’m running both in parallel.
Linux is still missing a few key apps, but for development, it’s a dream—everything you need and then some. Gnome, in particular, is evolving toward the kind of elegant UI macOS once had.
I’ve been a long-time Linux user, mostly as a server component. I started shifting more of my workflow over when Apple became less reliable. Some of us remember when the Mac Pro was essentially abandoned, laptops were capped at 16GB RAM, OpenGL was quietly deprecated, Nvidia support was dropped, the Esc key disappeared, and those awful butterfly keyboards arrived. It’s a reminder that you should never be locked into a single ecosystem.
macOS is still nice, but the yearly major updates often come with regressions—bugs that break Exchange sync, mail, calendar, or remove features that were working just fine. That gets old.
If Apple keeps heading this direction, I wouldn’t hesitate to switch entirely—though I might still use their hardware with Linux/Gnome. I’d love to see Apple focus less on flashy features and more on stability, usability, and core OS improvements.
But hey, now we’re getting a transparent iOS… Maybe next year macOS will follow suit. The last time we were having heated usability debates was during the skeuomorphic era—remember watching the calendar flip with a whole-second animation?
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Still haven't fixed their mail contacts photo 'feature'. Wish they would stop adding things you can't turn off. When you disable it, only the mail list contact photos are gone. They still appear in the actual mail items themselves. Since I have exactly one contact with a photo, this is a total waste of space.
After updating, nothing was in Safari. No bookmarks, favorites, or tabs. The update had turned Safari off in iCloud. Turned back on and got everything back except all my open tabs. Still gone.
I would have stayed on 17.7 as well unless I bought the Apple Watch Series 10, which needs iOS 18
Too bad Apple doesn't put more "pride" in the product with something worthwhile in the update, like the Siri AI stuff they demonstrated 11 months ago.
Well I think trying it’s darndest to make there iPhones and iPads and other devices as flawless as possible hence the iOS updates to fix the issues that come up. I hope this next update is a good one.
Really, who gives a crap about receiving a new pride harmony wallpaper.... Can I delete that particular wallpaper?
That is no indication as to the experience of the original poster. There are many reasons why you might be having different experiences.
So, will take that to mean you agree that the Genmojis are not a groundbreaking feature. Thank you.
Correct. Hence I posted this may not be the norm (probably for many people)