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iOS 15 and macOS Monterey Introduce Ability to Capture 15-Second Gameplay Recordings Using a Game Controller

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Apple's new iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey software updates unveiled this week introduce the ability to capture and save the last 15 seconds of gameplay at any time by long pressing a designated button on a supported game controller.

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Instead of having to remember to start and stop a screen recording while playing a game, this optional new feature allows iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to capture 15-second highlight videos by simply long pressing the Share (or Create) button on a supported game controller, such as the Xbox Series X/S controller or the PS5 DualSense controller.

Apple describes the feature as "an awesome way to let gamers capture a great boss battle, an amazing combo move, or an epic fail."

This is just one of many small but useful new features added in Apple's latest software updates. iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey are available now in beta for developers and will be publicly released in the fall.

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Think|Different said:
So has Xbox? And SO WHAT. We are talking about using those controllers do it on Apple gaming devices. Sheesh. 🙄
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Why are you being so defensive? I'm giving context to those that aren't aware of this feature. It's a bit rich coming from someone who basically shamed Google for adding privacy labels after Apple did it.

Sheesh. 🤦‍♂️
 
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Apple_Robert said:
I think this will be a very poplar feature with kids posting to media.

edited to add: Saying this feature has been available elsewhere for years isn't really germane when those platforms aren't Apple.
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1. I'm giving context to the feature.
2. Oh but when Google adds anti-tracking features, it's free-for-all "Lol Google finally adding this feature when Apple had it already".
 
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farewelwilliams said:
1. I'm giving context to the feature.
2. Oh but when Google adds anti-tracking features, it's free-for-all "Lol Google finally adding this feature when Apple had it already".
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I would say the same thing with the other scenario. I don't play favorites. I try and call it as I see it.

Apple is slow to roll out features but, we both know that already. Why it took so long with this, I don't know.
 
farewelwilliams said:
didn't you shame Samsung for removing power adapters and gluing batteries after Apple did it?

sounds like you really are playing favorites.
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I don't believe I shamed. I did note that they did something they mocked Apple for, which struck me as ironic.

Feel free to find my post on the subject. I believe I try to be fair.
 
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So we'll just have ~200 MB of RAM that's continuously getting written over with the last 15 seconds of footage, and then a button press moves that all into storage?

Ok. Before I found it'd only be ~200 MB I thought that maybe it'd be continously writing to storage, which I thought was going to wear a hole through it pretty quickly (rewriting that same 200 MB for an hour means you've written to it... 240 times. Play for a few days and I think you've got a GB of storage that's so worn that it can't be used anymore. Obviously not a problem if this footage can all be stored in RAM, though.)
 
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Apple_Robert said:
I don't believe I shamed. I did note that they did something they mocked Apple for, which struck me as ironic.

Feel free to find my post on the subject. I believe I try to be fair.
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that would be shaming Samsung. you mentioned Apple glued batteries and now Samsung is doing it. and you jokingly said that if Samsung wanted to get ahead of Apple, they would need to ship the phone without the box.
 
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farewelwilliams said:
that would be shaming Samsung. you mentioned Apple glued batteries and now Samsung is doing it. and you jokingly said that if Samsung wanted to get ahead of Apple, they would need to ship the phone without the box.
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Saying Samsung mocked Apple about removing the brick and gluing batteries, which they did in their media, is not the same thing as shaming Samsung. I pointed out hypocritical fact at the time. All this really has nothing to do with the subject of the thread.

I didn't enter the thread to debate minutia that has nothing to do with the actual subject matter which is the new Apple feature.

In the future, if you are going to claim I said thus and thus months ago, at least have the courtesy to back it up with contextual links. Otherwise, you are blowing smoke.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
Saying Samsung mocked Apple about removing the brick and gluing batteries, which they did in their media, is not the same thing as shaming Samsung. I pointed out hypocritical fact at the time. All this really has nothing to do with the subject of the thread.

I didn't enter the thread to debate minutia that has nothing to do with the actual subject matter which is the new Apple feature.

In the future, if you are going to claim I said thus and thus months ago, at least have the courtesy to back it up with contextual links. Otherwise, you are blowing smoke.
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interesting you completely ignored the part about saying that Samsung should ship the phone without the box which is making fun of Samsung about copying ideas from Apple. it's literally shaming Samsung. you want a contextual link? here:

forums.macrumors.com

Samsung to Unveil New Smartphones at Galaxy Unpacked Event on January 14

If Samsung wants to get ahead of Apple, they need to release the new phones without boxes.
forums.macrumors.com forums.macrumors.com

seems like you realized that you were wrong about not shaming Samsung, cherry picked the information, and packaged it as a rebuttal.

i'm done arguing with you.
 
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I actually kind of wish I could do this without needing a controller. Believe it or not, I’ve actually had some cool / unexpected moments in mobile games that I would have liked to have recorded.
 
Too bad it doesn't work on computer games. There are several Mac OS games I like but they all use keyboard and mice.

Do people use a controller with an iPad or iPhone?

Are there Mac games that work fine using the M1's built in GPU?
 
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