Still in beta after 5 months?
(Oh, wait, you've invented a new time-unit of a half-month. So, 2.5 months then.)
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iOS 16 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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(Oh, wait, you've invented a new time-unit of a half-month. So, 2.5 months then.)
The issue is that in order to install beta software via IPSW, you need components from Xcode. Xcode is the development environment required to create iOS apps, and it only runs on macOS. Since there is no equivalent component for the Windows environment, and the iOS 16 Xcode itself is beta software, the current version of iTunes does not yet support beta iOS releases.
I can't say it's "a new thing", as it's been the case for several years, at least. Once iOS 16 is released (in September), iTunes will be updated to support iOS 16, and Bob's your uncle.
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I don't think we have to wait until September, because there is not only iTunes to install iOS on windows. 3utools for example does not let me install iOS 16, but not because it is incompatible, but because Apple is not signing this version and does not allow the update. That's why I think that with the public beta, apple will start to sign this version and I suppose that itunes will also be updated soon, because ordinary users enter this beta and it doesn't make sense for itunes to be updated in September. But hey, even if it's not updated, having 3utools or imazing, it's not really a drama haha
There may be other ways (3utools or imazing, etc), but the official Apple-supported process will not happen until iTunes is updated. I don't recall whether Apple releases a beta version of iTunes some time during the beta cycle...
As far as Apple is concerned, to run the developer beta, you most likely have a Mac, because as a developer for iOS, you must use Mac-only Xcode... and then you can install the beta versions of iOS via OTA or IPSW (with the beta Xcode).
To run the public beta software, either Mac or Windows, you are expected to use the OTA because there is no official way to install the IPSW version without developer tools on a Mac.
Apple does not pay almost any attention to itunes. They spent almost a month with a version that did not start on operating systems that were not in English. recently with a version that if you had an unlock code the update failed, and so on continuously. Apple I think is aware that most people on windows don't use itunes for anything other than installing drivers, because in operation it's light years away from finder on Mac or any of the other tools. And it doesn't seem like Apple has any interest in changing this anytime soon.
Regarding the public betas, as far as I remember I think they post the IPSW file, so there has to be some installation method accessible to everyone, both for Mac and Windows. The good thing about this is that shortly, in two or three weeks, the public beta will be launched and there we will be able to see if Windows users can open up a possibility or not hehe
With Apple signing the beta, for me it would be more than enough, but we'll see what happens.
Do boys ever get out of beta?
They’ve been there for years. On an iPhone, open the multitasking/app switcher view and look at the bottom for the call in progress from another device, on others, it’s often at the end of the dock for handoff. Make sure you have handoff and Bluetooth turned on, you may need Wifi calling on as well. I live with Wifi calling on, as I’ve lived in weak cell areas most of my life.
I believe it shares the protocol. I use Firefox on my Mac (need containers) and Safari on my iPad. They seemlessly open each other when I share a page, using Safari on iPad with Firefox views and Firefox on Mac for iPad views.
It‘s probably upgrade script errors failing on the first run (OTA or IPSW) and not failing on the second (IPSW). These scripts already likely upgrading preference files and other settings and may have *bugs* in them that are exposed on the first run, or needed to be done in a different order, and are partially done after the first run and completely done after the second.
I‘m guessing more people do OTA than IPSW, skewing the perception that OTA is somehow flawed, when it’s likely the bug is more exposed by more people hitting it. I’ve been doing OTA with little ill effects for years, but YMMV.
I think it’s asking a bit much to expect the upgrade from previous OS to new OS to be buttery smoot in DB1. This is the crowd sourcing of fixing upgrade bugs. This is what the betas are for.
I’m a dev, but dont have a sacrificial device at the moment.
- Does the barometric pressure also give a past/future graph?
Interesting read, thanks for this. Certainly could be. This is what we've found though. 👍🏼
Astronomy lock screen placement is wonky. Looks good when you’re setting it up then everything shifts up and mixes with the widgets.
Hope they fix this as I’ve always loved the globe as a wallpaper and it’s way better now that it’s dynamic.
Hope they fix this as I’ve always loved the globe as a wallpaper and it’s way better now that it’s dynamic.
for me, Safari is the biggest battery hog despite being used the least amount of time.
yes, seven day estimate
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Sure it does. Everything on the graph below to the left of 6pm is “past”. You even get the up and down arrows (and equal sign) to show the past tendencies.
90 half months this month and can confirm; still working out the kinks
Can you do that between, say, an iMac and an iPad? So if I take a continuity phone call on my iPad, can I transfer it around to other devices?
Yes. But it may need wifi calling on.
I start calls on my MBP during the work day and sometimes transfer to iPad or iPhone to step outside.
Big pet peeve: This isn't as much of a problem on this forum as it used to be, but I still see it on Twitter. When someone posts a bug and people respond "iTs A bEtA". Yeah no kidding. The whole point is to bring awareness to the bugs. Yeah I report it myself, but if I post it to a public forum, maybe others will as well and it'll get fixed quicker.