I have been testing the 18.x betas and when it came was not impressed and turned off on my iPhone anyway so personally do not miss or like it. Indeed no big deal to me
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iOS 18.2 Mail Sorting Features Strangely Absent on iPad and Mac
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This is the new technological world we live in.
It's seems to be designed for idiots.
Same for me I tested the betas and turned off the categories as soon as it was on my iPhone did not like it
Yes on several software apps i have noticed that iOS seems to have more features compared to iPad so this is not really a new occurrence in my personal experience either
Definitely odd and absolutely absurd it could be a person-power issue. Thankfully it did something I’ve all too unfortunately come to expect from Apple these days. Completely break cross-device sync of all mail accounts including read-status, badge count and folder filing. Yeahhhh (insert Anchorman jump gif here). Good grief what has become of them. Ever since they moved into the NASCAR loop its been downhill slide to the left. Hopefully shutting it all off will fix.
That makes sense the one ongoing bug I reported during beta testing on my M4 iPad Pro was the mail sorting and missing mail from some of my various mail accounts especially exchange server mail. I filed bug reports and the feed back says basically reported by many but was not resolved as of the RC 1 and 2 and not fixed in official 18.2 either so this seems to be the issue. NOTE: this is not issue with my MacBook Pro MacOS though and even with 15.2 my exchange mail (8 messages ) is there in my exchange/and all server inbox. So this is an issue with iPadOS mail only for me.
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Thank you! I turned off sorting immediately, but was still left with random logos that took up too much space on the screen. Then I saw you post! Thank you. Email is back to how it should be.
Mark.
Maybe someone commented already, but I think Apple said they would be coming to Mac and iPad later.
had this on my phone for a day and it was super annoying and I felt like I was missing emails. don't see the point. much like social media I hate having some algorithm dictating how I see things. I want it all in chronological order
I turned it off anyway after 5 min. It’s a total waste of space along with stupid icons to the left of the email.
Email is meant to be efficient, not fluffy.
That aside, iOS 18 has been one of the worst software rollout in apples history. Second only to iOS 13.
iOS 7 was at least partly forgivable because it was a total redesign of literally everything.
I miss Steve.
Email is meant to be efficient, not fluffy.
That aside, iOS 18 has been one of the worst software rollout in apples history. Second only to iOS 13.
iOS 7 was at least partly forgivable because it was a total redesign of literally everything.
I miss Steve.
All too often, the Mac just gets sloppy seconds from iOS. Even the damn System Settings app is basically iPhone oriented.
Greedy iPad users.
You only had to wait 14 years for a calculator app, and now you want mail categories.
You only had to wait 14 years for a calculator app, and now you want mail categories.
I'm partial to Jason Snell's theory about this—that the on-device nature of the model that sorts messages makes syncing between different instances of Mail difficult, and Apple is holding it back from Mac and iPad until they can figure it out.
Yes, they did add a few features. Where is trips, recent, pinned, enhanced search, automatic organization, wallpaper suggestions, all that?
Personally, I think they should keep macOS and iOS/iPadOS photos app almost 100% on PAR with one another. I guess I'm in a minority now not using my phone as my primacy photo editing and viewing device, but there seems to be a pretty heavy disconnect.
I'd like (an option) to see filenames on iOS, too, and full metadata editing..not just time and place.
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I actually use my M4 13 inch iPad Pro about 70 percent of time, MacBook Pro 16 inch M2 20 percent of time and iPhone 15 PM remainder. For what I do the iPad now is the sit on couch recliner or kitchen table whereas MacBook Pro is in office in back for the few things I need it more than iPad for. I do have to add my photos to the MacBook from my DSLR though so the photos there more important than iPad but the simple editing now can be done on either device for me.
Maybe one day Apple will announce that macOS is now forked from iOS (not from iPadOS) and a whole slew of used to be Mac apps are removed from that point on, such as terminals etc.
I do believe Apple treats all users as idiots. Every. Single. One. Of. Them.
I think you are correct. I used to say, "Apple software was designed for teenagers", but, "designed for idiots" is a better characterization.