iOS 9 Beta 3 Tidbits: 4x4 Folders on iPad, Screenshot and Selfie Folders, News App, and More

[eclipxe]

Pro user things

EDIT:
at some point of my day i open the mustitasking screen and i realize i have almost all the apps in my phone opened and i don't want to swipe them all

That's not how it works. Those apps aren't open. Only one app is open at a time on iOS. Those are just shortcuts to recently used apps. "Closing" them just resets their stored app state, but it's not using resources.

 

[mariusignorello]

This would be disappointing, but I'll probably turn off Apple music entirely after the free beta, so I suppose it won't matter in the end.

It'd be better if you called it Apple Music Connect. Apple Connect is an internal SSO system.

 

[Thracia]

This would be disappointing, but I'll probably turn off Apple music entirely after the free beta, so I suppose it won't matter in the end.

Turning off Apple Music does not hide Connect though, curiously.

 

[mariusignorello]

I welcome the screenshot folder.

I sincerely hope that the ghastly selfie folder can be deleted or hidden.

I don't have the selfie one.

 

[mariusignorello]

There's this too...

 

[CarlJ]

Come on, take your partisan hackery elsewhere!

Funny, I don't see the posts where you respond to the pro-Fox "News" folks in the same way.

 

[WB2Colorado]

This would be disappointing, but I'll probably turn off Apple music entirely after the free beta, so I suppose it won't matter in the end.

Unfortunately Connect still shows up even if you turn off Apple Music.

 

[dampfnudel]

First thing to do when iOS 9 jailbreak hits: removing that Selfies folder. (assuming you can't remove it)

The screenshots one is pretty nice though. I made an album myself for that but it's not "smart".

It would be nice if Apple gave you the option of renaming the selfies folder to something like "FaceTime Photos", given the negative, superficial, self-absorbed and douchy connotation of the word among many.

 

[QCassidy352]

Unfortunately Connect still shows up even if you turn off Apple Music.

Whaaaat? That's so unfortunate. So we're gonna be stuck with connect no matter what?

 

[MikhailT]

That's not how it works. Those apps aren't open. Only one app is open at a time on iOS. Those are just shortcuts to recently used apps. "Closing" them just resets their stored app state, but it's not using resources.

Correct except don't forget that on on iOS 9 on iPad Air 2, that's been expended to two apps running at the same time if you use split view.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

If it follows the other built-in albums, the screenshots will still be mixed with all other images in the 'All Photos' album.

Hopefully this gives me the ability to mass delete them, though. I normally just take a screenshot to quickly share my screen with someone over iMessages, not because I want to hold onto the screenshot for forever.

 

[Eduardo Forneck]

That's not how it works. Those apps aren't open. Only one app is open at a time on iOS. Those are just shortcuts to recently used apps. "Closing" them just resets their stored app state, but it's not using resources.

i know they are not using resources, it's just i psycological thing i think

 

[Noble Actual]

Finally, after two years, there are 4x4 iPad folders!

This is what I call revolutionary and magical.

Remember all those years Apple REFUSED to even allow us to have more than 9 apps in a single folder.

Those were the days.

 

[Keirasplace]

That's not how it works. Those apps aren't open. Only one app is open at a time on iOS. Those are just shortcuts to recently used apps. "Closing" them just resets their stored app state, but it's not using resources.

Apps that do Music, location tracking and communication/network access (like dropbox, facebook) do remain open (or at least do something in the background) in the background. Everything else is in statis.

 

[6836838]

If it follows the other built-in albums, the screenshots will still be mixed with all other images in the 'All Photos' album.

You could have just used an IFTTT recipe. I'd been doing that for years.

 

[Graig]

"the option to turn off Apple Connect is gone"
Nooooo!

So I'm on 8.3 and decided to turn Connect back on as I had disabled it. Had My Music, Playlists and Radio. Now have Connect as well on iPad 4 and iPhone 5s.

 

[Eduardo Forneck]

30 second Auto Lock...

****, that is a win, a so minor thing and iPhone didn't have it yet... well, better now, after 8 years, than never

 

[PilotC150]

That's not how it works. Those apps aren't open. Only one app is open at a time on iOS. Those are just shortcuts to recently used apps. "Closing" them just resets their stored app state, but it's not using resources.

If there's an app state that's stored, as you said, then it is using at least some resources. Whether it's storage or RAM it doesn't matter, still using resources and there should still be an easy way to close them all.

Maybe that'll be one of the Force Touch special features; Force Touch the app switcher screen and select "Close All".

 

[sss4r]

The question is why does having a list of recently used apps bother you?

It's not just a list of recently used apps. You know that.

 

[sss4r]

I just noticed Mac Rumors isn't in Apple News yet. *sighs* @ the Apple, Inc. topic being populated by 9to5Mac & Apple Insider.

It is for me.

 

[richwoodrocket]

There needs to be a "Saved Pictures" folder that separate from the Camera Roll for pictures saved from the Internet. I'm tired of pictures I've saved from Safari being saved in the CAMERA ROLL.

They got rid of that back in iOS 5 I think lol
My iPod touch 2nd gen on 4.2.1 has it.

 

[ghostface147]

Mail doesn't work with my outlook.com account. It says connection failed. I tried the outlook app from Microsoft and it gives a timeout error. Using outlook.com in safari works fine. Weather app font isn't right as it cuts off some of the edges of the letters. Animation is choppy and going back from an app to the homescreen, the menu bar at top takes a second to show up instead of just being there.

 

[Shirasaki]

If I'm not mistaken, a folder for screenshots was introduced in an iOS 8 beta, but was taken out of the public release. Hopefully it's here to stay now.

Edit: What does a folder on the iPad look like when not brought up? Does it still show a 3 x 3 preview of apps, or a 4 x 4 preview?

4x4 preview, confirmed on iPad mini.

 

[davinche]

Is iBooks freezing for anyone else? It opens and freezes after about 10 seconds or if I open it and try to open a book or switch tabs it freezes instantly. It worked fine for me on Beta 2.

 

[bluedoggiant]

Wait what? There was a hamburger icon?


EDIT: Oh. Didn't realize those three lines signified a burger...