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iPad Pro is everyone here Updating to iPad OS Tomorrow ?

Not updating yet.

I have an iPad running the beta and filename when I try to use "Save to Dropbox" in Safari is "File Date, Time". Gonna wait until Dropbox fixes that before updating en masse.
 
rui no onna said:
Not updating yet.

I have an iPad running the beta and filename when I try to use "Save to Dropbox" in Safari is "File Date, Time". Gonna wait until Dropbox fixes that before updating en masse.
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This is a good point! I will think about apps that I would like to wait to be updated to use the new iOS features too. In terms of cloud I use OneDrive so it is worth checking how it behaves under iPadOs.
 
secretk said:
This is a good point! I will think about apps that I would like to wait to be updated to use the new iOS features too. In terms of cloud I use OneDrive so it is worth checking how it behaves under iPadOs.
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IPad OS could be a huge negative for us. It doesn’t have the wide user base of iOS of hackers looking at the code. IPad OS has a much smaller team dedicated to it than iOS. Updates will be way slower so will any patches or discovery of potential problems.
 
TheRealAlex said:
IPad OS could be a huge negative for us. It doesn’t have the wide user base of iOS of hackers looking at the code. IPad OS has a much smaller team dedicated to it than iOS. Updates will be way slower so will any patches or discovery of potential problems.
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I had not thought about this. So just to see if I got your point correctly you think that now companies (say in my case of OneDrive Microsoft) might have to have two separate teams - one supporting the iOS devices (iPhone, iPod) and another one for the iPadOS devices. Is my understanding correct?

I could see this need if iPadOs starts deviating from iOS a lot and offer features that iOS does not support. It all depends on how Apple implements this.
 
I don't plan on updating until 13.2 or 13.3. It would be nice if those who jump on it day-1 would refrain from complaining about the bugs though... report them to Apple, yes. Report them here for the benefit of others, yes. Complain about how Apple's software QC is in the toilet, no.
 
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Why wait for minor issues to be ironed out? That is exactly why Apple releases the beta version of all of it's software months ahead of actual release. If there are any issues, they will be so incredibly minor that you might not even notice them.
 
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TheRealAlex said:
IPad OS could be a huge negative for us. It doesn’t have the wide user base of iOS of hackers looking at the code. IPad OS has a much smaller team dedicated to it than iOS. Updates will be way slower so will any patches or discovery of potential problems.
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iPad OS is based on iOS with some changes at the UI layer. Updating apps isn’t really an issue for developers as long as they’re not using custom UI elements.
 
secretk said:
I had not thought about this. So just to see if I got your point correctly you think that now companies (say in my case of OneDrive Microsoft) might have to have two separate teams - one supporting the iOS devices (iPhone, iPod) and another one for the iPadOS devices. Is my understanding correct?

I could see this need if iPadOs starts deviating from iOS a lot and offer features that iOS does not support. It all depends on how Apple implements this.
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This will not be the case. iPad OS is essentially modified iOS and Apple has made it really easy for the developers to update their apps to support iPad OS. Rest assured the app updates will be quick enough.
 
akash.nu said:
This will not be the case. iPad OS is essentially modified iOS and Apple has made it really easy for the developers to update their apps to support iPad OS. Rest assured the app updates will be quick enough.
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Indeed it depends on how Apple does it. If they did it like you say then I don't see any issues in companies working on maintaining their apps for both iPads and iPhones.
 
If you have concerns, make an iTunes’s Encrypted backup first of iOS 12.4 then update to iPadOS. If you then get any errors you are not happy with, simply restore iOS 12.4 back to the iPad.
 
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Why wait for minor issues to be ironed out? That is exactly why Apple releases the beta version of all of it's software months ahead of actual release. If there are any issues, they will be so incredibly minor that you might not even notice them.
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I have an iPad that's used as a test dummy so I know what issues are present that affect my usage.

One particularly egregious bug on iOS 11 (it was on a final point release actually, not even beta) was the inability to open AirDropped or downloaded EPUBs on anything but iBooks. This would've been a complete showstopper.

My current issue with iPadOS+Dropbox isn't as bad but it's mighty annoying. A task that used to take me three taps now also require text selection, copy/paste and typing the file extension. I do this multiple times a day so for now, I'll continue using 12.4.1 on my main devices.
 
I usually wait until I see that most users aren't having any significant problems with the update. I still remember an update with the Series 0 watch that bricked a lot of watches. It didn't affect me but I'm more careful now.
 
Already using it since last month as part of the developer program. The mouse support and added icon space is a godsend and makes my iPad much more suitable as a laptop replacement. It is stable enough, no major issues since August.
 
I’m updating. I used to be resistant to updates back on my iPhone 5, but not anymore. I look forward to dark mode and want to try out Apple Arcade on my iPad display.
 
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TheRealAlex said:
IPad OS could be a huge negative for us. It doesn’t have the wide user base of iOS of hackers looking at the code. IPad OS has a much smaller team dedicated to it than iOS. Updates will be way slower so will any patches or discovery of potential problems.
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I’m pretty sure that fundamentally iPad OS isn’t that different from iOS.
 
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