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Latest iOS and iPadOS 15 Betas Allow Apps to Request Access to More RAM
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I have to assume this COULD be big news for AAA game developers ... hopefully bringing more of those titles to the platform.
Also for all those naysayers, IMO Apple has always not told the whole story at WWDC and new features were slowly introduced throughout the beta process... this in my book is exciting news.
Also for all those naysayers, IMO Apple has always not told the whole story at WWDC and new features were slowly introduced throughout the beta process... this in my book is exciting news.
"16GB of RAM is the highest amount of RAM ever offered in an iPhone or iPad, and the 5GB limitation means that apps aren't able to utilize even half of what the iPad Pro has to offer."
What you meant to say was "apps aren't able to utilize even ONE-THIRD of what the 16GB iPad Pro has to offer"
What you meant to say was "apps aren't able to utilize even ONE-THIRD of what the 16GB iPad Pro has to offer"
Not everyone buys a computer to scroll on Facebook or do some simple Excel sheets.
While Final Cut is definetly in a different league, LumaFusion is quite great, the thing is people want to treat iPad as a Mac, while it is not.
It took time to adapt to a different workflow, it was not easy at first, but switched from Adobe to Affinity and would never look back.
Point being, buying a car and trying to use it as a truck is not a smart purchase, people need to understand that PRO is a word,it's not the hardware that makes a professional, there are plenty of professional using consumer grade products.
People that bought an iPad Pro thinking Apple would release x or y, means bad purchasing decision, buy what you need now and for what it does now, not for what might be doing.
Yet Apple have no plans to bring pro apps to the Apple Watch. Sort this out now, Tim!
Nice.
Now fix the external monitor support to run in full 16x9 mode on my monitor and give me the option to also have the external monitor run in extended (not mirrored) mode.
Add windowing support!
Fix the files app to have an unmount external media button! Consider adding the ability for the files app to allow certain apps to launch when a certain file type is selected. Like can I double click on an mp3 and load it in VLC automatically?
Come on Apple, let’s refine the interface!
Now fix the external monitor support to run in full 16x9 mode on my monitor and give me the option to also have the external monitor run in extended (not mirrored) mode.
Add windowing support!
Fix the files app to have an unmount external media button! Consider adding the ability for the files app to allow certain apps to launch when a certain file type is selected. Like can I double click on an mp3 and load it in VLC automatically?
Come on Apple, let’s refine the interface!
My guess (and it really is only a guess) is that Apple puts in place constraints like this in iPadOS (or any other OS) to limit the damage that a poor application can cause.
So in this case, try to prevent poorly behaving apps from using up all available memory and then causing problems for other apps or for the operating system.
People are fools if they are buying something based on features they’re hoping it will have in the future.
I was always under the impression it was due to lack of swapping. If the system can’t swap as even a last resort, bad things would happen. So there needs to always be free ram. Though I don’t purport to really know the ins and outs of such things or whether this is even why.
I'm guessing it's just an off-sync progress between the hardware team and software team. Basically the M1 iPad hardware is ready before iPadOS 15 is ready, thus the hardware is out first. Alas, it gets bad impressions from some people since the OS is still on iPadOS 14. Clearly the issues will be solved with iPadOS 15.
As for the highly controlled RAM availability, do note that iPadOS has to support older iPads with only 2GB of RAM, while still support features like side-by-side. If RAM is not tightly controlled, these 2GB RAM iPads would probably suffer in user experience.
So IT IS true!
When downloading this second beta, you have downloaded MORE RAM!
When downloading this second beta, you have downloaded MORE RAM!
So IT IS true!
When downloading this second beta, you have downloaded MORE RAM!
Exaclty, users will always complainThe next thing people will complain about is their 6 GB iPads won't get the "feature" of being able to request 8 GB of RAM because Apple is greedy.
One less thing for somebody to moan about then
Apple is taking such painfully slow baby steps to unlock the iPad Pro…but at least they’re taking baby steps. 1st Gen iPad Pro was a giant iPhone with pencil support. Then we got iPadOS which gave us some better multitasking. Eventually we may get a proper Files app, proper external monitor support, and more.
Probably because majority of apps don't require a lot of RAM to function.
Oh, and just like that, the “you’re a moron for buying the 16GB” gang, just descended back into the shadows.
Seems to be the trend for most feature out though to be honest. Love the Products and ecosystem and what it provides for iPhone, watch, air pods, iPad, HomePod, Apple TV etc but they just take so long to bring features to market
They can always pick up a new one later this year for the same price
I want it for more layers and more accurate colours when using Procreate for work