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OS X 10.11 Could Feature Control Center, 'Rootless' Security and More, iOS 9 to Support A5-Based Devices

manu chao said:
They kind of have to. The are still selling the A5-based original iPad mini. It doesn't look good if they sell somebody an iPad mini on 15 September that then cannot get the iOS 9 update three days later.
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That and if iOS 9 is a refined, bug-free version of iOS 8, there's no reason why it shouldn't run on the same devices that iOS 8 runs on.

Obviously if there are more features that require newer processors, that's a different matter.

There were suggestions iOS 9 would be 64-bit only (so A7 or newer).
 
"the focus of OS X 10.11 will be on improved stability and performance"


Should be "HEAVILY FOCUSED" on improved stability and performance. :)
 
willboston said:
Personally, I would enjoy the change for two reasons:

  1. My menu bar is a soup of icons, and a few of these—wifi, volume, Airplay, and other utilities—would be nicer off screen in a Control Center.
  2. I switch devices from Mac to iPhone to Mac to iPad to Mac all day…*consistency here would be awesome.
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I disagree. I like being able to see wifi and volume status at a glance. Having to open up some other panel just to check those things would be very inconvenient.
 
Apple is also reportedly working on a major new kernel-level security system called "Rootless" for OS X and iOS that will help curb malware and protect sensitive data by prohibiting users from accessing certain protected files on Mac and iOS devices. "Rootless" appears to be a permanent feature of iOS, much to the chagrin of the jailbreaking community, but can likely be disabled on OS X.
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I don't think the person who wrote this understands the concept of "root" vis-a-vis Unix operating systems.
 
cmChimera said:
Serious question: Can anyone tell me how control center on a Mac is practical? I'm just trying to figure out why it's necessary with the "Today" and a Menu Bar.
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I don't see any use for it either. In fact, I see the Menu Bar as control center already...
 
willboston said:
Personally, I would enjoy the change for two reasons:

  1. My menu bar is a soup of icons, and a few of these—wifi, volume, Airplay, and other utilities—would be nicer off screen in a Control Center.
  2. I switch devices from Mac to iPhone to Mac to iPad to Mac all day…*consistency here would be awesome.
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I feel like the wi-fi icon should be visible. Having it off-screen doesn't allow me to see if there is an issue with connectivity or my signal strength, or if I'm connected at all. Plus how would the interface look when browsing access points. I guess I could live with volume and bluetooth being offscreen.

Traverse said:
I'm not sure. Originally I though iTunes controls would be useful, but the keyboard is often faster to adjust brightness, volume, and control playback.
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Yeah true, and they added an iTunes Notification bar widget AND a miniplayer, which greatly diminishes the usefulness of control center.

mr.bee said:
Probably in the minority but I'm actually looking forward to control center

I miss an airplane function on my rmbp for example.
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A quick airplane toggle seems somewhat useful, true.

obitow said:
Well, last year report said the Control Center is activated by clicking in the :apple: logo in menu bar, so it would have everything this menu have plus other shortcuts i think.

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Perhaps, as the image shows, the volume, wifi, user and other icons can move to the control center too.
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Hmm, I guess I'll just wait and see how it is implemented. Maybe I'll be convinced at WWDC.
 
I must admit, as much as I love my iPhone and my iPad which are brilliant products, nothing makes me happier on this site than reading rumors about Mac OS X.

I'm eagerly awaiting 10.11 just as I have every previous release all the way back to Panther when I got in to Macs.

WWDC is less than a month away and I cant wait :D
 
CaryMacGuy said:
I feel like to get people to go through the trouble of upgrading, they need to provide some new feature of iOS 9 (other than a new font). Performance is pretty good on my iPhone 6 and my wife's 5s. Why would we want to rock the boat? Of course since I read this site, I will upgrade regardless but I am speaking in the tone of a regular end user that has a phone that does everything he or she needs (like my wife). Maybe they should save the new music player for iOS 9 rather than 8.4.
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And that's the situation of announcing no new features...if there is nothing new, why upgrade? They still need to include a few new features and new technologies for developers to keep them interested and keep parity with Android.
 
MacRumors said:
Apple is also reportedly working on a major new kernel-level security system called "Rootless" for OS X and iOS that will help curb malware and protect sensitive data by prohibiting users from accessing certain protected files on Mac and iOS devices.
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That reminds me of Windows, where you can't delete or change certain system files and folders even as root (you have to restart in protected mode as I recall correctly). Let's hope they did something better as such crappy things as hiding Library from your home folder. Securing network connections and enabling a decent firewall would be welcomed more than those annoying pseudo-security workarounds.
 
Hmmm... simply wondering:

I hope the iCloud drive element does not mean we'll have to get an iCloud account to use certain features. If it was not for the security issues, I would have stuck with Mavericks on my 2010 iMac until that was replaced.

Ah well. We'll see.
 
I'm in the vast minority where I prefer to store cloud information in my own server, so I'm hoping things like caldender dont prelude that option for those who simply dont want to use icloud exclusively.

Also rootless, I'm hoping thats not baby steps into an extremely closed osx future.

Apart from that, sounds like great news.
 
They will release Mac Air ( Mac + iPad Air). These are just few signs of preparing for its release.. Hardware-wise, the new Macbook, and software, this.
 
duffman9000 said:
The iPhone 3G also "supported" iOS 4. That didn't turn out well.
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But this time sounds like they're building an "iOS 9 lite" and adding the new features one by one, rather than throwing everything together and see what works and what doesn't.
 
CarlosQG said:
But this time sounds like they're building an "iOS 9 lite" and adding the new features one by one, rather than throwing everything together and see what works and what doesn't.
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And thus starts people with A5 devices whining that their devices don't have that many iOS 9 features. And if they did, the complaint would be that it doesn't run well.
 
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My honest opinion. Apple needs to drop the A5 processor already. We're about to hit A9 this year, four generations ahead.

I own a first gen iPad mini and it has slowed down so much over the years that for some tasks it's just an annoyance to use. The A5 was good in its time. Don't misunderstand me, but its time was in 2011.
 
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