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Universal Control Not Coming in macOS Monterey 12.1 and iPadOS 15.2
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And proceed to release software with major bugs anyways. UC will probably have major bugs on release, whether found by user or not.
I'm happy with WWDC being an announcement of the features over the year to come. Get it done right, not all at once. I like this new Apple.
Universal Control isn’t remotely a simple concept and I was shocked when they announced it. I can only imagine how much editing it took to demonstrate it in that keynote video.
Apple aren’t very keen on fixing existing bugs, so the fact that this feature keeps getting pushed back makes me think it’s REALLY broken/unfinished, and that it’s a feature that may ultimately never really work well in practice by actual end users (you know, like iCloud synch, Universal Clipboard, and so on, which I’m surprised when they DO work among my four devices).
Apple aren’t very keen on fixing existing bugs, so the fact that this feature keeps getting pushed back makes me think it’s REALLY broken/unfinished, and that it’s a feature that may ultimately never really work well in practice by actual end users (you know, like iCloud synch, Universal Clipboard, and so on, which I’m surprised when they DO work among my four devices).
Yeah... I’m not remotely keen on that art style. It looks like the early times for some new amateur web comic author... before they got good at it.
You can bet that CSAM is in there. Say no to updates.
Yeah, and when they release 13.x half of the news stuff from 12.x will get broken and will get back on the ride again
You think Monterey is a major release? I can't find one thing that's different to Big Sur apart from the wallpaper.
Quite a bit of delay. Hopefully it will be available in early 2022.
lol. He said "leaves for Christmas vacation." These are adults, not school children.
The lengths we go to delude ourselves. ?
I was thinking that they will use the holiday to catch up on the progress and time lost during covid.
We used to call it vaporware. Why haven't I heard that term in a while? Apple's announcements of new releases and their content seem to me to fit the term. As others above have said, it's pretty frustrating if there's something they announce and then don't deliver.
It seems to me that Apple users are frustrated with the existence of so many bugs when the software is released, the time it takes to fix many, including major bugs, and this thread's issue with vaporware.
It seems to me that Apple users are frustrated with the existence of so many bugs when the software is released, the time it takes to fix many, including major bugs, and this thread's issue with vaporware.
Mac <-> iPad syncing has always been a bit flaky, as probably anyone who has used handoff or universal clipboard for any length of time can attest. My guess is they’re trying to make this feature work more reliably than past ones.
Through the flame and ashes we shall reborn!
I’m slowly losing interests in universal control.