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What's Coming in iOS 8.1: Apple Pay, SMS Relay, Instant Hotspot, Camera Roll, and More
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I have a feeling all SMS/iMessages will sync across all devices appropriately connected to your Apple ID/iCloud account/whatever is needed. I see it as being like Photos where they are made available to all devices.
With everyone busy with all the new doodads one item is getting completely lost on all the Apple sites...
This iOS/OSX cycle has been extremely telling of a possible development lifecycle problem at Apple. They seem to be taking just a hair longer each trip around the cycle and still trying to release at the same time. They seem to have rushed out iOS 8, without some features, and said they will make up the gap over the next month. Then they drop the ball on an interim update (8.0.1).
They seem to be a few days late with iOS this time around as I would consider Yosemite and iOS 8.1 dropping on the same day a "well designed" plan. I consider Apple to be "burning up good faith" by having roughly a month between iOS 8 announcements and usable iOS 8 features (faith that an Apple design is worth waiting a few days/weeks/years for). If next year the gap between "feature announced" and "feature deployed" gets a tad longer, there is a pretty serious problem brewing that will implode eventually. A good tell on late 2015 will be the watch.
In the end it could be chalked up to Apple wanting to talk up their product lines early enough that the stock doesn't do loops over rumors or "bad news" like GT... also they keep the buzz on them instead of anyone else taking the spotlight.
I guess we'll see when the watch gets released. If it ends up being mid/late 2015 with Apple saying "We need to get it right instead of done" I can only see the release quality of software and hardware going down over time due to over-extension.
This iOS/OSX cycle has been extremely telling of a possible development lifecycle problem at Apple. They seem to be taking just a hair longer each trip around the cycle and still trying to release at the same time. They seem to have rushed out iOS 8, without some features, and said they will make up the gap over the next month. Then they drop the ball on an interim update (8.0.1).
They seem to be a few days late with iOS this time around as I would consider Yosemite and iOS 8.1 dropping on the same day a "well designed" plan. I consider Apple to be "burning up good faith" by having roughly a month between iOS 8 announcements and usable iOS 8 features (faith that an Apple design is worth waiting a few days/weeks/years for). If next year the gap between "feature announced" and "feature deployed" gets a tad longer, there is a pretty serious problem brewing that will implode eventually. A good tell on late 2015 will be the watch.
In the end it could be chalked up to Apple wanting to talk up their product lines early enough that the stock doesn't do loops over rumors or "bad news" like GT... also they keep the buzz on them instead of anyone else taking the spotlight.
I guess we'll see when the watch gets released. If it ends up being mid/late 2015 with Apple saying "We need to get it right instead of done" I can only see the release quality of software and hardware going down over time due to over-extension.
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How does Phone Calls work
Can someone tell me how to get phone calls to work on the Mac? I have Yosemite and 8.02 and I cannot see my Mac as a "speakerphone" -- not sure where or how to activate this.
Can someone tell me how to get phone calls to work on the Mac? I have Yosemite and 8.02 and I cannot see my Mac as a "speakerphone" -- not sure where or how to activate this.
You got this a bit mixed up. If you use IPL you can select to show either the original or an optimised version on your iOS device.
Either way, any edits and changes you make will always be made to the original file saved in iCloud. That's the point so that any edits or albums you make are in sync with all devices
so APple's making the desktop, more of mobile experience ??
Why would u wanna receive SMS on a Mac ? when your phone is right next to u..
It would need to be since u have to set it up, which by the time that's done, i could look at several SMS's on my phone.
Facetime is ok,,, but to me, mobile should be stuck to mobile, not for desktop..
The moment you try and merge, it just gets all crazy... Some things are ok, like Notification Center, just as long on desktop u load it up with 24 things and its too cluttered.
There is a place for everything, and what works best for what device it's on..
However, Apple doesn't see it that way.
Why would u wanna receive SMS on a Mac ? when your phone is right next to u..
It would need to be since u have to set it up, which by the time that's done, i could look at several SMS's on my phone.
Facetime is ok,,, but to me, mobile should be stuck to mobile, not for desktop..
The moment you try and merge, it just gets all crazy... Some things are ok, like Notification Center, just as long on desktop u load it up with 24 things and its too cluttered.
There is a place for everything, and what works best for what device it's on..
However, Apple doesn't see it that way.
Why does all of this bother you?
You can choose not to use any feature you don't want to use. Apple's not forcing anything on you. They're just giving users more options in case they want to use them.
Still no updates for a very annoying bug where iTunes sync/updating the same files over and over again in result it removes artist artworks/partial music library off of iPhone
Is that true? If so, this is the first I have heard of that. My iMac is the top of the line i7 2010 model, and it's still a very capable machine. I would be surprised and not a bit happy if these new features didn't work on it.
Just because you have no use for something or use things in one way doesn't mean that it applies to everyone else.
When you get a call it rings on your iPad or Mac, then you pick it up on the iPad or Mac. I don't think you can switch to an iPad or Mac after taking the call on the phone.
Wait so we're forced to have our HD images in Cloud?
that sounds pretty ridiculous and a lowball move to me.
Is apple that greedy?
+1 for the Readdle software recommendation. I use PDF expert which has a very similar interface to Documents. It's very easy to set up to sync with cloud storage services, even just individual folders. I heard a lot of good things about Goodreader, but I always found the interface confusing
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I'm sure apple will release a Bluetooth 4 dongle so that people don't have to upgrade otherwise perfectly good computers
Does anyone know what are the requirements for Continuity and Handoff. Is it passed over local Wifi or is Bluetooth required?
Can't do that. Gotta keep up the impractical endless growth Wall Street expects. No new year without new iToys would put a big dent in the annual revenue.
Isn't modern capitalism GREAT?
So there isn't a setting that needs to be enabled on either my MacBook or iPhone, it's already set since I've installed Yosemite and iOS 8.0.2?
Please excuse my ignorance in this; I've done a bit of preliminary searching but haven't found anything in System Preferences and was curious as well. Thanks.
Are you serious? Why would you want to have to pick up your phone to check something while you're already on your computer? So much more efficient this way, I am glad it's coming. We'll be saying: "wow, the old way was silly."
Do users just say "oh ya that's good." or do u actually use it for something because "you are late"
I'd rather a feature, because I need to... not because i just want because it's kool..
Here here.
I hate it too. Use mine in landscape mode 100% in the car and that album view cannot die a painful death fast enough.