iOS 17.1, macOS 14.1, and other Apple updates arrive with a few new tricks
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In addition to warranty information, it would be nice to see build date and sale date. Possibly a second-hand sale date entered by the user and their responsibility. So I know “my iPhone is 3 years 6 months old, and I bought it 14 months ago”.
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I'd be curious to see side-by-side tests of the iPhone 12 before and after iOS 17.1 to see if signal strength has been affected at all by the change.
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I believe they are only changing the signal strength if you are in France.
I can't post the Macrumours link as its "spam-like", but look at MacRumours "iOs 17.1 will fix iPhone 12..."
I can't post the Macrumours link as its "spam-like", but look at MacRumours "iOs 17.1 will fix iPhone 12..."
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Man, I wonder how long we're going to be waiting for this. This is definitely the headline feature of iOS 17 I've been looking forward to most.
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Any fix for issues with Find My devices reporting they've been left behind even though they're at a trusted location?
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You trust your backpack that's <checks notes> on your back? its so annoying, particularly when I get a notification seconds after the subway doors close and I panic check.
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I’d expect the signal strength in a dummy’s pocket, and the signal strength lying on a table, would be reduced to the limit for “in a human’s pocket”. So anywhere in the world, if your signal is bad, put your phone on a table and it increases the signal strength. Not in France.
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Has anyone had luck with the Discover card integration that was reportedly in the Beta? That was the main thing I upgraded for but can't seem to access it. Did it just not make it into the final release (I don't see it mentioned in TFA) or am I missing something?
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My iPhone 12 Pro became flaky about charging with a MagSafe charger since around iOS 17.01 (or whenever Apple fixed the overheating problem, which was indeed a problem). I suppose it could be coincidence that the MagSafe charging issue started at the same time. Has anyone else had that issue?
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I doubt Apple is going to remove the thing where your phone says “your wallet‘s still on the kitchen table, you forgetful idiot”.
(I may be paraphrasing.)
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best to me is tvOS 17.1 includes a volume overlay even when using CEC. Finally I can see my soundbar's volume on-screen when before my LG TV would only show a (+) or (-)
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I’m really looking forward to using that No Journal App, it sounds really cutting edge. Seriously, that sentence was confusing to me and I’ve actually heard about some journaling app Apple is supposed to release.
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Hoping the MacOS update fixes Stage Manager various bugs. I like its pitched functionality but it has so many bugs I can't believe it shipped
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ubercurmudgeon
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Clicked the button to update from 13.6 to 13.6.1. Beforehand, it told me it would be 1.04GB, which is already a ludicrous size for a patch release. But now, after a minute of downloading, it is saying there is 2.26GB left to go! Why can't Apple get these basic right anymore? Still, at least I have the excitement of placing bets on whether it'll rearrange all my Launchpad icon again, like it did updating from 13.5.2. Fun.
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Anybody else notice how basic text editing (getting the cursor where you want it without highlighting the entire word, other weird behavior) changed with iOS 17.0.0? Also, usage-pinning of frequently-used email addresses went totally awry. It’s like the upgrade wiped a lot of your personal learned preferences away ¯\(ツ)/¯
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The Double Tap gesture has been a bit of a bummer for me. It's something that I looked forward to as when I'm listening to a video/music while doing something like mowing the lawn, I'd usually use my watch to pause the video/audio. I figured this meant that I could just double tap my fingers to pause, but that's not how it works. At least in my experience, the Double Tap seems to only work when your watch is active (wrist rotated upward) and the prompt shows up. For example, to pause the aforementioned multimedia, I rotate my wrist upward and wait for the "Double Tap to Pause" pop-up.
I've also had the Double Tap gesture invoke when I was grabbing onto something with my index finger and thumb. It has only happened once, but it was a bit amusing to see it interpret that as a Double Tap.
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No, the issue is that it's reminding people about leaving behind devices at locations where they've marked that they should not be reminded for that device. It's configurable per-location per-device.
For example I don't care if I left my scuba gear bag at home, but I care if I left it at my buddy's house. However, I do want a reminder if I leave my wallet at home.
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Hoping this fixes the profoundly broken Messages searching. I can't search for anything that I sent or received before I installed iOS17, it seems.
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I want to like this feature, but it frequently will remind me about things I have with me. In multiple cases, I've left to go for a walk and been notified that I left my AirPods behind while holding the case.
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Yeah, I drive cross-country once or twice a year, and my phone will tell me every few road hours that I've left my laptop (which is in a suitcase in the back seat) behind. It cries wolf so often that I'm not sure if I'd notice a "real" left-behind note or not.
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My friends and I have started calling this the "you left your AirPods in your pocket and your laptop on your back warning". When I have both my personal and work computer sometimes one will be left behind and one correctly follows me.
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So, did the new update allow standby to stay on even if you don’t have an always on display or have it turned off? Standby mode is pretty useless for most iPhone owners since it allows the display to turn off.
I understand that phones turn off their display to save battery life, but in standby mode, my phone is plugged in and charging. At least give me the option.
I understand that phones turn off their display to save battery life, but in standby mode, my phone is plugged in and charging. At least give me the option.
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You might be conflating two different things. This is about getting a notification If something remains more than a certain distance from you, a passive feature.
You “can’t find something” and “want to know where things are.” That is a different feature, and that still works as effectively as ever. You can still initiate a request for a device's location, an active feature.
I just tested this to make sure. The "Find My" feature does not warn me about certain items when they are at home. But I opened Find My to see the locations of those same items. The locations are shown. Directions can be given. The "Play a sound" feature lets me play it so I can find the phone dropped between the sofa cushions.
So if you're wondering about the downvotes, that's probably why they're happening. You weren't speaking from experience, it was more of a "butwhatabout..." post.
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I can no longer see the word "plethora" without thinking of that gag from The Three Amigos...
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I can’t tell if the security fixes list is short because of the critical nature of the single item addressed, or because the less critical security items aren’t present at all.iOS 15.8 has also dropped. Continued love for my 6s
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RF emissions are radiation as I understand it. Relatively harmless, but radiation. Maybe you meant radioactivity?
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OK, no ionizing radiation; just electromagnetic radiation. Are we happy now???
EXCEPT: lay-people don’t understand the distance between ionizing, and non-ionizing. They just read or hear “radiation”, and lose their minds. I expect Ars Technica writers to strive for a higher level of accuracy. And the subtitle in TFA, didn’t meet that standard. Arguably. it was indulging in fear mongering.
Edit: lots of clarifications
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For those with the device, look at upload speeds and call quality.
Download speeds and the number of "bars" should remain the same (I think). To reduce radiation Apple probably reduced the power, so in some cases upload speeds will be lower and our voices might not be as clear to others. The downlink should remain the same as cell towers continue to work as before.
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As a French myself I can tell the "French problem" was plain BS.
There was nothing wrong with the iPhone 12 three years ago.
French bureaucracy just decided to change how measurements were made and retroactively change the rules. We are not talking about asbestos here. The iPhone 12 antenna always throttled near human skin. The litigation came from "away from any human being" level of emission, which is nonsense.
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and iPad Mini 4 (that A8 is reaaaaaally chugging, even older than your 6S)iOS 15.8 has also dropped. Continued love for my 6s
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Some of the CVEs cannot apply to iOS/iPadOS 15, and some cannot apply to the hardware that can only run iOS/iPadOS 15 (they might be in the OS, but the hardware can run newer versions of the OS where it is fixed, so upgrade to that)
There's at least one that's a weakness in a security feature that only works on the A12+, so they only fixed it in iOS17. If you have an A12+, you can run iOS17. If you're not using an A12+, well, you've not got the security feature, so there's nothing to fix - you're as vulnerable as you already were.
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Abhi Beckert
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This. The device detects if it's "near a body" and lowers the radio transmission strength. This isn't an Apple thing, it's common practice for all cell phones and the test process has always involved a sensor mounted on a dummy human body that measures radiation levels.
Apple has accused the french government of making a mistake when they tested the phone, but due to "the French problem" they've updated the software to just always operate as if the phone was near a body. So, if you're in France and you put your phone on a table... your connection might be unusable now.
The thing is, cell radios only operate at high radiation levels when they need to. They only hit the maximum transmission power when they can't otherwise reach the cell tower... it doesn't do that when you're holding it next to your head. Now in France it doesn't do that ever.
I'd bet France eventually agrees to test the phone again, properly this time, and Apple will roll back the change.
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