Regarding Quick Note on iPadOS 15, I think a lot of people forget a feature that was released a couple of years ago whereby if your iPad screen is locked, but you touch it with your Apple Pencil to wake it up, a new Apple Note will open up and allow for quick note taking such as the phone number example @MacSparky gave in this episode. The new Quick Note solves the issue if the iPad is already in use which the old system didnāt solve for. Just thought Iād share with the group.
What I think is really missing from this feature is a way to quickly get the handwritten text out of Notes and into something else like Drafts. I tried using shortcuts but the handwriting recognition API used their isnāt the same as the Scribble one, and it just doesnāt work nearly as well.
Maybe next yearā¦
David and Stephen both rightly hailed multiple timers coming to the Apple Watch.
Stephen mentioned that it had come to the HomePods awhile ago.
David made a comment about ānot sure how it took this long, but itās here, and letās be happy about that.ā
Yes, arenāt we glad that all of Appleās devices now support multiple timers!
Oh. Well, I guess there are two products that still donāt support multiple timers, but they arenāt very important, theyāre just the iPhone and the iPad!!!
(On the other hand, at least the iPad now has ālow power modeā, which I am grateful for.)
@imsh, @macsparky, iOS 15 is not the only mobile operating system Apple updates.
Apple plans to provide security updates for iOS 14. See its āNew features available with iOS 15ā document, under the āSettingsā subheading. It says users can ācontinue on iOS 14 and still get important security updates.ā
More importantly for me and my iPhone 6 Plus, Apple continues to provide iOS 12 security updates.
The iOS 12 security updates apply to iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3 and iPod touch (6th generation). The iPhone 5s and iPad mini 2 debuted in 2013 ā eight years ago. The iPhone 5s arrived with iOS 7.0. The iPad mini 2 came with iOS 7.0.3.
Apple released iOS 12.5.5 on Sept. 23. I installed it the next morning.
The iOS 12 security updates often run a week or two behind those for the main iOS version, but they do come. In this case, iOS 12.5.5 updated several of the same items as in iOS 14.8, which Apple released Sept. 13.
Apple provided a feature update for iOS 12, as well, with iOS 12.5 on Dec. 14 ā the COVID-19 Exposure Notifications system for iPhones.
The company details all iOS 12 versions ā 27 iterations to date ā in āAbout iOS 12 Updates.ā
Apple lists all its security updates since 2016 for all operating systems and apps in āApple security updates.ā
Quick question from me on Focus modes, which Iām toying around with at the moment.
A comment was made that the system is aiming to recognise āpeople rather than appsā (or something similar). Is that something thatās coming further down the line or is it something I can work with at the moment?
Iām asking as itās my main frustration with Focus at the moment: if a family members gets in touch with me through iMessage or a phone call, then thatās great - theyāre let through. If (for whatever reason!) they get in touch with me via WhatāsApp or some other 3rd party app, the message is stored in my morning notifications.
Am I just going to have to be patient? Or am I missing something at the moment?
Iām quite impressed by the continued iOS 12 updates. I passed on my iPhone 6 to a friend 4 years ago. I feel a bit guilty about their still insisting on using it (āit works just fineā) given how old it is now and my updates since then. The fact that even an iPhone that old still gets security updates and still provides a not unreasonable user experience assuages my obsolescence guilt a bit.
Youāll need to be patient. Apple has created the APIs for third party developers to use, but unless Whatsapp or Signal or whatever other developer implements it, the system wonāt work for you.
While weāre talking about the shortcomings of timers on iPhone, why are we still stuck with the wheels for setting them? We can set calendar event times by typing the times in, why canāt we do this for timers?
I donāt get the use of scheduled notification summaries. I expected them to appear only at the specified time, thus bother me only then. But instead I see a notification saying that something is waiting. Of course, I get curious and click on it, losing even more time, since I have to open the thing first.
Annoying thing Iāve seen regarding timers. Maybe it is a setting Iāve missed, but if I set a timer on my watch, my phone seems to have no knowledge of itā¦why? (I want to check on āhow long is leftā¦.ā)
Multiple timers are greatā¦Iād like knowledge of them to spread across devices.
Finally just started really playing around with iOS 15, so far I like it. The new maps are really good, they look nice. I like the weather notifications but Iām not getting notified when itās about to rain, I still use the dark sky app and thatās working great. So far the notifications told me when the rain will stop. Focus mode I donāt totally understand but need to play with it. Oh and the reminders seem good but donāt get the difference between reminders and smart list is it just tags?
One thing Iām mad about is you canāt use Apple Maps just to alert you for speed cameras or red light cameras like you can on Waze. Weather notifications I would like to see improve/ get fixed.