Yah, I will be very interested to see what they are able to do here. I think you both point out that the difference isn’t that much. Even if the “AI” takes longer, it would sure be nice if they could offer the cloud stuff to older devices. To my knowledge, they don’t make it clear/obvious when the device jumps from on-device AI to private cloud AI, so why not even offer an “opt in” on older phones that pops up a dialogue along the lines of “Warning, AI functionality may be more limited on this device” or something?
They are going to make people mad either way, so might as well at least give them something?
On the Talk Show live with Federici and Joz, they said that when they tested it, it works on “older” devices (I assume that they include the iPhone 15 in that) but that it was too slow.
If they think it’s unaccaptable, I doubt they’ll back port it.
The stuff that’s not part of Apple Intelligence seems to be mostly UI redesigns and relatively small features. Yes, there are a number of the “small” features. But it’s my understanding that the majority of the improvements in Siri and ML are part and parcel of the new “Apple Intelligence.”
From Apple:
Powered by Apple Intelligence, Siri becomes more deeply integrated into the system experience. With richer language-understanding capabilities, Siri is more natural, more contextually relevant, and more personal, with the ability to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks.
Same with the new Mail & Messages prioritization, the new focus mode that attempts to determine which messages are actually important, etc.
I went from a Xs Max to a 15 Pro Max and the multi-generation processor upgrade made a noticeable difference in cold starting slow-opening apps like Obsidian (which has recently improved further with the latest updates).
But the jump from 4 to 8 gb RAM made a huge difference, because apps stay loaded in memory much longer. Now Obsidian (which I use a lot) usually opens instantly for me because it’s already loaded into RAM.
Idk if the jump from 6 to 8 would be as dramatic, but it’s still a third more.
I agree with you on where it sits for Apple. I know you are still working your iPad-only experiment, but I have to say, having Screens be my quick “out” to the MBP on my desk is really nice. I wouldn’t want to do tons of work that way, but I find if a website, for instance, is fighting me on the iPad, I’ll just pop into Screens to my Mac and knock it out over there.
I’ll just pop into Screens to my Mac and knock it out over there
I’ve never tried to use an application to access my Mac from the iPad. Is there a default app on the iPad to do that or does that require a third-party app?
As far as mobile Safari goes, when I occasionally run into a problem, I just copy the URL and open up Brave to resolve it.
I’ll have to give Brave a look when that happens. For me, it tends to be a WebKit problem which can replicate everywhere on the iPad obviously.
I use Screens which does cost money…I think they have a subscription and “lifetime” purchase, as well, but I’m not certain. I’ve found it works the best of any of the third-party options out there. To be honest, I’m not current on if there’s built-in remote desktop back to the Mac from iPad.
Yup! You get Screens on the iPad and I put Screens Connect on the MBP (I believe you don’t need to do this if you only want to access your Mac on the same network)…Screens Connect lets you get back through even when you are traveling.
But yeah, no problems accessing my MBP while it is in clamshell mode (which is how mine lives 100% of the time when I’m not using it).
In addition to Screens by Edovia (subscription 25/year or 3/month), there is Jump Desktop (I think it’s a one-time purchase). I am currently using Screens to access my MacMini from my iPad but am going to try Jump Desktop again. I had some problems with Jump Desktop when I tried it a few weeks ago but it may have been user error so I’ll see what happens this time.
