Apple IOS 8 Ping!
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Posted on 09/18/2014 1:07:39 AM PDT by Swordmaker
“iOS 7 and iOS 8 feel like two halves of the same update, two equally necessary steps in the journey from Old iOS to Modern iOS. iOS 7 was a facelift, a new release that added some nice user- and developer- facing features but was overwhelmingly focused on changing the way existing parts of the system looked,” Andrew Cunningham writes for Ars Technica. “iOS 8 freshens up the underpinnings of the operating system, opening an unprecedented number of things up to third parties without sacrificing the things that define iOS. iOS 7 was transformative on an aesthetic level; iOS 8 is transformative on a fun
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Does anyone know how this will effect Pages? I would welcome any comments on Pages as a word processor as compared to Microsoft Word.
I think one area is this:
iCloud Drive keeps the concept of application-specific folders for data, but it allows users (and other applications) to see the filesystem and access data stored in multiple app folders. People who don’t care to know where their files are can continue to ignore it, but power users are going to be able to manage data like they’ve wanted to since iCloud was introduced.
In iOS 8, you’ll be given the opportunity to upgrade from standard iCloud to iCloud Drive once you sign into your account, but you should tread lightly here—converting your account to use iCloud Drive is a one-time deal and it can’t be reversed. iOS 8 still supports “Documents & Data” sync, the old-style iCloud syncing method that will continue to work with Mavericks and older iOS versions. If you still use Macs running OS X 10.9 and you want to sync data between them, don’t turn iCloud Drive on. If you’ve upgraded to the Yosemite Public Beta and are using it exclusively or if you’re from the Future and Yosemite is already out, turn it on. If you only use devices that run iOS 8, turn it on. Just don’t click through those upgrade prompts without thinking about it first.
Rush Limbaugh spent 10 minutes yesterday on this one time sign in jazz for icloud.
One thing I really like is the new QuickType feature in iOS 8. The predictive typing reminds me of that same feature on my Samsung Galaxy S III cellphone.
It predicts but if wrong you spend more time correcting it.
Swordmaker, I upgraded to IOS 8 today and my iPhone 5s is running very hot. Is this normal?
No, it's not. Before panicking, try this quick fix that takes care of most upgrade problems. Do a complete cold restart. Here is the best procedure. First, quit all background apps. . . then do a cold start by holding down the home button and the off/on button simultaneously for ten second until the iPhone is forced into shut down. Then press the on button for a normal start-up, if the hot condition contnues, make an appointment with the Genius Bar at the nearest Apple Store.
IMHO, battery life on my iPhone 5 is noticeably worse than it was on IOS7. Looks like something they will fix in 8.0.1.
I’m sitting here, watching the battery monitor drop by 1 percent every 5 minutes as I use it.
Battery life issues seem to be endemic to .0 releases.
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Odd. On my iPad Air, I was observing yesterday it seemed slightly better. In fact, mine is sitting at 55% right now, when normally, after a day of normal usage, it'd be close to 15% by now. I've noticed the screen brightness is more adaptable to ambient light than I've ever seen it before, adjusting the brightness and contrast in response much more quickly and more frequently than ever before.
The iBook app now switches to a "night" view in low light conditions automatically. . . and I wonder how many other apps are similarly switching. It seems, at least on my iPad Air, to be saving battery quite well. Perhaps other iOS devices may not be working so well with this "improved" functionality?
On the other hand, the Ars Technica thurough review reported their tests showed virtually no differences on their various test models of iOS devices between iOS 7 and iOS 8. Go figure.
I did have some issues with FR website links being non-operational just after my upgrade. Everything became copacetic after a cold restart. . . But I did my cold restart before I had a chance to see if I might also have had any battery draining issues at the same time. Cold restarts is what the Genius Bar recommends as a first step that sometimes handles battery issues on new version upgrades, so I'd suggest that. Let me know if it works.
I do wish the had a "delete all" option, but I imagine that there's negative repercussions if someone uses it and then says "Oops!" and wants the mail back. Apple seems to have opted for the safer mode of requiring users to do individual "by choice" deletion of each email to avoid such accidental deletion of important documents.
With iOS 8, deletion of single emails easier. A single swipe right to left will send an email to the Trash. It no longer require selection, then tap. A single step process instead of a two step. That makes it much simpler.
I usually have my email accounts echoed on my iMac. I handle dumping large numbers of spam du jour email on the iMac where it is easy to group, select, mark as spam, and then send to Nevernever Land. With the ease of iCloud syncing, anything done to the email on the IMac will be mirrored on all my iOS devices.
Thanks for the information.
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