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mpantone said:

M68000 said:

mpantone said:

At last it looks like I'll finally be upgrading from iOS 17 to iOS 18 in the next few days. Same with migrating from iPadOS 17 to iPadOS 18 as well as macOS Sonoma to macOS Sequoia.

As usual I will wait until at least June 2026 to install iOS 26/iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe.

Totally up to you. But I have no idea what you are waiting for. 

I'm waiting for Apple to clean up their Cupertino dogchow.

Apple's software QA has markedly and steadily declined over the years. Ten years ago, yes, I would install the newest release the same week it came out (September usually). But as their release quality noticeably worsened, I started delaying this to a point release. Over years, this just drifted to later point releases until a few years ago I just waited until the week of WWDC in June to date. For sure Apple would not be adding any features, it would all be bug fixes by the time they previewed the next gen OSes.

But now most of Apple's operating systems still have significant bugs in the x.5 releases. Hence, waiting until this year's x.6 releases. This ensures a smoother user experience since I simply don't see nine months worth of bugs (typically the most serious ones). I just don't have the interest/energy to deal with that garbage anymore. I will wait for the features when the software is fully baked: July or August.

Note that I have skipped some releases altogether like macOS Crapalina (I upgraded directly from Mojave to Big Sur sometime in the spring of 2021, six months after that latter's release).

Note that Apple themselves are aware that their software quality is going downhill. They even took a week pause in December 2023 to tackle bugs which delayed a point release. And yes, Siri with Apple Intelligence is another example of how Apple determined that a particular feature wasn't ready for primetime. They have also removed and reintroduced some features like AI-powered summary notifications.

Note that since Apple releases security patches for the previous two operating systems, my devices are still safe and well supported.

Note that I do the same thing with Windows. I'm running Windows 11 23H2 on several machines with one system upgraded to 24H2 in the past month. Redmond dogchow certainly isn't better than Cupertino dogchow.

Xed said:

mkrayewsky said:

This seems like a waste of time and energy on Apples part. If the depictions are correct, this is nothing more than a glorified iPad, which we all have. Putting it on a Homepod is ridiculous. No one is going to walk over to your Homepod to make a home change, plus it would distort the Homepod sound due to this think (aka. The display) in the way. Really ! What am I missing ?

Michael

You might be missing that the article never mentioned it would be on a HomePod. I don't recall ever seeing that rumor. I've only ever seen it suggested on a wall, like every other major smarthome system available today. And no, that doesn't mean you'll have to access the wall panel to do anything, just like you don't need to physically go to your smart thermostat today if you have the app for it.

While the display may be the same one used on an iPad, that doesn't matter at all. What matters is what it can do. The fact that all the rumors talk about Apple once again branching their flexible and scalable OS to create homeOS (as seen in other rumors) tells me that it'll have a UI that will be both familiar and unique to work with the environment its intended (just like all of Apple's OSes) and it will have services and a foundation designed to support it.

Personally, I had hoped Apple would jump into this market a good 15 years ago. Better late than never, I guess.

Will it be as robust or as good as Control4, Josh.ai, Savant, Crestron, or URC? We'll have to wait and see.

pixeltini said:

Hmm, who could have guessed interfering with law enforcement efforts would be illegal? It's no different than attempting to block a police vehicle doing its duty to protect Americans against those who would do us harm. You know… gang members, drug dealers, convicted felons, cartel thugs, human traffickers, and so on.

And let's call out the specious idea that Ice Block is no different than a radar detector or warning drivers of a speed trap. A speed zone warning is an alert to POTENTIAL law breakers. Ice Block interferes with police efforts to apprehend individuals who have ALREADY BROKEN AT LEAST ONE LAW. Do you see the difference? Well do you?

Pardon me for using logic and pointing out the obvious. Now go ahead and hurl the Leftist phrases you learned from CNN.

Fred257 said:

You can get this feature on 30 dollar smartwatches from China. Not sure why this still stands..