At our 19th July meeting we talked about the early details of Apple’s new operating systems as the beta versions become available. We also discussed recent Apple news and members shared some other topics.
New OS Versions
We discussed some of the new OS features revealed in recent betas, including:
- RCS messaging for better message compatibility with Android users.
- New dedicated Passwords app.
- Control Center changes.
- Recovered album in Photos.
- Reformat external drives on iPhone and iPad.
- Details of the features in macOS Sequoia that require Apple Silicon (and therefore won’t work on Intel Macs).
- New iCloud keep downloaded option in Sequoia.
Apple News
We talked about recent Apple news, including:
- Vision Pro launches in the UK and new immersive experiences are coming for the device.
- Video of Steve Jobs discussing the future of computing in 1983 is made available.
- The TinyPod case turns an Apple Watch into an iPod, with limitations.
- The first PC emulator, UTM SE is approved for the iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro.
- “Classic” Apple News site The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) returns with AI manipulated stolen content.
- Apple users are keeping their devices for longer.
- Apple issues tips to avoid phishing scams.
- The polyfill.io attack highlights website infrastructure vulnerabilities. These notes from the Security Now podcast describe the issue in detail (from page 10, thanks to DavidB for pointing this out).
Member Topics
- Ben asked about app updates not always being immediately available in the Mac App Store. DaveK mentioned that developers can choose to release updates in phases.
- Alan mentioned how when the hard drive in a Classic iPod is upgraded there’s still a limit on the total number of songs supported by the original Apple firmware which means very large drives can’t be filled. The 3rd party firmware Rockbox can be used to get around this limit.
- DavidB demonstrated Apple Watch mirroring on iPhone.