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iOS 12

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:44:33 GMT

Did you get it?

What do you think?

A tad concerned it’s tracking which sites I spend time on...

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:25:00 GMT

I’m still waiting for it to download the update, was released to my phone about 6.15pm this evening & it’s been stuck on update requested & 26 minutes for 5 hours now

Re: iOS 12

jonsie — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:33:07 GMT

17 new features coming to your iPhone with iOS 12

https://www.cnet.com/pictures/new-features-in-ios-12/

10 hidden features in iOS 12

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/hidden-features-ios-12/

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:31:58 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Did you get it?
What do you think?

A tad concerned it’s tracking which sites I spend time on...

It depends if you’ve got something to hide

But I suppose you need that kind of detail if you’re serious about limiting the amount of time that you’re spending online, and of course, you can switch that feature off. For many of us though, it’s social media (and I include community forums in that definition) that’s taking up too much of our time, and I didn’t need an app to realise that my time could be better spent elsewhere.

As for iOS 12, there’s some nice touches to it, and the News App seems more like the finished article (no pun intended). I’ll give it a couple of days though, before I decide if there’s any evidence of the promised improvements in performance, and whether battery life is adversely affected.

I know it’s only eye candy, but I think the wallpapers could have done with a bit of a refresh, as most of them are flowers, or rainbow motifs. It could just be my iPhone 7 though, as previously they’ve added more wallpapers to those devices with better screens.

Edit: to add clarification.

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:52:01 GMT

I’ll try & download it later on iTunes as it doesn’t seem to want to download OTA for some reason

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:07:01 GMT

Here’s a strange notification, that I’m guessing is linked to the new Screen Time feature:

I usually write a post on my iPad, but I quite often check how it’s displayed on my phone. But it seems like you’re being reminded that you’re already online on another device. It doesn’t stay there for long though, but I think it’s another distraction that I’m likely to switch off.

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:24:39 GMT

Finally decided to update itself OTA this morning, I like the new added features such as learning about battery & screen time etc but I’ve already played with the iOS 12 beta so I have prior experience & found this iOS to be more stable than iOS 10 & 11 for me at least

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:35:48 GMT

@Anonymous

Did you notice any significant drop in battery life when the beta version of iOS 12 was installed?

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:49:52 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous

Did you notice any significant drop in battery life when the beta version of iOS 12 was installed?

On the beta - i got a message from the new battery app saying since I upgraded I was using the iPad more and that would degrade the battery life quicker..

but i can’t see much difference myself

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:40:03 GMT

@Anonymous I didn’t notice a drop but more of an increase in battery life & speed

Re: iOS 12

MI5 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:01:17 GMT

Battery usage has definitely improved.

Re: iOS 12

jezza1234 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:12:16 GMT

Did my update on Modnay night around midnight so went through very quickly.

I've been running it now for a day and a half and have to say its all good.

There are some useful new features in there and as with all new updates my battery is running out faster but this should level out tomorrow once the update has finished re shuffling all the intenral files etc which puts a drain on the battery.

As fo rth escreen time bit I think its very good.

As for websites youv'e visited being tracked, Apple has been doing this for years, thats why you get targetted ads. Unless of course you do what I do and that is always browse in private mode. That way sites are unable to track you properly and your borwsiong history is kept private and deleted when you close the app.

Have nothing to hide just get fed up and bored with so many ads! and yes I know that is how many sites rasie revenue but I dont alweays want to get bombarded

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:35:38 GMT

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Re: iOS 12

MI5 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:35:42 GMT

Nice to see they’ve finally seen sense and moved the navigation keys in safari to the bottom of the screen too.

Re: iOS 12

MI5 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:36:55 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Post deleted.

Why??

It was a useful post.....

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:58:26 GMT

The automatic Apple create a strong password feature is annoying..

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:26:34 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Post deleted.
Why??
It was a useful post.....

I’ll try again then

@jezza1234 made an observation about targeted ads, which I felt was more effectively dealt with by switching the default search engine to DuckDuckGo. It was a tip that an Apple Store employee had given me, and it’s something that’s already available in iOS settings.

It was probably missing the point though, particularly in the context of how data is being collected in the Screen Time feature. I would have added some clarification to that post, but I had other pressing matters to deal with, and being mindful of the limited opportunity that we have to edit posts, at the time it was just easier to effectively withdraw that comment.

With regard to Screen Time, I’ve really no idea whether Apple are actually tracking you as such, because it’s only really providing the user with a breakdown of how they’re using their devices. But I think it’s easy to become paranoid about data privacy, and the only reason that I’ve switched that feature off, is because it’s not really telling me anything that I didn’t already know. That said, I can see how it might benefit others, particularly with the ability to set limits on type of content etc.

Re: iOS 12

MI5 — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:35:58 GMT

Good post, thanks for sharing.

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:41:09 GMT

I love DDG, just a shame more people don’t realise it’s worth. (And in the process improve the search results!)

Re: iOS 12

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:33:41 GMT

16 hours screen time.. 👍