As someone that likes to tinker with the latest and greatest I always tend to be honest with myself and know that I’ll end up most probably ruining my daily devices with the beta. I’m glad to report that iOS 15 Beta 1 (at least on my iPhone 11) is one of the best firstContinue reading “Should you install iOS 15 Beta 1?”
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Where’s the iPad weather app in iPadOS 15?
The iPad is missing one obvious app, weather. I wish I’d thought to write this post by 9to5Mac, it’s great and gets to why I’m mystified why the iPad app isn’t there. For a company talking about removing tracking this seems like a gaping hole and I’m sure they have to working on a dedicatedContinue reading “Where’s the iPad weather app in iPadOS 15?”
Day One gets acquired
I’ve been using Day One for years so this news that they have been acquired by the makers of WordPress is definitely interesting. As I’ve written about before WordPress looks to be pivoting towards wanting to become a social network with it’s introduction of, sigh stories. On the whole though I like Automattic as aContinue reading “Day One gets acquired”
M1 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Pro
Straight off the bat the first thing I was glad to get back was my physical function row keys. I’d struggled with the Touch Bar a lot and having quick access to volume etc is great. The only thing I miss is the loss of the launchpad button, which I used to launch apps allContinue reading “M1 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Pro”
watchOS 8 adds a new timer screen
This was one of my wishes for watchOS. A timer mode where you could run it without it being obscured by the time when the always on display went dark. Now you can just glance and see how long is left on your current timer.
Don’t let your expectations ruin your experience
After seeing some of the negativity around iPadOS 15 and an upset group of people now returning their devices I’m reminded of something to remember whenever you’re faced with an upcoming event – don’t set unrealistic expectations and then be upset when they are not met. As Yoda point out to Luke with the darkContinue reading “Don’t let your expectations ruin your experience”
How to turn on Mail privacy protection in iOS 15
One of the new features in iOS 15 is added privacy protection in Mail. This stops people seeing how you interacted with the mail they sent you. I’d recommend turning this one on. You can do this by heading in settings > mail > privacy protection and then enable the toggle switch.
What iPad do you need to run iPadOS 15?
As with most yearly updates we see Apple continuing to support devices from at least 6 years back. One of the reasons I love the iPad is that they last for ages. Here’s the iPad models that iPadOS 15 will support.
Apple makes it easier to switch from Android in iOS 15
Switching to iOS from Android has been improved in iOS 15 with these changes. This is a feature that I’m yet to test in beta but seeing more data and settings moved over in your migration will make moving from Android that little bit smoother.
iOS 15: what’s new in Notes
I’m playing with these apps but for now I wanted to share summaries of key apps, here’s Notes.