iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 • Hacker News Board

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by saturn8601 » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #17

I've been using it for several months since the developer beta came out; overall I'm extremely positive on it. One of their better releases that seemingly focused more on quality and refinements than new-features. Siri is definitely worth using now, even if it remains still a work-in-progress/needs continued refinement. It can surprise you in good ways, but it isn't consistently good yet. The keyboard remains unfixed…

Any improvements to voice to text? I use iPhone 13 Mini and so keyboard has always been hard to type on. But voice to text..man..it is an absolutly miserable experience that I wish I could swap out for any other competitor.

I normally don't complain that iOS/MacOS isn't customizable because the defaults are good enough to work for me but that voice to text man its like they completely forgot about it.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by usern20260720 » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #11

Reminder to wait a couple of months before upgrading macOS! Every single time issues are found after a new macOS version, give it a little bit of time before jumping right away on your work machine :)

yes. I have been waiting 12 months already because Tahoe didn't convince many people, and I dread the moment I upgrade my mpb m3. Maybe I should just keep the factory OS

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by asimovDev » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC

bayindirh wrote: post #16

lenerdenator wrote: post #8

I take it this is the one that tosses out Rosetta 2 on macOS?

Nope, that's macOS 28. > Rosetta is available for any Mac with Apple silicon using macOS 27 or earlier. Starting with macOS 28, the next major macOS release, Rosetta functionality will be available only for certain older, unmaintained games that rely on Intel-based frameworks. Sauce: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527

i wonder if M7 will not have elements in it that help with x86 to ARM on the fly translation that M1 had now that macOS 27 and beyond is ARM only with no Rosetta

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by Hamuko » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #11

Reminder to wait a couple of months before upgrading macOS! Every single time issues are found after a new macOS version, give it a little bit of time before jumping right away on your work machine :)

I just updated my Mac Studio from Sequoia to Tahoe.

Gotta say, a massive downgrade.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by fady0 » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

jmuguy wrote: post #101

ksec wrote: post #41

People who are still on Chrome as main browser should seriously try Safari 27. Compatibility greatly improved, super speedy. Although for some reason the AI organise tab option is not showing up on me.

Does uBlock Origin (or something equivalent) work in Safari?

There’s an official Safari version [1], but it’s more like a toy compared to Firefox.

[1]https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by Hamuko » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

GeekyBear wrote: post #106

wastedpotencial wrote: post #33

Not updating from Sequoia until the Liquid Glass era is over.

They literally give you a new slider to increase or reduce the Liquid Glass effect to align with your personal preferences.

Unfortunately the slider does not fix Liquid Glass. Notifications are still unreadable even when you go full opaque. You need to also toggle Reduce Transparency to actually get the UI to be opaque enough to be readable.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by mdesq » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

atonse wrote: post #116

dgellow wrote: post #11

Reminder to wait a couple of months before upgrading macOS! Every single time issues are found after a new macOS version, give it a little bit of time before jumping right away on your work machine :)

I feel pretty good about the 27 series in a way I haven't in the past (I've been running iOS 27 and it's working well), except for one thing, they remove x86 support (no more Rosetta), so just keep that in mind in case that might disrupt anything for you.

I thought they weren't removing Rosetta until macOS 28. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by wycy » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #17

I've been using it for several months since the developer beta came out; overall I'm extremely positive on it. One of their better releases that seemingly focused more on quality and refinements than new-features. Siri is definitely worth using now, even if it remains still a work-in-progress/needs continued refinement. It can surprise you in good ways, but it isn't consistently good yet. The keyboard remains unfixed…

> Siri is definitely worth using now, even if it remains still a work-in-progress/needs continued refinement. It can surprise you in good ways, but it isn't consistently good yet.

I really wish we could add our own custom prompts for the new Siri. My most common usage of Siri is "Remind me at XX:00 to do XYZ." The most common response from Siri now is, "Sorry, did you say XYZ or XZY?", where XYZ and XZY are two very similar things between which the difference is inconsequential.

Dealing with this "Sorry" response has made reminders take annoying extra steps. Wish I could throw in a "If I'm setting a reminder and you don't quite hear me, just put both things in one reminder and I'll figure it out myself" to the prompt.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by nick_ » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC

gekoxyz wrote: post #7

Usually I wait until december to install the new iOS on my phone, since most of the time I don't care about the upgrades. This time I installed iOS 27 beta on my phone since the public beta was out, and I had 0 new bugs compared to iOS 26, but it hasn't been the big relief that I hoped for. Now I am worried about what the new versions of iOS will bring us, I hope that the "we removed the crap" wasn't just a thing of…

Are you exaggerating? I tried the latest beta about a month ago and experienced multiple bugs within half an hour. Had to downgrade back to 26.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by neutronicus » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC

devilbunny wrote: post #93

devindotcom wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally use the swiping keyboard on ios and it seems to detect the wrong word with an almost malicious frequency. It also randomly Capitalizes things.

For some reason, the one word that it just will not let me swipe is “and”. Which is, you know, somewhat common. I get all kinds of random things instead.

"ABs"