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iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by GeekyBear »

ForceBru wrote: post #84

So, is it better (faster, stronger, etc) than iOS 18? Everyone says iOS 26 was not good at all and iOS 27 is much better, but it seems like it's fairly simple to make something that's better than iOS 26. A more interesting question is whether it's better than iOS 18? Does anyone have any experience switching from iOS 18 to, say, some beta of iOS 27?

You can always read a review:

> The promise of iOS 27 is that it’ll not only unlock new capabilities but also make your existing workflows smoother and quicker.

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/09/ios-27-review-little-thin...

An update that improves performance on even the oldest supported device is a win.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by jawilson2 »

sync wrote: post #196
prymitive wrote: post #23

Is it just me or is clicking “iOS 27” on iPhone showing upgrade screen for 26.7?

Same, but I clicked it, awaited the update, and I'm on iOS 27 proper now-- so just a visual bug.

> just a visual bug.

Out of the gate, that isn't a good sign.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by robocat »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #158
GreekPete wrote: post #111

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Ah, so that’s why that happens? I was gaslighting myself.

someone posted high speed videos a few months ago where the keyboard will popup the key you thought you pressed (therefore did press, as far as the UI is concerned) but iOS will insert a different character anyway.

Some of those videos are misleading. They sometimes slide a finger off one key onto another: taps need to not move.

Personally, I use the slyde to type rather than tapping to type and have gboard installed for when slyde doesn't work (I think the Apple algos are not quite as good as Google's).

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by [deleted] »

dd8601fn wrote: post #185
maelito wrote: post #175

How depressing this first demo video about mum, grandma and the fruits. These are basic things of our lives that make us humans : caring about others, remembering what they say, knowing how to recognize a fruit, enjoying colors of the fruits with your eyes, not through your retina display, thinking about the food recipes that we know. I don't know if this is because I'm european and the gap keeps getting larger acros…

You’re mad that Siri was asked to find a recipe in an email and add its items to a grocery list? That doesn’t sound like a cultural divide issue.

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Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by xenospn »

devindotcom wrote: post #50
swinglock wrote: post #21

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How is the keyboard broken? Maybe I'm so used to whatever it is that I'm blind to it.

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.

I also use it all the time and I hate it very much. It almost never works right on the first try.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by archerx »

wastedpotencial wrote: post #203
latexr wrote: post #178

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You’ll probably be waiting around a decade, then (about the amount of time Apple has between these refreshes), and won’t be able to upgrade your Mac hardware (because they never support OSs older than what they ship with). For people developing for Apple platforms, there are even more restrictions. All of that is fine, of course, just as long as you’re aware. I also hate Liquid Glass, but unfortunately don’t think I…

Still daily driving the 6s after almost 11 glorious years, and I can't imagine software ever being painfully slow on M series hardware. But if you need, well, are forced, to be on latest MacOS, then you are out of luck and you have my sympathy. (My relatives iPhone updated and its just bad all around. And with increased font size for accessibility, elements don't cover all the text. Feels rushed and not the promised…

The 6s was great, I had mine until it literally came apart.

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by nick_ »

gekoxyz wrote: post #206
nick_ wrote: post #149

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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.

No, not exaggerating at all, but I'm not a power user of the phone. I just do really simple stuff, and I didn't find new bugs, just old ones. But obviously that's my experience... The most noticeable stuff was the app launch speed.

Interesting. Bugs on mine were from using core apps, IIRC. I wonder if bugs manifest on some iPhone hardware versions? Or maybe even which iOS version the phone was upgrade from?

Re: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

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Post by plorkyeran »

atonse wrote: post #134
compiler-devel wrote: post #131

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Rosetta is still present in 27.

I keep getting so many warnings about this though - maybe I'm misreading it? is 27 the LAST version with Rosetta maybe?

Yes, 27 is the final Rosetta version. The warnings are worded in a way that makes sense if you already know that but are easy to misunderstand if you don’t. I think they initially didn’t want to commit to the next version being called macOS 28. The final 27 release has started explicitly saying it’s going away in 28 which makes it a lot more straightforward.
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