Still no ability to have separate accounts on an ipad... I sort of understand that a phone is a single user OS, but the ipad most certainly should be a multi user OS.
Apple's products are closer to a personal computer than most PCs ever were ...
iOS 16 Available September 12th
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Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th
#152Been on the β for a while; it’s a good OS. Particularly like the ability to use the iPhone as a Zoom cam. 3D printed a phone mount and everything works pretty seamlessly. Lock Screen widgets are nice too.
Stage manager on iPadOS doesn’t do it for me though.
Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th
#153Do people still get excited for these smartphone OS updates? I remember a couple of years ago I couldn't wait to see what the new features were. Now I don't think I've changed the way I use my phone for several years.
Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th
#154Huge! But the bigger surprise is that there's literally nothing in it that I care about despite being an iOS user. Also, multiple stops on Maps? That's Google maps 15 years ago.
15 years ago? Wow! Seeing Google Maps came out 17 years ago, that’s really early in their lifetime!
Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th
#155As a non-iOS user it looks like a great update, but at the same time I thought that many of these were already features like in Android
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Have they added the feature to have a locked (and hidden, I know that hidden already exists) folder for pictures?
That is my understanding. FaceID for hidden and deleted photos.
Amazing. I cannot believe it’s taken this long but that’s amazing. Upgrading first chance I get.
Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th
#157Apple’s call and sms spam filtering remains subpar to say the least. When I had a Pixel, I had the option to let the OS transcribe what the potential spammer was saying and end the call. It’s puzzling why Apple isn’t doing more here.
I’d like it if you could just have an ephemeral call list. I don’t want to add an estate agent or recruiter to my main contact list, but I’d like to see their name come up if they call back or I get another call from them.
Just make it a contact with like a 7 day TTL or something. If it’s longer term, save it proper.
I mention this because the old Caller ID setup doesn’t really work any more.
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Boy do i have a lifehack for you. Buy a phone number with a random area code, like ohio or something, all the spam calls come from surrounding area codes.
But then my calls will come from the random area code too. It’d be neat if you could do a dual phone number, where your CID on outbound calls shows as your local area code, but you give out the foreign area code for inbound calls. But then you mess up callbacks.
> But then my calls will come from the random area code too
Nobody will care. Everybody's cell number is just a record of where they lived when they got their first phone; people you call will have you in their contact list most likely.
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But then my calls will come from the random area code too. It’d be neat if you could do a dual phone number, where your CID on outbound calls shows as your local area code, but you give out the foreign area code for inbound calls. But then you mess up callbacks.
Your missing the point. Spammers call you from a spoofed number so that you think its someone near you based on the area code. I lived just a town over an invisible line in 2009, and ordered a new phone, and got an area code that the only other person I know that has a number in that area code is my wife. (920) the ONLY calls that call me from that area code are spammers. if I get calls from any other area code, only…
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Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th
#160Apple’s call and sms spam filtering remains subpar to say the least. When I had a Pixel, I had the option to let the OS transcribe what the potential spammer was saying and end the call. It’s puzzling why Apple isn’t doing more here.
Select "Silence unknown callers" and you're done. Last month I had a flurry of spam texts and calls. I moved the slider to the "enable" side a few weeks ago and have had zero issues since.
For those of you that want to learn more about this feature, Apple has a page describing how it works as well as how calls get through.
It’s a simple read and worth the minute or so if you use the feature.