TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 353
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank STACY for sending in the music you hear in the background. STACY wrote:
Hi Rob,
I created this song called FREEFALL FRIDAYS with the App Korg Gadget - and the track was "mastered" (using the term very loosely) within Audioshare using the inter-app audio apps AUFX:Peak EQ, AUFX:Push generic:subtle preset
This is from my Album Orbiting Moodswings where all the songs were created on iOS devices. You can find my music by searching for Spectral Sevenths two words in Spotify.
Regards,
Stacy P
SONG FREEFALL FRIDAYS
Thanks STACY for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank MATT. for sending in the Artwork for today's show. MATT said the following:
Hi Rob,
I made this artwork with an IPhone 5S photo, then Used the Autopainter app to apply the painting effect. and the Enlight app was used to add text.
Perhaps you can use around a patriotic holiday.
Regards,
Matt S
Winston-Salem
Thanks MATT, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see MATT'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 353 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:25
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote ““I added it up and … like 800 people are going to buy the iPad. between its inevitable first-generation bugs, fulfillment problems, and buyer’s remorse over added features and price drops, it’s heartbreak waiting to happen.” UNQUOTE
Molly Wood, CNet, 31 January 2010
So Miss Wood - tell me was it going to be just 800 people buying the iPad or was it going to be fulfillment problems or were you saying that Apple was going to have fulfillment problems at the 800 unit level? And I love when people give price drops and future features of next gen product as a reason not get this Gen product - like it is news somehow that next gen devices are going to be different and better. You think!!! Just Sayin
03:15
For Promo codes - On Ep 352 well two of the Apps all the codes were given out. But I am waiting to give out the ones for the Mac OS Ten App - MacX Video Converter Pro - This is a great Mac OS Ten app for well doing Video Conversion and much much more - If you are on a Mac and do anything with video - especially if you record a lot of video with your iPhone - this App is a must have.
Go back to Ep 353 around the 1 Hour 5 Minute mark to learn more about this app and how to submit for a chance to win said app.
Nothing new this week.
A QUICK REMINDER if you are an App developer or an iBook Author email me if you want your app or iBook featured in the promo give away segment We Just need the 5 promo codes or more to give away. simply email me at today in ios @ gmail.com and please include a 60 sec or less audio review of your app or iBook - indicating you are the dev or author. Also when you send in the promo codes - please make sure to let me know when they expire.
04:30
In this weeks How wrong Was I segment - I did something with Ep 352 I have only done a couple of times ever with all my 700 Plus episodes on all my different shows. That is I made a correction and updated the file. So if you were one of the first 5,000 to download Ep 352 I am sorry about the error about the release date of iOS 8.4 and Apple Music. For some reason I had it as June 24th in my all things Apple Calendar. But clearly that was not the case. iOS 8.4 and Apple Music were actually released on June 30th. Two episodes in a row I was wrong with regards to an aspect of Apple Music - yikes. Probably best if I just stay listening to the music I ripped from my CD’s, you know those CD’s that where mostly 20 to 25 years ago - when I was switching from Vinyl to CD’s - and ripped to my computer back in 2002 and 2003. Sad to say when it comes to music - I am not cutting edge - not unless you count Chris deBurgh as Cutting edge.
05:32
http://www.cultofmac.com/327127/ios-9-beta-2-new/
First off I want to talk about iOS 9 beta 2 or 9b2 and some of the minor tweaks vs beta 1.
One big change is the icon for the Podcasts App - changed from where the white circles around the Podcast I went from slowly fading as you moved down the circle to solid white all around - Yeah not exactly big - maybe some of the other changes will excite or not. Which means we can skip mentioning the update to the Apple Watch App icon and get right into the Improved search in 9B2. As in now third party apps have their own on/off toggles for search.
The News App is now added to iCloud settings - not that the news app has been launched - but when it is - we now have a toggle for it in the iCloud settings.
As with past Beta 1’s there is a feature that then went away in beta 2. This time around it was the Content blockers option in Beta 1 that is now gone in beta 2 - this in the settings for Safari. However there are two new options in Safari settings - you can now choose to show or hide the tab bar and the favorites bar.
One nice change to 9B2 is per the iPad keyboard. With beta 1 it was showing new buttons for cut, copy and paste. Now the cut and copy buttons are replaced with undo and redo buttons - which are more useful most of the time. However if you do select text - then the cut and copy buttons return and replace the undo / redo buttons - so the cut and copy buttons are still in the keyboard - just hidden until you actually need and can use them.
Now I should point out the redo button in the Stock notes app is replaced with the check list option button. So the stock keyboard varies a bit from stock app to stock app depending on need.
Those were some of the key changes in 9B2.
Here is some feedback on 9B2
Hi Rob,
I've been playing around in the developer copy of iOS9 beta2. the biggest news for me... maybe just me. (thank you Apple!) I am now able to add the song I"m currently listening to, to any playlist I have.
This has been available in iTunes on the mac (since I started using in 2007). Since my first iPod Touch, I've often wished that while listening to a random playlist to be able to simply tap on an option to add the listening song to a playlist of my choice.
This is something that makes sense to me. I like to put together photo slideshows with video of our family vacations, picking the right song can sometimes take some time, and I'll weed through the 1000's of songs I own to find the right genre and song that I want for the trip. I would find some candidates but keeping them bookmarked was trying at best, but with this new welcomed addition, I'm so glad that iOS9 is a great refinement release!
Thanks Apple!
regards,
Francisco Tapia
One other feature in iOS 9 I have not mentioned yet - at least I don’t think I have - and I am not sure if it was in beta 1 or just beta 2 - is the ability to Save as PDF - this is basically the same as the print to PDF feature you see in Mac OS Ten. This is located in the share option - so now when in an app like notes or mail or safari - you can save the doc / email / page as a PDF in the iBooks app. Very nice addition.
09:23
http://www.cnet.com/news/whats-new-in-ios-8-4-besides-apple-music/
Lets talk also about some of the changes for iOS 8.4 vs 8.3
Obviously the big monster change is Apple Music - but there are other tweaks / changes / modifications and more to 8.4.
You can now Browse, Listen and download audiobooks from inside iBooks. And very important is that books that are made for iBooks now will work on the iPhone in addition to just the iPad as before. That means my Podcast101 iBook will now be available on the iPhone. So for all of you that hid the iBook App in some sub folder on your iPhone - time to locate it and move it back out.
Oh and do me a favor on your iPhone go to the iBook app - search for Podcast101 - one word - and download my free iBook. It helps me in the rankings. And it gives you a chance to see a free iBook and how it looks on your iphone. Hint when viewing it turn your iPhone into landscape mode.
There were other usability and stability improvements to the iBooks app as well.
In 8.4 there were other fixes - such as one for an issue where receiving a specific series of Unicode characters caused the device to reboot - this was the bug also known as the the Effective Power bug - where a “friend” would send you a text message with effective power and then some other characters and it would crash your phone see ep 349 time code 07 minutes and 51 seconds for more on that bug. Well that bug is now squashed.
They also fixed an issue that kept GPS accessories from providing location data - which you know for GPS accessories is kind of a big deal.
And they fixed an issue were Apple Watch apps became zombies - well ok - what happened was Apple watch apps you deleted would re-install all on their own. So not exactly Game of Thrones and the White Walkers raising the dead - but still a little bit a of a bother.
11:45
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/06/30/how-to-fix-
bad-ios-8-4-battery-life/
As with all iOS updates a certain percentage of users - a small percentage are reporting some issues with the update. This time it is around battery drain issues.
I know some of you have not waited to update - and if you did not wait and are seeing battery drain issues - again which it seems only a small % are seeing said issues - here are some potential tweaks / adjustments you can make to your settings to improve said battery life.
First up - go to usage and see if there is one or two bad apps causing your the most loss of battery life. It could be an issue with the update. force quit that app or apps.
A big killer of battery in iOS 8.4 - and this is not a bug or surprising - is the new Apple Music app - if you are streaming music all the time - Gee guess what you will be draining your battery pretty faster. Again you can confirm that under Settings - general - usage - battery usage.
Check to see your settings if you have auto brightness now on and where the brightness level is set. Sometimes this changes after an update.
And of course take a look at the PDF I have in the Tii App for settings to change to improve battery life and see how your settings match up. To find the PDF in the Tii app go to the episode list - tap on PDF at the top - and it is the bottom item titles iOS 8 battery saving tips. Check that out for advice on how to maximize battery life.
Per my recommendation for iOS 8.4 - if you are interested in Apple Music - then by all means go and update. If you have ZERO plans for Apple Music - it might be worth it to wait until iOS 8.4.1 comes out - which should be in a few weeks if history is any indicator on these things.
But so far most reports I have read and feedbakc sent in is mostly positive for iOS 8.4. I have two of my devices at 8.4 and both seem to be doing well - and that includes my main iPhone I use all the time - and my wifes iPad which I did not tell her yet has been updated.
VOICEMAIL - BILL_RI_IOS84_all_ok
Hi Rob thought I'd try to get to you this way also, just downloaded 8.4 I know I know did not and take your advice again but it seems to be working very smoothly and I guess I'm tardy lucky on that on that score. One question I'm not allowed to make playlists of my own and Apple music it keeps telling me I'm unable to at this time to do that. That I will be able to do it later Ron in the music settings but it's just not allowing me to do it at all. I was wondering if you had an answer for me if not maybe someone else does. Great show as always
Regards,
William A
Hey Rob I've been having some issues with iOS 8.4 where most of my third party apps are lagging so much I can't even use them for example in the photos app I can't watch any videos and and on Instagram I can't even view my feed
If you or any of your listers have the solution please let my know and thanks for the show!!
Regards.
-Mathieu
I sent the following:
Hi Mathieu,
What type of iOS device are your running on?
If it is any thing from the iPhone 5S or later - you should not have any lag.
Try the following regardless of the type of device
First force quit all your open apps.
Settings - General - Reset - Reset Network settings
Then once it reboots - go to wifi - and re-log into your wifi - also to go Settings - General - About - and put your iOS’s name back in - if you had anything special in there.
Then let me know how it is working for you.
Rob W
His response - Thanks Rob it solved the problem right away! And I was using an iPhone 5s
Remember folks before you upgrade - I always recommend you do the settings - general - reset - reset network settings step - it does seems to make things run smoother.
And make sure to go to the Tii App and in the episode list click on PDF and read over my recommended steps before doing any update. I do that and my updates tend to go great - knock on wood. Again that is Recommended - I am not saying required - so if you did not do it that way and all worked fine for you - great - but I do get emails every single dot update - that they wished they had done it that way this time.
17:37
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19:29
VOICEMAIL - Tosin_O_answer_printing_remotely_email
VOICEMAIL - fdbk_printers_away_from Home
Hi Rob,
There was an individual asking about printing back to a home printer while out and about. Many HP printers with e-print capabilities offer an email address that you can send emails to and they will print. I did this at job fair once, I was able to print the applications to the companies I was talking to along with some of the notes I had taken at the booth!
Regards,
Brenton N
Hi Rob,
Regarding the caller who requested a way to ePrint from anywhere, if you have an HP printer, you can download their ePrint app. I don't use it often, and haven't used it recently, but I can print through it to my printer from my iPhone and iPad from wherever I happen to be.
Regards,
Myron U
Hi Rob,
1. For those who have HP printer and want to print from anywhere via the web and not Android.
IOS app: hpeprint
https://h30495.www3.hp.com/c/46778/US/
en/?jumpid=ex_r11549_ww%2Fen%2Fany%2Fipg%2
Fhpeprintcenter.com-mu_eprint_chev%2Fredirect%2F20101001
2. I went to The Netherlands and used an unlocked iPhone with a SIM card purchased online from: Prepaidzero.com
Also available for other European countries.
Aloha,
Charles R. “Bob” Lundy
Hi Rob,
Love the podcast and your previous giveaway mention of my watch kit app SplitTheCheck
For the listener on Sprint traveling to France/Europe:
Call Sprint and get an “international SIM unlock” for your phone. This is available, upon request (be insistent) and you do not need a fully paid or contract expiration to quality. All Sprint phones since the iPhone 4S have both CDMA and GSM hardware inside but are carrier locked to not allow using GSM in the US. The International SIM unlock allows using 3rd party SIM only outside the US.
Keep in mind that buying a “local SIM” in-country is not painless. You will have to queue in line at a local phone carrier’s store (they are often busy) and then present your Passport and wait for them to activate the SIM. Be sure and test your phone in their presence before leaving the store. It might not work and require another visit to the store otherwise. In my last European trip, I was on a cruise ship and normally they hold your passport hostage so after waiting 2 hours at a store in Spain, I was turned away for not having my actual passport (scanned copy on my phone was not good enough).
You can buy SIMs activated and pre-loaded for various European countries in the US before you go. They are a lot more expensive in both initial cost and per-minute fees, but are less hassle so you should weigh the choice and allow time for shipping to you at home to avoid FedEx/expedite fees (don’t decide to order a sim two days before your flight!)
Strongly consider switching to T-Mobile or even getting another phone on T-Mobile to use just for the month overlapping your trip. T-Mobile has a very generous international plan as part of their “uncarrier” initiative that gives you very low cost voice calls and unlimited regular (3g, not 4G or LTE) data service in a hundred or more countries. I used it last winter on a trip to Mexico and it worked great. The lower-speed data was perfectly fine for email, general web browsing, and data-connectivity for apps such as GPS navigation and language translation apps. This sounds like a hassle, but it is something you can set up totally before your trip.
Lastly, as a fall-back, get onboard with several Voice-Over-IP (voip) apps that work great over any Wifi connection. Since your hotel, coffee shops, and many other locations now have Wifi, you will at least have communications available by stopping into the nearest free hotspot. Not as convenient, but a good “fall back” to have just in case. IMPORTANT — You must install and configure these VoIP apps BEFORE you leave the US because most of them will send a text message to your phone as part of their two-factor authentication to set up your account so if you don’t get it working ahead of time, you can’t just download the app and start using them when you are already in Europe. I recommend looking at FreedomPop, GoogleVoice, GoogleHangouts, and Vonage (they have a free version). Of course, you can always just load up some minutes/$$ on Skype and avoid the hassle of the 2nd tier free VoIP services. (Remember, FaceTime audio-calls, built-in to your iPhone, is also VoIP, but it only works to other iPhones.)
As always “your mileage may vary” - do not rely on these or anyone else’s tips without verifying yourself. You don’t want to be “stranded” because someone else gave you outdated or incorrect information.
Robert Spivack
Ask Siri what is zero divided by Zero
Hi Rob,
My mom and a friend of mine used Foursqaure to travel in Paris. I actually got my mom's location and found an authentic restaurant for her to eat at that she absolutely loved. So use Foursqaure.
As far as talking she used viber. So she only talked when she was in Wifi. She could also FaceTime other iPhone users when in Wifi. She didn't use her Sprint Data or minutes. She turned off all radios save Wifi.
Regards,
ૐ Ellyn ૐ
VOICEMAIL - Kevin_MN_answr_internation_travelers
Rob,
Here that International "deal" I mentioned. There were far better
values, but I found it nearly impossible to track down any other spot
that had nano SIM cards available.
http://boutique.orange.fr/mobile/carte-prepayee-orange-
holiday?&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CKOJzeupqcYCFYI7aQodtpsKhA
Toss my jabbering voicemail which wasn't helpful:)
Keven J
29:46
https://plus.google.com/communities/105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now well over 2,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came out which is a question I heard from some others was from David Levine who asked the following.
Quote
The iTunes match option is gone in settings. Now it's icloud Music Library. Am I still paying $25 per year for match and the $9.99 per month for Radio?
Unquote
Timmy T responded saying quote
If you choose to, iTunes Match still stand as it was.
If you just use iTunes Match, nothing changes.
If you use apple music, you get iTunes Match function, plus the ability to play whatever you want.
So if you're an iTunes Match subscriber and you're planning on becoming an Apple Music subscriber, you can cancel your iTunes Match subscription on June 30 when the streaming service goes live — since all of your non-iTunes-purchased songs will be uploaded to iCloud anyway.
If you're you're not interested in Apple Music and its streaming functions, and want to stick with just storing songs in iCloud and downloading them for local listening, iTunes Match will still be around
unquote
Myron Uecker added:
Quote iTunes Radio still works the same as before if you don't subscribe to Apple Music. I didn't sign up for the free trial and my radio stations still exist and works just as before.
unquote
Thanks all for the replies.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 2000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Here is another comment in the Google+ community from Kareem H - quote The transition from the Beats app to Apple Music was absolutely seamless. It automatically transferred all of my playlist and settings and Apple also credited my prorated annual fee to my Apple account. I received $93 back. You still get the three month free trial also. Loving it so far. unquote
32:14
http://www.redmondpie.com/the-hidden-ios-9-
features-apple-didnt-tell-you-about/
Ok - so now that we know what is new in the latest version of iOS 8.4 and iOS 9 beta 2 - lets look at what is different in iOS 9 beta 2 vs iOS 8.4
I am going to do a side by side comparison for both the iPhone and iPad and go over some of the new features you will see in the settings app.
First is when you are at the main settings screen if you pull down in iOS 9 - there is a settings search box. So not sure where a setting is - search for it here. Well in theory at least - right now it does not work all that well. Searching for Battery Percentage gets you no results. Really?
No real differences in the top wireless section - that is the section starting with Airplane mode, along with wifi, bluetooth cellular and so on.
Where we start to see changes is in Settings - Notifications - with 9 we now see an option for sort order - if you have selected by Recent - then there is a new option under it for Group by app. If you select Manual - then on that sub screen you will see a list of your apps and you can move them around manually to the order you want them to show.
Before you had the list of apps broken into two groups - Include and Do not include. This allowed you to easily see which apps you were allowing notifications from - in 9 - not so much. Now the main list is one list and sorted alphabetically. To see if that app is allowing notifications you need to actually read what it says under each one - Where it will either say - off - if no notifications are allowed. Or a combination of Badges and/or sounds and/or banners. depending on what is selected. Or in some cases - it shows nothing - as in you have allowed notifications - set it on for showing in Notification center and on for showing on the lock screen - but have Sounds and Banners both turned off and Alert style when unlocked set to none. I have no idea why you would do that - but I had quite a few apps set like that or at least my kids did.
I liked the two big lists - One for those active with notifications and one where it was not better then the new set up.
Something else that is missing from the notifications main screen is the option to turn off Government alerts. In 8.4 you can turn off Amber Alerts and Emergency alerts from this screen - that is no longer the case.
There is no changes in Control center settings nor in the Do Not Disturb.
In Settings - General - we have lots of different options - here are some of the changes between 8.4 and 9. under Siri - Voice Gender is now changed to Siri Voice. And when you tap on it - you have a choice for Accent - at least for language set to english - and you can choose from American, or Australian or British. Then there is also a choice for Gender.
There is also a change Where Voice Feedback is now called Audio Feedback - and before the choices were always or handsfree. Handsfree is now replaced with control with ring switch. So if you have the ringer switch - the mute switch set to mute and have control with ring switch you will not get audio feedback from siri.
Under Settings — General - Spotlight Search is now just called Search. And rather than it just show the previous 14 or so items - it now shows all of those and all of your apps. Everything is on by default. So if you goal is to speed up search - and you have 500 apps - yeah good luck with that.
Under Settings - General - Accessibility - Voiceover - there is a new option called Modifier Keys - this is the keys that must be pressed on a hardware keyboard to activate voiceover key commands - default is Control+Option - the other choice is Caps Lock
Also under Accessibility in the Interaction section there is now new menu called Touch accommodations - which Apple says - if you have trouble using the touch screen adjust the following settings to change how the screen will respond to touches.
There are options for Hold duration which is how long you must touch the screen before a touch is recognized. Which starts at .1 secs and you can increase in length by 0.05 sec increments.
There is ignore repeat - which is the duration in which multiple touches are treated as a single touch. again where you can up it by 0.05 sec increments.
And finally you can choose for tap assistance where it uses the initial touch location, the final touch location or have it off.
These are nice options for those with mobility issues.
Also under Accessibility - is a keyboard menu option - Not to be confused with the keyboard menu under General. This one under accessibility is where you can turn on and off Show Lowercase Keys on the stock keyboard. Which the lower case letters on the stock keyboard is a nice addition - but for some the lower case letters are harder to read - so this is where you change that.
There are also settings for Hardware Keyboards for Key Repeat with options to change the key repeat interval and the delay until repeat interval. And there are some other settings for your bluetooth keyboards.
There is now also under accessibility a toggle to turn on and off shake to undo.
And there is a toggle for Vibration - where if turned off - turns off ALL vibrations on the iPhone.
Those are the changes under accessibility. Nice always to see more options there.
Usage in iOS 8.4 is now called Storage and iCloud usage. And the change is that Battery items are moved out of here - more on that later.
Under General - Restrictions - There is a new menu called Password Settings. No when you enter a password to purchase something - you can choose to always require the password for the next purchase or to only require 15 minutes after your last purchase. And whether you need also want to require a password for free downloads.
Under General - Keyboard - For the iPhone there is a new toggle for Character Preview. By default it is on - and this is where when you type on the keyboard it pops up the key you are pressing. Turning this off - seems to speed up typing at least on the iPhone 4S - and really is less distracting. So remember that one for a nice feature to improve the speed of your old iPhones with iOS 9.
Another new feature under the keyboard menu - this time just for iPad’s is a toggle for Shortcuts. Say you have created a monster list of Shortcuts and you just want to turn them off for a bit and not just delete them all - you can now do so.
And that are the changes for General items.
In wallpapers as with all major updates there are new stock wallpapers to choose from - you know just in case you don’t have any photos of your own that are worthy.
A major new category added in Settings in iOS 9 is Battery.
For iPhones - there is a toggle to turn on low Power Mode. When you do that your battery turns yellow - and many of the other options with regards to items that would effect battery are locked down into a setting to improve battery life or in some cases set to a setting not available normally - like the screen auto locks in 30 seconds when in low power mode - not an option you get otherwise. Again this option is just for the iPhone.
In the Battery menu there is now the Battery Percentage Toggle. This was moved out of the old Usage menu under General. Obviously make more sense here in the battery section.
And of course the battery usage by app is shown here now as well. One nice addition in iOS 9 is now next to the last 24 hours last 7 days is a button that looks like three lines - if you tap that on - it will then say under each app how it used battery life for example on my sons iPad - for clash of clans it says for the last 24 hours - 28 min on screen. But youtube says 1.4 hours on screen and 39 min background.
And of course there is the usage in time and standby since last full charge in this section.
And we will end the side by side comparison there for this episode and pick it back up on a later episode.
One thing missing in 9B2 that iOS 8.4 has is Apple Music - but rest easy - according to Eddy Cue at Apple - Beta 3 will have it available. And that should be out next week.
43:30
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-os-9-upgrade-will-fit-on-iphone/
One of the things announced at WWDC was that with iOS 9 - you would need a lot less free space to install iOS 9 then you did with iOS 8 per over the air updates. Which for some people is the only way they can do updates. For those people it was a major issue trying to update - and some have chosen not to. For others it was a pain to have to do the update on the computer and Pain points equal a certain percentage delaying or completely putting off the update. To Apple this is not acceptable. And one solution Apple had was to go out hire magical Pixies that can summon up hidden GB’s in your storage to make the updates to iOS 9. Well it is that or Apple kind of is cheating a little and temporarily uninstalling apps to free up space for the upgrade. Obviously it is the latter - but some are probably wishing it was the former as they don’t want apps deleted. Don’t worry - Apple is not deleting apps on your iOS device without first asking. What you will see is a message that says quote
Insuffienct space for download - in order to make room for the software update, some apps will need to be temporarily deleted. All deleted apps will automatically be replaces after the update is complete. Would you like to continue? unquote
And they you get the option to Cancel or Allow App Deletion.
My understanding on this from reading several posts is that you do not loose any app data - so no achievements or other vital info is removed - just the app itself - and then it is put back as if it was never missing. Well at least that better be the way it works or we will be talking about DeleteGate in late September.
Some say Apple should just stop selling 16 GB iPhones and this issue will go away - and while I agree 16 GB iPhones should be phased out for 32 GB min for iPhones - I need to point out - I recently ran out of space on my 128 GB iPhone - and needed to go and delete stuff - so this will actually be a welcome option to many with 64 and even 128 GB devices that just do over the air updates.
45:59
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?
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As you may know I was not an iTunes Match user - and likely will not be an Apple Music users. But if you are a serious power user of iTunes Match - then you will be happy to hear the song limit of 25,000 songs is being increased to 100,000 songs.
This according to a tweet from Eddy Cue. It is expected to be raised to that level around when iOS 9 launches - which likely will be Mid September. So I guess for now you have to suffer through only having 25,000 songs in your library.
Which by the way if you did nothing but play your music 24 hours a day 7 days a week - with an average song size of 3 minutes - it would take you 52 days to get through all your music. or put another way - you will need to listen to some of your songs twice between now and September - I know - I know - the sacrifices Apple puts us through some times. These next 79 days are going to be brutal.
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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2939432/mobile-
wireless/5-reasons-you-re-going-to-want-apple-s-next-iphone.html
There is an Article at Computer world from Jonny Evans - titled - 5 Reasons you’re going to want Apples next iPhone.
And the fan boy in me said - yeah - A P P L E -
Ok - his article is not quite so fan boyish. And maybe not as accurate either.
First up was Thinner - he thinks it will be thinner - I would say - NO - same dimensions as the current iPhone 6 and 6+
next was Metal - as in a different metal - to make it stiffer and less bendable - that I believe.
Home - as in the loss of a home button - UMMMM - no. The next iPhone will have a home button. As will likely the two after that.
Faster - duhhh - out side of the 3G - all iPhones were faster than the ones before it.
Curves - Huh ? Please don’t be referring to curved display rumors - please. So unless you are talking about Kate Upton type curves or in fairness to those that prefer the other sex who would be a guy with curves - Oh yeah pretty much any podcasters -- I don’t want to read about curves and iPhone screens in the same paragraph any more.
48:23
http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/30/revealed-iphone-6s-will-
look-nearly-identical-outside-but-numerous-changes-inside-gallery/
And speaking of the next iPhone - 9 to 5 mac seems to have gotten a hold of the casing for the next iPhone - lets call it the iphone 6S - and guess what - it is going to look identical to the iPhone 6 - same all around dimensions.
But as they say it is inside that really counts - especially with S upgrades - which as I have said before tend over all to be bigger upgrades than the none S versions.
The casings show things will be different on the inside.
but externally - all the same holes and locations - Even the Antenna lines are the same place. Killing a rumor saying they were going away. Externally it looks like the 6 and 6S will be identical in all dimensions and specs.
But fully expect force touch to be one of the differences.
Force touch will be on all new iOS gear by the end of this year.
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http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/29/samsung-supply-storage-iphone-6s/
One rumor coming out of Korea is that Apple is in works on a deal with samsung for flash storage for the next gen iphone and that it looks like it will start at 32 GB - so the 16 GB version would move up to 32 - and 64 and 128 would be the other two versions.
The only thing I see wrong with this rumor is that Apple saw a lot of people go to 64 GB versions because the difference between 16 and 64 GB was so big. Many would have saved the extra $100 and went with a 32 GB version. And one thing we know Apple loves is Money and if it means going to 32 GB is going to cause many people to not spend the extra $100 - well I think you can see why it is very likely the 16 GB version is not going anywhere any time soon.
Plus Phil the Thrill Schiller — said last month that Apple believes the cloud makes up for the lack on board storage - you know - right up until you try to download a new app.
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http://9to5mac.com/2015/06/25/4k-imac-2015-apple-tv-remote-touch/
Hey a quick Apple TV rumor - seems there is a some code in the new El Capitan beta that reveals a multi-touch Bluetooth remote - sounds similar to the rumors about the next Apple TV and its multi touch remote we talked about back earlier this year - when the eternal optimist in me said yeah new Apple TV definitely at WWDC. Or not.
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http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/06/15/apples-move-to-
ios-android-app-is-hypocritical-and-its-own-store-rules-prove-it/
One of the things Apple announced at WWDC was the launch of their own Android app - The one called Move to iOS. And I love the hypocrisy coming from the Android Fan boys that claim Apple is being Hypocritical by creating an App that they would never allow Google or anyone else to put in their app store.
And that is 100% correct when they say Apple would never let a move to Android app in their store - one it would be a disservice to someone about to make such a mistake - but two - Apple makes no bones about their app store being a walled garden. And part of a walled garden is you get to pick and choose what apps get in and what do not. Android fan boys are quick to point out that Android allows anything - and that is a selling point if you will for Android.
But you can not flaunt your advantage - and then belly ache about it when Apple uses that advantage to their own.
I think it is great Apple put out an App to help Android users make the transition over to iOS.
Have I belly ached about apples approval process - yes - but not that there is an approval process - just the sometime random nature of how that process seems to work.
Do I think Apple should allow a similar app from Google. No - because it does not have to - I mean if you have a competitive advantage - use it. And for each user that does not migrate to Android because of the work involved - that is one user more that Apple helped by not allowing such a mistake. Because in my Heart and mind I truly believe iOS is the better OS.
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Hi Rob
Did the upgrade against my usual pattern of waiting until hearing news from you of side effects. Getting a jump on Apple Music (aMusic to me like the aWatch) was the motive. All went well and no bad side effects thus far.
Since I had just bought the aWatch at a retail store, I also noticed that when I was streaming an album from aMusic, the watch's music app will control the stream via the "now playing" controls despite the fact that the music is neither on the watch nor my iPhone. Pretty cool in my humble opinion. I didn't find any other integration of aMusic across the two platforms though.
Like you, I will take the 90-day free trial and then cancel. Here's a tip for anyone who is like-minded: once you subscribe to the Apple Music service, immediately go into your Apple Music profile (the small icon in upper left corner of the Music App). Then click on your Apple ID button and change the auto-renewal to "OFF". That way you won't forget to do it later and get charged $9.99 in October. Hope that helps some listeners.
Now, for the aMusic value proposition - the price is okay compared to other options. But what I'd like to see is the ability to build a "streaming playlist" within my subscription. Maybe I missed it in my first day using aMusic, but I don't see a way to choose a set of songs and save that list to play it later on demand.
Maybe you or the listeners can tell me how to do that?
As always - you have been keeping us straight on all things iOS and thanks for that - please keep up the good work.
Regards
PaulG in Lawrenceville GA
Hi Rob,
I Was listening to the latest episode of Tii and wanted to add to Steve in Brisbane's comment about dictating to Siri. I noted that you can also speak various punctuations such as comma, period, question mark, and others to add them to your text.
Regards,
Kevin in Scotia, NY
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57:28
http://investor.apple.com
Apple has announced that their next quarterly conference call will be Tuesday July 21st - this will go over what Apple calls their third quarter 2015 results and the rest of the world calls Calendar year 2015 Q2 results.
Expect an episode to go up later that evening to talk about all the great insight apple will share on Apple Watch sales. And the Tim Cook will introduce us to the Apple Car. I am guessing Apple Watch sales will not be talked about not unless they are just off the charts. I do expect words like exceed our expectations and supply constrained and great user demand and other meaningless jargon when Tim is asked multiple times for how the sales are going.
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http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2015/6/26/apple-watch-sales-to-expand-to-the-netherlands-sweden-thailand-on-july-17
And speaking of Apple Watch sales If you live in The Netherlands, Sweden or Thailand - and have been drooling for an Apple Watch - mark your calendar for July 17th - as that is when the shinny wrist bobble with an Apple Logo will be making its way to your local apple store or retail partner. and yes you do need to look closely to find the Apple logo - it is in small print on the back.
1:00:45
http://www.taig.com/en/
One thing I did not mention earlier when talking about upgrading to iOS 8.4 - was to wait if you plan to jailbreak - and that is because there is already a jailbreak out for 8.4 - the TAIG team that release late last month the jailbreak to 8.3 - that same jailbreak now works for iOS 8.4 devices as well - as long as you have a windows computer that is.
Hopefully a Mac version is on its way.
http://www.redmondpie.com/download-taig-2.2.0-
ios-8.4-jailbreak-for-windows/
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