Michal Marek Two weeks after the release of the first beta versions of the new operating systems iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, Apple comes with updates to both systems. Both beta versions contained many bugs, and Beta 2 for iOS and Developer Preview 2 for OS X should bring fixes for a large number of them. However, the update also brings a lot more.
iOS 8
Developers testing iOS 8 have discovered several new features in the new beta. One of them is the pre-installed Podcasts app, which previously had to be installed from the App Store. The user interface in the Messages app when typing iMessage has also been changed, where the buttons to activate the microphone and camera are no longer blue and thus do not clash with the blue message bubbles.
The iPad also got a new QuickType keyboard, and the brightness control was also activated in Settings, where it was not functional until now. Privacy settings for the new HomeKit platform have also been added, but the functionality of this innovation is not yet fully guaranteed. Also new is the option to mark all SMS messages (ie iMessages) as read. Another novelty introduced in connection with iOS 8, which is iCloud Photos, has a new welcome screen.
Another nice improvement is the ability of the iBooks reading application to group books of one book series. The text prompting to unlock the phone has also been changed in some languages, and the battery usage center has also been changed to show statistics for the last 24 hours or 5 days instead of the previous 24 hours or 7 days. Finally, there's a nice improvement in Safari - Apple blocks ads that automatically launch the App Store to install an app.
OS X Yosemite 10.10
The latest operating system for Mac also received changes in the second developer preview. The Photo Booth application returned to OS X with the update, and Screen Share received a new icon.
Time Machine's interface has been redesigned, and the new Handoff feature already works as it should. For now, the latest news discovered is that it is no longer necessary to have the Finder open when receiving files via AirDrop.
You can read an overview of changes and news related to new versions of operating systems for Apple devices in our articles published during WWDC here:
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iOS 8 is all about iCloud, OS X connectivity, and health
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The big graphical change in OS X is called Yosemite
I discovered this :) probably a new function.
Oh, and handoff still doesn't work as it should ;)
After the first hour between the iPad and the iPhone it seems pretty good to me.. I'm pretty excited about it.
Not at all between OS X and iPhone, at least in my case, and not at all between iPad and iPhone since the second beta. in the first it worked with poor sound quality. It still needs a lot of tuning.
This will write it to me :) The iPhone is accessible in the same way as on the iPad and the iPad will find it, but the mac will not. ipad starts a call but it hangs up right away.
It really bothers me how thin the icons are - I'm talking about the TimeMachine or Wifi icons in the status bar, for example, you can see that it's really made for retinas.
Another thing that bothers me about 10.10 is that they are too pale - the white windows, when I have one on top of the other, sometimes the upper one is not very visible - there is a lack of contrast. I hope it gets better…
It doesn't make it any better - it's an ugly, unflattering, desktop design modeled after iOS 7. And with colors like from a circus...
I installed Beta 2 and on my iPhone I no longer have the Camera folders/views in the Pictures app and especially the Events that sync via iPhoto. Do you have it too pls? Thanks
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