Ondrej Holzman If there's one place where Apple has fallen short in recent weeks, it's been in software. In particular, the release of iOS 8 and the subsequent first minor updates caused enormous birth pains, and unfortunately, even the first tenth update was far from wiping out all of them. We can only wonder if Apple is falling behind or if they think everything is fine this way.
By reorganizing within Apple, CEO Tim Cook was able to create a very efficient company that can focus and create several major projects at once during the year. The priority is no longer either a new operating system or a new phone, but Apple now releases two new operating systems, new computers, new phones and new tablets in one year or even in just a few months, and it seems as if it is not for him no problem.
Over time, however, it turns out that the opposite may be true. Releasing new versions of two operating systems every year, which Apple committed to a year ago, is a truly significant commitment that is not at all easy to fulfill. Inventing and then developing hundreds and possibly thousands of new features in just a few months can take a toll on even the best engineers and developers. But why I'm talking about it: in iOS 8 and in general in the latest Apple software, it turns out that the gallows terms with which Apple operates do not bring many positives.
This can be demonstrated by a single, but in my opinion, relatively serious shortcoming, which Apple created itself. For iOS 8, he prepared a new cloud service for photos called iCloud Photo Library. In the end, he did not have time to prepare it for the first version of the octal system and released it - I note that it is still only in the beta phase - only a month later in iOS 8.1. There would be no problem with that. On the contrary, it can be acknowledged that Apple's developers did not want to rush anything and did not go to the market with leather sewn with a hot needle, which would have holes in it. Holes still appeared, though not directly in the iCloud Photo Library, which has been working reliably in our testing so far.
To understand the whole thing, it is necessary to explain the functioning of the new cloud service: the key advantages of the new iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are their interconnection - the ability to switch between applications, make phone calls from a computer, etc. , that you will always have the same and complete content on all devices. New photos appear on iPhone, iPad, and in the desktop browser's web interface. Is there something missing here? Yes, it's an app Photos for Mac.
Apple surprising successor He presented both iPhoto and Aperture back in June during WWDC and even then set an unusually long countdown - the Photos app is said to be released only next year. At the time, it didn't seem like a big problem (although many were certainly surprised by this somewhat strange early announcement), because both iPhoto and Aperture were still there, which will serve more than well for managing and possibly editing photos. The problems only appeared now with the release of iCloud Photo Library. Rather subtly, Apple uncompromisingly cut off iPhoto and Aperture already now. The absolutely zero compatibility of these two programs with the new cloud service and at the same time no available alternative is a sad situation that should not have happened.
The moment you activate iCloud Photo Library, your iPhone and iPad will notify you that it will delete all photos uploaded from iPhoto/Aperture libraries and that it will no longer be possible to sync them with iOS devices. At the moment, the user has no option to move his – often extensive or at least important – library to the cloud. The user won't get this option until sometime next year, when Apple plans to release a new Photos app. In the coming months, he is thus only dependent on the content of his iOS devices, and it is certain that this can be an insurmountable problem for many.
At the same time, Apple could have easily prevented this, especially since iCloud Photo Library still does not believe enough to take the nickname beta. There are three logical solutions:
- Apple should have continued to leave iCloud Photo Library only in the testing phase in the hands of developers. You always have to take into account that everything may not work 100%, but at the moment when Apple released a new service to the public, the above-mentioned problem with library migration cannot be excused by the fact that everything is still in the beta phase. Plus, it's clear that Apple wanted to get iCloud Photo Library to people as soon as possible.
- When Apple no longer had iCloud Photo Library ready for iOS 8, it could delay the launch of the service and only release it together with a corresponding Mac application that would ensure its full functionality.
- Release Photos early. Apple still hasn't given a definite date when it plans to release the new application, so we don't know if we'll be waiting weeks or even months. For some, this can be very important information.
From the user's point of view, of course, the whole matter has an even easier solution: do not switch to iCloud Photo Library for the time being, stay with the old mode and use Fotostream as much as possible. At that moment, however, from the user's point of view, we can label iCloud Photo Library as an unusable service, which, on the contrary, from Apple's point of view is certainly an undesirable label for hot news.
The question remains as to whether this is a well-thought-out move by Apple, or is it just rushing one update after another and counting on the fact that there will be unpleasant bumps along the way. The problem, however, is that Apple pretends not to care. We can only hope that the next steps will already be much more thought out and we won't have to wait months for the final pieces of the puzzle, thanks to which we will get the kind of experience that Apple painted for us from the very beginning.
With the commitment to regular major updates of operating systems, Apple made a big deal for itself, and now it looks as if it is at least taking a deep breath. Let's hope he recovers very quickly and gets back to the right pace. Especially in the latest iOS 8, but also in OS X Yosemite, most users will probably find some unfinished business at the moment. Some are marginal and can be bypassed, but other users report quite significant errors that complicate life.
One more example (and I'm sure everyone will list a few more in the comments): iOS 8.1 made it completely impossible for me on both my iPad and iPhone to play most videos, both in dedicated apps and in web browsers. At a time when I have an iPad practically only for consuming video content, this is a major problem. Let's believe that in iOS 8.2, Apple is no longer preparing any news, but will properly patch up the current holes.
and does anyone know how and if they can now move the photos I have in iphoto to the icloud library?
Print and take a photo with an iPhone.
or display on the new iMac retina and take a picture with an iphone... :(
Use Photostream. It still works without problems. It's best to ditch iCloud Photo Library altogether for now.
Look a few posts above yours, there I described my method. I was replying to davidkm. It's pretty quick and easy.
For me personally, iOS 8.1 works without any problems on both the iPhone 6 and the iPad mini 2.
I haven't seen or heard of this problem with videos from anyone, maybe I would just do a restore via iTunes and restore the backup back.
As far as photos are concerned, there would be one more functional solution, allowing photos to be uploaded to iCloud Photo Library via the web interface, which unfortunately is also not possible.
The problem for me at the moment is the inability to download, for example, a video from the iCloud Photo Library in its original size, as I uploaded it to the iPhone. For example, I download a video that is originally 100MB from iCloud as a 16MB mov. How do I get a full size video until Apple releases the Photos app for OS X? Same with photos. Did I miss something?
In my opinion, you just have to check the Download and keep the original option in Settings / Pictures and camera /.
Overnight, my iPad uploaded 17 GB of HD videos to iCloud, before warning me that I had to upgrade it to 200 GB for €3.99/month. Now I have all the HD videos from my iPad in their original quality on my iPhone.
Also when on http://www.icloud.com I look at the videos, they look like full HD.
Well, first of all. There is already a procedure for getting photos from your computer to the library in the cloud. it's a pain in the ass but it works.
http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=13533
Secondly, before the possibility of a library in the cloud appeared, the only way to get photos to the computer was a cable, or a photostream, or something similar. After all, nothing changes about this and it can still be done.
Third. It is true that there is no application for MAC. But there is a much larger number of people who do not have a MACa, do not plan and also live. And you don't have to wait for apple to release an application for MACA. They can already use sharing today.
So the only thing I understand (because I haven't tried) is that you can't sync photos from PC to device via iTunes.
Otherwise, of course, I agree that this idea still has a lot of work to do. I don't know if we will see such things as face detection, multi-level sorting, etc. I personally see and expect a great opportunity to connect the libraries of people in the family.
So I solved the transfer of photos from iPhoto to the iCloud photo library as follows: I create a shared album in iCloud, which is also displayed in iPhoto. I put photos from the iPhone on the Mac into it and then save these photos on the iPhone. This pulls them into the iCloud photo library and I can delete them from the shared folder. So it's possible, but it's a bit more complicated
Unfortunately, I can't transfer photos to iCloud in iPhoto, can you? How?
I'm afraid you'll lose full quality this way
It scares me that the user has to deal with this. I will not understand the audacity of Apple to dictate to me how I will handle my data.
The problem with the video was already on 8.0. I traced that the video always has a problem after starting the Czech TV iVysílní application. The solution is to delete the CT app and restart the iPad. Then the problem with playing the video didn't appear anymore.
And do we all really need a new (i)OS every year?
Well exactly.
Including OS X, I would give it about once every 2 years. It would be enough.
Who has to keep reinstalling it? :-)
All of this could be included in the hundredth update. Moreover, when lately these have not even reached the number 6 in the case of OS X (10.9.5 is the latest so far).
After all, before one system is tuned, everything starts from the beginning. Nonsense in my opinion.
Hope to see you on 10.10.10 :)
That will be before 10.11 and 10.12... if they keep the current style :-)
Since I have both an iPhone and an iPad, it happened that both the iPad and the iPhone sent their albums to the cloud. The problem was that most of the albums were the same. The only difference was that the photos were edited on the iPad using the iPhoto application. Of course, the system didn't detect this, so I have many photos in the cloud twice. I put this name on and started deleting albums that had the same name (on the ipad). It deleted the albums, but the photos in the "Photos" tab are still impressive. Otherwise, I will have to go photo by photo and delete. Ideally, edit the edited one and edit the original again (to preserve the original). Today I connected to weboy icloud and there I still have double albums. Just great service. I got a macbook pro at work and it won't help me sort :-(
Apple's half-baked work is becoming the norm, and it's certainly not just software, take the problems with the new iPhone or the Watch, which seems to be useless and will be sometime, sometime.
I'm beginning to seriously suspect that Apple has accepted our Kalouska into its team, in addition to other experts!
Don't mix politics, socan, or Bolshevik?!
if you keep insulting the naughty boy here, I'll call that Kalouska on you and he'll put you in the state budget
Apple has a lot of ideas and wants to put them all out there at once, but this is not possible due to the limited capacities of both developers and testers. If he gave only half, polished them, let them out and let the rest out another year, no one would begrudge them.
On the other hand, it's not the first time. Apple Maps, some iOS builds, or XCode... I kind of think that if they don't have Jobs, they want as much functionality as possible to move them forward, but they're not succeeding...
We'll see with iOS 9 :)
it seems to me that Apple has been struggling to finish things lately and is becoming as ordinary a manufacturer as any other.
Good morning!
This is nothing very new. My iPhone 3G was practically unusable for the first six months. Everything kept falling. I remember how I wanted to throw him against the wall. Only after the updates did it stabilize and it was fine. So this is nothing new.
Exactly! I remember how back then the iPhone OS crashed in version 2.1 and 2.2, or got stuck for no reason and there was nothing to be done about it except to turn it off and on.
So with Apple, I remained a bit cautious, iPad iPhone 6.1.4 iSO, I replaced the iMac with mavericks after two generations, which I skipped, there is no rush, the quality went down rapidly and I recommend buying new devices only after about 3 months, until the situation stabilizes . Then these measures brutally paid off for me.
Well, with Apple, I think it's best to switch to an older version two months after the release of a new OS, and then switch to the new one. Although I'm impatient, so I've been installing since the beta :D