“Probably between 9am-12pm Pacific time, Apple will drop iOS 7 release to the public,” Jeff Lauterette writes for Mid Atlantic Consulting. “Are you ready?”
“The most important thing to do is to backup your phone to your computer,” Lauterette writes. “Even if you use iCloud for backup, I would backup this one time to your mac by going to iTunes with your phone plugged in and click on your phone. Change the option to backup to iCloud to Backup to this computer and sync You should see it backup.”
“Once backed up you can run the update. If it fails you can alway restore back to that backup,” Lauterette writes. “Although a lot of things will work the same, there are a few bugs. And please note that due to a rush, iOS 7 still has a lot of bugs and if you don’t mind waiting, you may want to wait until 7.01. But if you don’t mind some crashes and the need to reboot your phone, you should be ok.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We can’t wait to see the world’s reaction!
I jailbroke my iPhone and it has tons of features I couldn’t live without (6 lockscreen shortcuts, quick battery settings, low power notification is now a banner, etc). Im hesitant to upgrade.
Why don’t you just go get an android then
He just needs to wait until the breaks he wants are available for iOS 7. Not everyone needs to update on Day 1.
“Not everyone needs to update on Day 1.”
I cannot agree with this enough. The need for people to jump in immediately, instead of waiting for just a bit to see if it works first baffles me.
And then they’ll be complaining about how something broke, and Apple needs to fix it NOW.
Most people assume Apple products ‘just work’, therefore when they upgrade to iOS 7 it is expected to be ready. If it is still buggy, then they should not release it – Simple Apple logic. If Apple releases a dodgy copy of iOS7 it will be another iMaps debacle.
Oh, please. I’m not saying that Apple releases “dodgy” software. But they can’t check for everything. So it is intelligent to wait a day or 2 and see how it worked for other people. That’s just being prudent.
I’m still running iOS 5, so I hear ya 🙂
Go Away
AMEN!
Yes. Just go away.
I agree with him, because he’s RIGHT ! Keep drinking the koolaid
Because Android is derivative, malware ridden, privacy invading, crap.
BLN is right. IMADEAFUNNY did not say anything to warrant a response like that. He just uses his iPhone differently and does not want to give that up to conform to a standard iOS, even if it is iOS 7. That does not bother me in the least. Good luck with that, IMADEAFUNNY (why all caps?).
I made the name a long time ago, Im not actually sure…
BLN Just needs a new internet to troll on! BLN has not learned that 1 bad comment negates all the good comments past and present. GO AWAY BLN. ADVISE BLN: Change you handle and start over.
The elitist ego you must bear to tell anyone what to do on a free speech forum. Don’t get your gaul? Coupled with intolerance for points of view that differ from your own. Obvious you are completing misreading BLN. Do you understand the concept of constructive criticism while remaining staunchly loyal and committed? If not, ask ANY parent. Not everyone falls into two neat and extreme categories. That would be troll and non-troll.
“… but wants to jailbreak his phone for certain features Apple won’t give him.”
Again, on record for months suggesting Apple give users CHOICE with iOS7.
Someone explain to me WHAT THE F**K is wrong with that!
The greatest and richest tech company in the world can’t use a little idle savings to figure this out?
Hmmm. Posted by IMADEAFUNNY. Could it be the poster wasn’t serious?
That was my impression too
Probably should change my name, I just can’t think of a new one. IMADEAFUNNY it is for now, lol.
How about ‘justcan’tthink?’
K…
Meh, I think a lot of new tech users get wrapped up in customizing. Before I became a boring adult, I modded my Mac OS interface with whatever custom things I could find just for the hell of it.
After using a Mac since 1997ish, I could care less about customizing anything besides wallpapers, and even that’s a stretch.
To each his own, I just want to get shit done. But if you’re jailbreaking, tough shit on bitching about iOS updates.
I stopped doing the same since Oscar The Grouch Trash Can Hack no longer worked! 😉
lol – but I do still miss Kaleidoscope. Some of the designs were just subtle and nice.
Don’t forget “UNDERWARE” I think I spelled that one right.
Wow…I actually remember that and other trash can mods
Jailbreak still works on iOS 7.
6 lockscreen shortcuts, you say? Exciting stuff!
I want iOS 7 so bad… But I don’t feel like fighting the crowds pushing the servers, so I’ll probably wait a few days.
——RM
Just download it from the dev site, and push the update manually.
A wise man waits to upgrade until the 7.01 update.
Why don’t YOU just get an Android?
In former Soviet Russia, the OS updates YOU!
BLN, don’t go away mad…
Just go away.
Good advice, standing in front of a mirror.
“Eye pain.” Nice, creative original description. Like to add more like eye drain. Dumbed down, flat and copied from decades ago and as every professional designer knows, a mix of several different visual styles and consistency is LOST.
While Apple is known for legendary industrial design and ease of software use, the look of iOS7 in a college art class would meet serious competition.
… and after you update to 7.9 you won’t be able to connect to iTunes on your computer.. Unless they release iTunes 11.1
Something tells me Apple is capable of more than 1 thing at a time, and maybe, just maybe, they might also release an iTunes update tomorrow too.
7.0 I meant
Lot of bugs, some crashes and the need to reboot your phone!
I haven’t experienced those in last four betas. What the heck this guy is talking about?
He must have confused his iOS release article with his Windows release article.
Agreed. Maybe he’s thinking back in iPhone, MobileMe fiasco…That update overwhelmed every server Apple had. Hasn’t been bad at all since Apple learned from that fiasco.
Apparently some users are having some issues:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/16/wait-before-updating-these-to-ios-7/
No. 11: Idiots who don’t like it and who condemn Tim Cook for it will call it “sissified”… be sure to ridicule them in public.
Hey, Grigori… it’s not those of us who correctly characterize the “new look” of iOS7 as sissified who will be ridiculed. It is the users of the pastel wonderland who will attract the chuckles. Mindless change for no reason at all.
Awwww, does pussy bear care what his pussy android fan friends will say about his OS?
Hey Jay, are you so insecure about your sexuality that you actually waste time worrying about what some clot’s going to say should they see your phone’s screen? Seriously?
And mindless change? Where were you hiding when iOS was updated the previous six times?
‘Sissified’? You really are only ten years old, aren’t you?
Grow up and grow a pair, or at least start growing hair on the ones you’ve got, and stop behaving like you’re still in kindergarten, get some dignity, for Chris’sakes!
Agree with you on mindless change. Pastels, flat designs inviting negative reviews of Apple copying Android and Win8 ending up in the me-too design competition.
Actually, Apple has fallen hard for a decade long design trend in major newspapers and magazines away from 3D icons and representational (realistic) illustration/graphic design.
So, Apple now following industry fashion trends instead of leading them … pity.
“crashes and the need to reboot your phone, you should be ok.”
Does he really think apple’s going to release an OS in that shape?!?
And like he has access to the GM of iOS 7. It is a very poor article, especially stating that a new feature is how to quit apps which is exactly the same as it was in iOS 6.
Apparently some users are having some issues. OSXdaily is a great site like MacDailyNews. They have actually issued the following warning:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/16/wait-before-updating-these-to-ios-7/
More than anything where are the 10 things? A few of those he mentions work the same.
FYI – no need to change away from your normal iCloud backup. iTunes has a manual “Back Up Now” button. Just click it.
iCloud backup certainly works — but it’s very slow compared to a computer backup.
So I usually do as directed: use iCloud backup 99 percent of the time and then, about once a year, I’ll sync to the computer and have a much faster backup ready to go just in case.
I’ve had to do a couple of iCloud restores for various reasons and it does work well, just not too terribly quickly.
Yes, iCloud backup restore is agonizingly slow, as in overnight on a 100Mbps Wi-Fi connection slow. Literally had to leave the phone with my certified reseller overnight.
No, I don’t own a computer of my own.
why isn’t iPod touch 4g getting any love?
I hope Exchange Server functions are alright. Can’tafford to lose my calendar items. Really excited about this.
I hope exchange server dies and goes away forever. That’s another lock in crap from MS.
It works fine.
I wrote some of the original article (reported with permission on MacDailyNews) A couple of comments….one reason people used to jailbreak are for features in control center. So maybe they don’t have too.
The other comment is there are bugs. Out of my 50 or so bug reports I still have 10% open for 7.01. But for the average user, who uses their iphone as a phone (imagine that-LOL) they should be ok.
Yesterday I could not send iMessage and strangely the option for stocks disappeared in control center. The fix was surprising. Reset all settings (not data). Now it’s behaving better. But my phone rebooted a few times and the slide bar would not slide today. So it’s not perfect but we are apple people and apple people dive into things.
My main goal was to tell people to back up. The update WILL be over the air and if something goes wrong you could lose data.
But it am excited to see the reaction as MacDailyNews said.
Stocks in CC? Huh? I’m running the GM and ran the betas and now I’m confused.
If iOS 7 still runs Tether (there won’t be any upgrades for that app) I will be a very happy man!
yes, i cant wait to download the latest ios 7. today is 18th
I’m not updating my iPhone 4S or iPad2. iOS7 doesn’t give me any resounding improvements to how I work, and I just don’t like the flat, pastel color scheme.
There are little changes that just make no sense to me- dots instead of bars for signal strength? Are dots somehow more intuitive than bars? No one I’ve asked locally thinks so. Some of the changes seem to be changes just for changes’ sake.
I wonder if Apple will ever allow it’s customers to personalize color schemes in iOS. Even minor customizations like what’s allowed in OS X would be great. As it stands right now, about all I change is the background. I *really* hope they don’t go that route with OS X. If I wanted an interface that looks like a toy, I’d buy a Windows-based PC *shudders at the thought*.