Apple releases iOS 10.2

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1. I wrote to Tim. I told him specifically that emoji are not a feature to be mentioned.

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   1. For a large majority of iPhone owners, Emojis are probably the only thing they are looking for in an update, hence near-top billing.

      For the rest of us, there seems to be plenty of bug fixing to make this update worthwhile. We can also hope that the generic “stability improvements” translates into an actual, real difference.

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      1. You are correct. The world has become solidly digital and social, in large part because of Apple’s invidious social engineering. Featuritis and obsession with specs are out, and fun and design cachet are in. This has permanently infuriated dyed-in-the-wool technology mavens, once lords of a brave new world but lately demoted to snivelling curmudgeons, supplanted by (gasp) ordinary consumers, ignorant peons whose desire for emoji or other supposed trivia blaspheme a holy, exclusive, and lucrative belief system.

         It may even be that Apple’s deliberately plotted destruction of technology shamanism and privilege explains the nation of trolls that still gnaw away at our vital parts. They are scratching for a venue of any sort, and can succeed in the long run in the same way that rats and cockroaches are ineradicable.

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         1. So wonderful to again partake of your wit and writing excellence!

         2. As Voltaire remarked, if I am hated by many and loved by few, i have touched the right nerves; if I excite only adulation, i should be shot.

   2. I wrote to Tim and told him that emojis should be mentioned.

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2. Great about emojis fantastic
   How about the only issue I care about which is the battery drain with the last update

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   1. If you have an iPhone 6s, it may be part of a “sudden battery drain” recall. Mine was replaced by Apple.

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      1. My iPhone6 (not s) dies and overheats. If im using my beats wireless the phone burns up. Ever since iOS 10.0

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3. Am I the only one who is sick of swiping to access controls that could be on the screen at all times?

   For example, in the Music or Podcasts app, there is more than enough screen real estate to ALWAYS show the controls that indicate if you’re on shuffle play, etc. Adding and deleting from playlists is klunky at best. It’s stupid that Apple keeps hiding this stuff. It is still NOT intuitive and NOT EFFICIENT for the user.

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   1. Send feedback to Apple, otherwise they may not be aware that users have such problems.

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      1. During the 00’s, we didn’t need to. They knew what was best for users and most of the time they got it much better than the competition. Seems that’s not the case anymore

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   2. Agreed about the need to wipe/swipe. This is just one example where intuition/efficiency is sacrificed for Apple’s growing penchant for user engineering…not freedom. The OS is “getting in the way,” vs being a seamless medium. Re: control, when an update is announced, it’s mandated the user say, “now” or “remind me_later tonight/tomorrow.” Apple will ping forever until the update occurs. I get it, but I don’t like being nagged to take vitamins either.

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      1. I hate side-swiping to get the camera open from the lock screen. It fails way too often (didn’t swipe enough) and, despite that, can be opened by accident. Much less reliable than grabbing and swiping up the camera slider from iOS 9.

         The way it works makes me feel like they didn’t test it in real-world usage. It theoretically should be easier to get the camera going, but its technique makes you feel like it should be easier to swipe so you don’t focus on it, so it fails, so you try again another time or two and eventually get the camera open.
         The old way made it clear that you needed to focus (just a bit), and it almost always worked on the first try.
         Ugh.

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   3. The music app has been an abortion from day 1 in 2007, and it hasn’t really gotten better.

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4. Just now updated over air to iOS 10.2 on iPhone 5s and iPad Air. On both devices, apps previously queued for updating (I do not update automatically) now cannot be updated.

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   1. I have NOT updated my iPhone 5s past iOS 9.3.5 and will likely not do so over concern that this update will “break what is not broken” and slowwww me down. I must wait until the introduction of a vastly improved iPhone in 2017, and can not afford to do so sooner than that. Are there any other thoughts on iOS 10.X and iPhone 5s? Thanks 🙂

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5. I have family sharing activated for all 6 members of my family. The new TV app doesn’t appear to use the family sharing paradigm. Has anyone gotten this to work? All other content through the iTunes Store works for family sharing.

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6. Just did the Apple TV update. What a fucking hot mess the TV app is. If you have a TV provider you have to sign in to EACH app individually and activate them separately from your smartphone for EVERY channel (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Nat Geographic, HBO, PBS, Showtime, etc, etc, etc). Holy crapshow Batman!

   It’s outstanding someone at Apple thought this should be released to consumers. The average consumer won’t take the time to hassle with this BS.

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   1. That’s insane, but seems to be more and more typical of Apple. When I had my phone replaced from the battery recall, the number of things I had to log back into was infuriating, despite restoring from a secure backup. It was bad even if I only count Apple’s own apps and services.

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7. but where is the feature to turn on memories and people in photos

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