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Should you force quit your iOS apps? Let’s look at the data
Please note that this article only addresses the merits of closing your apps to save battery life. If you close your apps because you just don't like apps in the app switcher, then you do you.
Ah, the perennial debate between people who force close their apps on iOS and those who don’
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Reasons not to install the iOS 11 beta just yet
Updated June 23, 2017
You shouldn't install the iOS 11 beta for many reasons, most notably the fact that tons of things are just plain broken. Here's a selection of things that are broken or annoying in the current beta state.
* Battery life is terrible.
* Everything is slow.
* The camera sometimes
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Should you install the iOS 11 beta on your iPhone or iPad?
No
You might be tempted to install the iOS 11 beta on your iPhone or iPad, but trust me when I tell you it’s not worth the risks or headaches yet. We’re not even to the public beta yet, this is a developer beta for developers to use on their development devices for
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Apple's new Clips app can do more than you think
A lot of the talk I've seen online about Clips, the new video app Apple released last week, has been far more surface-level than I'm used to from Apple fans. People seem to think this is an app for taking quick single clips, adding a filter or sticker and posting
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Concept: iOS 11 Home Screen
Earlier this month I mocked up what a refined version of iOS 11's lock screen could look like, and that got my creative juices flowing, so I decided to tackle iOS's white whale: the home screen. The home screen is certainly more advanced than it was in 2007 in the first
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Concept: iOS 11 lock screen
UPDATE: If you would prefer to listen to some of the reasoning behind these ideas, my latest episode of The BirchTree Podcast has some additional reflection on these ideas.
As much as Apple has left their home screen largely unchanged since its inception in 2007, the lock screen has proven to be much more of
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How location-based, persistent reminders could change the game for iOS
UPDATE: I talked about this on my podcast today, if you would rather listen to me gush about this feature instead.
There are a few app types that get special treatment in iOS. Payment apps, for example, get to build in Siri actions. Ride-hailing apps can build in Maps extensions, and photo apps can
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Mocking up more advanced multitasking on iOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g0RaMAQbCo
I made the above video as an attempt to imagine what a new app picker would look like in iOS on the iPad. Most would agree the existing solution is less than ideal and needs work.
The first change is with the app switcher that is triggered with
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What if you put iOS on a Mac?
Walt Mossberg writing for The Verge:
But the signs of a shift to ARM only set the stage for a bigger development: the migration of the most important modern software platforms, Android and iOS, to laptops and other traditional hardware that once defined the old kind of PC.
This is an exciting idea, for sure.
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My Mac workflows that will never, ever work on iOS
It's high time I acknowledge my web development workflow will never work on the iPad. Likewise my video editing workflow will never work on iOS at all, nor will my podcasting process. Unless Apple forsakes some of the major pillars of what makes iOS so great in the first place, these workflows of
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An Android Review for iOS Users: Conclusion (Day 5)
This is part 5 of a 5 part series on Android from the perspective on an iOS user.
* Part 1: Third Party Apps
* Part 2: Home Screens
* Part 3: Notifications
* Part 4: All the Little Things
* Part 5: Conclusion
After a month of using Android as my daily driver, where do I stand? As I&
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An Android Review for iOS Users: All the Little Things (Day 4)
This is part 4 of a 5 part series on Android from the perspective on an iOS user.
* Part 1: Third Party Apps
* Part 2: Home Screens
* Part 3: Notifications
* Part 4: All the Little Things
* Part 5: Conclusion
We're going to take a little detour today from major features and shift focus
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An Android Review for iOS Users: Notifications (Day 3)
This is part 3 of a 5 part series on Android from the perspective on an iOS user.
* Part 1: Third Party Apps
* Part 2: Home Screens
* Part 3: Notifications
* Part 4: All the Little Things
* Part 5: Conclusion
I know that this piece may come under some criticism for being a comparison of notifications
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An Android Review for iOS Users: Home Screens (Day 2)
This is part 2 of a 5 part series on Android from the perspective on an iOS user.
* Part 1: Third Party Apps
* Part 2: Home Screens
* Part 3: Notifications
* Part 4: All the Little Things
* Part 5: Conclusion
Today's post is going to be quite a bit more positive than yesterday'
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An Android Review for iOS Users: Third Party Apps (Day 1)
This is part 1 of a 5 part series on Android from the perspective on an iOS user.
* Part 1: Third Party Apps
* Part 2: Home Screens
* Part 3: Notifications
* Part 4: All the Little Things
* Part 5: Conclusion
We'll get into some specific Android system features in later pieces, but I had
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An Android Review for iOS Users: Introduction
Ah, the great Android vs iOS debate. It's the great computing rivalry of our time, and odds are that if you are reading this, you have a particular opinion on the matter. Maybe you're a "fandroid" and will love Android until your dying days, or maybe you're
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Who Gets Android Updates?
There are two main reasons people will buy a Nexus (now Pixel) phone:
1. They want stick Android, not a heavy third party skin
2. They want to get software updates
These are things that are not givens in the world of Android, as the vast majority of people are running a version of Android
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Should You Install the iOS 10 Public Beta (July 25 update)?
Yes! (but keep reading)
The iOS 10 beta has come a long way in in the 6 weeks since it's been out in the world. And while it is not as stable as a standard release, I think it's gotten to a place where I can feel pretty confident anyone reading