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Just upgraded my 6s to the latest iOS...

Other than FB asking to use Blue tooth, it all seems pretty similar.

What new features am I missing?


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:05 am
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Updated my SE a few days ago, it feels a bit quicker. I quite like the dark mode so that has been the only major change I noticed.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:07 am
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I quite like the dark mode so that has been the only major change I noticed.

Does that change on the fly at all, or just a one off config?


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:10 am
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Swipey keyboard is good


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:12 am
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Significant updates to CarPlay and Maps in addition to Dark Mode, there are also loads of less important smaller updates. FaceID is bit faster too.
Overall nice update but somewhat lacking in amazing features.

See Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha for crazy innovation, probably not very useful but whole phone business needs to be rebooted.
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/9/24/20881378/xiaomi-mi-mix-alpha-announced-wrap-around-screen


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:16 am
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Does that change on the fly at all, or just a one off config?
not done the upgrade yet but my understanding is it's a system setting, you have to manually enable it (same as OSX) unlike Night Shift.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:24 am
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Dark mode can be set to change automatically (sunset to sunrise or timed) or set permanently.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:26 am
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Updated my SE a few days ago, it feels a bit quicker

An apple update that makes the phone quicker? unheard of.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:27 am
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See Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha for crazy innovation, probably not very useful but whole phone business needs to be rebooted.

That is lovely. But as you say, for what benefit? Perhaps looking so damn SciFi is enough.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:33 am
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That is lovely. But as you say, for what benefit?

You can look at yourself in the mirror looking at your phone on your phone in the mirror on your phone.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:36 am
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Does that change on the fly at all, or just a one off config?

As above, you can have it permanently set, or based on local timezone.

Scheduled shortcuts / automation looks handy-ish not sure yet.

Currently enjoying a free trial on Arcade too, I might have been suckered into paying the sub already.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:39 am
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> That is lovely. But as you say, for what benefit?

I just think they need to pump out crazy models to break the current status quo, can't believe that current designs are best there can be.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:46 am
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That is lovely. But as you say, for what benefit?
it always bugs me (for about a second, then I just think, if you have no imagination it's your loss not mine 😂) when people see a technological innovation and their first is reaction is "why?"


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:47 am
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I saw a post earlier that it can now automatically send a text based on certain conditions e.g. send a text to say you got to work/left work

That could be useful for letting people know where you are automatically!


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 11:52 am
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Minor thing but I really like the new volume change display. No more big box in the middle of the screen but a nice little bar next to the buttons.

FaceID is blazing fast now, you really notice it for in-app things like authenticating LastPass.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 12:10 pm
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An apple update that makes the phone quicker? unheard of.

Yep, and not true for my SE. It seems a bit slower, for example when pressing delete button on email it seems to stall. Never did that before.

I would also down that the purposes of the upgrade was to make the SE run faster. I imagine the SE won't even be getting the next major update.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 12:14 pm
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not an immediate fan of options like 'mark as unread' (which I use a lot) being moved and taking more click/scroll to get to. But at least its not so close to 'move to junk' as it used to be 🙂


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 12:24 pm
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I’m not going to find out! Looked last night my iPhone 6 or ipad air won’t he getting ios13!!


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 12:33 pm
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I'm loving iOS13 on my SE here. Photo editing is light years ahead of 12 - to the extent that I've not used Snapseed or Lightroom Mobile since the upgrade.

Autoplay videos is nice, as is the ability to colour edit videos which (I think) is new.

Good new sharing menu for pics and files etc.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 1:10 pm
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Updated my SE a few days ago, it feels a bit quicker

An apple update that makes the phone quicker? unheard of.

The last version of 12 made my 8 pretty buggy, 13 is only about as quick as 12 was a few months ago IMHO.

For me:

Car Play is better, but it's another push towards using Apple Maps over the superior Google Maps as the new front page interface only works with maps (unless there's a setting I can't see).

Apple Pay seems to have stopped working, automatically at least anyway.

Siri no longer seems to be able to hear me via my car mic.

Dark mode is cool, but not all apps have a dark mode to go with it. Rather than making the display just darker, it actually makes the colours 'pop' more and looks really good.

I moaned about the childish Meoji / emoji whatever it's called, but then I designed one and I've used it. Mrs and eldest asked if they didn't have a grey hair option. ****s.

App updates is sort of hidden away now, I know I shouldn't car as it's all automated, but I have a compulsion to update.

Find my Friends and Find my Phone have been combined. Makes some sense, but I use the same feature for different reasons and it doesn't work as was as the previous two.

I haven't used 'Shortcuts' don't know what it does and will likely bin it off with some of the other bloaty stuff.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 2:04 pm
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Just updated on my iPhone 7 128GB.

Battery life takes a hit initially for 2 days or so. Something to do with the phone performing a more thorough indexing of all items for search. Actually checking my battery performance its at 75% at the moment so that might have exacerbated the issue for me.

Addicted to mini motorway on apple arcade while i use the free trial.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 2:08 pm
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You can set Safari to automatically close tabs after a day, week or month now - avoids holding hundreds of them in memory.

Oddly the scan document function seems to have moved from Notes to Files, (just to confuse you)


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 2:29 pm
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Seems ok for me, just done the iPhone.

What I hate though...and hate is a strong word... is once it's set up you have to go through the sodding set-up screens...

I say No! I know what the phone does thanks, don't need any of your "add emoji face" horsecrap.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 2:34 pm
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You can track any lost or stolen phones even when they are powered down.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 3:32 pm
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You can track any lost or stolen phones even when they are powered down.

Really???

That's going to come as a big surprise to my Son, who likes to turn his phone off when he's roaming where he shouldn't ha ha.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 3:48 pm
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Safari has a download manager now. PDF for example don’t auto open. Default save is files I think but can be changed.
Can deal with zipped files too.

It has partially broke the Bluetooth functionality with my car. Can stream but can no longer access phone book etc although will still answer/end calls.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 4:19 pm
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two best things so far, swipey keyboard seems better than gmails gboard and the volume control display is now discreet instead of a huge box in middle of screen.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 5:28 pm
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IOS 13.1 bug fixes and improvements has been released 🙂


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 5:29 pm
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You can let selected contacts track you via find my iPhone. This is ideal if your riding alone.


 
Posted : 25/09/2019 9:43 pm
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Took me ages to figure out how to save a photo from messages!

Plus they've moved "move to folder" in email.....


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 9:13 am
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Took me ages to figure out how to save a photo from messages!

Plus they’ve moved “move to folder” in email…..

Same but with ‘request desktop site’. No longer a long press on the reload icon you press the ‘AA’ now for a new context menu.

Music has had a few tweaks too.


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 9:22 am
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You can let selected contacts track you via find my iPhone. This is ideal if your riding alone.

It's a good feature. It used to be called Find my Friends. I can track my Wife, Son and Riding Buddy with mine and vice versa. It's Useful for Solo rides for me and my mate, tracking my Wife when she's making house calls and my Son because, well he's a teenager and a bit of a Div.


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 9:30 am
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Haven’t found much else new TBH. Probably worth looking on YouTube for the geeks views and tips/tweaks.

I did notice that Bluetooth was “on” even though I turned it off.

Can’t find the keyboard thingy ^ this one I’m using now looks the same as before.


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 9:39 am
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Just drag your finger between the characters. I had this feature on a Samsung many years ago. Not sure why Apple have only just caught up.


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 10:12 am
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U to tutu up d hill fisheries.

Yay! It works !!

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Posted : 26/09/2019 10:43 am
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Since I got IOS 13 I can't get photos to sync with my pc.

Co-incidence?


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 6:33 pm
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Experiencing a bug where some apps dock icons just don't work! Need to find the app icon on the home screen to switch to the app!


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 6:52 pm
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The swipe keyboard means I’ve been able go delete Gboard. Although it’s not quite as accurate as gboard, there’s no lag where the phone used to forget which keyboard I wanted to use.

Haven’t played with the new CarPlay yet as haven’t been in the right car.

I don’t think much else will make a difference to me though.

Happy that a 6S is still getting updates, only recently moved from android where support would often stop completely not long after 2 years.


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 10:13 pm
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Anyone know how to change what’s at the top of the share pop up?

So now when I click share on a photo or to share a link etc the first line (where I think it used to show available AirDrop devices) now has the last 3 contacts from the messaging app, which I hardly ever use. Currently showing my Roughcaster, a guy I met on a work course and an automated messaging system.


 
Posted : 26/09/2019 10:23 pm
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Long tap on the Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Icons in the control centre to choose Networks / Devices to connect to instead of having to go into settings to do this.
RM.


 
Posted : 27/09/2019 9:13 am
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Tried out new CarPlay today - really like the improvements.

tbh I used to be a big Waze fan and was really happy when it finally came to CarPlay - but Apple Maps has improved massively over the last year or so and I do like it now. Waze is just constant alerts about stuff and often convoluted routing just to save you a minute over sitting in a queue.


 
Posted : 27/09/2019 11:06 am
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The Automations thing looks potentially useful, if a little geekish


 
Posted : 27/09/2019 11:12 am
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I think battery life is definitely worse now. Had been quite good recently...


 
Posted : 27/09/2019 11:51 am
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As far as I can tell my battery life is just as crap as usual, no worse though on a 6S


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 9:51 am
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I haven’t noticed much on the phone, but I like the iPad update: better home screen, much better multitasking, floating keyboard, screen extension for Mac, etc.

footflaps

Battery life is often worse after a major update. Your phone will be doing a lot of work in the background getting everything in order. It should get better in a couple of days.


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 11:43 am
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13.1.1 is out and supposedly helps with those who have the battery issue.


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 11:43 am
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... oh, and being able to link my ps4 controller is good as well. I’ve been replaying Bully.


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 11:44 am
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Hello @Drac
Has the update sorted out your iPad problems

(For the record: I don’t really understand all the “Drac’s” Ipad jokes, I just wanted to join in).


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 11:54 am
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😂

The joke is I get very few issues on this forum so when I tried to look for the errors a few others get I’ve not had an issue. I’ve now just stopped trying to help.


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 11:56 am
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13.1.1 is out and supposedly helps with those who have the battery issue.

Mine got in a right tiz the other day, plugged into a charger but battery % not going up and getting hotter and hotter, no Apps running. Had to power cycle it to snap it out of it. Without it plugged in the battery % was just counting down as you looked at it, about 1% every few seconds....


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 3:30 pm
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Experiencing a bug where some apps dock icons just don’t work! Need to find the app icon on the home screen to switch to the app!

13.1.1 seems to have fixed this issue!


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 3:56 pm
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13.1.1 means I can now sync my photo's again.

Hoo bleeding Ray


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 4:11 pm
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Re CarPlay, does anyone know why on my iPhone I can see the list of apps on there but seem to have lost the screen where they jiggled about a bit (technical term) and I could rearrange them on the screen....
Does anyone know where it’s gone?


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 8:00 pm
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In settings on the phone


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 8:58 pm
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Can no longer open GPX files in Garmin connect.
That’s very rubbish


 
Posted : 28/09/2019 9:09 pm
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I updated to IOS 13.1.1 on the weekend via iTunes as I had the laptop on to transfer some music across. I am now having issues getting the playlists in iTunes which I have curated and built over many years to transfer over to my phone. Anyone else have this issue and know a way to do it?


 
Posted : 30/09/2019 9:57 am
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NEW RAINBOW UNICORN EMOJIs - what other reason do you need to upgrade! 🙂


 
Posted : 30/09/2019 10:01 am
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One thing I've noticed in my Carplay-enabled cars is that if I have the car's built-in satnav running & I fire up waze or apple maps, it now sends a signal to the car to cease navigation. I've seen this on the Kenwood in my van and the Skoda unit in my Kodiaq. Also works the other way round. A bit annoying as occasionally there is a place for running both.

Wish they'd sort out canbus communication from carplay - it'd be nice to see in-dash route guidance and potentially track listings from audio apps.


 
Posted : 30/09/2019 10:08 am
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NEW RAINBOW UNICORN EMOJIs – what other reason do you need to upgrade!

I know I’m not the target audience for this kinda thing, but I do wish that once you’ve clicked the “recently used” icon that doesn’t include them in the menu... that these bloody things would piss off. 🤷‍♂️


 
Posted : 30/09/2019 10:53 am
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> Wish they’d sort out canbus communication from carplay – it’d be nice to see in-dash route guidance
> and potentially track listings from audio apps.

Track listing already works on some cars, at least on Audi (B9) Spotify track listings show on instrument panel. Other than it is mess though, not all car buttons work with CarPlay and one ends up in car menus occasionally although much less often than with IOS 12.


 
Posted : 30/09/2019 2:50 pm
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Now you can use external storage devices, e.g. attach a USB drive.


 
Posted : 01/10/2019 6:24 am
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Proper file / folder management - almost. Much better than it was; you actually have full control over where documents etc are stored and can drag and drop between folders, create new folders etc. I don’t know if iOS on the phone fully supports mass storage but it does on iPadOS-just plug in an external drive or memory card and it shows up as such and can copy in and out from that. Really a massive step forward in the iPad becoming a laptop replacement. Proper mouse support too.

Lots of little tweaks here and there just improve the overall usability - really quite like it.


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 2:19 pm
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The multitasking is very good now too having 2 functional windows alongside.


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 3:05 pm
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When I pick up the phone in the morning (after being charged overnight), it now displays a weather screen. Where can I configure this? I don’t even have the Apple weather app on the phone anymore


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 3:12 pm
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It’ll be here somewhere

Go to Settings>Privacy>Location Services><b>Weather</b>, and change the setting from Always to Never. This will remove the <b>weather</b>information from both the <b>Notification</b> Center and from your <b>Weather App</b>

or

Tap into your Settings app and then tap on <b>Notification</b> Center. You'll see a list of all the apps that are using <b>iOS Notifications</b> to keep you informed. Tap on the app you'd like to stop stressing over, then toggle Badge App Icon to Off.


 
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Obvz, that’s easy for me to say ^^ 🤦‍♂️


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 3:49 pm
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IOS 13 seems to have messed up the connection to my Garmin watch - it won't sync the data from a run now, which is annoying. I've followed the 'fix' that Garmin sent out on an email, but it still doesn't work. They said it's about permissions, but everything seems to be as it should be. Other than that it's good. Dark mode is funky...


 
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Cheers Bikebuoy - neither of those worked. I don’t have the Apple weather app, and the BBC weather app doesn’t have any notifications to switch off.

unless it’s buried in the location services section in something obscure, then there isn’t any easy way to find how to switch it off or configure it, there’s also no mention of it on Apples website


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 4:35 pm
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This?

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<li class="TrT0Xe">Open Settings and head to Do Not Disturb.

<li class="TrT0Xe">Turn the top toggle on, as well as Scheduled and Bedtime.

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<li class="TrT0Xe">Head back to the main settings <b>screen</b> and tap Privacy.

<li class="TrT0Xe">Choose Location Services.

<li class="TrT0Xe">Swipe down to <b>Weather</b>.

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Obvz the forum seems to be taking all the code with it.. if you can decipher that ^ best of luck 🤪


 
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And as if by magic...

13.1.2 is out 🤪


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 6:55 pm
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Isn’t a weather forecast in the morning a feature of the bedtime / do not disturb setting?
Surprised turning it to never in location services had no effect.


 
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Tried all that - I don’t have the weather app installed, so there isn’t an option in location services for weather,

if it is an option in bedtime/DND then it isn’t listed, and has only started since IOS13 - nothing else in my setup has changed.


 
Posted : 06/10/2019 9:17 pm
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Been playing with wireless mouse on the iPad today - works really well!
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Posted : 10/10/2019 5:57 pm
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Ooooh! Might have to hunt out my old Apple mouse.


 
Posted : 10/10/2019 6:03 pm
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If you use your iPad or iPhone in an environment that requires certificates, apple have limited the length, they only accept upto 8 months.


 
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Find my Phone - how the heck do you update someone’s location now? Ok it is supposed to automatically update but it’s not on mine

Also I have hotmail synced through to the mail app and it’s popping up with new mail notification but then can take some seconds to appear. Same delay deleting emails...


 
Posted : 10/10/2019 6:41 pm

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