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iOS 8.xx
« on: October 22, 2014, 05:58:01 AM »
My mom has an iPhone 4s that has iOS 7.?? and it's starting to show it's age.


I figured a 5s (8.xx) for her birthday would be good but am I setting myself up for a shit ton of questions?


She's had the 4 for 3+ years and still hasn't quite figured it out.


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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2014, 06:19:50 AM »
I had a 3GS and moved to the iPhone 5 (not the 's' or 'c'). While it worked the same, I have to say the texting seemed to work out a lot better. The phone, even though a little smaller, just felt better and texting had fewer errors. There are a few more apps so may be some shuffling around to keep it looking the same if that's a problem.

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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2014, 07:01:50 AM »
It'll be a little taller. Some extra features as a result of an OS upgrade. A faster processor and some improvements in battery life, etc.

If she doesn't want to move outside her scope of current activities, she won't notice much difference. Just smoother and quicker functions, the larger screen and battery life improvements.
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2014, 07:03:53 PM »
I have a 5s. Is this a 5s or OS question?
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2014, 07:08:19 PM »
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2014, 07:08:50 PM »
She is still running an older os.

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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2014, 08:41:57 PM »
I purchased mine in February of this year. Came from Android. It came (obviously) with 7.x. I absolutely love it. After the clusterfuck of iOS 8 introduction and limp dick patch (the next day and their withdrawal 6 hours later) I'm a bit Leary of jumping on the bandwagon.

2 caveats: I changed carriers from Sprint to Verizon and my Mom doesn't even have a smart phone.
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2014, 09:59:26 PM »
Did the 8.1 iOS update from 8.0.2. I also did the OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) update. Nice interactions. If the phone isn't nearby and I get a call or text, I can choose to answer it on the computer (or initiate them) even to non-iOS destinations (SMS not just iMessage as in the past).
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2014, 03:46:59 AM »
Not a challenge but I have been able to do that ^ on my Moto-X for some time.

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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2014, 09:04:53 AM »
From your laptop, desktop, and phone without blue tooth enabled and not tethered (like with the phone on the other side of the house)?

The traffic actually passes through the phone without an add-on app on any of them.

It's baked into the OSs with packet-level security between the devices.
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2014, 09:09:18 AM »
I need an app on the phone and a chrome extension.
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2014, 09:09:46 AM »
Its a Motorola thing. 
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2014, 09:08:26 AM »
Quote from: Bounce on October 24, 2014, 09:59:26 PM
Did the 8.1 iOS update from 8.0.2. I also did the OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) update. Nice interactions. If the phone isn't nearby and I get a call or text, I can choose to answer it on the computer (or initiate them) even to non-iOS destinations (SMS not just iMessage as in the past).

Any issues with dropping wi-fi since installing Yosemite?
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Re: iOS 8.xx
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2014, 10:48:15 AM »
Nope. I'm hard-wired gigabit on the 27" iMac (early 2010) and the 15" Macbook Pro (late 2013) has been fine.

They sure flattened the UI though. I like the changes made to the guts of the OS (better prioritization and combining of background task calls, etc.) in that they make the same machine seem quicker. The UI is a mixed bag.

Not unlike the move from the colored Apple logo to the sleek silver one. But the 10.9 UI wasn't as gaudy as the rainbow Apple so I'm unsure the motivations behind the change other than simply to make 10.10 stand out as "a big change".

It's not a deal breaker though IMO and the improvements are worth it (again IMO).

I did have to turn on speaker feedback when using the volume controls. Seems the default is now to just change the volume with a visual feedback only. To me that's not enough info to know how loud/soft the volume is. It's an easy fix in Settings/Sounds.

---update---

Right after posting this, I got an e-mail from a friend. The 10.10 upgrade broke his Adobe Illustrator (unknown version) so he's going back to Mavericks. I have Photoshop but not Illustrator so wasn't aware of that issue.

Outside of that I've not run into anything that didn't work or that wasn't quickly fixed (Wallpaper Wizard)... with one conditional exception.

Using Trim Enabler so trim works with 3rd party SSDs means disabling KEXT (a security feature - globally) so there's that concern if you use Trim Enabler.

http://www.cindori.org/trim-enabler-and-yosemite/
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