iOS7 Now Available For Download

[Steve Williams]

you can do it

you now swipe right to left

 

[Bruce B]

Updated the other day on both phones. I changed the text to bold so it looks much better. It turned off my Bluetooth devices. Found that out while I was driving. Had to go back into settings and turn it back on.
What I don't like is what it did to the Calendars. I want my old Calendar layout back!

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

No bold type here yet. Thought I'd give it some time, and actually I find it very readable and the whole look is growing on me. Very clean and open. Haven't quite adjusted to the icons yet.

Tim

 

[ack]

The only issue I have with iOS7 is the very small type-in area for SMSes, which now includes a Subject, equally small. I can't make any of them larger

 

[Steve Williams]

You can make text larger

 

[asiufy]

I uploaded iOS7 via iTunes, no problem. But I'm not sure there's much going for OS7 unless I'm missing something. In the previous system, if you look at your emails in list form, you can swipe them to delete them in one action. You can't do that in OS7. It's a 2 step process. Edit/ then delete. What a waste of time. Same for messages. As far as looks, I have no problem with them. The cosmetics are pleasant enough. But what functional improvements are there? It reminds me of iTunes. I almost wish I never upgraded past iTunes 3. They seem to have removed useful features with every incremental upgrade. By the time we get to iTunes 37, we'll probably have to sing our own songs.

marty,

I can still swipe an email (from right to left), then pick Move/Trash. I believe in iOS 6 you were still required to confirm the action, so that was also a 2 action process.

 

[Steve Williams]

iOS7.0.2 is now available for download

 

[mep]

A friend of mine downloaded iOS7 to his 4S phone and he absolutely hates it. He hates the white screen and the small font and icons. He wishes he never downloaded it and says he can't go back unless he jailbreaks his phone.

 

[JackD201]

I just switched. Still getting used to it. While I'm not crazy about the icons, I like the new feel and looks. I particularly like the easier access to settings via the command center as well as the iPad type double click for multitasking.

 

[Steve Williams]

The only thing I liked better was the calendar in ios 6. Hate the one in iOS7

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Different strokes I guess. I particularly like the new calendar.

Tim

 

[ack]

A friend of mine downloaded iOS7 to his 4S phone and he absolutely hates it. He hates the white screen and the small font and icons. He wishes he never downloaded it and says he can't go back unless he jailbreaks his phone.

Please advise him to use iTunes next time, and take a backup first before upgrading - it's then trivial to restore the old OS.

 

[PeterA]

I'm in no rush to change. I wish I had never updated the OS in my iMac. It made my scanner obsolete and it now needs to be replaced. Do we really need another reissue of "Kind of Blue"?

 

[Bill Hart]

I'm in no rush to change. I wish I had never updated the OS in my iMac. It made my scanner obsolete and it now needs to be replaced. Do we really need another reissue of "Kind of Blue"?

This is good to know, i updated my phone (5) and iPad (2) without a problem, but instinct told me to hold off on updating the 'Big Mac.' Are you using an HP scanner with wireless printing capability?

 

[PeterA]

This is good to know, i updated my phone (5) and iPad (2) without a problem, but instinct told me to hold off on updating the 'Big Mac.' Are you using an HP scanner with wireless printing capability?

I have a wired HP LaserJet 3055 which is about 4 years old. It's an all-in-one copier/printer/scanner/fax. My kids finally got me to buy an iPhone. When I did, I told the salesman that I wanted my iMac to synch with my new iPhone. They said no problem as long as I updated from my old OS. I had to go from what ever I had to snow lepard then finally to mountain lion. After buying and loading disks, downloading from iTunes etc etc, my phone is not synched to my iMac and my HP unit is not compatible with the latest OS. HP no longer supports this model. So now I have to buy a new all-in-one. Nothing but hassle and expense and many conversations with HP and Apple.

In hindsight, I should have just kept my old OS and not worried about synching my new phone. The Apple kid assured me all would be fine. I no longer believe what I hear in that store.

 

[Bill Hart]

I have a wired HP LaserJet 3055 which is about 4 years old. It's an all-in-one copier/printer/scanner/fax. My kids finally got me to buy an iPhone. When I did, I told the salesman that I wanted my iMac to synch with my new iPhone. They said no problem as long as I updated from my old OS. I had to go from what ever I had to snow lepard then finally to mountain lion. After buying and loading disks, downloading from iTunes etc etc, my phone is not synched to my iMac and my HP unit is not compatible with the latest OS. HP no longer supports this model. So now I have to buy a new all-in-one. Nothing but hassle and expense and many conversations with HP and Apple.

In hindsight, I should have just kept my old OS and not worried about synching my new phone. The Apple kid assured me all would be fine. I no longer believe what I hear in that store.

Thanks for that. My Mac desktop is about a year old. I bought a new HP printer/scanner that was supposed to be compatible, but the discs provided were outdated. It took me a couple hours on the phone with HP to download the proper software and configure everything. I can print wirelessly from my iPad downstairs, or even from my phone (if I activate the wifi on the phone). It all works well, thus, am reluctant to upgrade the OS on the big daddy Mac if it means the printer/scanner won't continue to work. I guess i could run a test first from the iPad, which is running on IOS 7.2 and see if it prints. We should all get a personal IT guy with this stuff. It isn't intuitive, at least for me.

 

[rblnr]

That's weird about the HP printer drivers. My Brother multifunction laser is 5+ years old and the drivers still receive updates. Hard to believe they dropped Mac support so soon.

 

[rbbert]

You should have a CD with Snow Leopard, since it wouldn't update online, so you could go back and re-install it.

 

[Steve Williams]

How To Preserve Battery Life In iOS 7

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryma...serve-battery-life-in-ios-7/?partner=yahootix

 

[Steve Williams]

iOS 7 Tidbits: iMessage Timestamps, App Switching, Spotlight Search, and More

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/18...amps-app-switching-spotlight-search-and-more/