![]() Other welcome changes include a Focus mode that reduces distractions voice searching and tab groups in Safari FaceTime improvements Live Text that allows you to search for, select, copy, and translate text in photos (on iPads with an A12 Bionic chip or later) and increased city detail in Maps. Quick Note can automatically pull in highlighted text or links to a website or app and it’s easy to add more with the Apple Pencil or keyboard. ![]() If you’re a Notes user you’ll appreciate the new Quick Note feature which lets you create a note with a swipe up from the corner of the screen using your finger or an Apple Pencil. Also coming to iPadOS 15 is the App Library which automatically organizes all your apps into categories and enables you to avoid cluttered Home screens. Widgets can now appear anywhere on the Home screen and a new larger widget size lets apps display more information. At long last discoverability comes to multitasking!Īpple migrated some iOS 14 improvements to iPadOS 15. Finally, a list of keyboard shortcuts appears when you press and hold the Command key on an external keyboard. You can create Split View spaces by dragging one app from the App Switcher onto another. There’s also a shelf at the bottom of the screen that shows open windows within an app. Particularly welcome is a Multitasking menu at the top center of every window that lets you create a full screen, Split View, Slide Over, and in some cases (like Mail), a center window. People who rely heavily on iPads will likely appreciate the new multitasking features and those for whom the iPad is less important have nothing to lose by upgrading shortly after release. For the most part, iPadOS is a superset of iOS so why should you upgrade your iPad before your iPhone? The big reason is that Apple has again taken a swing at improving iPad multitasking and the changes are worth investigating. Remember, always make a backup before upgrading a Mac, iPhone, or iPad so you can revert right away if necessary. So here’s the general upgrade order that we suggest starting with the iPad. Apple has already announced that SharePlay is delayed and won’t ship until later in the year. SharePlay sounds technically impressive-we’ll let you decide if it interests you-but it’s not a reason to upgrade right away. For instance, the marquee feature of this season’s releases is SharePlay, which promises to let users watch videos, listen to audio, share screens, and more, all while on a FaceTime call that could involve an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV. In the past, we’ve offered separate takes on when you should install each of Apple’s operating systems but many of this year’s new features are spread across multiple operating systems. It’s best to be prepared if you have to replace a device unexpectedly.) Plus, when you buy a new Mac, iPhone, or iPad after these operating systems have shipped you’ll get the latest version which could pose problems for your existing apps. But waiting too long puts you at risk from security vulnerabilities, increases compatibility annoyances, and prevents you from taking advantage of new features. ![]() There’s no harm in delaying a major operating system upgrade until Apple has sanded off rough edges that slipped through testing. Once Apple judges macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15 to be ready for prime time the question arises-when should you install them? Apple previewed these releases at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June and many people have been testing the public betas since. September is here which means that Apple will soon start releasing major upgrades for all its operating systems.
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