“iOS 8 is finally here! I can’t wait to downl — wait, 6.8 gigabytes!? Who even has that much space? And why aren’t my apps working anymore?”
That was the general reaction when Apple’s iOS
8 software update dropped with a giant thud on Sept. 17. In addition to asking for around half of most iPhone owners’ useable storage, iOS 8 has been causing a myriad of technical errors for users, especially ones with older devices.
On top of lost data, it looks like iOS 8 is causing random crashes for users. App integration for Health and HealthKit is limited at the moment due to a software bug, and one user reported seeing his drop-down notifications freeze at the top of the screen.
Update: iOS 8 can be downloaded right now. Some features need the still-to-come Mac OS X Yosemite, but here are Apple’s best features.
Apple has taking the flat iOS 7 design and rounded it out with new features with iOS 8, and it’s availableto download right now, two days ahead of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch.
That means instead of a dramatic redesign, this year’s mobile operating system update ties everything together with the overarching theme of “convergence.”
iOS 8 features tighter Mac OS X Yosemite integration while loosening the restrictions on Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor. This goes a long way to the Passbook-integrated Apple Pay.
New software kits also bring once fragmented security and health gadgets together, something that this year’s “one more thing” surprise, the Apple Watch, will takes advantage of in early 2015.
Lol..that’s good & you tried to put Apple on blast!! Lol
I charge mine over night and at 6 a.m. it’s off the charger and by 4 p.m. I’m usually out of juice but today I still have about 12% at 8 p.m. thank you apple
My iPhone took about 25 minutes to update I actually fell asleep last night b 4 it finished lol I was tired from that drive
Kisha Simmons my mini took forever. but it seems like I have better batt life now
I like the new updates no problems so far I gotta update my mini when I get bk home
when I go to hotspot on iPad they try to get me to add the service to my plan and I’m not messing with my unlimited plan. I used 89GB last month lol
You can’t? I can use my iPad & iPhone as a hotspot
Wan Sheldon do you use yours as a hotspot? why can’t we use our iPad mini as the hotspot and connect other devices to it?
I’m getting use to it now. I have 16 GN mini because all I do is social networking. no big filet ranger or anything. I have about 4 ga in photos but that large update last night almost killed me. I like how the safari moves around better and I lie the new key pad
I didn’t have any issues, I waited until today and used iTunes. My iPhone is 32gigs so I didn’t run into any space confines or cleanup. So far it’s cool, I gotta play with some more of these new features