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Apple rolling out second public beta of iOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14 (9to5mac.com)
submitted 1 year ago by EncryptKeeper to c/apple_enthusiast
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This update is effectively the public version of Developer Update 4, which contains actual details about the changes: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/26/everything-new-in-ios-17-beta-4/

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[–] EncryptKeeper 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I’m using it currently. Quite frankly, it’s a buggy mess. I wouldn’t try it unless you are VERY tolerant of UI bugs and in some cases worse. Lots of issues with the keyboard not popping up, or like in Messages, the current message you’re typing will be hidden behind the keyboard so you need to close and open messages, and you’ll be doing this a lot. Lots of issues with Safari and PWA interactions too. Voyager for Lemmy has become unusable because the pop up menu for selecting functions like replying won’t stay open. Though this issue might be fixed in Beta 2 as I’ve had less issues with it.

There’s also a very aggravating issue with your “my card” in contacts. Every few days, random pieces of information are deleted from my card. Sometimes it’s my profile picture, my home and work addresses, phone number etc.

The new features introduced in Ios 17 are great, chief among them being an actually usable autocorrect, but I’d steer clear of the public beta unless you’re down for a little daily frustration.

[–] Jackolantern 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks man for the very detailed reply.

[–] HollandJim 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s also a very aggravating issue with your “my card” in contacts. Every few days, random pieces of information are deleted from my card. Sometimes it’s my profile picture, my home and work addresses, phone number etc

I'm not seeing that in the iPadOS Public Beta - is this on iOS?

[–] EncryptKeeper 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah IOS. Happening to everyone I know who did the update.

[–] FourzerotwoFAILS 2 points 1 year ago

I've actually had the exact opposite experience. My contact has been all sorts of buggy for years and the new Contact Card has been rock solid for me. Always interesting seeing the variations of bugs in beta/prod