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iOS 17 Speculation Thread
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The Files app in iPadOS 17 now offers more options for external drives! 👍🏻. I go into more specifics about it in this thread:
The new options seem to indicate to me that external drive re-formatting options may not be far away, and maybe could even show up in a later beta or 17.x update! 👍🏻. If you can erase a drive already, it stands to reason you should get an option to re-format that same drive I would think. I can’t confirm yet whether the option to re-format possibly appears after erasing it, I haven’t tried the erase function on any of my drives yet, and I may have to just try it out on a sacrificial drive to see what it does. But I think more formatting options for external drives are more likely now than ever before! 👍🏻
The new options seem to indicate to me that external drive re-formatting options may not be far away, and maybe could even show up in a later beta or 17.x update! 👍🏻. If you can erase a drive already, it stands to reason you should get an option to re-format that same drive I would think. I can’t confirm yet whether the option to re-format possibly appears after erasing it, I haven’t tried the erase function on any of my drives yet, and I may have to just try it out on a sacrificial drive to see what it does. But I think more formatting options for external drives are more likely now than ever before! 👍🏻
The option to reformat with a different file system is not available. When you choose erase it does reformat the drive, but in the same file system it had.
I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you’re meaning. What is the link for? And what do you mean by “Easily done but…”? I hope you’re having a great day! 👍🏻
They mean that you are in the wrong forum, as this one is meant to be used to speculate about next iOS 17 release dates, rather than actual features. So they put a link there for you to repost it in the relevant forum.
Oh, ok, thanks, that is helpful! 👍🏻. I will move my post to that thread then! Thanks @Pearsey for the heads up, I appreciate it! 👍🏻
I moved my comment over to that thread you linked. Thank you for the suggestion! 👍🏻
So now we move back to the July 6th beta 3 holding pattern. 
Just some misc thoughts:
IOS 17 has been a bit boring as not much instability yet. Note I did see an app break because of changes to MacOS 14 contextual menus. This beta 2 thru 4 should be interesting as we previously said its when Apple starts to change things new related to OS interface, so hope for the best, but be prepared. For once I had to also use wireless audio sync using a iPhone with tvOS 17 apps also.
Should be a terribly boring week for speculation.
Just some misc thoughts:
IOS 17 has been a bit boring as not much instability yet. Note I did see an app break because of changes to MacOS 14 contextual menus. This beta 2 thru 4 should be interesting as we previously said its when Apple starts to change things new related to OS interface, so hope for the best, but be prepared. For once I had to also use wireless audio sync using a iPhone with tvOS 17 apps also.
Should be a terribly boring week for speculation.
In a general sense you think this is true?
www.macworld.com
Sorry Apple, most people will never use any of the new features coming in iOS 17
How can Apple get typical iPhone users to discover new features on a device they know so well?
www.macworld.com
If we are lucky beta 3 will drop week of July 3rd. Note that iOS 16 beta 3 took 21 days to drop thou.
Holiday week in the states. Vote, nope.
It was the same for beta 2 also. Doubters were surprised when it showed up later that Wednesday 21st. Expect it Thursday July 6th.
In a general sense you think this is true?
Sorry Apple, most people will never use any of the new features coming in iOS 17
How can Apple get typical iPhone users to discover new features on a device they know so well?
If you are asking if we think it’s true that Apple had a hard time getting uptake on new features due to lack of visibility, I say yes. A lot of the features lack discoverabilty. And unless you watch and remember keynotes, you may never encounter some of them except by accident.
Then first public beta 1 week laterIt was the same for beta 2 also. Doubters were surprised when it showed up later that Wednesday 21st. Expect it Thursday July 6th.
I do. From my point of view, Apple doesn't communicate new features with new OS releases properly. All they do is show them at WWDC (let's be honest, most of the users never watch them), then make a web page dedicated to this release on the website (do most of the users visit Apple's website to learn about new features? - Quite unlikely) and after that let users know about some of them in "Software Update" section. (Many Apple Devices update automatically during the night and users barely notice it). A small remark: I'm not devaluing Apple's efforts, but they need to improve awareness about new features. The best way, I guess, that could be implemented is a new page, that would appear after updating and suggest looking at new key features in this particular update with a 'skip' button, if a user is not interested.In a general sense you think this is true?
Sorry Apple, most people will never use any of the new features coming in iOS 17
How can Apple get typical iPhone users to discover new features on a device they know so well?
From what I’m gathering, Apple is looking to improve feature visibility, both with their own features and features in third party apps. I think that’s why they have introduced Tipkit. When you think about it, having features that no one is aware of is a waste of marketing dollars. In a time when changes in phone software is very incremental, leading features “on the table” has a huge opportunity cost.
Make features discoverable with TipKit - WWDC23 - Videos - Apple Developer
Teach people how to use your app with TipKit! Learn how you can create effective educational moments through tips. We'll share how you...
early betas of iOS x.0 are not 1 week intervals. It's only been 6 days since beta 2. I suggested it would arrive 2 days after holiday next week on July 6th.
The 16.6's are coming out now.
I'd also love to see a 17b3 today with the hope of getting rid of Outlook and having IMAP Mail working again.
I also suspect it'll be next week though.
I'd also love to see a 17b3 today with the hope of getting rid of Outlook and having IMAP Mail working again.
I also suspect it'll be next week though.
It is definitely coming next week, as well as Public beta 1 likely.
Don't forget that next week is the 4th of July holiday in the states, so that could impact a new beta next week
Hopefully not further than next week. Only real bug I have is the keyboard glitch in Safari but it’s starting to drive me crazy.