Yeah it’s a b when the announced build to Appleseed was an a so that’s why it’s late.
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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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Not necessarily. Just means there has been 1 revision, if the issue has been fixed – it might be just as stable as an "a" release. In other cases, something might have been missed, so a release might be "a", whereas it should have not been... it's hard to say and to judge from that only.
I always feel that towards the end of the beta cycle, these identifiers become less of an importance. As Apple is releasing updates on a pre-defined schedule, and usually always the builds at the end are "a" and they have been following similar pattern. Yes, could be because later builds are more stable, but could also be because testing is relaxed at this point and meeting a deadline is more important, for marketing or other reasons.
It's been very rare for the last beta to be different than "a", as we have today, so something big must have been found. It's all speculation, of course, just based on my observations.
The last letter in the build represents how many times that build was complied for the day. So, it could be looked as though an "a" build just passed through QA with no issues and boom, Bob's you're uncle. Although- an "f" build means an issue was addressed 5 times and is most likely "more stable".
You should just add this to Text Expander so you can quickly insert it the 100s of times a year this question is asked.
iOS 18.3 Temporarily Removes Notification Summaries for News
With the iOS 18.3 update, Apple made several changes to the Apple Intelligence Notification Summaries feature that aggregates incoming notifications...
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Called it 😜
Perhaps very slightly smoother - although that's reaching it. Just changing your per-app settings makes much more difference than any iOS 18 update yet I feel like.
In other words, it really does feel like they are bumping the version just to update an icon or 2 for dark mode 😂
You know such complex software like iOS consists of more than just the tiny bit you can „see“ like icons etc. (aka GUI)?
18.3 got new a kernel for example.
18.3 got new a kernel for example.
Which release notes was this mentioned in?
The ones I saw were the last ones:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes/ios-ipados-18_3-release-notes
and then for Beta 1 and Beta 2. What I read in those in addition to not feeling or seeing anything different, is what actually lead to me writing what I wrote.
I remember thinking windows 11 beta release notes were bad awhile back, but to be fair to MS even those included much more things (bugfixes/features) than what Apple wrote there
Surely you don't expect Apple to document every little code change they made to make the software run more smoothly and efficiently? Apple famously doesn't provide much detail on those cleanup efforts. That doesn't mean they aren't doing them.
ofc not. But there's a whole sea of things between that and just describing how you fixed a singular icon within settings app for dark mode, don't you think?
Absolutely. And Apple is never going to publish them. That's just the way they roll.ofc not. But there's a whole sea of things between that and just describing how you fixed a singular icon within settings app for dark mode, don't you think?
So I’m guessing the RC will be released this week. Not tomorrow because of the holiday, but later in the week. Then 18.3 is released to the public next week, and 18.4 beta shortly thereafter.
I believe Apple isn’t off tomorrow for MLK day. However Apple hasn’t released any betas on MLK day. With that said iOS 18.3 RC Tuesday and iOS 18.4 beta 1 Wednesday
Apple corporate employees have MLK Jr. Day off, and they have since 2016. Makes sense, Tim has a picture of MLK Jr. in his office. Important holiday for him.
It's MLK Day and Inauguration Day in the states. Tim Cook might be in DC and not on the left coast, so he might not be near the big red button.
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Just saw Tim Cook on the news. He's currently at the church service with the incoming President Elect. So... No Betas today.
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