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New: iPadOS 18 Drops Support for These iPad Models
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To be fair, the leaks have been all over the map.
So far I’ve seen:
- All devices that supported 17 would get 18. I was hopeful for this but not optimistic.
- All A10 and A10X devices would get get excluded from 18. I didn’t believe this, as I expected (hoped?) iPad 7 would get 18.
- iPad 7 would get 18 but iPad 6 and iPad Pro 10.5 would not. I felt this was a strong possibility.
FWIW, I’m not using Safari but I do get Finder WebP support in High Sierra through the use of a free plug-in.
With Chrome plus the WebP plug-in, High Sierra was actually viable surfing machine, but recently as you say, the third party browsers have now dropped High Sierra.
How did you come to that conclusion?
The iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation) might be dropped but certainly not the M1.
I think some people are confused in this thread because “iPad Pro 2nd generation” means two completely different generations:
iPad Pro 11” A12Z
iPad Pro 12.9” A10X
iPad Pro 11” A12Z
iPad Pro 12.9” A10X
We shall see in half an hour but for me at this point the only real reason I’m interested in iPadOS 18 is RCS support.
I mean, my 10.5 inch pro still works as well as the day I got it. There is no reason for it not to be updated other than planned obsolescence.
Which gen is the M1 Pro? Apple has such a stupid naming convention. Feels like 1993 all over again.
Anyone who still thinks Apple actually cares about the environment is truly blind. Their "stance" is nothing more than virtue signaling. Nobody cares about their carbon neutral campus. The millions of fully capable devices they doom to ewaste for the sake of sales shows their true colors.
Maybe the iPad Pro lineup receives a different software product than the regular iPads? In just 180 minutes we’ll know.
Just about everything Apple and these other silicon valley companies do is counter to messaging they give us.
Yes the OS's are getting bigger and slow things down, but at what benefit to the user? Rarely do I discover something new in the OS where I say, "That's a cool new feature." Siri hasn't improved in ages, HomeKit is riddled with bugs, searching for things in files is a joke, no real changes in the core apps like Mail, Contacts, Safari, etc. What's with all the processing bloat?
Typical Apple arbitrary software requirements.
I feel like we made progress when iOS 13, 14, 15 didn't drop anything, now it's just dropping stuff left right and centre.
A10X + 4GB of ram = Bad
A10 normal + 3GB of ram (inferior in every single way) somehow = good
Very un-environmnetally friendly.
They can't even tell us what is still getting updates and what isn't. iOS 15 was getting regular security updates till they just randomly stopped in March, no rhyme or rhythm.
I feel like we made progress when iOS 13, 14, 15 didn't drop anything, now it's just dropping stuff left right and centre.
A10X + 4GB of ram = Bad
A10 normal + 3GB of ram (inferior in every single way) somehow = good
Very un-environmnetally friendly.
They can't even tell us what is still getting updates and what isn't. iOS 15 was getting regular security updates till they just randomly stopped in March, no rhyme or rhythm.
If you believe that the iPad lifespan should only be 6-7 years (and more than enough, at that) then it is irresponsibly wasteful to make them out of material that would last 100 years.
The main problem with dropping OS support for a device isn't the lack of new OS-level features. Apple already disables a lot of new features for older (but still supported) devices anyway. The problem is that apps eventually stop targeting older versions of i(Pad)OS because they use certain APIs that are only available on newer OS versions. This eventually leads to a lot of service-based apps to stop working.
You could of course blame the app developers, but Apple sometimes makes it notoriously difficult to support older OS versions while also supporting the latest devices.
You could of course blame the app developers, but Apple sometimes makes it notoriously difficult to support older OS versions while also supporting the latest devices.
what about the vast majority of the materials that go into making your car? sure, the rubber will degrade but the steel? cracks me up people that make statements about what is eco friendly and the least eco friendly thing is the cars they drive every day.
What business do you own that doesn't survive by selling things? Would you have apple stop trying to sell? Then how many updates would you get? the devices aren't doomed, you have the choice to use them if they still suit your needs. But what about security risks you will cry? Well just who creates those risks? Not Apple. But your fellow citizen. But of course it's evil Apple's fault for not supporting old equipment.
Thanks for the clarification, am not familiar with this.
I agree. If Apple bothers to launch a Final Cut for IPad Pro, it means the MacOS apps will not come anytime soon.
But hopefully Apple will surprise us. M4 ipad sales seems bad. I kind of suspect that Apple has been working on what we want, but they also want to delay it as much as possible. If sales dips, they might have to dig into their drawer plans, just that it will not likely happen this year 🥲