Poll: How are iOS/iPadOS/macOS performing for you?

[Reggaenald]

I read a lot from both sides;
yes, OS quality is out of whack
and also
no, everything is fine for me
and of course everything in between.

Considering people here seem on average more observant and have a lot of different workflows and use cases for their iDevices it really interests me how you perceive the quality of the OS’s Apple is offering us lately.
I put together a list of choices of which you can choose any that fits, you can also suggest options I didn’t think of.

My opinion:
In my experience iOS 11 set the stage for what came afterwards, 12 was very necessary and the last time iOS was great IMO, 13 was ok, since 14 iOS is heading downhill fast, 15 is just uhh.
macOS headed downhill with High Sierra, Mojave was bad, Catalina was worse, Big Sur wasn’t the Snow update I was hoping for, neither was Monterey.
More bugs on both platforms than I can count or list or even want to think about too much. People that know what I mean just know what I mean, the rest is more fortunate.

Considering we haven’t gotten many leaks and reports for new features for either platform, at least non have gotten around to me yet, and that the devs can’t be all that blind and ignorant, I see there to be a good chance for Snow updates this year. But I’ve said this since Mojave.

Gut me about my experiences and opinions in the comments, I expect nothing less, but I can’t stand my phone or Mac “these days”.

 

[MBAir2010]

The 2017 iPad 5 demanded another update this morning, which is good because Safari tabs are flickering.
Before the update i was think how diminishing the iPad experience is since ios2017.
The photos from that year are more crisp and vibrant than taken recently, even after carefully cleaning the lens.

 

[Reggaenald]

The 2017 iPad 5 demanded another update this morning, which is good because Safari tabs are flickering.
Before the update i was think how diminishing the iPad experience is since ios2017.
The photos from that year are more crisp and vibrant than taken recently, even after carefully cleaning the lens.

Strange that the photo quality decreased, but I have a similar feeling using my old SE or a 6s with iOS 15/14. Taking pictures with them now, they seem a lot less detailed and washed out. Maybe the sensors are just “worn” out because they are open to light of all sorts every time you use your phone.

 

[MBAir2010]

Strange that the photo quality decreased, but I have a similar feeling using my old SE or a 6s with iOS 15/14. Taking pictures with them now, they seem a lot less detailed and washed out. Maybe the sensors are just “worn” out because they are open to light of all sorts every time you use your phone.

i'm right now going through photos now and i notice a huge difference from 2017 to 2020, even the 2019 lack that brilliance.-i say software issues!
My old iphone se photos diminished as well

obviously i was upset in 2018, here is a thread i started (kinda gibberish opener, but same annnoyance)

 

[Reggaenald]

i'm right now going through photos now and i notice a huge difference from 2017 to 2020, even the 2019 lack that brilliance.-i say software issues!
My old iphone se photos diminished as well

obviously i was upset in 2018, here is a thread i started (kinda gibberish opener, but same annnoyance)

Yeah I’m feeling that thread right now. I recently went through my screenshots and damn, I’m really upset I didn’t stay with iOS 13 (or 14) That was the last really ok iOS version for me and will you look at how battery life has changed for me.
Mind that I have a rather new iPhone 11 Pro, the batter is at 96% now. The iOS 13 screenshots were with my previous 11 Pro with 94/93%
And look at that stand by battery life. Not possible anymore.

Sorry for how the pictures look. In Safari for iOS adding photos here is wonky for me and I don’t know why.

 

[Jupiter9]

i'm right now going through photos now and i notice a huge difference from 2017 to 2020, even the 2019 lack that brilliance.-i say software issues!
My old iphone se photos diminished as well

This is ********, why would they decrease quality of your old photos? It's just that smartphone photography has always been sh*t and just now you can see through the thousand layers of post-processing since it got miles better than it was in 2017. You will look on your iPhone 13 Pro photos 5 years from now and think they look bad too even though they stay the same quality. Smartphone photos has and always will look like ass, no matter how much effects the engineers slap on them, nothing can beat a fullframe chip with huge lens.

 

[Reggaenald]

This is ********, why would they decrease quality of your old photos? It's just that smartphone photography has always been sh*t and just now you can see through the thousand layers of post-processing since it got miles better than it was in 2017. You will look on your iPhone 13 Pro photos 5 years from now and think they look bad too even though they stay the same quality. Smartphone photos has and always will look like ass, no matter how much effects the engineers slap on them, nothing can beat a fullframe chip with huge lens.

Uhm, it was and is the over way around. Old pictures look better than new ones. You’re right about overall quality though, and post processing can’t beat plain high quality sensors and glass.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

iOS 15 and WatchOS 8 has been excellent on my iPhone X and S6 watch. Couple of bugs that don't bother me and performance has been equal to iOS 14 so I'm happy. I never updated my iPad Air2 to iPad OS15 because I don't like the UI so I can't comment on that

 

[AlaskaMoose]

I don't have any negative issues with iOS, but what I dislike are the stumbling blocks between iOS and OS X as follows: there should not be any reasons for not making it easy to export and import bookmarks and contacts across Macs, iPads, iPhones, and iPods. Yes, one has to go around several obstacles to accomplish some of thee things, but a lot of people dislike having to get involved with iCloud and syncing.

 

[Nermal]

The thing that really frustrates me with MacOS is not that the bugs exist, but that Apple's not fixing them. I've logged dozens over the past couple of years and only a fraction have been fixed, and most of them have been done 'by stealth': The fix hasn't been mentioned in the release notes and my tickets haven't been updated.

 

[fanboy-ish]

I don't have issues with iOS, iPadOS or macOS, well, macOS underperforms because the last Intel Macbook Air's cooling system is crippled by design, so it's an hardware issues.

I know it's not part of the thread, but watchOS is not performing well, at least once per week the notifications get stuck, when I swipe downwards on the screen nothing happens and only rebooting the watch (SE) fixes it.

 

[Shanghaichica]

I don’t have any issues with any of Apple’s operating system. There are a few bugs here and there but they are minor, don’t effect my usage and are usually fleeting.