Thinking of going all in on iOS 9 Public Beta

[woodynorman]

I also did DFU restore to 8.4, then loaded my iCloud backup I made before I went to 9.0

 

[jigzaw]

How about some other popular apps, like Tinder (ahem, yup I need this to keep working), and SiriusXM (I need my Howard Stern)... Snapchat? All good for most of you? I have a 5S and am considering trying the beta.

 

[batting1000]

How about some other popular apps, like Tinder (ahem, yup I need this to keep working), and SiriusXM (I need my Howard Stern)... Snapchat? All good for most of you? I have a 5S and am considering trying the beta.

Tinder and Snapchat both work

 

[hamiltonDSi]

The only app I use out of that list is Twitter and the iPhone version has an annoying issue where the tabs at the bottom sometimes aren't very responsive and require multiple touches before they work.

This happens to me on 8.4 !
6 Plus.

 

[Abazigal]

Great information. So Scanner Pro already supports sending PDF's to the new Notes app? That is awesome!

Yup. Notes is basically added to the share sheet with no option to turn it off.

 

[gsmornot]

Runs reasonably on my 6. Stutterers here and there. I haven't noticed a dramatic difference in battery life, well it depends on the day I guess.

I haven't switched to the new notes for one reason... I'm concerned I won't be able to access those new notes on iCloud.com so I'd hold off there until the site it updated if you use it regularly.

Twitter is the only one of your apps I used and it performs as normal for me.

Notes access via iCloud.com is fine. Works just as it did before but now it has a beta tag in the corner. Same as the office suite of apps.

 

[SoYoung]

I also did DFU restore to 8.4, then loaded my iCloud backup I made before I went to 9.0

Yes, I do the same. I just put my ipad on recovery mode and then restore, and my previous icloud save was there. Smooth downgrade it surprise me how easy it was. For people like me who just want to try ios9, install the beta and after that, just disable icloud save. That way your icloud back up from 8.4 will stay in the cloud and you can test ios 9 like you want and just downgrade from itunes when you want. No need to manualy go download 8.4 elsewhere, itunes download and intall the right version for your device of 8.4 automaticaly when you restore your iOS device.

 

[rneglia]

Overcast works fine for most part on my iPhone 5s and ipad mini 2. There is a small bug where if you tap on the exclamation mark on the podcast, the window that shows info about the podcast crashes, but otherwise, it works as before.

Overcast issued an update today that fixes this.

 

[Abazigal]

Overcast issued an update today that fixes this.

Just installed it a while ago, but thanks for the heads up.

So patching apps to make them iOS 9 compatible can be done...maybe not easy, but certainly possible.

 

[rneglia]

Just installed it a while ago, but thanks for the heads up.

So patching apps to make them iOS 9 compatible can be done...maybe not easy, but certainly possible.

Marco Arment is fastidious, so he makes sure things always work even for a beta OS.

 

[Abazigal]

Marco Arment is fastidious, so he makes sure things always work even for a beta OS.

That I have to agree. He puts an astonishing amount of effort and detail into a single app which brings in a one-time revenue of $5 with no recurring expenses.

On the other hand, that is one way of pre-empting any potential cases of people posting 1-star reviews because their apps suddenly stop working on iOS 9 beta.

 

[Cristian]

Surprised on how well it is working on my 6+. Occasional UI stutter and lag come by but not enough to really annoy me to the point where I feel the need to revert back to 8.4.

 

[Pack Leader]

Notes access via iCloud.com is fine. Works just as it did before but now it has a beta tag in the corner. Same as the office suite of apps.

I noticed that. Thanks