IOS 8

[Alan]

LOL! The irony.

#airmax

 

[hansthebear]

The way photostream has changed is annoying, I think I will stick with ios7 on the ipad

 

[dk]

The way photostream has changed is annoying, I think I will stick with ios7 on the ipad

where is photostream?

when I installed it asked me if I wanted to use the new docs cloud and I said no as none of my other devices are using ios8 (only my ipad), and ive just looked and presumed I'd still have photostream, but I see a recently added folder, which seems to contain the photos from my iphone, so my photostream?

im a little confused personally.

 

[dk]

what a load of b****cks, so they are all mixed into the same folder, and if you want to backup photos to the cloud now, you need to use your icloud storage and pay for it, no free photostream, arse.

Other changes in the Photos app are primarily cloud-related. The default Photo Stream functionality has changed in a way that regular people will probably like but that we personally find annoying. iOS 8 does away with the concept of the "camera roll," the album of photos taken locally on the device you're actually holding in your hands. Now iCloud photos and local photos all mix together into one continuous stream. Many will like this because it makes all of your stuff available everywhere, and it means you won't have to poke around in different albums to find a picture if you don't remember whether you took it on your iPhone or iPad. If you're taking a few hundred screenshots for something like this review, though, it's a little irritating to get screenshots from multiple devices plus pictures from iPhoto all mixed together. You've got to turn Photo Stream off if you only want to see the stuff that's actually on your device.




Finally, there's that iCloud Photo Library feature Apple talked up at WWDC, which has made it to the GM build of iOS 8—but only as a disabled-by-default beta version. It's similar to Photo Stream, but it differs in a few key ways. Both offer to sync photos between your various Apple devices using iCloud, but Photo Stream will only save pictures for 30 days or until you upload more than 1,000 photos, whichever happens first. iCloud Photo Library won't delete photos automatically. Photo Stream photos don't count against your iCloud storage space, however, but iCloud Photo Library pictures will. You'll definitely need to pony up for more iCloud storage space if you're anything more than a casual photographer.
If you still want to use iCloud Photo Library, there's nothing here to stop you. However, that "Beta" tag means "proceed with caution, because we aren't ready to promise that this thing won't eat all your pictures." You're prompted to back up your iPhone's local photo library to your computer before getting started, and you should be extra attentive to performing those kinds of backups for as long as that beta tag applies (we'd look for it to be removed either when Yosemite releases later this year, or when the OS X version of the Photos app comes out early next year).

 

[DannyR]

Is that why I have no album named camera roll now? That's bloody annoying!

 

[dk]

I can see this being changed with an update, it makes no sense to me, especially since they have removed that photo service they were talking about before, possibly because of the icloud 'hack' for the fapenning.

annoying that im going to have to pay for a larger icloud account now, as 5gb just isn't going to cut it.

I believe they have lowered the price massively, but still, I don't want to be paying monthly for storage.

 

[N0ddie]

I thought the Photostream used your iCloud storage anyway?

 

[AK]

Lol at dk the fake baller moaning about paying for storage.

 

[Advikaz]

Honestly,

To my eyes it's f*ck all different, which is annoying.

I'm really struggling to find any differences to 7....

 

[dk]

I thought the Photostream used your iCloud storage anyway?

didn't used to, does now.

if you back up your iPhone photos to iCloud, then yes that uses up your iCloud allowance, but photo stream was unlimited and separated, well limited to 1000 photos.

 

[Chris n nic]

Honestly,

To my eyes it's f*ck all different, which is annoying.

I'm really struggling to find any differences to 7....

If you go on the 'tips' app it gives you a run down on some of the new features

 

[Advikaz]

If you go on the 'tips' app it gives you a run down on some of the new features

Yeah cheers mate, just thought they'd be perhaps a bit more noticable...

 

[jam.]

What the f**k has happened to AirPlay? I can only play the odd video, and when it does - it just gives up half way.

It was going so well.

 

[tonksy26]

Sending a picture through iMessage is a lot better/quicker

 

[AK]

How do you get rid of the autocorrect bar above the keyboard? Well annoying.

 

[hansthebear]

where is photostream?

when I installed it asked me if I wanted to use the new docs cloud and I said no as none of my other devices are using ios8 (only my ipad), and ive just looked and presumed I'd still have photostream, but I see a recently added folder, which seems to contain the photos from my iphone, so my photostream?

im a little confused personally.

its still working on mine with the 1000 pic limit, but now all the pics are integrated into the photos view.

Its annoying cos on the ipad i have very view pics in the camera roll, mostly screenshots of stuff, yet i can look at pics from the phone.

updating the ipad would just give me a pointless duplicated view of whats on the phone. Arrghh

 

[jam.]

How do you get rid of the autocorrect bar above the keyboard? Well annoying.

Go to select the middle word and drag down. I got rid, but I've started using it now - seems fairly accurate to be honest.

 

[DannyR]

How do you get rid of the autocorrect bar above the keyboard? Well annoying.

Keyboard settings

Settings - General - Keyboards - predictive

 

[AK]

Cheers. I'd imagine it's OK on the new bigger screen devices.

 

[DannyR]

No the iPad is still annoying, but saying that I haven't turned it off.

My iPad Air seems a bit clunky on some apps.

 

[Adamm.]

Not even got room for this on my 4s .

 

[Chrisgti6]

Are you doing it on the phone or through iTunes? I was short of space but doing it via iTunes it was no problem.

 

[cafcross]

FFS.

I downloaded the software update, and then it started installing. An error come up saying that the software cannot be installed, code 14, then my phone went into recovery mode. I have tried to restore my iPhone but now that won't work either, code 14 again.

What can i do to sort this?1

 

[Joe#]

FFS.

I downloaded the software update, and then it started installing. An error come up saying that the software cannot be installed, code 14, then my phone went into recovery mode. I have tried to restore my iPhone but now that won't work either, code 14 again.

What can i do to sort this?1

Are you restoring it through iTunes? As this happened to me once. So I selected a different back-up which I had made a few days before hand.

 

[cafcross]

I have to restore it to factory settings first, and this won't even work.

 

[Adamm.]

Are you doing it on the phone or through iTunes? I was short of space but doing it via iTunes it was no problem.

Do you mean hooking it up to a computer? I don't have one lol. Plus I'm about 3gb off if I delete some unused apps so not sure I'd still have space.

Not really too bothered with the current ios though so guess I'll just stick with that.

 

[paddymph]

No camera roll. What a joke.

It was just an easy way to quickly look through all your pics.

ALSO, having to delete and then delete a photo again is a Ballache. Hmm.... Not impressed.

 

[C.J]

The lack of a camera roll is already annoying me.

It was a breeze to scroll through one album while searching for a photo.

 

[Pete.]

Started at 6.30pm tonight and it has finally finished. Like the messenger changes,

 

[AndrewF]

This is the worst update yet, wish i'd not updated, buggy as f**k, everything keeps crashing, its jokes!

 

[DannyR]

Wasn't iOS 6/7 horrendously painful?

 

[Gavin.]

This is the worst update yet, wish i'd not updated, buggy as f**k, everything keeps crashing, its jokes!

It's absolutely fine for me. Did you do a fresh install of upgrade?

 

[jam.]

Was a bit slow on my 5 last night, but it's running smooth as anything today. Wierd.

Anyone seen a decent rubdown of all the new features? I'm only finding them as I go.

 

[Jay_A]

Installed on my 5S and iPad 3. No problems but have to admit I'm disappointed at the loss of photo stream.

 

[Advikaz]

Was a bit slow on my 5 last night, but it's running smooth as anything today. Wierd.

Anyone seen a decent rubdown of all the new features? I'm only finding them as I go.

You're doing well to notice them,

I haven't lol

 

[Coby.]

The camera roll/Photostream is annoying... To find old pics is the only way to switch to photos rather than albums?? Hella gay!!

 

[Goodj]

The camera roll/Photostream is annoying... To find old pics is the only way to switch to photos rather than albums?? Hella gay!!

Next big issue to impact apple users:

"I had to hold my own wang when I went for a standing-up piss"

 

[tonksy26]

Just a heads up incase people didn't know. By far the best and most useful update in ios8 is the fact you can see by % what app uses the most battery In the last 24 hours. Might help a lot out on saving the rubbish battery life.

setting - general - usage - battery usage

 

[hansthebear]

Next big issue to impact apple users:

"I had to hold my own wang when I went for a standing-up piss"

god dammit we have to stand up now?!

 

[dk]

I see apple hasn't fixed the issue with words magically appearing at the beginning of sentences as you type.

Great.