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Valentina Palladino
Because it typically does, Apple has launched updates for all of its gadget working techniques without delay. iOS 12.four, watchOS 5.three, macOS 10.14.6, and tvOS 12.four all arrive on supporting gadgets as we speak.
iOS 12.four’s tentpole characteristic is the power to straight and wirelessly switch all of your knowledge from one iPhone to a different when setting the latter up. Onlookers are additionally speculating that it consists of yet-to-be-activated help for the Apple Card bank card. This Goldman Sachs-driven shopper bank card may have quite a lot of sensible options and iPhone tie-ins, and, per Apple’s announcement earlier this 12 months, is because of launch by the tip of the summer time.
There are additionally some quality-of-life and UX enhancements for Apple Information+. These are Apple’s iOS 12.four launch notes:
iOS 12.four introduces iPhone migration to straight switch knowledge from an outdated iPhone to a brand new iPhone, consists of enhancements to Apple Information+ and improves the safety of your iPhone or iPad. This replace:
iPhone migration
Introduces the power to wirelessly switch knowledge and migrate straight from an outdated iPhone to a brand new iPhone throughout setup
Apple Information
Makes downloaded points accessible within the My Magazines part, each on-line and offline
Provides all publications in Apple Information+, together with newspapers, to the catalog on the prime of the Information+ feed
Provides the power to clear downloaded journal points by choosing Historical past > Clear > Clear All
Different enhancements and fixes
Features a safety repair for the Walkie-Talkie app on Apple Watch and re-enables Walkie-Talkie performance
This launch additionally consists of help for HomePod in Japan and Taiwan.
That final merchandise is extra related for watchOS 5.three, which additionally landed as we speak. A few weeks in the past, an eavesdropping vulnerability prompted Apple to disable the Walkie-Talkie app on Apple Watch items that supported it. Apple claimed to not concentrate on any occasion of anybody truly exploiting the vulnerability earlier than disabling the characteristic however promised it might be re-enabled when a repair was prepared.
The corporate says that the repair is included in watchOS 5.three, and as we speak’s updates re-enable the characteristic. Moreover, the ECG app and irregular heart-rhythm notifications at the moment are obtainable in Canada and Singapore.
This replace consists of new options, enhancements, and bug fixes and is beneficial for all customers:
Offers necessary safety updates together with a repair for the Walkie-Talkie app
ECG app on Apple Watch Sequence four now obtainable in Canada and Singapore
Irregular heart-rhythm notifications now obtainable in Canada and Singapore
As for the Mac, the emphasis is on a few of the similar Apple Information+ enhancements seen above in iOS 12.four. The macOS Mojave 10.14.6 replace improves the steadiness and reliability of your Mac and is beneficial for all customers. It additionally consists of quite a lot of bug fixes, together with one which precluded creating Boot Camp partitions on Fusion Drive Macs and a few graphics bugs.
Listed here are the total macOS 10.14.6 replace notes from Apple:
This replace:
Makes downloaded points obtainable within the My Magazines part of Apple Information+, each on-line and offline
Provides all publications in Apple Information+, together with newspapers, to the catalog on the prime of the Information+ feed
Provides the power to clear downloaded journal points in Apple Information+ by choosing Historical past > Clear > Clear All
Addresses a difficulty which prevents creation of a brand new Boot Camp partition on iMac and Mac mini with Fusion Drive
Resolves a difficulty that will trigger a cling throughout a restart
Resolves a graphics subject that will happen when waking from sleep
Fixes a difficulty that will trigger fullscreen video to seem black on Mac mini
Improves file sharing reliability over SMB
Enterprise content material:
Addresses a difficulty the place file sharing connections would doubtlessly drop.
Improves compatibility of Xsan shoppers when accessing volumes that use 1K or bigger LUN sector sizes.
Lastly, Apple up to date tvOS for current Apple TV fashions to 12.four and the Apple TV Software program for eligible older Apple TV fashions to 7.three.1, although it’s unclear what has modified in these releases apart from minor bug fixes. Apple is predicted to launch way more vital new updates to the entire above working techniques this fall.
