Perhaps more significant, both iPads and iPhones also get some new features that Apple collectively calls “Intelligence“.
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Despite the troubled roll-out, more than half of all iOS devices were running iOS 8 within the first week of its launch. On Twitter, one of the top trending topics in the USA was Software Update Failed, a nod to the error message users received when attempting to download the update.
When a user performs a search, iOS 9 can “search deep” within your apps, according to Apple.
Apple ID has been updated to offer better protection for a device’s passcode. Of course, you’ll need to disable Find My iPhone in order to do this, which you can do by opening up the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on iCloud and toggling off Find My iPhone.
Millions of iPhone users who will be downloading the new operating system onto their phones today will have to sit and watch it DELETE some of their apps.
iOS 9 also features different improvements under the hood that help make your iPhone or iPad snappier on the uptake. In iTunes, make sure your device is connected to your computer via USB, then go to the Summary tab and click Check for Updates.
BuzzFeed asked the question, which has always been on the lips of iOS users, during a 20-minute auto journey with Cook on the way to a surprise drop-in at an Apple Store in Manhattan.
If you know anyone that’s been a longtime iOS user, chances are that they have a “junk” folder on their device that is used to banish unwanted Apple apps that they don’t use.
Other features include an improved Siri, public transit directions for Apple Maps, a new font dubbed “San Francisco”, and the replacement of Newsstand with Apple’s News app.
Once the update is available, users will be notified on their devices.
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iOS 8 required at least 5.7GB of free space in order to be installed on most iPhone and iPad models. Once the download is finished, your device starts unpacking all of the contents of that compressed file.
