So Apple released a new operating system
 

A few years ago Apple released a new OS that allowed them to sync up calendars. I found this rather humorous at the time because my wife and I had been doing this for some time. Her calendar syncs up to mine, and I can view it on any device.

Just a few days ago Apple released another new OS. The highlight seems to be have been that you can sync up multiple devices - They said "you can start an email on your PC, finish it on your laptop, and send it out from your tablet". I'm really confused. For the past four years now I've synced up all of my PCs, all of my laptops, my tablets, and my cell phone.

You mean to tell me that Apple computers have been unable to do this until now?

Apple is for those people who wants to feel pretty.

Richard, it's more along the lines of "the features power users have been using for some time are now widely available for the less tech-savvy masses".

edit: ps. yes, of course you could do all of what you described on macs as well.

Easy to do with Gmail, Outlook, etc.

Like Mickey said though… man watching my parents use a computer is brutal, LOL.

If you like Android stuff, you'll love it on Apple 2-3 years later. :1orglaugh

If they can do this on MACS, why is this a key part of their software?

No, you've been able to do this for a long time, they're just making it seamless to average users.

The best thing about the new release of OS X is the coinciding release of Swift which will be a game changer for App development for both OS X and iOS

SpriteKit, SceneKit and some of the under the hood improvements to X Code are much better than Continuity and Handoff IMHO.

See my reply above. This is the "one-click" method of doing what you, I and other power users have set up for themselves years ago in a more complicated way. It's so that Uncle Bob and Grandma Mary can do the same for their own convenience without deep(er) technical knowledge.

He boiled all of the WWDC down into "share calendars" .. so I didn't even bother with this. :thumbsup

that's apples thing Rockhard, reinventing the wheel and telling everybody it's the latest thing :thumbsup

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+ a few more years for a decent size screen

Yes that's what they did and they had a big meeting to announce it.

iOS doesn't even come with a calculator. You have to go download a random app if you want one. Meanwhile calculator is a basic app on Android and windows for that matter.. Perhaps they are saving it for iOSX.. :1orglaugh

The only advantage my iPad tablet has over my Andriod, is with the map. On the apple map, I can zoom out for a entire city view, I can then search for say Best Buy. The apple map will then drop little pins at all the Best Buy locations in that area.

Meanwhile on my Android map, if I do the same, it will only show the Best Buy closest to me.

Now on the flip side I like to Kayak, and Apple Maps does a horrible job at accurately showing rivers and their routes. Half of the rivers usually do not even show up on the map. For this I have to use my Andriod or go to a online map source.

I must have a special edition, then ... mine came with a calculator app as well as the ability to just ask Siri to perform math for me. Maybe this is old information?

Ha, I haven't tried that before. Siri successfully told me the square root of 25.

what they can do today,others will do probably in 2020 ,all of us know they are the best on what they are doing.

Yup, it's fairly useful for quick stuff.

That was the prior OS and I was a surprised when a friend of mine told me about how neat it was. He was fapping off to the fact that he could share his calendar across devices. I was surprised because my wife and I had been doing this for some time now.

Two years later they can sync up email? The rest of the world has been doing this for what, five years now?

Mac people keep raving about their product but it seems to me they are years behind.

This appears to be a case of user error and not an OS error. :winkwink:

I installed the dev version yesterday. GUI seems slower

Sometimes I wonder if you just pretend to be this stupid, or you actually are this stupid.

The email thing is not that at all. It's a new feature where you can start typing a document, email or anything, on one device, move to another device and it shows you exactly where you were on the other device. So, you start an email on your iPhone or iPad, and then you move to your laptop or mac press a doohicky and the email or doc is exactly as it was on the other device. It also will route calls, so if your phone is upstairs charging, and it rings and you have your iPad there, means that you can answer the call on your iPad.

Next time, try and read up on what something is before you post making yourself look dumber than Markham.

And it's not a new operating system. And it's not released. Other than that, spot on.

(and the calendar sync has worked for years)

Mocking someone for what OS they like is really stupid. Mocking someone about things you clearly have no comprehension of and are totally wrong about is beyond ridiculous.

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It's certainly possible, especially if you aren't on a 5S (assuming it's the phone).

I have a ipad mini 1st gen and it came with no calculator app. I never use siri though..

Apple makes me laugh, almost as much as the fanboys who fall for it. They tout simple already-available tech as new and bold.

Gmail
hotmail/live
windows live mail
yahoo
etc
etc have ALL been able to do this before, for a long ass time....

This isn't anything new.. I do this all the time on my devices without apple....

to quote you::

Next time, try and read up on what something is before you post making yourself look dumber than Markham.

quote for truth

Don't you Apple haters have yet another Anti-Malware update to download?

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Really? You can start typing an email on your phone, move to your laptop and press a button and carry on where you left off?

I guess I either missed that memo, or you believe Rochard's incorrect statement about the incremental OS update.

Well I stand corrected. I had no idea you could start writing a document on one device, move to another device and carry on.

I had no idea you could get a call on your android phone upstairs and take the call on your android tablet.

I apologise for mocking Rochard. However, arguing about which OS is "best" is fucking pointless and for cunts.

Use whatever works for you.

They cater to dumbest users and they have been fooling them for ages. Meaning, as you said, they were presenting old features as new just because they were new to apple. And fanboys were wowed by that :1orglaugh

Apple fanbois aren't much different than anti-fanbois.

Apple is really doing shit, and think people are blind. I agree fanboys will eat every shit but this is deep shit what they call new and spectacular

Any fanboi sucks monkey dicks. WHY THE FUCK DOES ANYONE CARE WHAT OS ANYONE ELSE USES?

I mean, really, why does anyone care what OS anyone else uses?

It is astonishing.

Please don't laugh at Mark Prince. He will haunt you in your dreams.

If you have an Android, I call complete bullshit on this statement. :winkwink:

So again, Apple is what - four years behind?

I think I must be about the only person in the world who uses my 'smartphone' mostly for 2 things:

1. Looking at websites when I'm waiting for someone/something. 98%
2. Making and receiving phone calls. 1%

I really was unaware you could start typing a document on a mobile device and the continue typing it exactly where you left off on another device. I had no idea you could answer a call to your phone on your tablet.

I apologise.

Neat, I didn't know either. I guess it's been around for 4 years. Excited to hear all about it.

No, I don't have an android. So no bullshit on the statement?
By the way - android is for more tech savvy people than ios, if you meant it that way.

Emails are useful too, and GPS sometimes as well.

got the android 4.4 kitkat on my smartphone recently, it's niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice..............

You said that Apple caters to the dumbest people, so I just assumed you'd have one.

touche :thumbsup

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ADG

BAZINGA! You know you love when I mess with ya. :thumbsup

Osx - Win fan: change kid picture into a hipster and you got it :thumbsup:1orglaugh

android forever now!