Thanks @ddmiller I’ll aim to check out that portion later this week when I catch up on other stuff!
I agree on the interface design comment and have wondered, since it was announced, why they started with Vision “Pro”, instead of just “Vision”. Kind of implies there will be a Vision Mini or something for ‘ordinary’ users at some point.
Then again, I’m kind of clueless about the product. In the early coverage I read I couldn’t figure out if it is a ‘computer’ itself (ie how much internal storage, how to back it up etc) or or merely a very expensive keyboard/mouse that interacts with… Macs? iPads? (not asking for answers here, just commenting on the coverage of the launch… I read enough to know it’s not something I want or need)…
It must be quite a challenge to gradually merge the interface design for all these products.
Capabilities in “Sherlocked” apps that are not included in macOS 26 features:
Possibly interesting interview on Macstories about iPadOS, will look at it when not so busy but wanted to link it meantime…
Also intrigued by the iPadOS moving to a Mac-like interface, so people can actually do real work on them. This suggests that macOS is not about to be overhauled to just become a big version of the iPhone as some feared.
There are other features that sound interesting as well, but time and trial will have to prove their merit (and functionality).
However, I will be truly impressed when you can tap a Recent call to view details and NOT auto-dial the number (Phone app), or verify/toggle the current audio quality for Voice Memos WITHIN the app. You know… like macOS.
Current process to verify or change audio quality:
- Home screen (leave Voice Memos)
- Settings
- Apps
- Voice Memos
- Audio Quality
- Compressed or Lossless
- re-open Voice Memos
- resume what you were doing before step 1
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That may be if you stick to a single set of tools. But I switch to Brave when Safari chokes on a web site (which happens fairly frequently to me; Chase’s site hasn’t worked in Safari for months). I figure everyone makes sure their web site works on Chromium-based browsers. Safari hides its close icon on the left of the tab, Brave on the right, although at least it deigns to display it on the active tab.
Muscle memory or not, I like to see a target before I start moving towards it. How would someone do in a firing range in which the target doesn’t appear until after the gun is fired?
But apparently, Apple believes they were onto something.
So you agree with me.
I hate hidden stuff - but I also accept familiarity will eventually lead to it being less an issue. The problem is anything which can be learned can be forgotten over time, which is why hiding things is so annoying.
Those two approaches describe the difference between Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro precisely. Apple has, of late, valued the latter.
Can anybody comment if iOS 26 will finally allow users to prevent older notifications from being auto hidden by the OS?
Just to add a comment to this, I had to replace an Apple TV yesterday (running tvOS 18.x, so not on the beta) because the TV 4k 68 GB model doesn’t support being a Thread Border Router but the 128 GB model does 
and it took all of ten to fifteen minutes to get the old one wiped, the new one set up, and all of our apps (which automatically installed into the correct place in the grid) entered so I could log in to each. I guess it’ll still be nice not to have to do that last part anymore, but t wasn’t a huge burden after all.
I don’t believe that was a feature covered during WWDC25, so no, I am unable to confirm or deny that it will be included in iOS 26. Perhaps you should avail yourself of the public beta which has been promised for later this month, to see for yourself.
Just a footnote: AFAIK, all of the 2nd Gen 4k Apple TVs support thread border router service, as does the 128 GB WiFi-Ethernet 3rd Gen model. The 3rd Gen 4K WiFi-only model does not support thread border router service. I don’t know about the 1st Gen models.
Right, and unfortunately the model I had was the 3rd Gen 4k 64 GB. I’ll move it to my other house to replace an old Apple TV HD (which is connected to a 1024 TV, but that doesn’t matter.) I do have a 2nd gen 4K at my other house but that would have been a two-hour round trip just as we moved up to the summer house.
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