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Report: Apple pauses iOS 18 and macOS 15 development to address bugs (www.macworld.com)

submitted 10 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 40 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I wish they'd go back to their brief pattern of alternating feature releases with stability & performance releases. Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion were rock solid releases.

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

MacOS 14 didn't really add any new features. There are widgets on the desktop and... that's about it. You don't have to use widgets if you're worried they might be buggy.

Safari and some other system apps added some stuff, but those aren't really part of the operating system.

[–] TeckFire@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

So was Tiger before that

[–] EliasChao@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apple is the most profitable tech company in the world, they should be able to get more talent to allocate to work on both stability and new features, is not like they’re a small startup short on money.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

I think you need to read The Mythical Man-Month. 9 women can’t make a baby in one month.

[–] Oahziel@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And don’t forget Mac OS X was on two-year release cycles at that time. They spent two full years on bug fixes only, no features!

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Good. This has been badly needed for a while now. They've been pumping out OS versions and feature updates too quickly and not stopping to address problems. Some MacOS releases have been in outright dire shape on launch.

[–] naharin@feddit.nu 16 points 10 months ago

According to the article, this pause is only some weeks, and will not delay the release of new versions. So unfortunately I think your hopes are in vain. Even if I agree with you.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

I could be wrong, but that’s not been my impression at all. The last few releases of all their operating systems have been pretty light on whiz-bang features, but fairly stable. I haven’t noticed any problems, much less anything “dire”. I hate their new settings app on Mac, but that’s more of a design decision, not a bug.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

I’ve been pleading for a Snow Leopard pass on every thing since forever, let’s gooooo