Apple is pushing out iOS 6.0.2, a minor update that is said to provide a possible fix for Wi-Fi issues on the iPhone 5 and iPad mini, along with other bug fixes, but it’s proving hard for users to install. Multiple reports on Twitter, elsewhere on the web, and among our own staff find that there’s a problem connecting to Apple’s update servers over the air from iOS devices.
Apple's first big iOS 6 update is one step closer to a public release. Yesterday the company quietly released the third beta version of iOS 6.1 to developers, another step on the way to sending it out as an update to the general public. This update, which includes bug fixes and other improvements, comes 21 days after the last beta. All three beta versions, made available to developers for testing ahead of a public release, have been light on major new additions to the software.
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Apple has rolled out the first bug fix update to iOS 6 since the software's release in mid-September. Version 6.0.1, which went out as a free update yesterday morning, fixes a handful of bugs, including one that Apple says kept iPhone 5 users from installing over-the-air software updates. Apple's fix includes installing a special iOS updater app to help the process along, which is removed from the device after 6.0.1 is installed.
Apple has released an update that adds some nice enhancements to the package. Some notable additions to the software are its support for dual viewers that have separate scope displays which allow you to better match aspects of frames. The program also now provides flexible clip connections which keeps your various connected clips and snippets together when you move them around in the storyline.
Apple just sent out invitations to a special event that it's holding next Tuesday, October 23, starting at 10 a.m. PT, presumably to unveil the much-rumored smaller iPad model. The tagline of the invite is "We've got a little more to show you," and the invitation shows the top of Apple's logo. Apple is holding the event at the California Theater in San Jose, Calif., just a block away from the courtroom where its major trial with Samsung took place.
Next week's iPad Mini event, which remains a rumor at this point, may be bring another Mini product along for the ride. Apple will also update its Mac Mini desktop computers, says Apple blog 9to5mac. The publication says Apple will stick with its existing lineup of two machines aimed at consumers and a server model. Those devices will be available "immediately" after the event the blog says.
Apple is reminding users that their complimentary 20GB of extra storage from the MobileMe transition will be revoked on September 30. Through the years of its cloud-based offerings, Apple has steadily increased the storage level offerings for its users, allowing them more options for distributing storage for various account services including iDisk and e-mail. The storage level for a basic account peaked at 20GB for a free MobileMe account and could be split among its e-mail and iDisk services depending on what the user needed. With the transition to iCloud, Apple reassessed its storage offerings and introduced a new basic storage capacity of 5GB per user.
In addition to firmware updates for MacBook systems and updates for iPhoto, Aperture, iOS, and Mountain Lion, Apple has issued security updates for both OS X Snow Leopard and Lion. The updates should be available via Software Update for systems running their respective operating systems, but they can also be downloaded from the Apple Support downloads pages. The security issues addressed by these updates include problems with Web sharing and DNS management services that could result in a denial-of-service attack on the system, and revocation of a compromised root certificate from TrustWave that could allow an attacker to intercept personal information.
As expected, Apple yesterday began pushing out iOS 6 to iPods, iPhones and iPads. According to Apple, the update adds over 200 new features, to iOS 5, which was released last October. Chief among them is an entirely new maps application that uses Apple's own data, changes to Siri that add more information about movies, restaurants, and sports scores, as well as deep integration with Facebook.