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Uncommon Sense, iOS 7 beta and App Reviews

Apple is expected to release iOS 7 sometimes in Fall 2013. So far, five beta builds of iOS 7 have been seeded to developers. A lot of progress have been made since the first iOS 7 beta was released. The first iOS 7 beta had a lot of known issues. Apple has been fixing the issues with consequent beta builds. With iOS 7 beta 5, there are still some relatively major issues and the are expected to be fixed I’m the upcoming betas.

Developers are expected to work on their existing Apps to ensure compatibilities with iOS 7. Since iOS 7 is still in beta, developers cannot submit Apps created using iOS 7 SDK beta at this time. Thus existing Apps are likely to be incompatible with iOS 7 beta.

There are a lot of people who should not install iOS 7 beta on their devices in the first place. That’s because they installed iOS 7 beta for all the wrong reasons. They left reviews for Apps at the App Store complaining that the Apps do not work with iOS 7 beta. It is obvious that these people are not developers and do not have common sense at all.

Apple should crack down on this type of review on the App Store and delete them. Furthermore, Apple should temporarily ban their account from posting any reviews until iOS 7 is released publicly.

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Apple Developer Center is Mostly Up

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It has been one week since Apple took down its Developer Center Website due to security intrusion. At this point most of Apple Developer Center is back online including iOS and Mac Dev Centers. Apple developers with expiring paid memberships are given some extra time to renew since Program Enrollment and Renewals section of the website is still not operational.

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Apple iOS team is reportedly ready to distribute the next iOS 7 beta sometimes early next week.

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So you want to install iOS 7 beta on your iPhone.

So you want to install iOS 7 beta on your iPhone. Here are some advise I can give you:

  • Are you an Apple Developer?
    Just because you paid the $99 Apple Developer fee, does not make you an Apple Developer.
    If the answer is “no” then do not install iOS 7 beta on your iPhone.
  • Please do not go to any sites who would give you access to iOS 7 beta by giving them your UDID and some money.
  • Do you have an iPhone (or iPod touch) that you can sacrifice?
    If you do, then go ahead. If you don’t, then proceed with extreme caution.
  • Read the release notes and instructions.
  • Do not post the “iOS 7 beta is so buggy” message on the Apple Developer Forums.
  • Do not post the “Will Apple ever fix this bug?” message on Apple Developer Forums.
    <sarc>Apple will never fix those bugs!</sarc>
  • Be aware that you might not be able to downgrade to iOS 6.

Installing iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S

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OS X Mavericks

OS X Mavericks is coming Fall 2013. Developer beta of the next major release of OS X is available to Apple Developers.

From Apple Press Release:

Additional features in OS X Mavericks include:

  • iCloud Keychain®, which safely stores your website login information, credit card numbers and Wi-Fi passwords, and pushes them to all of your devices so you don’t need to remember them. Information is always protected with AES-256 encryption when it’s stored on your Mac and when it’s pushed to your devices;
  • an updated Calendar, which adds integration with Maps, continuous scrolling so you can zip through weeks or months, and a new Inspector to simplify event creation and editing;
  • interactive Notifications, allowing you to reply to a message, respond to a FaceTime® call or even delete an email without leaving the app you’re using. Websites can now use notifications to keep you up to date on the latest news, scores and other information. While You Were Away Notifications make sure you see what happened while your Mac was asleep; and
  • Xcode® 5, with powerful, intuitive new tools for developers that measure every aspect of app performance and energy use, as well as app testing.

OS X Mavericks

OS X Mavericks is named after Mavericks, a surfing spot in Northern California.

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iOS 7

Apple previews iOS 7 during WWDC 2013 Keynote with major UI redesigns in addition to under the hood improvements.

The first developer beta of iOS 7 should be available for iPhone today. Currently Apple Developer Website is not responding possibly due to iOS 7 Beta demand.

iOS 7 developer beta for iPad is coming in a few weeks.

General release of iOS 7 is slated for Fall 2013.

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