Wednesday, September 17, 2014

IOS came 8 – BBC News

Apple is beginning to update the i-devices all over the world to the latest, the eighth version of the operating system iOS. “The main release with the launch of the App Store” owners get “iPhones” (starting with the iPhone 4S), tablets iPad (2nd generation and later), and iPad mini (all models), as well as media players, iPod touch (5th generation) . iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the sales of which will start the next day, 19 September, will be supplied with a pre-”eight”.

The volume of distribution is 1.1 gigabytes. To install the operating system will need at least 5.7 GB of free memory.

On the availability of update automatically notify users. To check its availability manually, open the “Settings” → “General” → “Software update”. Before downloading the update is recommended to create a backup copy of the actual device. You can do this by going to “Settings” → iCloud → “Storage and copy.” To create a local copy on your computer, open iTunes, right-click on the connected device, and click the “Duplicate”.

iOS 8 was presented in June at the conference WWDC 2014. design company left “axis” untouched, with an emphasis on a lot of new features. Among them: a new application “Health”, which gathers in one place all the information about the state of human health, the statistics of his exercise, sleep and nutrition, “Photo Archive iCloud”, “virtual flash drive” iCloud Drive (analogue Dropbox), keyboard QuickType with predictive input, as well as “Family Access” for the exchange of messages, photos and calendars between family members.

In the “Message” is now possible to attach a short record and geootmetki, and in the “Photo” – edit photos ( You can automatically straighten the horizon, adjust the brightness, color, etc.). In addition, Apple has opened to third-party developers access to the fingerprint sensor Touch ID, and allow them to modify the system keyboard.

There was a reduced price for the purchase of additional file storage space in iCloud. Basic 5 gigabytes will remain free. 20 GB will cost 39 rubles (hereinafter Month), 200 GB – 149 rubles, 500 GB – 379 rubles, and 1 terabyte – to 749 rubles.

Some features of iOS 8 Related “OSes” for computers Mac, will be available immediately, but in October, when will the public release of OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). These include a Handoff, which closely links “Poppy” and i-device with each other. Mac owners can customize the “iPhone” without getting up from the computer to accept / reject incoming calls, chat in iMessage. Moreover, you can start writing a letter on your mobile device, and continue – from the same place on the “poppy”.

Source: Press Service of Apple

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