I did my phone & Ipad yesterday.
I haven't had time to look around much yet but there have been no problems at all.

I also did phone and iPad. No issues or glitches.
There also were no “tutorials” or guides commandeering the screen. They looked so normal I wondered if the upgrade failed.

After learning the hard way years ago that some iUpdates mess up apps, after a major revision I always wait to update the OS in my iPad until after I see updates for all my key apps are available for download.

To be fair I also do this for my Android phone. The likelihood of an underlying change in an OS messing up some application is always there. Updates are, essentially, "bug swaps" after all.

Installed iOS 18 yesterday on an iPhone 11. The main thing that I noticed, the phone seems to be a bit quicker, "snappy" response when launching and using some apps.

Subjective. I have not actually measured anything.

My wife installed IOS 18 on Tuesday and discovered yesterday that Apple Carplay will not connect with her phone.

Lots of complaints on the net about this and the only solution that we could get to work was to use the power cord to plug her phone into the car. When the phone is plugged in the phone connects and works well but as soon as it is unplugged it disconnects again. The phone shows that it is connected to the vehicle by bluetooth but the vehicle cant find the phone.

It normally wouldn't be a big issue but she is taking a road trip with her sister next week and really wants to have waze available.

I'm glad I always wait a week or two to update my phone.

Installed on my iPhone.

I have found the “send later” for text messages to be very helpful.

The ability to iMessage when there is zero service via satellite, I could see being very useful where I live.

The new photo layout seems okay, it’ll take some getting used to, but I see the advantages of finding photos.

Ability to modify where the icons are at on your home screen is pretty nice.

Having a document scanner included is fantastic.

Passwords are now an app or have their own icon, this is great as I spent a lot of time searching for it in settings.

So far it’s a pretty good upgrade. I find this upgrade to be the most useful one they have come out with. All the small changes on this upgrade have had a positive impact for me. Prior upgrades didn’t make much of a difference to me in the past.

Just picked up the new Apple watch and it requires my phone to have IOS 18 so have no choice but to upgrade now.

Guess I'll do some yardwork while waiting for my phone to update.....

I’m having issues with Google maps and the app my job uses for payroll. Other than that it’s been fine.

I like that on Calendar when it shows the month there has been a dot on the day there's something scheduled, now it also shows a brief description of the event, which is helpful.

But it took me a while how to only allow calls from my contacts. Have to go to settings > screen time > Communication Limits > During Screen Time select Contacts Only: To allow communication only with your contacts.

Still waiting. No plans to accept the update yet.

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Originally posted by ridewv:
I like that on Calendar when it shows the month there has been a dot on the day there's something scheduled, now it also shows a brief description of the event, which is helpful.

But it took me a while how to only allow calls from my contacts. Have to go to settings > screen time > Communication Limits > During Screen Time select Contacts Only: To allow communication only with your contacts.

The calendar has actually been like that for several updates. If you want, your reminders will also show up now. I like it on the iPhone, but not so much on the iPad.

I’m not sure how the screen time thing works. The best way I know of to only get calls from your contacts hasn’t changed, but now you have to go to Settings > Apps > Phone then down to Silence Unknown Callers.

iOS 18.0.1 just released.

I updated my work iPhone and did the recent update and no issues so far, but we are very limited in the apps we can have on the phone. I am still waiting a while before doing personal iPhone and iPad.

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Originally posted by ridewv:
I like that on Calendar when it shows the month there has been a dot on the day there's something scheduled, now it also shows a brief description of the event…

The calendar is certainly improved but I still prefer the Google calendar app. To me, the layout is better and it’s easier to use and read.

Two phones on 18.0.1.. one 16 PM and the other and 11 both personal.. work is also upgraded no issues to report.

Apple totally sucks I hate how they always update things and make changes that have to learn. Every other phone is better. I have updated my 5 iPhones, my laptop, my desktop and my 2 tablets without a single issue.

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Statement 1: “Apple totally sucks I hate how they always update things and make changes that have to learn. Every other phone is better.”

Statement 2: “I have updated my 5 iPhones, my laptop, my desktop and my 2 tablets without a single issue.”

Do I detect a dichotomy?

Since we're all Apple fans or captives here, I got the 15 Pro Max in May. Is it worth taking a $400-500 hit on trade or selling to get a 16 Pro Max? I am a power user, but don't know that I need any of the upgraded features, unless overall performance and reliability are better.

Rick, I don’t see the differences to be worth $500 imho. I’m in the exact same situation and I’m not shelling out the $$$.

As far as the update to 18, everything is good, except the new photos app. It can go fuck itself with a sharp stick. It is an epic pain to find what was easy.

Seriously, everything else in iOS 18 is great. Fuck photos.