On a similar note, I have a 2022 M1 Max Mac Studio as my main everyday computer, and I love it, but in some ways my 2013 trashcan Mac Pro, which is slower and less advanced overall, feels snappier.
Just grab a book or something and take an old school deuce instead of punishing us for your lack of being off your phone’s tit for 15 - 20 minutes. Go outside and look at a tree or a bird or the sky and breathe. It’s tax free.
My 13 mini took about 10 to 15 minutes from update download start to booting into 18.2. Something is real fucky on your end but I'd bet it's still Apple's fault somehow
Turn off the iPhone
Press and hold both the volume up and volume down buttons
While holding down the buttons, plug the iPhone into a power adapter or computer
Release the buttons when the Apple logo appears
When the message "Diagnostics allow Apple to identify potential hardware or software
What? It's given billions of lines of code smushed into a few hundred mb for delivery.
It installs a basic OS to dispose of its current existence, then a new version of itself, then disposes of its temporary identity before waking up as a brand new phone with an old phone's memories.
Let. It. Cook.
I’ve owned various Apple products (iPod shuffle and touch, iPhone, iPad, MacBook) since about 2005. I’ve never had an update take longer than 20 minutes. Even updating the O/S. I think you’re doing something wrong.
And destroy my battery. Sorry I don’t want to buy a new phone which is pretty much the same phone you have released for the past few years but ✨different✨
Downloading the update or actually installing it? My iPhone does the downloading in the background and then pops up a notification asking me to install it when I want
Installing, but when downloading if I put it in the background I run the risk of iOS killing the settings app process and the download has to restart from the beginning
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Oh no—the iOS accidentally ingested the magic sand it was supposed to be updating. 😒
In practice, you run an Apple OS.
Like, be so fucking fr rn, is the file system that fucking bloated?
Windows updated take less time than MacOS updates these days. It's insane.
is it really that bad
Press and hold both the volume up and volume down buttons
While holding down the buttons, plug the iPhone into a power adapter or computer
Release the buttons when the Apple logo appears
When the message "Diagnostics allow Apple to identify potential hardware or software
It installs a basic OS to dispose of its current existence, then a new version of itself, then disposes of its temporary identity before waking up as a brand new phone with an old phone's memories.
Let. It. Cook.
I used to have to free up my weekend!