iOS 9.2
Apple just released iOS 9.2 to the masses today, which is its second “major” update to iOS 9 that made its debut in September, followed by iOS 9.1’s release in October. Just like any Apple’s operating system updates, iOS 9.2 has been in testing since when it was released for developers in mid-October, and a week after that as a public beta. There were actually two other minor updates besides 9.1 and 9.2 — iOS 9.0.1 and iOS 9.0.2.
As always, iOS 9.2 is available as an over-the-air (OTA) update, as well as a full firmware download through iTunes, to all iOS 9 devices. On our iPhone 5 laying around, the OTA is a little less than 300MB (282MB to be exact).
Though iOS 9.2 is a “major” update, it didn’t bring many new features to the table, but instead, offers a mega-list of bug fixes.
The most significant new feature of iOS 9.2 is support for third-party Action Extensions on Safari View Controller. Safari View Controller is the web view that pop-ups when you click on a link in certain third-party apps. Previously Safari View Controller is just a basic webpage, but on iOS 9.2, you can now pull up the Share Sheet to send the link elsewhere, as well as to use other extensions like LastPass to assist with a login.
Here is the list of iOS 9.2’s changelog:
- Apple Music improvements
- You can now create a new playlist when adding a song to a playlist
- Your most recently changed playlist is now listed at the top when adding songs to playlists
- Download albums or playlists from your iCloud Music Library by tapping the iCloud download button
- See which songs have been downloaded with the new download indicator next to each song in My Music and Playlists
- See works, composers, and performers while browsing Classical music in the Apple Music catalog
- A new Top Stories section in News so you can stay up to date with the most important news of the day (available in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia)
- Mail Drop in Mail for sending large attachments
- iBooks now supports 3D Touch to peek and pop pages from the table of contents, your notes and bookmarks, or from search results inside a book
- iBooks now supports listening to an audiobook while you browse your library, read other books, or explore the iBooks Store
- iPhone support for the USB Camera Adapter to import photos and videos
- Improved stability of Safari
- Improved stability of Podcasts
- Fixing an issue that caused mail attachments to be inaccessible for some users with POP email accounts
- Resolving an issue for some users that caused attachments to overlap text in mail
- Fixing an issue where Live Photos could have turned off after restoring from a previous iCloud backup
- Addressing an issue that could cause search in Contacts to display no results
- Resolving an issue that could have prevented Calendar from displaying all seven days in week
- Fixing an issue where Camera screen on iPad could be black when attempting to capture video
- Addressing an issue that could cause instability in the Activity app when viewing the day of Daylight Savings Time transition
- Fixing an issue that could prevent data from appearing in Health
- Fixing an issue that could prevent Wallet updates and Lock screen alerts from displaying
- Addressing an issue where updating iOS could prevent an alarm from going off
- Fixing an issue where some users were unable to login to Find my iPhone
- Fixing an issue that prevented some manual iCloud Backups from completing
- Addressing an issue where using the iPad keyboard could unintentionally trigger text selection mode
- Improved keyboard responsiveness when using Quick Reply
- Improved punctuation input on the 10-key Chinese {Pinyin & Stroke) keyboards with new expanded view of punctuation symbols and better predictions
- Fixing an issue on Cyrillic keyboards where caps lock would be enabled when typing in URL or email fields
- Accessibility improvements
- Fixing issues with VoiceOver when using Camera face detection
- Adding support for VoiceOver to wake up the screen
- Adding support for VoiceOver to invoke app switcher with 3D Touch gesture
- Fixing an issue with Guided Access when trying to end phone calls
- Improved functionality for Switch Control users when using 3D Touch
- Fixing an issue with speech rate of Speak Screen
- Siri support for Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
OS X 10.11.2
Meanwhile, OS X El Capitan also receives an update, numbered 10.11.2. This is an even smaller update compared to its iOS counterpart. It mainly fixes issues and improves reliability on the networking side, namely WiFi, Bluetooth, Handoff, and AirDrop. The update also includes fixes to core apps like Mail, Photos (iCloud Photo Sharing), FaceTime, and Messages.
On our 2012 MacBook Air, the update is at 1.87GB in size, so you might want to clear up some space and pause that torrenting.
Here the changelog of OS X 10.11.2:
Consumer content:
- Improves Wi-Fi reliability
- Improves the reliability of Handoff and AirDrop
- Fixes an issue that may cause Bluetooth devices to disconnect
- Fixes an issue that prevented Mail from deleting messages in an offline Exchange account
- Fixes an issue that prevented importing photos from an iPhone to a Mac using a USB cable
- Improves iCloud Photo Sharing for Live Photos
- Fixes an issue that may prevent Mail from completing the upgrade
- Fixes an issue that may prevent signing in to FaceTime and Messages
Enterprise content:
- Resolves an issue where reinstalling a configuration profile containing a certificate payload causes the certificates to be removed instead of updated
- Resolves an issue that caused multiple authentication prompts in Safari when using NTLM authentication
- Allows for deferred enablement when using the fdesetup command to enable FileVault with mobile accounts
More information on the security content of these two updates can be found here: https://support.apple.com/HT201222.
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