MARCH 2020 MACWORLD 47R
eports of bugs have plagued
many of Apple’s software
releases this past fall, from iOS
13 to iPadOS to macOS Catalina.
Even the HomePod received an update
that resulted in some of the smart
speakers becoming unresponsive, causing
Apple to temporarily pull the release while
it fixed the problem.
Bugs, of course, are not the sole
province of the folks from Cupertino, but
this year has seemed particularly bad,
especially when compared with the
relatively stable release of iOS 12 in the fall
of 2018. It’s led to many calls for Apple to
rethink its software strategies and to
spend more time squashing bugs than
implementing new features.
This week, a report from Bloomberg
(go.macworld.com/blmb) suggests that
Apple is taking steps in that direction,
making changes to its software
development practices that will help bring
more stability to early builds of theIMAGE: APPLE
Software bugs have become
Apple’s greatest vulnerability
Signs point to Apple changing its development practices to combat software bugginess.
BY DAN MOREN