iPad & iPhone User - USA (2019-07)

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iOS 13

But you might want to pump the breaks a bit.
Running beta software has sometimes serious
consequences, and not all the wonderful features
of iOS 13 are even available yet in the beta. To help
youdecideif youshouldparticipateintheiOS 13 or
iPadOSpublicbeta,wepreparedthisshortguide.


Three beta OS principles
No matter who you are, there are three core principles
for running any beta operating system, and they
certainly hold true for iOS 13 as well.


Be ready for disaster. You may have to restart your
device from scratch or return to iOS 12, so make
sure anything even remotely important is backed
up and easy to recover. As a rule of thumb, if you’re
notpreparedforyouriPhoneoriPadtobedropped
intothe deepocean,you’renotreadytorunabeta
operating system.
Don’t usea deviceyourelyon.If youneedyour
iPhoneoriPadforyourday-to-dayworkorfor
emergency contacts or really any other ‘can’t live
without it’ function, don’t run an iOS beta on it.
Wheneverpossible,usea secondarydevicethat
won’truinyourlifeifitbecomesunusable.At
thevery least,makesure youhaveanolddevice
availableanduptodateto useasabackup.
Report any and all problems. When you run the iOS
beta, you’ll notice a Feedback app on your home screen.
Use it frequently. Crashes, formatting problems, design
inconsistencies, performance issues... if it’s not right,
let Apple know. If an app you use doesn’t work right

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