iOS 13procedures that employees rely on will not be broken
by the new release.
If theworkyoudoreliesonaniPhoneoriPadas
part ofyoureverydayprocess,youshouldtrytorun
the betaonasecondarydevicetomakesurethatyour
day-to-day work won’t come to a grinding halt iOS 13 is
releasedthisautumn,andtohelppointreportbugsin
theappsyouusesothey’refixedintime forthenon-
beta release.
If you’re a power user with a high tolerance for
glitches and annoyances, and you have everything
importantbackedupandeasytorecover,goahead
and runtheiOS 13 beta.Themoreuserswhotryitout
andprovidefeedback,thefewerproblemswe’llallsee
inthefinalrelease.
Who should not run the iOS 13 beta
If you need your device to be reliable for day-to-day
use, don’t run the iOS 13 beta on it. For example, if your
iPhone stops working your children can’t reach you,
but you also have an iPad that’s just for fun. You can
probably run the beta on your iPad (have everything
backed up), but shouldn’t run it on your iPhone.
If yourdevicehassensitivedatathatisnoteasily
backeduporrecoverable,definitelydonotrunan
iOS betaonit,evenifyouhaveabackupdeviceyou
can useinapinch.
If performance and battery life are very important
toyou,youmightwanttoskipiOSbetas– atleastfor
thefirstcouplemonths.WhileiOS 13 promisesbetter
performance than iOS 12, the beta (especially early on)
is likely to be slower in some key areas. And iOS betas