Apple have been quite active on their software development and support front lately, as the company just released a round of patches for a few of their products, including iOS and OS X. Currently, OS X Yosemite has been updated to version 10.10.2, after a line of previews that revealed what’s coming in the new version. Apple have apparently fixed a long-standing annoying bug that sometimes causes the Wi-Fi connection to drop, which has been getting on users’ nerves for a while now.
In other areas of the operating system, the company’s developers have improved the loading times for various applications and the built-in Web browser, and they’ve also fixed several critical security issues, both in the operating system as a whole, as well as specific applications, such as Spotlight and the native e-mail client. In addition, users who rely on the VoiceOver screen reader should see a noticeable performance improvement, while they will also get several new features.
It should also be noted that Apple have been working on making the operating system work better with Microsoft’s Exchange systems, in a series of updates that Apple have described as aimed at delivering “enterprise content”. However, even though the OS has been improved significantly as a whole, users are still thankful for the Wi-Fi fix first and foremost, from what it seems – this goes to show how much it’s been bothering some of the operating system’s fans.
Meanwhile, iOS has been brought up to version 8.1.3, with which the system now requires less device storage for a software update, finally addressing a gripe that people have been having with the operating system for a very long time. It should be noted that users have been complaining about this particular aspect of iOS 8 ever since Apple released the new major version of the operating system last year, and some critics have been pointing out that this has likely been the main contributor for the system’s slow launch.
Apple have been releasing betas for their operating systems more and more frequently across all platforms that they support, and this is a good indication that the company is finally stepping up their work on system updates, something that they’ve been criticized for quite often before. While the initial releases of their products are usually of good enough quality, post-release support is one area where the company has been in need of some improvement, and it’s good to see that they’re finally realizing that and are moving with full speed ahead towards releasing updates for their operating systems much more frequently than they used to before, including with public betas.