In the case of OS updates, we right here at Macworld encourage customers to put in them as quickly as doable. Updates generally have good new options, however it’s the bug fixes and safety updates which can be an important. However with iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, and macOS 13.3, the replace to the replace was the one price ready for—and so they could possibly be an important ones of the 12 months, relying on the problems you’ve had together with your gadgets.
On Friday, Apple launched small updates to iOS 16.4 and macOS 13.3, and in case you have a look at the discharge notes, they’re extraordinarily small updates. Simply three insignificant points are talked about—fixes to Siri, Auto Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch, and an emoji—however they’re much larger than that. For one, they embrace two main safety patches for vulnerabilities that “might have been actively exploited.” And for one more, they seem to repair most if not all the bugs launched in iOS 16.4 and macOS 13.3:
iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4
- Climate app: The Climate app that many people come to rely on to set the tone for the day has issues displaying the forecast. Earlier this week, the Climate app had a whole knowledge outage, and whereas service is restored (in line with Apple’s System Standing web site), the app nonetheless acts wonky. We don’t know for positive if the Climate app is mounted, however we haven’t skilled any points since Friday.
- Battery drain: There at all times appears to be a vocal variety of customers who expertise shortened battery life when an replace is launched. However the variety of anecdotal accounts, comparable to these on Apple’s Assist Neighborhood, appears to be extra frequent with iOS 16.4. YouTuber iAppleBytes has a video demonstration of a Geekbench battery take a look at with iOS 16.4 that helps the shortened battery life declare. Battery drain is at all times tough to quantify, however we haven’t observed any uncommon drain in iOS 16.4.1.
- Residence app: The Residence app, used to manage sensible house gadgets, acquired an replace to its structure, however Apple stumbled throughout its rollout. It was initially supplied in iOS 16.2 however it was pulled again after which launched with iOS 16.4. Now, there are a variety of complaints in regards to the reworked app, reviews iMore. We didn’t expertise points in iOS 16.4, however our Residence app is working properly in iOS 16.4.1.
macOS Ventura 13.3
- Residence listing: macOS 13.3 introduces an issue with consumer Residence directories saved to exterior drives. A workaround to this downside entails turning off System Integrity Safety, however that’s not perfect. We’ve confirmed that this downside is mounted within the macOS Ventura 13.3.1 replace.
- Fast Look: Although I’ve not had this downside, many customers on Apple’s Assist Neighborhood can’t get Fast Look to work in macOS 13.3. Responses to the unique publish affirm that macOS 13.3.1 repair the difficulty.
- Common Management and Handoff: These options, which depend on iCloud connectivity, have stopped working for some customers after putting in 13.3. The workaround entails logging off of iCloud after which logging again on, however that may causesome customers a complete bunch of complications, particularly in case you use iCloud to sync your Photograph library. We have to take a look at to see if this bug persists.
