Apple announced the next versions of all their operating systems yesterday at WWDC. And developer betas are now available. And while it is very tempting to put “the new hotness” on your phone, you’d be best advised not to. Here’s why:
- Developer betas are for developers who are investing time and effort to ensure that their apps are good to go when these operating systems get released in the fall. The side effect of that is that these developer betas are often very unstable. But developers are fine with that as they are typically using these on devices that are not their primary device. Meaning that any instability is a non issue for them. That’s not the case for the average user who has and relies on their only iPhone and the apps on it. And if you’re that person, you should steer clear of this beta.
- Now if you’re thinking of jumping onto the public beta when that hits the streets in July, you should skip that as well. While that beta is likely to be more refined than the developer beta, it’s still going to be buggy as well. The only way I would ever suggest that anyone install a public beta is if they have a second device that they can use with it. Even then I would still steer clear.
Now if after all of that, you’re insistent on installing a beta, I would strongly recommend that you back up the device that you plan on installing the beta on. That way you can fall back to a known good version of the operating system in question if you need to. But honestly, unless you’re an app developer or something, leave the beta testing to them.
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While You May Want To Install The Latest Apple Betas, You Shouldn’t Do That
Apple announced the next versions of all their operating systems yesterday at WWDC. And developer betas are now available. And while it is very tempting to put “the new hotness” on your phone, you’d be best advised not to. Here’s why:
Now if after all of that, you’re insistent on installing a beta, I would strongly recommend that you back up the device that you plan on installing the beta on. That way you can fall back to a known good version of the operating system in question if you need to. But honestly, unless you’re an app developer or something, leave the beta testing to them.
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