The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined in person by guest Guy Serle. We are attending Virtual Macstock 2021 on Saturday. iOS15 was released and we have our first impressions and review some of the new features. iOS15.1 Beta 1 was released. A We discuss if you should upgrade your iPhone. Guy brought way too many Mics on his trip to Chicago and more. .

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Topics

iOS15 was released to the public this past week. We discussed some of the changes and new features. 

What you should do before installing iOS15

Run a Backup Tap Settings > Your Account > Icloud Backup and run the backup.

Check to make sure you have enough storage. You now only need 500MB free space to install per Apple. 

These iOS 15 Features Aren't Available on the iPhone X or Older

Apple Releases iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 With Safari Updates, Focus Mode, Live Text, iCloud+, System-Wide Translate, On-Device Siri and More

iOS 15, iPadOS 15, MacOS Monterey: 10 Big Changes to Your Apple Device

Apple Releases watchOS 8 With Mindfulness App, Focus Mode, Messages Updates, Find My and Contacts

All the iOS 15 Features You Won't Get Until Later

iOS 15 Officially Released with These 7 Exciting New Features

iOS 15 Removes Do Not Disturb Option That Silenced Notifications Only When iPhone Was Locked

Apple Releases New HomePod 15 Software With Siri Playback Support, HomePod Mini Stereo Pairs, and More

Beta this week. iOS15 was released on 9/20 and 2 days later iOS15.1 was released. We review what's new and should you wait until it's released to upgrade to iOS15.1.  SharePlay has been enabled. SharePlay Re-Enabled in iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, and tvOS 15.1 Betas

Everything New in iOS 15.1 Beta 1

Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 8.1 to Developers

Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 15.1 to Developers

Do you really need to upgrade your iPhone? There are many reasons not to we discuss thai 

4 Features the iPhone 12 doesn't have that the iPhone 13 does. 

Focus mode mention check our Friend Brittany Smith on YouTube. Exploring Notifications and Focus in iOS 15 for iPhone

Our Host

David Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.

Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65.

About our Guest

Guy Serle Is the host of the MyMac Podcast email [email protected] @MacParrot and @VertShark on Twitter Vertshark.com,  Vertshark on YouTube, Skype +1 Area code  703-436-9501