I've been using Apple Mac's since early 2000s-ish, iPhone and iPad since release. It seems to me like in the past 5ish years the amount of bugs and UI inconsistencies in iOS/MacOS has increased. A few times I've wanted to start a blog cataloging all these things.
For example on iPad there is no redo button in the iWork apps. It took me a google to find out you have to press and hold the undo button to reveal the redo button. I admit this is a minor nuisance, but there was plenty of screen real estate to show that button.
The most significant bug I've been dealing with lately is with mobile Safari whereby it will just crash. There are a few ways this happens. The first is if I create a new tab, randomly I will get a blank page where nothing works which requires a force restart. Another way is if I press the back button, or navigate to a new page via tapping a link, safari will not load the page. The current page freezes. Again requiring a force restart.
iPad Pro supports an external monitor. This has been entirely unusable for me. Out of nowhere the video signal is lost. A few times shortly after that the iPad restarts. Additionally with external monitor mode one is forced to use Stage Manager which is entirely unusable without a proper touchpad. If you're using a mouse good luck getting the stages to reveal themselves. I expected more from Apple who prides themselves on having the best UI/UX.
A other issue is Apple has added the ability for iPad apps to have "windows". This doesn't work as expected. Many times I've created a window, worked on something else and return to safari to find no windows and all my tabs gone. I suspect it has something to do with closing the app.
My favorite bug on MacOS which I encounter sometimes is reconnecting to SMB shares. They randomly not reconnect after waking from sleep. A reboot fixes this. Although this could be an issue with the server.
Closing on a positive note- the one killer feature I miss when I'm working on Windows is Preview. It's really a great app.
- basic functionalities are hidden under nested menus or keyboard shortcuts
- other functionalities are hidden on unrelated apps (scan documents is on notes app)
- spotify cannot playlists download on the background (triggers too many individual downloads, they claim it is to safe battery, I bet apple music has no issues with this)
- notification center: broken UI constantly
- wanna go back? good look: swipe right, or out of reach top-left corner small arrow button
- hard to click small buttons as icons, I have to click everything 2-3 times until I get it right
- no button to ignore incoming calls...
- dynamic island UI broken if you dare to turn the phone horizontally
For example on iPad there is no redo button in the iWork apps. It took me a google to find out you have to press and hold the undo button to reveal the redo button. I admit this is a minor nuisance, but there was plenty of screen real estate to show that button.
The most significant bug I've been dealing with lately is with mobile Safari whereby it will just crash. There are a few ways this happens. The first is if I create a new tab, randomly I will get a blank page where nothing works which requires a force restart. Another way is if I press the back button, or navigate to a new page via tapping a link, safari will not load the page. The current page freezes. Again requiring a force restart.
iPad Pro supports an external monitor. This has been entirely unusable for me. Out of nowhere the video signal is lost. A few times shortly after that the iPad restarts. Additionally with external monitor mode one is forced to use Stage Manager which is entirely unusable without a proper touchpad. If you're using a mouse good luck getting the stages to reveal themselves. I expected more from Apple who prides themselves on having the best UI/UX.
A other issue is Apple has added the ability for iPad apps to have "windows". This doesn't work as expected. Many times I've created a window, worked on something else and return to safari to find no windows and all my tabs gone. I suspect it has something to do with closing the app.
My favorite bug on MacOS which I encounter sometimes is reconnecting to SMB shares. They randomly not reconnect after waking from sleep. A reboot fixes this. Although this could be an issue with the server.
Closing on a positive note- the one killer feature I miss when I'm working on Windows is Preview. It's really a great app.