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  • NeuMNeuM
    edited June 2025

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @YZJustDatGuy said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @wim said:
    Maybe my iPad won’t be compatible. One can hope.

    I seem to remember there was an option to turn off transparency in Windows, when they did this with Vista, as there was a performance hit. If Apple don’t provide the same option, this will be another slowdown for older devices.

    It's something you have to toggle on. It won't be turned on by default.

    Is that confirmed?

    I’ve seen examples where users can tweak the settings, but it still looks ropey (what planet was their design team living on, when they thought thin edge highlight borders was a good idea on a tiny mobile device?), and some beta testers are reporting big performance hits.

    The Mac OS style functionality for iOS will be great (no more sliding-over cludge for dropping samples, for example), but I really hope the accessibility improvements are better than what’s currently being provided, and it’s not another example of built-in obsolescence for older device owners.

    To be blunt, people who don't understand what is a beta should not be installing betas. It's not optimized yet.

  • oldsynthguyoldsynthguy

    @NeuM said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @YZJustDatGuy said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @wim said:
    Maybe my iPad won’t be compatible. One can hope.

    I seem to remember there was an option to turn off transparency in Windows, when they did this with Vista, as there was a performance hit. If Apple don’t provide the same option, this will be another slowdown for older devices.

    It's something you have to toggle on. It won't be turned on by default.

    Is that confirmed?

    I’ve seen examples where users can tweak the settings, but it still looks ropey (what planet was their design team living on, when they thought thin edge highlight borders was a good idea on a tiny mobile device?), and some beta testers are reporting big performance hits.

    The Mac OS style functionality for iOS will be great (no more sliding-over cludge for dropping samples, for example), but I really hope the accessibility improvements are better than what’s currently being provided, and it’s not another example of built-in obsolescence for older device owners.

    To be blunt, people who don't understand what is a beta should not be installing betas. It's not optimized yet.

    Probably just as well they are, since it’s obviously far from being ready, despite the heavy Apple PR.

    Professional UI/UX designers managed to kick all this form over function lark into the bin, 20 years ago.

    An accessibility nightmare.

  • NeuMNeuM
    edited June 2025

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @NeuM said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @YZJustDatGuy said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @wim said:
    Maybe my iPad won’t be compatible. One can hope.

    I seem to remember there was an option to turn off transparency in Windows, when they did this with Vista, as there was a performance hit. If Apple don’t provide the same option, this will be another slowdown for older devices.

    It's something you have to toggle on. It won't be turned on by default.

    Is that confirmed?

    I’ve seen examples where users can tweak the settings, but it still looks ropey (what planet was their design team living on, when they thought thin edge highlight borders was a good idea on a tiny mobile device?), and some beta testers are reporting big performance hits.

    The Mac OS style functionality for iOS will be great (no more sliding-over cludge for dropping samples, for example), but I really hope the accessibility improvements are better than what’s currently being provided, and it’s not another example of built-in obsolescence for older device owners.

    To be blunt, people who don't understand what is a beta should not be installing betas. It's not optimized yet.

    Probably just as well they are, since it’s obviously far from being ready, despite the heavy Apple PR.

    Professional UI/UX designers managed to kick all this form over function lark into the bin, 20 years ago.

    An accessibility nightmare.

    A beta test means, by definition, that it’s in a testing phase. This is the first iteration of public testing. If everything worked well, it would already have gone through beta testing.

  • MadGavMadGav

    @NeuM said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @NeuM said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @YZJustDatGuy said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @wim said:
    Maybe my iPad won’t be compatible. One can hope.

    I seem to remember there was an option to turn off transparency in Windows, when they did this with Vista, as there was a performance hit. If Apple don’t provide the same option, this will be another slowdown for older devices.

    It's something you have to toggle on. It won't be turned on by default.

    Is that confirmed?

    I’ve seen examples where users can tweak the settings, but it still looks ropey (what planet was their design team living on, when they thought thin edge highlight borders was a good idea on a tiny mobile device?), and some beta testers are reporting big performance hits.

    The Mac OS style functionality for iOS will be great (no more sliding-over cludge for dropping samples, for example), but I really hope the accessibility improvements are better than what’s currently being provided, and it’s not another example of built-in obsolescence for older device owners.

    To be blunt, people who don't understand what is a beta should not be installing betas. It's not optimized yet.

    Probably just as well they are, since it’s obviously far from being ready, despite the heavy Apple PR.

    Professional UI/UX designers managed to kick all this form over function lark into the bin, 20 years ago.

    An accessibility nightmare.

    A beta test means, by definition, that it’s in a testing phase. This is the first iteration of public testing. If everything worked well, it would already have gone through beta testing.

    Or there’s a development process delivering quality results? Half-arsed is half-arsed (speaking with my professional developer hat on).

  • NeuMNeuM

    @MadGav said:

    @NeuM said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @NeuM said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @YZJustDatGuy said:

    @oldsynthguy said:

    @wim said:
    Maybe my iPad won’t be compatible. One can hope.

    I seem to remember there was an option to turn off transparency in Windows, when they did this with Vista, as there was a performance hit. If Apple don’t provide the same option, this will be another slowdown for older devices.

    It's something you have to toggle on. It won't be turned on by default.

    Is that confirmed?

    I’ve seen examples where users can tweak the settings, but it still looks ropey (what planet was their design team living on, when they thought thin edge highlight borders was a good idea on a tiny mobile device?), and some beta testers are reporting big performance hits.

    The Mac OS style functionality for iOS will be great (no more sliding-over cludge for dropping samples, for example), but I really hope the accessibility improvements are better than what’s currently being provided, and it’s not another example of built-in obsolescence for older device owners.

    To be blunt, people who don't understand what is a beta should not be installing betas. It's not optimized yet.

    Probably just as well they are, since it’s obviously far from being ready, despite the heavy Apple PR.

    Professional UI/UX designers managed to kick all this form over function lark into the bin, 20 years ago.

    An accessibility nightmare.

    A beta test means, by definition, that it’s in a testing phase. This is the first iteration of public testing. If everything worked well, it would already have gone through beta testing.

    Or there’s a development process delivering quality results? Half-arsed is half-arsed (speaking with my professional developer hat on).

    Since this is a fairly significant UI update, expect some turbulence during the beta testing period.

  • NeuMNeuM

    @0tolerance4silence said:
    And most likely for the next few years :D

    Very possibly. 😉

  • pax-eternapax-eterna

    @LoopyAmateur said:
    Still no way to import mp3’s etc. into iPad music app. without a computer?

    I import MP3's from a thumb drive to Files? Why do I need to use a PC?

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  • BradBrad

    @LoopyAmateur said:

    @pax-eterna said:

    @LoopyAmateur said:
    Still no way to import mp3’s etc. into iPad music app. without a computer?

    I import MP3's from a thumb drive to Files? Why do I need to use a PC?

    Impossible to blend my iTunes purchased songs, my Bandcamp purchased songs, my ripped old Cd songs, my Amazon purchased songs into PLAYLISTS. Plus, how do I backup my purchased iTunes songs onto a drive without a computer?

    Yeah it’s crazy that Apple won’t let you add music to the freakin music app without connecting to a computer. Absolutely stupid! When I first got an iPhone I don’t know this and my computer had died and although I had my music backed up on a hardwire it didn’t do me any good. I had to borrow a laptop and do it. I was so pissed off!

  • pax-eternapax-eterna

    @LoopyAmateur said:

    @pax-eterna said:

    @LoopyAmateur said:
    Still no way to import mp3’s etc. into iPad music app. without a computer?

    I import MP3's from a thumb drive to Files? Why do I need to use a PC?

    Impossible to blend my iTunes purchased songs, my Bandcamp purchased songs, my ripped old Cd songs, my Amazon purchased songs into PLAYLISTS. Plus, how do I backup my purchased iTunes songs onto a drive without a computer?

    "Blending" songs, is a far cry from simply importing, which was the tenor of your post, which simply stated "Still no way to import mp3’s etc. into iPad music app. without a computer?" etc in that could mean anything1

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  • wimwim
    edited June 2025

    @pax-eterna said:

    @LoopyAmateur said:

    @pax-eterna said:

    @LoopyAmateur said:
    Still no way to import mp3’s etc. into iPad music app. without a computer?

    I import MP3's from a thumb drive to Files? Why do I need to use a PC?

    Impossible to blend my iTunes purchased songs, my Bandcamp purchased songs, my ripped old Cd songs, my Amazon purchased songs into PLAYLISTS. Plus, how do I backup my purchased iTunes songs onto a drive without a computer?

    "Blending" songs, is a far cry from simply importing, which was the tenor of your post, which simply stated "Still no way to import mp3’s etc. into iPad music app. without a computer?" etc in that could mean anything1

    @pax-eterna - If you took "blending songs" as more than just assembling combined iTunes playlists, then I think you probably misunderstood the post.

  • wimwim
    edited June 2025

    My first reaction was that this is just Apple trying to get more people to buy music from them by making it more difficult than it needs to be to do otherwise.

    It seems to me that this does just the opposite though. It encourages people toward third party players and out of their guided marketing influence. They could make the music app the best player for any kind of music out there to attract more buyers into their sphere.

    Then I thought - MP3 codecs didn't used to be free to license, so that could have been a possible explanation, but LAME has been free for years now.

    So, I don't get it, other than that maybe it's just not really on their radar. đŸ€·đŸŒâ€â™‚ïž

    (I keep zero music in the music app, and buy zero music from Apple Music simply because it's such a convoluted hassle to manage.)

  • NeuMNeuM

    @wim said:
    My first reaction was that this is just Apple trying to get more people to buy music from them by making it more difficult than it needs to be to do otherwise.

    It seems to me that this does just the opposite though. It encourages people toward third party players and out of their guided marketing influence. They could make the music app the best player for any kind of music out there to attract more buyers into their sphere.

    Then I thought - MP3 codecs didn't used to be free to license, so that could have been a possible explanation, but LAME has been free for years now.

    So, I don't get it, other than that maybe it's just not really on their radar. đŸ€·đŸŒâ€â™‚ïž

    (I keep zero music in the music app, and buy zero music from Apple Music simply because it's such a convoluted hassle to manage.)

    Since I cannot find any official answers from Apple why one cannot add their own music to the Music app without a computer, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it might have to do with music industry licensing restrictions. They may well have agreed to let Apple sell music through the iTunes Store because on a mobile device you cannot easily copy or download purchased music. Best answer I have for now, minus supporting evidence.

  • pax-eternapax-eterna

    @LoopyAmateur said:

    @pax-eterna - If you took "blending songs" as more than just assembling combined iTunes playlists, then I think you probably misunderstood the post.

    "blending songs" was in the follow up post this person made, after I pointed out you do not need a PC to transfer MP3 files to an iPad. NOT in the original which is what I was commenting on.

  • wimwim
    edited June 2025

    @pax-eterna said:

    @LoopyAmateur said:

    @pax-eterna - If you took "blending songs" as more than just assembling combined iTunes playlists, then I think you probably misunderstood the post.

    "blending songs" was in the follow up post this person made, after I pointed out you do not need a PC to transfer MP3 files to an iPad. NOT in the original which is what I was commenting on.

    Thanks for the clarification - I guess I didn't scroll back far enough.

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