Apple to Focus on Improving Quality of macOS [Report]

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Posted January 30, 2018 at 8:24pm by iClarified

Apple is planning to shift focus from developing new features to improving the quality and reliability of macOS, according to a Bloomberg report. This follows an earlier report today from Axios which said the company was doing the same for iOS.

The company told its software engineering groups about the change this month, one of the people said. The shift will also affect this year’s update to Mac computer software, but to a lesser degree, the person said, adding that planned upgrades to Apple Watch and Apple TV software won’t be affected.

macOS has seen its share of issues over the past few months with a major bug letting anyone log in as root without a password, another bug that let you unlock App Store preferences without a password, and the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities.

It's unclear what upcoming macOS features might get pushed back due to Apple's refocus on reliability. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS for updates.

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andrewas - January 31, 2018 at 4:21pm

my macbook pro 13 touchbar customized spec, with latest macos, battery life is horrible..... 100% to 0% just 6 hours!!! amazing....

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tiger tigertiger tigertiger tiger - January 31, 2018 at 4:20pm

yes bugs are hanging around big time, Tiger was awesome 90mb of ram and tons of functionality :P

D4xM4Nx - January 31, 2018 at 9:57am

Yeah, I've had some issues on my Mac... Not too terrible to become unusable, but Apple really needs to go back to the drawer. Another Snow Leopard will be welcome! High Sierra isn't bad, but bugs are increasing... not being fixed meanwhile.

gamerscul9870 - January 30, 2018 at 10:12pm

What I'd like to see unless someone else can pull this off is to add the old OS X style especially for the windows of the OS.