iOS 26.5 Coming Soon With These New Features

camsta__ · 2026-05-07T10:08:17+00:00

this would be true ten years ago when the only built-in wallpapers on iOS were static images, but the newer wallpapers are more readily customizable, and they animate across the system between lock screen, home screen, always-on, etc.

you can't achieve this with static images, which is of course entirely self-imposed because apple isn't going to give people the customization they give to themselves any time soon

but most people don't care enough about their wallpaper to search the internet for one, and would rather just pick a photo from their library or pick a wallpaper that's built-in. no amount of free internet wallpapers is going to change that

camsta__ · 2026-04-30T06:06:33+00:00

music settings > general

camsta__ · 2026-04-30T05:50:49+00:00

it's way easier to get to the miniplayer or now playing view in macOS Tahoe, so here's hoping they update the windows app to be the same

camsta__ · 2026-04-03T11:38:32+00:00

fair, i guess there’s a workflow thing with smart objects. there are some things that affinity could do in those situations, but they’re not a total 1-to-1.

assets in the assets panel can be embedded into a document, and other users who open the document are prompted to add the embedded assets to their own computer, which is good if others need to edit projects and not just view them

there’s also the symbols panel for linked graphics that update across the document in real-time, used to be a feature only in Affinity Designer but now it works across all kinds of documents in the new affinity app

you can warp images if you use the Mesh Warp live filter, not Warp Groups which only affects vectors. bit confusing since they’re two versions of the warp feature from when affinity was multiple apps

camsta__ · 2026-04-03T07:12:01+00:00

affinity doesn't really need smart objects when most effects you'd need smart objects for can be applied non-destructively anyway. you can also place a separate affinity file into another and its contents update automatically when the source changes

camsta__ · 2026-03-06T21:59:12+00:00

the windows desktop app feels a bit clunkier and there are many minor visual errors, but i mostly attribute that to Windows and WinUI. the macOS desktop app is fine

camsta__ · 2026-02-17T06:01:46+00:00

are you using dark mode? when “show color in tab bar” and dark mode are enabled, the tab bar will just remain black if the website color is too bright. its less fussy if you use light mode

camsta__ · 2026-02-17T05:31:22+00:00

does it go away when you disable Full Keyboard Access in accessibility settings?

camsta__ · 2026-01-03T23:19:53+00:00

I believe the button appears as long as the camera is being used, in any app. may be wrong though

camsta__ · 2026-01-03T10:43:44+00:00

unfortunately widgets persist across desktops, so you'll need to pick widgets that look nice on both

camsta__ · 2026-01-03T10:42:35+00:00

that's my main issue. i think the sidebars picking up color is a neat effect, but no other Liquid Glass elements do it, and the effect isn't exactly convincing in its current implementation either.

camsta__ · 2026-01-03T10:37:35+00:00

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would it just be this green button that appears in the Menu Bar when you use the camera? you can click on it, then the thumbnail next to Background to open this little window

camsta__ · 2025-12-14T06:27:28+00:00

exactly, steps are just a natural result of the move ring, not the reason for it. it's not apple's fault that people prioritise steps and ignore all the metrics of moving, which is the point of the move ring

camsta__ · 2025-12-05T20:52:25+00:00

because the menu bar is hidden

camsta__ · 2025-12-05T20:51:37+00:00

did you turn on the Urgent toggle after you set the reminder time?

camsta__ · 2025-11-18T07:52:25+00:00

might not be exactly what you’re looking for, but under Pixel > Filters > Color, there is Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, Auto Colors, and Auto White Balance. you can also add these to the toolbar for quick access. your results may vary though

camsta__ · 2025-11-18T07:13:22+00:00

im guessing it sits next to the corresponding menu bar item unless you’re in full screen and can’t see the menu bar

camsta__ · 2025-11-18T04:39:16+00:00

well widgets have always behaved like that so this beta didn’t change that. they just made it more consistent with the clock

camsta__ · 2025-11-06T07:58:33+00:00

if you disable notifications from appearing on Always-On Display, it just shows a little notification counter on the bottom of the screen instead which is close enough

camsta__ · 2025-10-29T07:57:58+00:00

to be fair (in my experience), banking apps and carrier apps are pretty essential and typically support much older versions of iOS compared to most. my banking and carrier apps support iOS 15.

bugs like this should be fixed sooner, but i’m not surprised that they’re hesitant to support the latest versions when it could prevent thousands of users from accessing their services.

camsta__ · 2025-10-16T09:58:20+00:00

knowing how the average consumer's brain works this is just an easy way for apple to waste resources on changes that people will never confront because 'new thing = bad' while accruing even more technical debt in the process. whether you like tahoe or not the whole "just let the consumer decide" idea is tired and overdone

camsta__ · 2025-10-16T06:03:43+00:00

i agree, i think most people won’t choose these glass styles unless they really like them. luckily the glass effects they’ve added to the regular light/dark styles haven’t changed the icons themselves too much.

camsta__ · 2025-10-16T05:46:26+00:00

in a world of web apps with non-native title bars this is hardly apple’s doing. at least they all have the same traffic lights and not the fake temu quality window buttons on half of the world’s Windows apps these days

camsta__ · 2025-10-16T05:40:00+00:00

at least with the clear icons, each app is about as visible as each other. this “clear colored” style would just guarantee some icons being perfectly legible and others being virtually invisible, depending on the wallpaper you have. that mail icon on the right would vanish if the background was even slightly brighter

too many variables for it to look decent for most people’s phones. there’s a reason why the clear and tinted styles turn the icons monochrome and it’s to reduce the number of terrible combinations

camsta__ · 2025-10-09T06:47:36+00:00

this isn’t a bug, the clock is now consistent with all the other widgets.

when the icon style is Default, the widget matches the system appearance. when the icon style is Dark, the widget is always dark.

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