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Apple Seeds Second iOS 8.4.1 Beta to Developers

ios_8_iconApple today seeded the second beta of iOS 8.4.1 to registered developers for testing purposes, just over two weeks after releasing the first iOS 8.4.1 beta and a month after launching iOS 8.4 with the new Apple Music service.

Today's beta, build 12H318, is available via an over the air update and it can also be downloaded from the Apple Developer Center.

No outward facing changes were discovered in the first iOS 8.4.1 beta, and it's a .1 update, so it's likely that it includes only minor bug fixes, security enhancements, and performance improvements designed to prepare the operating system for its upcoming retirement.

iOS 8.4.1 may be one of the last updates to iOS 8 as Apple is working on its successor, iOS 9. iOS 9 builds on many of the features introduced with iOS 8 and adds new content and underlying performance improvements. iOS 9 is currently in beta testing and will be released in the fall.

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AngerDanger Avatar
141 months ago
Here's to hoping for the eventual ability to turn off Music completely, returning the music app to its previous state of usually-working glory.



I really miss this navigation.

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Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
141 months ago
Here's to hoping for the eventual ability to turn off Music completely, returning the music app to its previous state of usually-working glory.



I really miss this navigation.
And I really miss this one...

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Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JoEw Avatar
141 months ago
Hope it fixes Apple Music bugs, hard to leave spotify behind with the current state of the app.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
OldSchoolMacGuy Avatar
141 months ago
Every comment in this thread:

I hope this fixes.....
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BC2009 Avatar
141 months ago
So many bugs in the new Music app. Hopefully 8.4.1 will fix the scenario where I make a Playlist "Available Offline" but the songs in that place do not show with the "available offline" icon. Right now the music app will let me download the same song more than once. When I check "Manage Storage" I can see the song is there multiple times. They really need better awareness of when a song is already available offline.

The only way it works right now is if you specifically make a song available offline.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ShadovvMoon Avatar
141 months ago
My guess is that the pressure to get Apple Music released was HUGE, so Apple accepted some known flaws in 8.4 knowing that a .1 release (and iOS 9) would follow.
It's a shame that we lost both Jobs and Forstall :(
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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