{"id":36714,"date":"2022-08-09T11:12:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36714"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:46:12","slug":"which-ios-15-and-macos-12-monterey-features-do-you-actually-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/09\/which-ios-15-and-macos-12-monterey-features-do-you-actually-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Which iOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey Features Do You Actually Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Engst<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

The most notable finding is that most of them don’t use most of the features listed. Only four features—Live Text, Shortcuts, Hide My Email, and Memories in Photos—received more votes saying they were Occasionally or Frequently used than Never used. (A fifth feature, App Privacy Report, was close, with only 57 more people on the Never side.) It seems probable that those responding to the survey were more likely than the average Apple user to use these features, suggesting that a broader survey would have shown even lower usage levels.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

One could conclude that Apple is putting too much focus on adding features and too little on fixing bugs, improving performance, and polishing existing features.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Another conclusion is that both Apple and the tech media need to do a better job of introducing new features to users. A common refrain among the comments was that many people—including many regular TidBITS Talk participants, who are probably even more involved than average TidBITS readers—didn’t even know about many of the features.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I use Live Text frequently and Shortcuts and translation occasionally. Often, translation doesn’t support support the language that I need so I end up going to Google Translate.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n