In today's issue!👇

🤔 Is the iOS 18 beta safe to download?
👨🏼‍💻 3 keyboard shortcuts for a productive week
🔗 My tech summer essentials

🤔 Is the iOS 18 beta safe to download?

Last week I installed the first version of the public iOS 18 beta. I usually wait until beta 4, so it was quite scary for me to update this early...😳

Is it stable? Are there a lot of bugs? Is it safe to download the beta this early? Here's my experience after 1 week of usage!👇

In my week of beta usage I have encountered 2 bugs...

Bug 1: It takes a while for wallpapers to load in the lockscreen switcher.😅 Now I must admit that I got a ton of lockscreens in there (think 50+), but this never occurred with iOS 17.😕

This isn't a big issue though, but the second bug kinda is...

Bug 2: It's happened twice now that my Photo's app would go blank and stop working.😨 Both times I could easily solve it by closing the app and reopening it again, but this could turn into a bigger issue for me if it occurs more often. That's because I have all of my content loaded in here...🫠

Overall though, I would say that it's a really solid first beta version that runs extremely smoothly!🙌

Anyway, that's my experience with the iOS 18 public beta so far! Apple still doesn't recommended to install a beta of any kind on your primary device though, so keep that in mind!😊

Disclaimer: don't base your decision of whether or not to install the beta on your device on the information in this e-mail. Refer to Apple.com for all acurate guidelines and information with regards to the beta software.

Got any thoughts or questions about this topic you want to share with me? Feel free to reply to this e-mail, I respond to every single one of them!

👨🏼‍💻 3 keyboard shortcuts

1. Command + 0 in Safari to go back to the original zoom of a webpage 🧭
2. Command + E to eject a selected disk/drive 💾
3. Command + F in Mail to find a specific word or phrase in an e-mail 📬

🔗 Link list

• ⛱️ My tech summer essentials - I recently uploaded a reel going over my 6 tech summer essentials
• 📚 The Barefoot Dutchman - the book I'm reading right now
• 📸 Week in the life of a tech creator - My online friend Mattia uploaded a week in the life vlog and I resonated with it a lot
• 🧠 ChatGPT Mac app - There's now a native Mac app for ChatGPT

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