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Apple Releases Major Set of Updates

Apple has released software updates to all its products. iOS 17.2 is now the latest software iteration for iPhones, and comes with a host of new features.

The flagship is the Journal app, where users can document their memories or feelings every day. They can use assets such as photos to enhance their daily logs, and can tie it to the Health app with its “feeling” feature. Ars Technica details:

Today, Apple pushed out the public releases of iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, and tvOS 17.2.

iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2’s flagship feature is the new Journal app, which Apple teased when it first introduced iOS 17 earlier. The app mimics several existing popular journaling apps in the App Store from third-party developers but leverages data from your Photos, workouts, and other Apple apps to make journaling suggestions.

Journaling developers such as Day One have expressed concern over Apple’s “cannibaliziation” of their features. The API that Apple created could still enhance these apps for users who choose to stay with them. The Mac Update will have other features such as PDF field detection. Mac Rumors says:

The ‌‌‌macOS Sonoma‌ 14.2‌ update can be downloaded for free on all eligible Macs using the Software Update section of System Settings. Apple has also released macOS 13.6.3 and macOS 12.7.2 for those running older versions of macOS.

‌macOS Sonoma‌ 14.2 introduces an Enhanced AutoFill feature for PDFs, which Apple announced earlier this year. It automatically identifies common fields like name and address, allowing them to be autofilled similar to a website.

While users are encouraged to update, consumers should pay attention to following smaller security updates. As software changes, so do vulnerabilities that bad actors exploit. Apple is usually quick to push out new patches, but users should immediately install those.

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