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Owners of iPhones and iPads who install the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system will find that some older apps will stop working.

The move will generally affect apps that have not been updated in the past two years.

Although many will have been abandoned by their developers, owners will still use some of them frequently.

It is a consequence of iOS 11 being restricted to running apps written in what is known as 64-bit code. So if an app was written in the older 34-bit code it won't work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41319675

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El Loro posted:

It is a consequence of iOS 11 being restricted to running apps written in what is known as 64-bit code. So if an app was written in the older 34-bit code it won't work.

One side-effect of this is something Apple have been warning users about for a while: they're no longer going to support anything older than an iPhone 5S (earlier phones won't receive the update at all). On the plus side (for most users, if not advertisers   ), Safari will no longer be supporting auto-play videos.

 

To see which of your apps are at risk, go into:

Settings > General > About > Applications

I don't have a lot of apps as it is, but the only one for the chop on my phone is essentially obsolete anyway. I've noticed that most of the apps I rely on - e.g. travel apps - have been updated recently to 64-bit, although it looks like a lot of simple but popular games could be hit.

 

Lots of useful advice here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...11_upgrade_hold_off/

Summary: try to hold off and avoid the first release of iOS 11 (there's bound to be a bug fix in a few weeks), but if you really must, make sure you take a backup first.

Eugene's Lair
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Eugene's Lair posted:
Baz posted:
Ducky posted:

The new calculator is loooooovely  

I’m loving the whole update ...especially on the iPad 

TBF: I don't have an iPad, but from what I've heard it's where iOS 11 really comes into its own...

I agree Eugene ...although while my iPads are fairly new , my iPhone is only an SE so doesn’t get some of the whizzy bits But on the whole I think it’s a very good update 

Baz

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