iOS 18’s drive-formatting option shows how far iPhones have come for power users
Enlarge / The 2024 iPad Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon)
Apple has added the ability to format external drives in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, the major software updates for iPhones and iPads due later this year.
While the feature likely won't be tapped by all that many users, its inclusion is fascinating in that it shows just how far Apple has moved away from its original sensibilities with the iPhone and the iPad.
The feature was discovered in the iPadOS 18 beta by artist and developer Kaleb Cadle, who posted about it to his Substack ByteBits a couple of days ago. It was later found in iOS 18 as well.Read 6 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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