iPad Pro 12.9": Citrix Receiver 7.0.2 released,

Citrix has released a new version of Citrix Receiver and it really looks like they have addressed some issues.

 - SHIFT+Click, CTRL+Click

So far I have only been able to confirm that with the X1 I actually can make use of SHIFT+Click (rubberband selection) or CTRL+Click (distinct item selection).

The SHIFT+Click does not work in all circumstances, had to attempt it twice multiple times, but hey it's there and works.

- Error 51 

seems to be gone as well.

Working daily only with the iPad and Citrix is today a real pain.

But the really bad things are:

1- bluetooth keyboard input lost many times during the day when switching between iOS apps

The keyboard itself works, i.e. I can switch CMD+TAB between iOS apps.

Workaround: The best way to get it working again is to click in the Citrix toolbar the Home button and then select Open on the same published app again.

2- multi-key presses ALT-TAB/CTRL-C/-V/-Z/-A don't work reliably

Very annoying and frustrating. Used hundred times during the day and the behavior is not always the same and in most cases does not work correctly. E.g. In OneNote to select a full note you have to CTRL-A three times and it sometimes works and sometimes after the first attempt it removes the selection with "a". Many times I give up.

3- Citrix X1 mouse cursor lost

Without the mouse I could not work, but I also need the black icon and not only the remote cursor. The remote cursor has to high a delay for me to work with. But many times during the day I loose the black cursor.

Workaround: Use Home and under the options disable and enable X1 mouse again

4- Screen resolution

Even though they confirmed that we will be able to use the native resolution of the iPad, we still cannot make it work. And even with 1600x1400 the iPad says it goes to 85% to display the full content, so It is not really 1600x1400 on the iPad.

No workaround

Life after the computer: Holiday report: No photo sharing via mobil data and hotspot out of control (iOS 10)

Life after the computer: Holiday report: No photo sharing via mobil data and hotspot out of control (iOS 10)

Dear Apple,

Please fix iCloud Photo Library Sync (enable over Mobile Data if user really wants it).
Please allow me to control access through Hotspot or I don't know how I'm going to pay for the mobile data anymore.

Regards,

Your iOS only customer.



iCloud Photo - No photo sync to iCloud library!!
Hotspot Data usage - 20 GB of data without photo sync within 7 days as opposed to 10GB with photos last year.
Hotspot sharing difficulty - family members still not auto connecting back, only my personal devices.

We went on holiday in Tuscany, Italy. Only equipped with iOS devices. The iPad pro as the main computer and the iPhone as my mobile device.

Now we shot a few hundred photos and some videos as usual, but this time it was no pleasure and I did not find a reasonable way to do things as in the past with OS X and my MacBook Air.

What do you want to do:

Take pictures and videos
Surf the internet
Download apps
Review Photos and Videos on the large screen, maybe edit and create albums.

The last item is the one that causes despair and makes me wish I had a OS X device with me.

• Photos and Videos on iCloud Photo Library

This time while having iCloud Photo library enabled and iOS 10 installed I have not been able to sync the photos and videos to the cloud!

No way!

The pictures were taken on my iPhone where the data plan SIM is installed and I share to the rest of the family via Hotspot.

I did not find any option to get my photos to upload. I could not make use of the free wifi at different locations the speed was terrible, it never really worked. My 4G connections was fast where we stayed, around 20 Mbits up and down.

1. Try to find an option that allows upload via Mobile Data. FAILED. Nothing found, not in iCloud or Photos or wherever. Failed to find information at Apple Support website.
2. Try to use WLAN at location to upload a few photos at least. No chance, never actually got anything up. Once in Siena at a caffé I got a few KBs up but that was that. FAILED.
3. Put the data SIM into my son's iPhone. Worked. Connect to his device via hotspot and try to upload. Did not work, not sure why, maybe it is because of my iOS 10, maybe it is because iOS knows that this is not Wifi? It told me at some point to connect to Wifi to upload again. FAILED.
4. Disaster mode. Put the SIM into the Moto G 2015 and enable Tethering. FAILED. I never got anything but Edge. I could hardly browse on the phone itself and could definitely not upload anything.

There are some workarounds but I did not want to use them fully.

Photos, Shared - Sharing photos and videos works instantly, i.e. I see the photos and videos on the family sharing page. But I would not want to share all photos and videos like this and then import from there?

Sharing via other methods works as well, Google Photos, AirDrop .... Whatever works via Mobile Data.

This is probably the most devastating. Next to how am I going to pay for mobile data in 2017?

• Hotspot Data usage

Last year we had a mobile data plan for 14€ for 10 GB in Croatia, which was used up in 7 days. This year I went for 29€ for 20 GB in Italy. 10€ for the SIM and 19€ for the data. This time we also used up the plan in 7 days.

2015 10 GB in 7 days
2016 20 GB in 7 days

But the most important difference is that last time a huge chunk was the photos app upload to iCloud Stream and then the download of it on the MacBook Air.

I tried to switch off iCloud Backup on all other devices, but they still used 17.5 GB whereas I only used 2.5. A single hour could use up to 1.5 GB, a day max was at 5 GB. So I was quite lucky that it lasted 7 days and not only 4 or less.

I need a way to limit what applications can use how much. I would prefer Apple devices to be able to limit the usage of Wifi or tethering, maybe also some priorization.

• Hotspot connectivity

What has improved is that my own devices connect to the iPhone without issue (did not experience even the first time failures as usual), but for my family members it was as always. Every so often after some quiet period the devices were not connected anymore and I had to activate my telephone and was under the impression that they only got connected after going into the hotspot options in settings.