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   iOS 7.0.3 Adds iCloud Keychain and Disables Animation

   Josh Centers

   Hot on the heels of updating almost everything, Apple has released
   [1]iOS 7.0.3, finally adding the iCloud Keychain feature, making it
   possible to disable motion effects that were making some users sick
   (see '[2]iOS 7 Animations Cause Nausea for Some,' 25 September 2013),
   and fixing an accelerometer calibration issue (for more information on
   that, read '[3]The iPhone's Positioning Sensors Were Never Good,' 18
   October 2013). You can download the 92.8 MB update in Settings >
   General > Software Update.

   iCloud Keychain is a feature built into Safari in iOS 7 that stores and
   generates secure passwords, syncing them to Safari in OS X 10.9
   Mavericks. It's similar to products like 1Password and LastPass, but
   not as full-featured or compatible with other Mac Web browsers.

   Many users railed against the flashy animations in iOS 7, such as icons
   swooping in from the Lock screen and folders 'zooming' into view, with
   some people being annoyed by waste of time and others being made
   physically ill. You can now disable these animations in iOS 7.0.3 by
   visiting Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion, and
   turning on the switch. In previous versions of iOS 7, this switch
   merely eliminated the parallax effect, whereas now it knocks out the
   animations as well. A brief [4]video by Federico Viticci demonstrates
   the difference. The Bold Text setting in Settings > General >
   Accessibility now also affects the dial pad text (see '[5]Peering at
   iOS 7 for the Vision Impaired,' 19 September 2013).

   IFRAME: [6]http://www.youtube.com/embed/U3Klug9OTk8

   Apple says that the update also fixes an issue where text messages
   would fail to send, something that caused great consternation (see
   '[7]Four Problems with iOS 7: Crashing, Messages, Siri, and Audio,' 2
   October 2013). We certainly hope the other problems mentioned in that
   article have been resolved as well, but the release notes don't comment
   on them.

   iPhone 5s users who weren't making full use of the Touch ID sensor may
   appreciate the fact that the 'Slide to Unlock' switch on the Lock
   screen is now delayed when Touch ID is enabled, making it more obvious
   that the fingerprint scanner works from this screen.

   Making a comeback in iOS 7.0.3 is the capability to search the Web and
   Wikipedia from the Spotlight search screen, which was mysteriously
   removed in iOS 7.0. Other welcome fixes include increased stability
   when using iWork apps, and removal of a bug that could allow users to
   bypass the Lock screen passcode, and of a bug that could prevent
   iMessage from activating.

   Overall, iOS 7.0.3 fixes many of the major complaints about iOS 7.
   Assuming that all goes well over the next few days with the 7.0.3
   update, anyone running an earlier version of iOS 7 should make sure to
   update ' and those who held off upgrading to iOS 7 because they weren't
   enamored with the animation should now find the tweaked operating
   system more attractive.

References

   1. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1691
   2. http://tidbits.com/article/14137
   3. http://tidbits.com/article/14204
   4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Klug9OTk8
   5. http://tidbits.com/article/14122
   6. http://www.youtube.com/embed/U3Klug9OTk8
   7. http://tidbits.com/article/14154

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