Looks great. The walking directions to my work now include shortcuts through non-traffic pathways and across parks. Much better. Liking the 3D effect too
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There’s not much to dislike imo. It’s a good improvement
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The maps are pretty but I still can’t bring myself to use them properly… I still find that googles data is way ahead (recent example, Apple didn’t have any of the covid testing locations), and the Waze map is much easier to read while driving and has all the speed camera locations.
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I think in terms of appearance it’s largely what you are used to.
You’re right that Waze has the best data, and Apple won’t be able to compete with that unless they allow users to crowdsource the data like Waze.
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So I tried navigation today. Got me all the way there but took me past the turning and around the corner before I realised I had to do a U turn and head back.
Used Waze on the way home.
Been continuing to compare mapping data across apps and I have to say that when it comes to the maps themselves (not POIs / search etc) I’m really liking Apple Maps.
Because of lockdown I’ve been out exploring my local area a lot more over the last year and Apple Maps seems to have so many public footpaths / bridleways / trails that Google completely misses.
It’s also way better at just coloring areas to make it clear what’s green vs urban.
The golf club data is actually useful to plan my walks across fairways and greens. Who knew!
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This is something I really really like.
For any transport type mapping, I’d be in Citymapper. But for walking around it’s always Apple Maps - I don’t wanna get tracked by Google, they’re much prettier, and yeah I think pushing into better territory, let alone just as good.
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I’ve played around with Citymapper but as I’m not a public transport user it’s wasted on me.
My usage is all over the place now:
Most driving - Waze
Finding places and local info - Google Maps
Walking and just looking around - Apple Maps
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Yeah I mean fair enough. I’m public transport everywhere (in London) although hopefully my bike will finally get delivered soon and I’ll start using that more.
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Yep!
Set up a personal automation in shortcuts:
When maps opened
Set appearance light
And turn off ask before running ofc.
And then you could set one to turn dark mode back on every time maps is closed.
I have a similar couple set up which turn orientation lock off/on whenever I open/close YouTube etc.
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Would you be able to share how you set this up?? Would be so handy
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So.
- Install the official Apple shortcuts app from the App Store if you don’t have it already;
- Go to the automation tab;
- Plus button > create personal automation;
- Scroll down and click ‘App’ as your trigger;
- Then on the when screen, you have a choose button to pick the app, and then big open and close buttons, choose which you want accordingly;
- Click next and go to the actions screen;
- Here on actions, click add and search for either appearance if you want to change dark/light mode, or orientation for orientation lock, or whatever else you wanna do;
- Choose whether you want e.g. the appearance to be set to light/dark, click next;
- Turn off ask before running.
Done!
You’ll still get a notification every time it runs annoyingly and I can’t find a way to turn this off. But it’s a small price to pay for automation.
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I really really like the new Apple Maps, I’ve been trying quiet hard in my personal life to get away from the big data companies (so off Facebook, Twitter) and cutting down my Google use.
Again you can see the money Apple have thrown at the problem in the past couple of years
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Okay so I’m clearly being a mug but how??
There’s no option for me in settings > shortcuts, nor is shortcuts showing up in settings > notifications.
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Huh. I have screen time on but my shortcuts app there isn’t clickable…
This is very odd.
Got it. Had to go to a different day.
What a fucking weird…interaction/setup etc.
Thanks!
I’ve allowed mine to come up as banner, but not in notification centre, so I’ll always see but won’t have to dismiss it.
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@michaelw90 Are your notifications staying off?
Mine seem to be coming back on almost immediately, if not immediately.
I know they come back on after a reboot - are you rebooting a lot for whatever reason?
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Had a couple big app bug outs so have rebooted twice since yesterday. My fantastical widget completely broke and there was something else which just got stuck.
Okay so should work. Will try again!
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I think technically they come back on if Springboard restarts, so even a particularly harsh app crash could kick the Shortcuts notifications back on
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Rightttttttt. All a very weird set up
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