Cishe sekudlule cishe inyanga ngosuku oluhleliwe, I-Apple ekugcineni isimemezele usuku lokwethulwa kwe-HomePod, okuba ngoJanuwari 26 lapho kuvulwa ukubhuka kepha kuze kube nguFebhuwari 9 abasebenzisi bokuqala ngeke bakwazi ukujabulela isipikha sokuqala se-Apple, isikhulumi esingafiki emakethe ukuze sibe ngenye indlela ye-Amazon Echo noma iGoogle Home.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Apple ikhiphe izinhlobo zokugcina zama-betas eyayinawo ekusakazeni isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga. Futhi, sisebenzisa ngokunenzuzo isimemezelo sedethi yokwethulwa kwe-HomePod, i-Apple yethule I-iTunes 12.7.3, kufanele sifake isibuyekezo kudivayisi yethu uma sifuna ukusekelwa isipikha se-Apple, yebo noma yebo.
Le nguqulo entsha isinikeza kuphela futhi njengeveli entsha ukusekelwa kwe-HomePod, ukwesekwa okwamanje esingazi ukuthi kuzosebenza kanjani, ngoba namuhla akekho umuntu okwazile ukufinyelela ngokomzimba kudivayisi ukubheka ukuthi i-HomePod izosebenzelana kanjani ne-iTunes. Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ngokwethulwa kwe-MacOS High Sierra, i-Apple isuse ukufinyelela esitolo se-Apple kusuka ku-iTunes, nokuphoqa umsebenzisi ukuthi asebenzise i-iPhone noma i-iPad ukuze akwazi ukusesha, ukuthenga nokulanda izinhlelo zokusebenza.
Ngenhlanhla, i-Apple iyazi ukuthi lo mkhawulo awunamphumela ku izinkampani nezikhungo zemfundo ezisebenzisa izinhlelo zazo ezingekho ku-App Store, nokunikezwa kwalolu hlobo lwezinkampani, inguqulo ye-iTunes 12.6.3.6, inguqulo esivumela ukuthi siqhubeke nokuthola isitolo sesicelo, lapho singathenga khona, siseshe futhi silande izinhlelo zokusebenza kukhompyutha yethu, ukuze sizikopishele ku-iPhone yethu noma I-iPad. Le nguqulo itholakala ngqo kuwebhusayithi ye-Apple ngokusebenzisa i- isixhumanisi esilandelayo. Ngeshwa, le nguqulo ayibuyekeziwe inikezela ukusekelwa kwe-HomePod, ngakho-ke sihlose ukuthenga lesi sipikha, kuzofanele sikhethe phakathi kwenguqulo eyodwa noma enye.
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