iOS 9.3.5 was released within the last hour. It contains security fixes for three exploits, which are detailed by the New York Times. You can update your iOS device OTA or via iTunes. Should you need the specific IPSW file, you can find the links below.
It’s Monday morning and the first news of the day that I read is that Q Branch is shutting down and so is their app — Vesper. I have been using Vesper for a few specific tasks since it debuted back during the iOS 6 days. I still remember it was one of the first apps to look pretty damned good after Apple changed their design language in iOS 7. It was also one of the first apps to be ready for the 4.7″ and 5.5″ iPhone screens.
iOS 9.3.4 was released last week and it contains a pretty important security update. You can either update OTA, via iTunes or just get the IPSW file below.
While I can understand being inspired by something and putting your own spin on it, I hate blatant copying. It’s hard to judge the new Instagram Stories any other way — they took what Snapchat created and integrated it into Instagram. While it’s true that some things are a bit different, it’s still theft. The surprising part is that I haven’t started hating Instagram, which has always been the preferred way to share my photography with the world. There is one feature that I would like to see added to Instagram Stories (or Snapchat for that matter), which would make it a better storytelling tool than it currently is…
iOS 9.3.3 is live with nothing apparently new, just the important stuff — bug fixes and stability updates. You can either update OTA, via iTunes or just get the IPSW file below.
The big news today is of course Tweetbot 4 for iOS and Tweetbot for Mac — make sure to get them as soon as possible if you don’t want to pay the full price. They really are worth every penny.
★ Cloud Chasers – A Journey of Hope – iOS – Games – €3.99 > €0.99 →
★ CSV Split – Mac – Utilities – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Door Kickers – iPad – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Dungeon of Madness – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Empire – Mac – Games – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ FACIE – iOS – Photography – €3.99 > €0.00 →
★ Goo Saga – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Hidden Wonders of the Depths (Full) – iPhone – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Hidden Wonders of the Depths HD (Full) – iPad – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Hitman: Sniper – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Into Mirror – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.99 →
★ Mimpi Dreams – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ NetSpot Wi–Fi Reporter – Mac – Utilities – €49.99 > €0.99 →
★ OddPlanet – iOS – Games – €3.99 > €0.00 →
★ SampleTank – iOS – Music – €19.99 > €0.00 →
★ Sketchpad – Mac – Graphics & Design – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Toca Builders – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Tweetbot 4 for Twitter – iOS – Social Networking – €9.99 > €4.99 →
★ Tweetbot for Twitter – Mac – Social Networking – €9.99 > €4.99 →
★ VOX – Music Player for FLAC & MP3, SoundCloud, YouTube – iPhone – Music – €5.99 > €0.00 →
★ World Clock App – Mac – Travel – €2.99 > €0.00 →
There are a few good apps to be had for a good price today. The most excellent Alto’s Adventure is a must have game, while Chameleon Run recently won an Apple Design Award. Make sure to take a look at Lara Croft GO too (also an Apple Design Award Winner). Oh, and TextGrabber seems to be one of the best OCR solutions — it supports over 90 languages (including Polish).
★ Alto’s Adventure – iOS – Games – €3.99 > €0.99 →
★ Arduino CC3000 Kit – iOS – Productivity – €4.99 > €1.99 →
★ Arduino Ethernet Kit – iOS – Productivity – €1.99 > €0.99 →
★ Arduino Yun Kit – iOS – Entertainment – €6.99 > €3.99 →
★ Black Space – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Calling All Mixels – iOS – Games – €3.99 > €0.00 →
★ Chameleon Run – iOS – €1.99 > €0.99 →
★ Coldfire Keep – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Duotone+ – iPhone – Photography – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Elemental Rage – iPhone – Games – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ Elemental Rage HD – iPad – Games – €6.99 > €0.00 →
★ Enlightening X – Mac – Photography – €37.99 > €30.99 →
★ Exiles – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Intro to Math – iOS – Education – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ Lara Croft GO – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €1.99 →
★ Mixels Rush – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Momento – Private Diary – iPhone – Lifestyle – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Note–Ify Notes – Mac – Productivity – €9.99 > €4.99 →
★ SkyLab Photo Editor – iOS – Photography – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Stellar Wanderer – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €1.99 →
★ TextGrabber – iOS – Productivity – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ The Deer God – iOS – Games – €9.99 > €1.99 →
★ This War of Mine – iOS – Games – €14.99 > €2.99 →
★ Yoga Studio – iOS – Healthcare & Fitness – €3.99 > €0.00 →
I’ve been thinking about what Apple showed us at this year’s WWDC 2016, and I can’t help but be satisfied with what they presented. iOS and macOS seems to have finally been accepted as mature operating systems, and I haven’t seem much criticism, nor any ‘Apple is doomed’ stories.
None of the winners disappoint and I can personally recommend Ulysses and Lara Croft GO. I use the former for my Markdown writing, while the latter is a great procrastination tool.
★ Dividr – iPhone – Games – €0.00 →
★ Linum – iPhone – Games – €0.00 →
★ djay Pro – iPad – Music – €19.99 →
★ Auxy Music Creation – iPad – Music – €0.00 →
★ INKS. – iOS – Games – €1.99 →
★ Lara Croft GO – iOS – Games – €4.99 →
★ Chameleon Run – iOS – Games – €1.99 →
★ Ulysses – Mac – Productivity – €44.99 →
★ Frame.io – iPhone – Photography – €0.00 →
★ Zova – Personal Trainer – iPhone – Healthcare & Fitness – €0.00 →
★ Streaks – iPhone – Productivity – €3.99 →
★ Complete Anatomy – iPad – Medical – €0.00 →
I bought a bunch of adblockers for iOS when they came out last year. After repeated experiments, I stuck with 1Blocker — it was extremely fast, very good at dealing with trackers (which I care about most), and streamlining my mobile experience. The latter is probably the most important, since it really helps conserve data when roaming — why would I want to download a 1 MB webpage and 9 additional megabytes of trackers, when I can just download that 1 MB?
I strongly recommend Tayasui Sketches if you’re into drawing. Hitman: Sniper is also a pretty good tool to exercise procrastination.
★ Awesome Note 2 – iPad – Productivity – €3.99 > €1.99 →
★ Awesome Note 2 – iPhone – Productivity – €3.99 > €1.99 →
★ Doo – Get Things Done – iOS – Productivity – €4.99 > €2.99 →
★ Dr. Panda Candy Factory – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Dr. Panda Hospital – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Dr. Panda in Space – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Gaia GPS – iOS – Navigation – €19.99 > €9.99 →
★ Hitman: Sniper – iOS – €1.99 > €0.99 →
★ Nisus Writer Pro – Mac – Productivity – €79.99 > €69.99 →
★ Polarr Photo Editor – Mac – Photography – €19.99 > €0.99 →
★ Tayasui Sketches II Pro – iOS – Productivity – €4.99 > €0.00 →
Apple released a minor update to iOS 9 today, raising the version number to 9.3.2. Since this is a minor update, there are no new user-facing features apart from the ability to simultaneously enable Low Power mode and Night Shift.
Tapbots released Tweetbot 4.3 for iOS with a few new great features, making me want to pay them for their app all over again.
You might want to take a closer look at Air Display, Boxy and Star Wars…
★ Air Display 3 – iOS – Utilities – €14.99 > €9.99 →
★ Awesome Calendar – iOS – Productivity – €6.99 > €0.99 →
★ Boxy: email client for “Inbox by Gmail” – Mac – Productivity – €6.99 > €4.99 →
★ Disk Drill Media Recovery – Mac – Utilities – €39.99 > €0.99 →
★ Money Pro – Mac – Finance – €29.99 > €2.99 →
★ Progress to 100 – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €1.99 →
★ Star Knight – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – iOS – Games – €9.99 > €2.99 →
Apple published second betas of all of its operating systems — OS X 10.11.5, iOS 9.3.2, watchOS 2.2.1, and tvOS 9.2.1. There are no new outward facing features that I’ve found so far, apart from one change in iOS.
Today’s list is dominated by a few free games and the great Polarr Photo Editor for OS X. The latter is hugely discounted and well worth getting.
★ Open Bar! – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ BADLAND 2 – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €1.99 →
★ Black Tower Enigma – iOS – Games – €0.99 > €0.00 →
★ Evo Explores – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.99 →
★ HazeOver: Distraction Dimmer – Mac – Productivity – €3.99 > €1.99 →
★ iLightningCam 2 Photography – iOS – Photography – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Onion Force – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Paranormal Agency: Ghosts of… – iPhone – Games – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ Paranormal Agency: Ghosts of… – iPad – Games – €6.99 > €0.00 →
★ Polarr Photo Editor – Mac – Photography – €19.99 > €0.99 →
★ Power Hover – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort (Full) – iPhone – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort HD (Full) – iPad – Games – €6.99 > €0.00 →
★ WifiMan from DataMan – iPhone – Finance – €3.99 > €0.00 →
Today’s selection of price cuts contains many app which have been either featured by Apple in the App Store, or have received some sort of award in the past. The list is dominated by games, but the excellent Notability is there, as well as a few other apps worth considering. And you must check out Top Camera 2 if you haven’t already, especially since it’s currently free.
★ Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €1.99 →
★ Defocus – iPhone – Photography – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Downwell – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Duet Display – iOS – Productivity – €15.99 > €9.99 →
★ Implosion – Never Lose Hope – iOS – Games – €9.99 > €1.99 →
★ Notability – iOS – Productivity – €5.99 > €3.99 →
★ Notability – Mac – Productivity – €5.99 > €3.99 →
★ _PRISM – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Prune – iOS – Games – €3.99 > €1.99 →
★ Radiation Island – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Rules! – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Solar Walk 2 – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ SPL–T – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Top Camera 2 – iOS – Photography – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ Transistor – iOS – Games – €9.99 > €2.99 →
★ Type2Phone – Bluetooth Keyboard – Mac – Utilities – €9.99 > €1.99 →
Apple released iOS 9.3.1 as an OTA update — it’s supposed to fix the Safari, Mail and Messages link bugs. Should you however need the IPSW files, you’ll find the links below.
Apple has just released iOS 9.3.1. This updated fixes the iOS 9.x link bug in Mail, Safari, and Messages, which has recently plagued many users. You can read more about it below…
Notability and Canabalt are on sale today, along with Money Pro and a few games, such as Ticket to Ride. If you have an Apple Pencil or plan to buy one for your iPad Pro, I strongly recommend taking Notability for a spin — it’s really good for jotting down notes and exporting them later.
★ Canabalt – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Gear Miner – iOS – Games – €0.99 > €0.00 →
★ Grocery Gadget Shopping List – iOS – Productivity – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Hundreds – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ MacID – iOS – Utilities – €3.99 > €0.99 →
★ Money Pro – iOS – Finance – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Money Pro – Mac – Finance – €29.99 > €2.99 →
★ Notability – iOS – Productivity – €5.99 > €3.99 →
★ Notability – Mac – Productivity – €5.99 > €3.99 →
★ Sago Mini Forest Flyer – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Tangent – iOS – Photography – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Ticket to Ride – iOS – Games – €6.99 > €2.99 →
Safari Technology Preview dropped today and while the big news is that you can use it with your iCloud account because it’s signed by Apple, there are a few basic settings you should remember about — you are setting this up as a new browser after all.
Apple published iOS 9.3.1, which should fix all of the issues.
There have been numerous threads and articles about the iOS link bug, with many of them posting false information. This bug is not limited to iOS 9.3 nor does it have much to do with the update itself. It appears to be caused by the Shared Web Content Daemon, which goes into a crash loop after the Booking.com app tried to register too many universal links. Perhaps other apps are to blame too. I won’t bore you with all the details and get to the point: the method I wrote up below fixed the issue on my iPhone 6S Plus.
Apple released a newer build (13E237 vs. the older 13E233) of iOS 9.3, which is supposed to fix the activation bug in older devices. This update is accessible OTA, but you can also grab one of the IPSW files below and update manually via iTunes should you choose to. This update does not fix the ‘link problem’.
Nothing specifically worth noting today, perhaps apart from Lara Craft GO for iOS and Tonality for Mac.
★ Blackthorn Castle – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Chrono Plus – Time Tracker – iOS – Productivity – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Chrono Plus – Time Tracker – Mac – Productivity – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ Defense Zone 2 HD – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Dr. Panda Firefighters – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Dr. Panda Veggie Garden – iOS – Education – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Simple Recorder Plus – Mac – Utilities – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Lara Croft GO – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ LEGO The Lord of the Rings – Mac – Games – €19.99 > €9.99 →
★ Lines the Game – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Magnet – Mac – Productivity – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Motorsport Manager – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Nimian Legends : BrightRidge – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Photomyne Pro – Album Scanner – iOS – Photography – €4.99 > €0.99 →
★ Ravensburger Puzzle – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ Runtastic Squats PRO – iOS – Healthcare & Fitness – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Splendor – iOS – Games – €6.99 > €2.99 →
★ SwapQuest – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Ticket to Ride – iOS – Games – €6.99 > €2.99 →
★ Tonality – Mac – Photography – €24.99 > €19.99 →
Happy Easter!
I updated my MacBook Pro to OS X 10.11.4 last night. After confirming that everything was fine, I closed the lid and forgot about it. This morning, while writing an article, I found I couldn’t select text using the ⇧ + ⌥ + Left/Right Arrow keys. Dammit!
I just got back from our small Apple event and I’m dead tired so I won’t write about the iOS 9.3 changes today, but I will post the direct download links below, if you’re interested.
I personally don’t use Launchpad, which is designed to make it easier to manage your apps iOS-style. Instead, I prefer to use Spotlight or the Dock to launch whatever I may need at the moment, but I know that some people swear by it. The default grid is a 7×5 array of icons, with the options of putting them in folders. This can be changed.
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Of the four programs listed below, I (will) use three. Affinity Photo will be my Photoshop replacement right after I finish posting this (and I already have Affinity Designer [App Store], which I consider to be better for my needs than Illustrator), Tweetbot is simply the best there is, and Screens VNC helps me access my Mac in case I need to. I highly recommend all three.
★ Affinity Photo – Mac – Photography – €49.99 > €39.99 →
★ Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers – iOS – Games – €4.99 > €2.99 →
★ Screens VNC – iOS – Utilities – €19.99 > €9.99 →
★ Tweetbot 4 – iOS – Social Networking – €9.99 > €4.99 →
Not much happening today, but there were enough price drops to warrant a separate post instead of posting each one individually. You might want to take a look at Almost Impossible! and Snapheal in particular.
★ Almost Impossible! – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Astrå – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.99 →
★ Instant – Quantified Self – iOS – Lifestyle – €2.99 > €0.00 →
★ London Travel Guide – iPhone – Travel – €4.99 > €0.00 →
★ SidTracker64 – iPad – Music – €12.99 > €1.99 →
★ Snapheal – Fix your photos – Mac – Photography – €14.99 > €7.99 →
★ Sputnik Eyes – iOS – Games – €1.99 > €0.00 →
★ Tembo 2.0 – Find Files – Mac – Utilities – €14.99 > €1.99 →
★ This War of Mine – iOS – Games – €14.99 > €3.99 →
★ Train Conductor 2: USA – iOS – Games – €2.99 > €0.00 →