TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 382
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank BRIAN for sending in the music you hear in the background. BRIAN wrote:
Hi Rob,
Here is a song called - Amaryllis
On iOS I used the apps:
nanoStudio
iMaschine
Notion
GarageBand
Most of the song started on the iPhone (iPad) then brought to the mac for finishing.
On the mac I used the apps
Studio One
Logic
Notion
You can find more of my music at reverbnation.com/timfate
Regards,
‘Brian
Song_Amaryllis
Thanks BRIAN for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank KJELL for sending in the Artwork for today's show. KJELL wrote the following:
Hello Rob,
I hope you can use this pic for artwork ,it is shot with an iPhone 6 and edited on my iPad Air with iColorama S.
Love your show, keep up the good work
Sincerely
Kjell Olav Soreng
(Norway)
Thanks KJELL, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see KJELL'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 382 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
02:32
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote “I’m more convinced than ever that, after an initial frenzy of publicity and sales to early adopters, iPhone sales will be unspectacular. iPhone may well become Apple’s next Newton.”
David Haskin, Computerworld, 26 February 2007
Let me just say this I liked the Newton - but when the Press tries to compare something Apples does and project it out to be a flop - the Poor Newton gets its name dragged through the mud. Plus without the experience of the Newton on what to do and not do - the iPhone may not have been as Great as it was when it launched. Just Sayin
03:16
This week we have promo codes for The App - LooperSonic - one word - Here is the review from the dev.
PLAY PROMO CODE FOR LooperSonic
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05:01
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigmiclav/
Today’s episode I am recording on the road in my Hotel room and I am doing so on my iRig Mic Lav into my MacBook Pro.
I wanted to see how this would sound and I have been well wanting to test this out for a few weeks. The actually sent the two pack where you can mic up two different people and record right into your iOS device. Again this time I am doing it into my Macbook.
In the future I will do a recording test with two people mic’d up.
But for todays episode you will hear me on the iRig Mic Lav for the whole episode.
Link in the show notes for this and thanks to the folks at IK multimedia for sending this over to test out.
05:52
http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/10/ios-9-3-public-beta-3/
iOS 9.3 beta 3 was made available this past week to Both devs and the public.
As with any new beta greater than 1 bug fixes for previous betas are part of the update - but beta 3 also had some new features.
Just incase you were no on Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile - who all already had that feature - Just Sayin.
- Beta 3 - Fixed Control Center icons in landscape
- With beta 3 - there are Apple News settings in Sweden, possibly other countries - but no news app yet for Sweden.
- Beta 3 Tweaked Night Shift explainer in Control Center (it now reads "From Sunset to Sunrise", previously was "From 22:00 to 08:00")
- and Beta 3 Tweaked Lock/Unlock toggle in Notes outside of the share sheet
Looks like in about two more weeks we will see beta 4 and then some time in Mid March would be the Gold master.
07:11
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-
53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-
worthless-third-party-repair
Hey Rob,
I found this article online and can totally see apple doing this to make customers get there broken screens fixed by apple employees and not local repair shops who can do it for a lot less! I totally disagree on this matter this will also put a ton of repair shops out of business and make a lot of iPhone customers extremely mad and possibly leave iOS anyway here's the article on the guardian about the unfix-able iOS Restore error 53: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/08/apple-
under-pressure-lawyers-error-53-codes
I hope i'm wrong about this
Thanks for all you do
Regards
Chris DeBrodie
Chris and many others thanks for sending in these articles about Error 53 - of which there seems to be a lot of mis-info or conflicting info. First up from what I can see - this is not about replacing the screen that is causing the issue - but about replacing the touch ID. Granted sometimes a repair shop might replace both - and it seems what Apple is doing is saying if someone is replacing the touch ID - it might be putting in a bogus touch ID designed to do bad things - and that is why devices that have the touch ID replaced by 3rd parties are finding with iOS 9 their devices are being bricked.
There are some reports of an iPhone 6 being damaged in Jan 2015 and having the touch ID button repaired and the iPhone then working fine for 10+ months - but once updated to iOS 9 - it then bricked.
Again this comes back to was the touch ID sensor replaced - if your screen is repaired but they keep the same touch ID sensor it does not seem to be an issue.
As you would expect the lawyers are already out with the class action lawsuits.
From the Billion Dollar chasers - I mean Lawyers that filled this suit
Quote
"No materials we've seen from Apple ever show a disclosure that your phone would self-destruct if you download new software onto a phone,. If Apple wants to kill your phone under any set of circumstances and for any reason, it has to make it crystal clear to its customers before the damage is done."
"The error code 53 signals the death of the phone, and Apple's response has been to say 'you have no options; it's not covered under warranty, and you have to buy a new phone.’"
Unquote
And from MacRumors on this quote
MacRumors has, heard from a retail source that certain Apple Stores have received the go ahead from Apple to replace third-party screens and other components to resolve the issue. It is not yet clear if this replacement policy will be extended to all Apple Stores or if Apple will make an official comment on the situation.
unquote
Long of the short - this is an ugly situation if your iPhone was one that was repaired by a 3rd party and is now bricked.
Part of me understands why apple updated the software - touch ID security is kinda sorta important and once a 3rd party touch ID is installed all security bets are off.
Lets hope that Apple extends that repair / replacement policy to all Apple stores and in the mean time if you have an iOS device with touch ID and the screen is cracked and you go to a third party repair service - MAKE SURE they don’t replace the touch ID - you need them to keep your original touch ID sensor.
If they can not guarantee that - then take it to apple for the repair for now.
This is sadly something we will be hearing about for a while - especially given up to now Apples relative silence on this issue.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/02/06/what-
caused-iphone-error-53/
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/11/apple-facing-error-
53-class-action-lawsuit/
11:06
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-belkin-
screen-protector-apple-stores/
Thanks to Dr. John on this next one - which is sticking with the Apple Screen theme.
As I mentioned recently I have switched from a big hunkin case to bumpies on each corner and screen protector. But if you look at my iphone in the upper right the screen protector is raised a little. I did not put it on just right. And well it bugs me when I notice it.
If you ever put on a screen protector you know it is about 99% perspiration and another 99% luck.
Well Apple stores are going to offer a solution for you - they will be getting Belkins Screencare+ Application system. IE an automated tool for installing a screen protector on your phone. No more luck - no more bubbles - no more curing at your screen protector.
Belkin claims their system removes air bubbles and ensures a perfect fit for a screen protector for the iPhone.
This is for iPhone 6, 6S, 6Plus and 6S plus - with two options a $35 invisiglass shatterproof glass protector and a $20 anti-glare protector.
12:25
http://fortune.com/2016/02/07/apple-steel-mill-andreessen/
I think Philip Elmer Dewitt might listen to this show.
Late episode I talked about Apples PE and said it is lower than Dover corporation the least sexy company in America.
Well Philip Elmer Dewitt a few days later released a post titled - Apple Trades like a steel mill on its way out of business and well was all about Apples low PE ratio.
Hi Philip - Welcome back to the show.
12:51
http://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/apple-
stock-could-struggle-until-second-half-of-2016/
Another one possibly listening to the last episode was Patrick Seitz of investors.com
On the last episode I said that Apples stock is going to be stuck in this holding pattern and the press will be negative until to late August and then a switch will flip and it will be hot again. Well 4 days after the last episode Patrick released an article titled
Apple stock could struggle until second half of 2016
Hi Patrick - welcome back to the show.
Speaking of apple stock - the devil only had a chance to do a couple of figure 8’s last week - as Googles market cap dropped a bunch and Apple held steady - meaning Apple was and is once again the most valuable company by Market Cap.
So much for the Google to be first one to 1 Trillion dollar talk for now at least that talk has been put to bed.
13:46
And speaking of beds - Normally on the nights I record the kids go sleep with mom - and I go and sleep in my Son’s Casper bed. Kind of my reward for a long night getting out the show. Sadly tonight I don’t get that reward. I get some crappy spring mattress in my hotel room.
Casper Mattresses however are a mix of Latex foam and Memory foam. No noisy springs to wake up your significant other when you get up to sneak a snack in the middle of the night or in my case to keep waking me up in my hotel room.
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This is an american made mattress with delivery right now for the US and Canada only and it is free delivery. And When said mattress is delivered - it is from UPS - in a squarish box that you think no way is there a mattress in there - But you get a cool little tool to cut open the package and the mattress opens up and expands to form. It is really cool Just google Casper Mattress unboxing.
And with Apple TV getting more and more apps - you know you are going to spend more than a 1/3 rd of your life in bed - is it not worth getting the best nights sleep possible - and that is what you will get with Casper. Again to Save $50 off of the prices I mentioned go to casper dot com slash tii and use promo code t i i - all lower case on the promo code. again casper dot com / tii - promo code tii to save $50 - thanks Casper for the great mattress for my son and for sponsoring this show.
16:00
VOICEMAIL - Jeff_CT_homekit_tips_news
HI Rob,
Regarding the listener that asked for an app that can take many pictures and 'morph' from one to another to show his weight loss progress, I recommend Pics2mov.
Pics2Mov by iFacies
https://appsto.re/us/r_F_U.i
It allows to create a movie from a set of pictures. Hope this help.
Regards,
Tony, from sunny Puerto Rico
Thanks Tony now if I could only remember that listener that asked that question - oh wait - it was me. So thanks from me again.
Hi Rob,
Here is the app you were looking for.
Picr - Everyday photo reminder - selfie journal / diary by Marcus Rumbohm
https://appsto.re/us/XwQzU.i
Regards,
Heather
Hi Rob,
In your latest podcast, you had asked for recommendations for Disney and photo collage.
I have used the official Disney App (My Disney Experience - Walt Disney World, free App) before and it was really great in notifying us on wait times for attractions, places to eat and their menus, and what's happening around you.
The photo collage App I use is Replay. It is great putting pictures together with different kinds of transitions and with background music. The best thing is, it as easy as picking the photos you want to include in the order you want. The basic App is free and additional In App purchase gives you different transition styles and music.
Tony L
San Francisco
19:10
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 3,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode came from Ryan Boyle who posted the following
Quote
Would now be a bad time to buy an Apple Watch? In the news a lot of people seem to think a new one will be announced in March, but I believe Rob said in the last episode that only new bands would be coming out in March.
Unquote
First let me say - On the last episode I was repeating the rumor de jur - which was that only the bands would be updated and not the hardware this year. But a couple of weeks ago the rumor de jur was that the hardware would be getting updates too. That all said I think the Apple watch is likely on a two year upgrade cycle for hardware at least.
Some of the responses to Ryan’s post were
Quote Apple will always come out with a new device. The Apple watch is amazing and if you want it why wait unquote - that from Jonah Salvatore.
Nic Brown said quote They are on sale at Best Buy for $100 off right now. There may be a new one announced but I doubt it, I think that it will be a two year refresh cycle. Just my two cents
unquote
Dantagnan Bennett said quote You have to think a lot of people just bought the watch for Christmas it would be too soon for a new watch. unquote
And Target right now is also offering $100 off Apple Watches - so not just Best Buy with that offer right now.
So long of the short - what Jonah said - if you want it why wait - and with both Best But and Target offering $100 off - that seems like a good deal. Still no promises a new device is not around the corner - it just does seem unlikely - unless you count those two big retailers with the $100 discount almost like they are trying to clear stock to make room for something new. Oh wait - sorry - did not mean to confuse you on what to do. Ooopppsss.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 3,000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
Also from the Google Plus community was this comment per the last episode - which I always pin the last episode at the top.
From Barry Smitherman
quote For Elsie, who needed to make text over transparency. There's an app called "over" and it will do what she wants. I accidentally bought it a while back, and before I requested a refund, I thought I'd try it out. It's amazing for for photo editing/embellishment. And the transparency features are the best I've ever used. unquote
22:28
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2016/02/have-documents-
notarized-from-your-iphone-with-the-new-notarize-app
Hi Rob,
This is cool! And to think I was going to do this part-time or FT for a living! You can now Have documents notarized from your iPhone with the new Notarize app
Regards,
Michael
Thanks Michael - for the heads up on this.
I will put a link to the article from Appadvice dot com which goes over the Notarize App and a video explaining it.
Note there is a $25 fee for each notarization - but if you don’t know where to go or don’t want to go anywhere - this is an option.
If anyone actually uses this app or has used it - please call or email in with your feedback on this.
Thanks
23:25
Hello Rob,
I continue to love the show; I have even introduced some of the newly converted in my office to it. I wanted to discuss with you the idea surrounding the AppleCar. I have been trying to wrap my mind around it and I keep coming back to the Apple Watch Edition. It seams to me that Apple would spend quite a bit of money on the Car department and (in my opinion) not see a return in volume. Aside from the standard argument, I just wasn't seeing the turn around. Then, I was walking into my house the other day listening to your podcast. You were mentioning Harry's razors and I had just retrieved my wife's Ipsy bag from the mail (a monthly makeup kit if you were unfamiliar). That was when it came to me: subscription. There are tons of subscriptions everywhere. Entertainment: AppleMusic, Netflix, Hulu; Personal Care: Harry's, Ipsy, Trunk club, they even have services for making dinner! Suppose Apple creates an armada of AppleCare but instead of BUYing them you SUBSCRIBE to them. Follow me here Rob, you need to get from A to B. First you take out your phone and pull up maps, you locate your destination and you now know the route it take to get there. You have driving, transit, and walking. What if there was an option that showed AppleCar with a dollar amount next to it. You could place an order using ApplePay, the car shows up and takes you to your destination. It seams like a stretch but let's say you work in the city and you are subscribed to Apple Car for ______ whatever Apple chooses. You enter appointments into your calendar along with destinations. This is setting your ride!! Much like you can see travel time with ios9, you would see car arrival time. Parking, gas, insurance, car payments, all of that adds up and this could eliminate all of that very quickly.
Just a thought Rob, let me know what you think. Thanks for listening to my rant. Keep up the great work!!
Regards,
Brenton from Pittsburgh
So essentially a bunch of cars that can self drive and you request the car and they come to you where you are - you can then drive them to do what you need or let them drive for you - and when done - you pay your fee and are done.
This is a rumor on what Uber is working on - and on many levels it makes sense - IF and this is a very big - IF - state and city governments allow driverless cars with no one in them to drive around town. That is a big big question mark.
But I think a bigger issue facing self driving cars is the issue about who is the car programmed to protect - you the driver or someone outside the car. The scenario goes like this. If the car sees someone in the street and the choice is hit them or swerve to miss and go off a cliff and kill the driver - which way will the car be programmed to react.
It is one thing to have the car choose to kill you - it is another for your to choose to swerve on your own. No put your whole family in the car. What would you do - hit the idiot in the middle of the road or drive your family off the cliff.
What if you knew that the car was programmed to drive off the cliff - would you ever put your family in that car?
That is the issue with driverless cars. And one reason I will not likely ever own one. I would rather trust my own decisions rather than have someone program them into my car for me.
Please don’t email me about all the accidents it would stop because of driver errors - I know - but it is not about those issues people will make a decision - it is what I just said - will you feel safer in control or out of control in your car. Ask your self if you are more stressed flying in plane or driving your car to the airport to fly on the plane. Then remember many more people die driving to and from the airport then they do on the flight.
Driver less cars - are something a couple of human generations away from mass adoption. It will be gradual adoption - over a long period of time. IMO.
28:17
To the email bag we go.
Hi Rob,
My flash light doesn't work!!
I notice it sporadically not working. But it always started working after a network reboot. But I would have to reboot again in just a couple of days.
On an unrelated item with tech support, they said I should not have to reboot near that often.
The last update did resolve some sluggish actively but I still have this problem with the flash light.
I have heard that the native flash light app has malware that send info to foreign lands but I thought that was just with Android phones.
Do you have any idea what happening?
Regards,
Robin J
Hi Robin,
The native flashlight app for iOS does NOT repeat does NOT have any malware - nor do any other native apps on iOS.
With Android - that is a completely different story - as some times 3rd party apps get natively installed on phones that could have malware on them out of the box - and yes there were stories about native flash light apps having malware for Android - for the most part this was from phones manufactured by a Chinese OEM. Which there are 1000’s of in China. To be fair - when looking into the stories about native Flashlight apps and malware - there was not a lot of proof that really did happen. However 3rd party Flashlight apps you install from Apps stores in China - yeah there is lots of proof there of Malware in the Flashlight apps.
Per your issue - I would make sure you are updated to the latest version of iOS - as that is not an issue you should be having - but 100% it is not about Malware on the native flashlight app on iOS - the same 100% guarantee can NOT be given for all android phones. Just sayin
30:14
VOICEMAIL - Patrick_also_has_issues_siri_problem
Hi Rob,
I am blind and Ios and voice over has revolutionized my quality of life and that of so many other blind and visually impared people around th world. I get very disheartened when app developers ignore or break accessibility. For example the AOL radio app used to be fully accessible but they redesigned and it is no longer. When I contacted aol radio their response was simply accessibility was not included in the update with the added insult of a comment that the contact was resolved. Could you take a moment in your podcast to mention to developers how impoartant and easy it to make apps accessible?
Thank you and Regards,
Greg Austin - Bryn Mawr, PA.
Hi Rob,
I was wondering if you were aware of any app where you can create a voting situation to send to multiple people. For example what is your favorite color? Blue, green, red, yellow and then set up a check box situation to just choose which one and have the results be available.
Regards,
Stephen A
Hello Rob (and everyone in the TII community).
I am a frequent gamer on my iOS devices, but recently I've been having an occasional problem with Game Center. About once every couple weeks or so, my Game Center account will fail to automatically log on when I start up a game. Then, when I try to open the Game Center app or connect to Game Center from the Settings app, I will just get a white screen without the device being able to connect.
Once, I was unable to connect to Game Center for about two days, but then the problem just disappeared. Sometimes the problem will fix itself after I hard reset the device, but usually it requires several hard resets. Resetting Network Settings also fixed the problem once, but I don't want to have to do that every time this comes up.
Since more and more games now are requiring some kind of log on, registration or persistent network connection, this actually makes a few games I play regularly completely inaccessible until the problem corrects itself. If anyone else has had this problem and knows what's going on and what can be done about it, I'd really appreciate some advice.
Thanks for any help you can give, and for all the support you give to the iOS community.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Rob
When I set up my wife's original iPad my contacts, apps etc were installed on it. This has been a contentious issue for years. So when I gave a new iPad 2, we took it to the Apple Store to avoid commingling of contacts. No joy!
How does one delete all or multiple contacts?
Thanks Rob,
Regards,
Skip
VOICEMAIL - Parzad_Nexus_iPhone_user_ask_about_debate
37:35
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104224947/sketchbook-
ipad-pro-case?ref=nav_search
For a Kickstarter project this week we have the Sketchbook iPad Pro case - quote The First Wire-bound iPad Pro case - provide full protection to your iPad Pro and Apple Pencil - Cover is customizable unquote. Goal was just $3,800 pounds and they have raised over 4,200 pounds - so this one is funded. If you are interested on a wire bound iPad pro case - then you better hurry up as you have until just Tuesday Feb 16th at 7:07 AM CT to fund this one - which by the way will set you back - 18 pounds.
Search for Sketchbook at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 382 at today in iOS dot com.
38:20
https://www.gotenna.com/pages/how-it-works
Hi Rob,
In response to the couple looking for a communications method for cruise ship use that doesn't require Internet access, they might want to check out gotenna.com. This is a small 2 watt radio communications system that interfaces to the phone via Bluetooth. This system does not require even WiFi access, so it will work in places without any other wireless access. Cons: This uses the MURS radio frequencies. As such, they would want to make sure that MURS is available to be used unlicenesed in the countries they visit. But currently some popular cruise areas include: Caribbean Insular areas, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa and many others. Also, they will need to ensure that the vessel is licesnsed in a country where MURS is legal to be used. They will technically require permission from the captain to operate on these frequencies just as they would with any of the radio frequencies such as FRS and GMRS. But if the ship rents out radios and allows passengers to bring their own onboard, it probably won't be difficult to obtain permission. I have no connection whatsoever with GoTenna; I haven't even purchased these devices for myself so I cannot speak as to quality. I just see the ads online quite a bit and the prospect intrigues me and if I wasn't already an amateur radio operator, I would probably buy and try them.
Regards,
Brian
Hi Brian thanks for the heads up on this. Which costs $199 for 2 units - which they call a high tech buddy system.
Link in the show notes to this.
40:19
http://physedagogy.com/2014/09/25/no-wi-fi-no-
problem-using-apple-tv-to-mirror-your-device-without-wifi/
From Chris in London.
Hi Rob,
For the Guy in the Boat. Connecting Via Bluetooth Apple TV. This article may help.
Regards,
Chris
And this article is titled - No Wifi - no problem - using Apple TV to mirror your device with out wifi.
It goes over how with a 3rd gen Apple TV - you can via Airplay and via bluetooth you can communicate to the Apple TV.
I would guess this still works with the a 4th gen Apple TV as well.
But will not with a 2nd gen Apple TV.
This tutorial talks about how to mirror your iOS device to the Apple TV again via bluetooth and AirPlay and not via wifi - which would solve Jeff’s issue.
There are 8 steps in the tutorial - which a link to is in the show notes for ep 382 - look for the one titled - No Wifi? No Problem.
41:12
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3025706/apple-ios/
watchup-proves-apple-is-winning-the-tv-game.html
Another nice Article from Jonny Evans at Computer World.
This one also having to do with the Apple TV - however just 4th gen this time.
He talks about some of the really good apps for getting content - specifically News content.
One app he mentions is the Watchup - one word - App. Which offers a large selection of international, National and local news content from over 160 different sources - including Bloomberg, PBS, CNN, CBS Interactive, Financial Times, Fox News, and many others.
This apps is kind of like the Pandora of News for your Apple TV.
Right now it is just available for US customers and it appears to be Ad supported as in no cost to you Money wise.
They claim there are between 2,000 to 3,000 video clips available each day.
This is one after this episode is released I will be installing and checking out.
In the article he also talks about the AJ+ which is the Al Jazeera App and also the Fresco - F R E S C O - app which is a citizen journalism app.
Where you record from your iPhone and their iOS app and it gets put up for people to see on Apple TV. And they claim you get paid when news outlets use your photos and videos.
Some some neat news related apps for Apple TV to check out.
42:43
VOICEMAIL - Sim_Cards_Straight_talk
Hi Rob,
I heard Eric's question about tagging photos in TII episode 380.
I wanted to respond because I do A LOT of photography with my iPhone and this is something I'd also like to be able to do.
Your response about using the Mac-based version of Photos to use Faces and do tagging is a pretty good one - but it's not always helpful when you're out and mobile and want to add information to a photo right then and there - before you forget it.
For instance, if I'm at a car show I might want want to add some detailed notes about something in the picture.
Or if I'm using my iPhone at a family reunion to take photos so I'll have my own copy of old family snapshots. Often there's a story that goes with the photo. It'd be nice to add a quick note as part of that photo and have it sync across to the version on my Mac
In the past I would write out a note and then take a picture of that note.
Not very high tech - but more importantly, I didn't always have paper and pen with me....
I found lots of apps that would put a caption ON the photo but that wasn't what I wanted. I wanted to "tag" my photos with notes or keywords.
Finally I found an iOS app that has been somewhat helpful to me. It's called EXIF EDITOR (by Harald Meyer).
It allows you to add text to the Item Description in the EXIF data of a photo (which is the field where photo tagging is stored).
Unfortunately, it does this by creating an exact copy of the photo - though this copy does carry over and preserve all existing EXIF data in the original photo - so you don't lose any quality or GPS or other data when you make this copy.
Since I don't want duplicates of every single picture I take, what I've done is this:
If I take several photos of something that needs a note attached I will select ONE of the photos and use EXIF editor to enter all the information I need to keep.
Then, later, on my Mac I can reenter that data into appropriate photos and delete any duplicate photos.
(Usually, I end up keeping the "copy" of the photo with the notes and deleting my original version.)
But a shortcoming of this approach is that the Item Description field in EXIF data is unfortunately not searchable by Apple's Spotlight, Siri, or Photo features on your iOS device.
So it's not going to help you find certain pictures faster - which is something Eric asked to be able to do (and I'd also like).
In short, there's really no way I've discovered (yet) to accomplish what Eric and I would both like to have available - the ability to tag iOS photos and have those tags be searchable. I'm really hoping your other TII listeners will have good suggestions on this topic - but I thought I'd share my workflow in case anyone finds this helpful.
With the ongoing investment and commitment to iPhotography that Apple has made with their devices and apps, I am hopeful and optimistic that Apple will continue to improve their photography ecosystem - and this functionality might eventually be added as a feature. Ideally, I'd like to see them add a "tag" button that would allow you to input information directly into the photo's Item Description EXIF just like they have on the Mac version of Photos. It could be part of their non-destructive-editing like they have with cropping and filters. Just a thought.
regards,
Roger in Champaign IL
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http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/02/untethered-jailbreak-
for-ios-9-2-1-ios-9-2-ios-9-3-beta-shown-off-in-new-video.html
This next one is more of a tease type article - and it is that the jailbreak teams have released some videos of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 9.2.1 and iOS 9.3 Beta 1. But in the description of the video - the jailbreak dev says there are no plans to make the jailbreak available to the public any time soon. Was more of an Hey - we can do it - just want to show you we are smart.
Of course until iOS 9.3 is released you really would not expect them to release it.
The good news is that one iOS 9.3 is available at this point at least it looks like a jailbreak is Possible. The bad news is - Apple now knows it is possible - and maybe that will cause them to double their efforts to figure out - and patch that before 9.3 is released.
Just because they can jailbreak the beta - it does not mean that jailbreak will still work when it is gold master.
But still good news that it is possible and it was not a post of them saying 9.3 beta patch the exploit they were using.
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