Indie and freelance software developer for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Mastodon: iosdev.space/@geoffhackworth

Joined December 2010
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I don‘t really use Twitter since they killed third party clients and Tweetbot stopped working. But I wanted to post this link as I have been having a lot of health issues and could really use some extra income for my apps. Please retweet if you can 🙏 iosdev.space/@geoffhackworth…
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4 Menubar apps I use every day. 1. Bartender4 - macbartender.com/ 2. SF Menubar - apps.apple.com/ca/app/sf-men… 3. XcLauncher - apps.apple.com/ca/app/xclaun… 4. Folder Peek - apps.apple.com/ca/app/folder… What are your favourites?
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Another week, another Yaacoub Scoop! yaacoub.substack.com/p/the-y… 📰 Articles by: @mattt, @joshdholtz, @geoffhackworth, @gabtheodor, @hishnash, @Leo_Pugliese 🐦 Tweet by: @adriankuleszo 📲 App by: @dsteppenbeck
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★★★★★ "Just Buy It · absolutely invaluable tool for developers of any Apple platform ... there’s just sooooo many nice things about this tool... this is one of a few dev tools i’m happy and eager to recommend to fellow devs " appfigures.com/reviews/41852…
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This review for my Adaptivity app brought some much-needed Christmas cheer and is a great explanation of why the app is a must-have for iOS developers 🥳🎄 apps.apple.com/app/id1054670…
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For anyone else who was looking for a side-by-side comparison of the Barbie trailer with 2001: A Space Odyssey, here ya go!
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The big update to Medical ID Records got 6 downloads on release day and has been averaging one per day ever since. I'm so disheartened by this 😫 Even for a single user, it's a fantastic app for recording detailed medical information. Please have a look; I really need more sales!
My Medical ID Records app got a significant update today to add support for multiple medical IDs. This is invaluable for parents to keep info about their children, or for people with elderly relatives or other dependents. itunes.apple.com/app/id99417…
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My Medical ID Records app got a significant update today to add support for multiple medical IDs. This is invaluable for parents to keep info about their children, or for people with elderly relatives or other dependents. itunes.apple.com/app/id99417…
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The first Medical ID should be your own. Its content is available from lock screen and home screen widgets and is synced over to Apple Watch. The app is a one-time $4.99 / £4.49 / 5,99 € purchase.
One of my least successful apps is Easy Cooking Timer. With Thanksgiving coming up, maybe you would find it useful? A meal has some items and each item has cooking steps. The app calculates when each step should start so that all items finish together. itunes.apple.com/app/id49222…

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There’s a comprehensive tutorial on my website which explains how it works. You need to know how long each step is expected to take in order for the app to correctly calculate the start times. hacknicity.com/easycookingti…
Looks like I picked the wrong week to try and sign up for mastodon.social. Or mastodon.online. They're not accepting new sign ups. 😭 Curse my procrastination.
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Ooh, randomly checked in on indiecatalog.app by @nemecek_f and I see that my Adaptivity iOS app for developers was first released 7 years ago 🥳 apps.apple.com/app/id1054670…

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If an app uses a scene for external display support, that will always be used when the app is open on the iPad. iPadOS 16.2 beta 3 fixes the springboard crash when opening the app. There's a way to disable your external window scene and keep Stage Manager on the external display:
iOS dev PSA: when an app that supports the “legacy” external display API is run on iPadOS 16, the external display shows it instead of Stage Manager. That’s probably undesirable. I have written about this (potential) issue and provide a solution here: hacknicity.medium.com/extern…
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Just in case this site disappears, I want to pre-announce that there's a big update to my Medical ID Records app coming on 22nd November. It adds creation of additional Medical IDs for children or other dependents. It could save a life in an emergency: itunes.apple.com/app/id99417…
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Introducing Apple Frames 3.0 📱 - Completely rewritten - Support for iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island, Apple Watch Ultra, and M2 MacBook Air - Multiple display scaling modes on iPadOS 16 and macOS - New Files integration - Much faster Free for everyone: macstories.net/ios/apple-fra…
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I've "bin" using this in beta for longer than I can remember and it's great. I really should give Geoff some money.
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If you're prepared to pay a few dollars and enter your own schedule, you can get a much nicer-looking app on the iPhone: Bin Day Alert. It has a much richer notification configuration, widgets, Siri shortcuts, an Apple Watch app and it preserves your privacy (no network accesses)
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A BBC News article reports that a UK council spent £17,000 on a bin-day reminder app. It's cross platform, accesses the web often and isn't very pretty. But it automatically knows your collection dates because you tell it your address. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no…
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Links: Bin Day Alert: itunes.apple.com/app/id76280… Bin Collections South Norfolk: apps.apple.com/app/id6443547…

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Oh, and my app works worldwide, not just a small part of the UK!
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