iPhone not connecting to macOS from Xcode

 After trying everything standard (re-pair, restart, reconnects), it turned out that VPN was enabled on my Mac. 

Turn Off VPN to let Xcode find and connect to your iPhone. 

Email Clustering in Eπvelope

I’ve created an app that uses clustering techniques to group emails. This is not broad groupings like Social, Updates,… that Gmail does but at a more granular level (basically message threading).

Instead of just threading emails by a Conversation or by an exact Subject match that most emails clients (incl Gmail) do, the app looks for ‘similar’ / ‘related’ emails and groups (threads) them together. 

It uses various attributes on emails such as keywords, sender, time,… and finds clusters. A message may be part of two different clusters or could change cluster membership depending on a better match found. 

This has the effect of compacting the Inbox for viewing. Also, clusters can be acted upon as a single entity letting you move, delete, archive entire clusters. 

All of this clustering logic happens on the device, there is no server component. 

Clustering page: bit.ly/envelope-clustering

App Page: http://PiEnvelope.com

App Store: http://bitly.com/envelope-itunes

WiFi Files

THIS PAGE HAS MOVED TO Files n Folders

The content below is maintained for legacy purposes only. 





WiFi Files is a utility app that lets you transfer files, images, videos from your personal computer to and from your mobile device over WiFi.


The app runs on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Features
DOWNLOAD & UPLOAD
* Browse folders and download files from both Mac and Windows machines to your device
* Upload files, photos & videos from your iDevice to your Mac or Windows machine

ZIP FILES
* Unzip saved compressed files on your device
* Create zip files from folders on your device

DO MORE WITH SAVED FILES
* Save files from other apps. Example, you can save attachments from Mail in the app for later access, save zip files from attachments and then unzip them.
* Organize saved files into folders via drag n drop
* Email saved files as attachments
* Sort file lists alphabetically and by modification date
* Add downloaded images and videos to the Photos app on your device
* Video AirPlay support

* Allows opening of different file types in other apps that support the file format

INTERNET FILES
* Browse the internet and save files from the web
* Save webpages as HTML or as PDF
* Capture and save web screenshots


Troubleshooting

• Username/Password issues: The username is case-sensitive and cannot contain a space. The newer version (April 2, 2012) desktop app checks for this issue but older versions and the iOS app does not validate this. Will be fixed in a future release of the iOS app.
• Ensure that the HTTP Service on the desktop app shows the status of "Started". If not, the iOS app cannot connect. 
• The desktop app requires the port 48080 to be available to start the HTTP service. 
• Try "Restarting Services". Sometimes if the desktop app is running for a long time, the IP address expires and must be renewed. The newer version of the desktop app (April 2, 2012) solves this issue. 
• Check that you have entered the IP address correctly on iOS devices.

Notes n More

Create rich formatted notes, record voice memos, draw with your finger or stylus, include pictures & videos, save web pages as PDFs and even do tasks all in one app.

Organize your vacation trip, project, conference or event visits or any other activity into logical collections of notes and tasks

iCloud support lets you synchronize the notes across your iDevices - iPad, iPhone, iPod.

Features - Tasks | Rich Notes | Voice Memos | Scribbles | Internet Notes | Recycle Bin | Search

Download from App Store - [Notes n More is not available anymore]

Features

Tasks

• Create task lists organized by Date and Collections.
• Easily schedule overdue tasks for today, tomorrow or any other day.
• Select text from Notes and create Tasks from them

The following demonstration shows the key task management features of the app -

Notes

• Format text - Bold, Italics, Underline, Strikethrough
• List Support - Numbered and Unnumbered including indented lists
• Insert pictures into notes (current iPad only)
• Create multiple tasks from a note

This video provides a short demonstration of the Rich Notes feature - 

Voice Memos

• Record or play voice memos simultaneously while taking notes. 
• Insert time stamps in your notes to remind you of the location in the voice memo where you took notes.

Scribbles

• Create a simple sketch, design or write something with your finger. 
• Draw on a plain background or annotate over an existing image or picture. 
• Multiple backgrounds, brush sizes and brush colors are supported.

Internet Notes
Great for just saving your online receipts, doing research, collecting articles you liked, .... 

• Save files (PDFs, Office, ...) from the web in the app. 
• You can also convert a web page to PDF and save it. 
• Take a screenshot of a portion of web page with one-click, save it and attach notes to it.

Click Pictures and Record Videos

• Click pictures and videos and organize them along with the rest of your notes. 
• Attach notes to any picture or video that you record.

Collections

Logically organize and collect all your various note types together in collections. No need to jump across apps for various note types - video, text, pictures,...

More Features

• Favorites - You can bookmark notes and access them instantly from the Favorites view
• Recycle Bin - Don't ever regret deleting a note. The Recycle Bin collects all your notes or entire collections allowing you to immediately restore items or permanently delete them.
• Customizable UI - Choose from multiple themes, fonts, font sizes, font colors and background paper to customize the app and make it truly yours.
• Search - Full-text search through all your notes
• Email - Individual notes can be emailed. When emailing, multimedia items (e.g. voice memos, videos, files,...) are attached to the email.

Download
App Store - http://bit.ly/notes_n_more

Price
The app is completely Free to download and use as of version 1.7.7.

NOTE: There used to be in-app purchases prior to this version, which is what you will see in the app store. However, if you download the latest version, it is completely free. Overtime, as users upgrade from prior versions, the in-app will be removed.

Contact Email

For questions or issues feel free to email me at -

aashish.notes.improv At gmail DOT com

Notes N More references from around the web

Googling a bit, I found a few references and reviews of the Notes n More app, some of which I was not aware of. Here are some of the links I found -

Naughty Spawn

Never Talk When You Can Nod

TheJournal.com (4th para) -

DeArmas Family Website

Chronicle.com (2nd comment)

Thanks to all the posters for referencing the Notes n More app

Daily Tasks (To Dos) iPhone / iPod Touch App - V1

Daily Tasks is a simple To Do list application that allows you to create task lists by day

The app also lets you add tasks to your device's Calendar app. This way you can first collect all your tasks for the day without worrying about time, location, people,... and finally schedule them for the day.

You can also repeat tasks (recurring tasks), categorize them, add custom colors (including fonts and font size), search for them and even drag n drop tasks.

Download from App Store [V1 is not available anymore - discontinued]


Contact Email
aashish.daily.tasks AT gmail.com


Quick Tour
See this short presentation of the various features of the app.

YouTube link (1 minute and 40 seconds) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLIpwhXArcA




Demonstration Videos
Add - Edit - Delete Tasks

Navigation & Search

Drag n Drop Tasks

Repeating (Recurring) Tasks

Configure Color Themes and Fonts

Notes n More is now in Whats Hot section

Just saw this - my iPhone app Notes n More app is now in the "Whats Hot" list in the Business apps category

Notes n More page on iTunes

Objective C for a Java Programmer

Been intending to write this for some time now. Here is a short list of things to watch out for when starting with Objective C for iPhone. The list is targeted at Java programmers beginning Objective C. Its written on my work blog.

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Programmatically Taking a Screenshot in iPhone

It took me some time to find the code for this. Thought I'd share it here. The following code takes a screen capture of the currently visible portions of a UITableView but its applicable to any view.

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.tableView.bounds.size);
[self.tableView.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
//UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(viewImage, nil, nil, nil);
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

The commented out line saves the photo to a the Photos application on the iPhone.