It’s been a long time but I’m still here!
Rather than a set of separate posts I thought I’d bundle things into a single post.
Firstly, I’m sad to say that 1000 Words is no longer available. It was my first app for macOS and it all worked fine when it was released. When I rebuilt it the following year with Apple’s next version of Xcode (Apple’s application for developing apps) it no longer worked. I spent quite some time trying to work out why but without success so I have withdrawn it. I may well try to rewrite it using SwiftUI, Apple’s new language for apps but that will depend on my free time. Keep an eye out though as I would like to bring it back to life if I’m able.
Secondly, I’ve not managed to update any of my apps for iOS18/iPadOS18. Since I wrote bargain over 10 years ago I’ve always been able to Verify my apps with Apple, but this year, with the latest version of Xcode, none of the apps pass verification. 🙁 This has never happened before and means that they would not be accepted on the App Store. I’m sure I will find out the issue and resolve it but at the moment I’m stuck. Sorry.
Thirdly, my wonderful partner Chris has updated my web site, mostly to remove 1000 Words, but also to provide a smoother and more streamlined experience across difference devices.
Finally, I want to add shortcuts and Siri integration to Identicode which will certainly be a new kind of thing for me. It will need to wait until I can Verify my apps of course, but once that is out of the way it’s something I hope to add in the near future.