Spectre

July 19, 2023
This post is about my favourite iPhone camera app, not about the 2015 Bond film with one of the greatest tracking shot in cinema. Spectre, by Lux, is from the same bunch of people who make the highly regarded iPhone camera app - Halide. Halide has always got a lot of love from the developers whereas Spectre was the one that was often forgotten. I used Halide a lot back in the day when it was easily the best way to capture raw images on an iPhone. But lately the native iPhone camera app has inbuilt Raw abilities, yes, Halide…

Instagram and live activities

July 15, 2023
It seems like Instagram is rolling out Live Activities support on iOS. I haven’t seen this being reported by any Apple-tech blogs I follow so I am guessing this is a slow rollout. Or maybe it’s just being tested on a selected few accounts. Yesterday I was uploading a story to my Instagram and it showed me this on my lock-screen: Live Activity tiles from Instagram. It, without any surprise, also subsequently appeared on the Dynamic Island when I unlocked my phone. I later was uploading a reel and saw it too. It’s always good to see established apps like…

Few Thoughts on the iPadOS 17 Public Beta

July 12, 2023
Apple today released public beta's for all of the new operating systems coming later this year. I didn't want to update my iPhone nor my MacBook to the latest betas because I'd like to think I have a bit of sanity by not installing beta software on my most important computers I use everyday. But with a passion for tech and all things Apple I did want to get on the new stuff and this is where my 2018 iPad stands in my life. If things go wrong it won't be the end of the world as I can live…

Hello World

July 12, 2023
Hello, thanks for checking my blog out, nothing volatile here, just following tradition.