With the upcoming release of BigSur, I removed the Mac version of Wasted Time from the App Store a few weeks back. In the mean time the testing of the iOS version on the Mac has continued to be successful. I have run into a few problems with minor new updates, since the Mac Version […]
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Wasted Time for Apple TV – Available
Just a quick note to say – Wasted Time for the Apple TV is now available. This is the perfect app for a conference room to show people how much it is costing to get a meeting started! Drop me your feedback!!! Demo on Simulator
Temporarily removing macOS version of Wasted Time
One of the real benefits for users coming with macOS 11 and iOS 14, et. al. is that developers can now activate bundles for an app. I am working to create a bundle that will enable an iOS user to use Wasted Time on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS all with one App Store purchase. […]
Adding Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts
As I continue to work on Wasted Time, I now have added working keyboard shortcuts, and menu items to both the iPad and macOS versions. I can’t wait for Big Sur and iPadOS 14 to come up so I can release these to the world. First a few screenshots The code ended up not being […]
Wasted Time for Apple TV
One of the really cool things about keeping up with Apple’s summer release schedule is that you can add new features easily to your apps. This summer I spent time restructuring Wasted Time to add support for Widgets on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS. After I got that working, I thought, what the hell, why not […]
Widgets on Big Sur
Sometime I just need to post a picture… and today is one of those days:
Explaining the Statistics in Wasted Time
I’ve been working on adding a set of widgets to Wasted TIme for iOS14. After playing with this program for over a decade, I realized people may not really understand the statistics on the totals page. This will may become more confusing once the widget is live. Let’s take a look at the two sets […]
WWDC – Day 5
I wanted to start this day early, since I was declined for my second Lab request. I have been working on Shortcuts support in Wasted Time and while I had a great session on Wednesday, I am still having issues with the launching of Wasted Time from the Shortcuts app. I am getting a “Sorry […]
WWDC – Day 4
Another fun filled day, and now I am starting to get back into my code. I began the day with a session on the OS.Logging extensions added into Swift. I am thinking I should change my code to start using Logging instead of print statements. I do a lot of inline print statements so when […]
WWDC Day 3
Day three was loads of fun, the highlight of which was the Code-Along for WidgetKit. I also had my lab appointment on the problems I was having with SiriIntents and Shortcuts. While I was a able to get my Intents to work, we ran out of time for the Shortcut problem. But I do believe […]