Hello!

MacID v1.3.4 has just been released with a plethora of tweaks and fixes.

As always, if you have a moment spare I’d really appreciate it if you could leave a short review for MacID in the iOS App Store, or update an existing rating if you’ve already left one before. Whenever an app gets updated it loses its rating in the search results 🙁

If you find that you get repeat notifications after installing the iOS app, unfortunately the only fix is to restart your device. It’s something related to background modes on iOS and seems to be an issue with iOS 9.

Here’s what’s new:

MacID for iOS

URL schemes can now handle multiple Macs per URL. Previously set up URL schemes will continue to work as normal.

Adds new “unlock” URL scheme. If you have Touch ID enabled in-app, launching this URL will ask for Touch ID and then unlock any Macs associated with that particular URL. If you have Touch ID disabled in-app then the Macs will unlock as soon as the URL is launched (if they’re connected).

in-app, launching this URL will ask for Touch ID and then unlock any Macs associated with that particular URL. If you have Touch ID in-app then the Macs will unlock as soon as the URL is launched (if they’re connected). When creating new home screen shortcuts, the Safari screen where you save to the home screen now uses your chosen colour scheme.

Home screen shortcut icons also now use your chosen colour scheme and have a cleaner design.

Adds even more beautiful colour schemes, which work on MacID for OS X and MacID for Apple Watch.

You can now long-touch on the Settings navigation bar at the top to jump back to the start. Handy because MacID is getting more customisable with deeper settings navigation.

Adds new power saving options so you can decide how MacID throttles the connection for Low Power Mode.

Adds new options for MacID for Pebble too, you can now choose if MacID for Pebble automatically launches for all unlock request, just Proximity Wake requests, or none at all.

Lifts the 4000 character limit on sending clipboard text between devices.

Fixes an issue where the Today widget wouldn’t update if a device disconnects while the widget is visible.

Fixes an issue where creating shortcut items could fail.

Fixes various little crashes through crash reports, if you’re one of the people who have this enabled in iOS privacy settings then thank you!

Fixes an issue where advertising Bluetooth could crash if the device name had particular characters in it.

MacID for Apple Watch

Brand new settings screen, tap the cog icon at the bottom of the main screen to access settings like choosing when MacID for Apple Watch plays haptics.

Adds new option for the MacID complication to show either the connected count, locked, or both.

You can now see the exact version of MacID for Apple Watch on the settings screen.

Updated notification design. Unfortunately there’s no way to modify this in code so I can’t make your chosen colour scheme work with this yet.

Unlock alerts now show no matter where you are in the app.

Much, much better support for switching between multiple Apple Watches paired to one iPhone.

Improves retrieving connected Macs when launching from a new install.

Leaving audio controls open for a connected Mac will properly update the currently playing track when you wake the screen.

Audio controls dismiss themselves if that Mac disconnects.

Removes “snooze” option from in-app unlock alerts that aren’t Proximity Wake alerts.

Fixes an issue where receiving any kind of MacID notification while the watch is active would show an unlock alert.

Fixes an issue where the complication could show the wrong number of Macs connected if the iOS app was restored in the background by iOS.

Fixes an issue where the complication wouldn’t update because the iOS was sending too much data in one go. Unfortunately there are still times when the system won’t let the complication update but it should be more reliable now.

MacID for OS X