Apple issues major iOS 6 updates for nearly all of its apps

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in iPhone edited January 2014
Apple on Wednesday issued updates for nearly all of its iOS software to add support and new features taking advantage of the newly released iOS 6 operating system, as well as the forthcoming iPhone 5.

Updates are available for iPhoto, GarageBand, iMovie, Numbers, Keynote, Remote, Podcasts, Find My iPhone, Find My Friends, iTunes Movie Trailers, Cards, AirPort Utility, and iAd Gallery.

Apps


Details on the updates, along with appropriate App Store links, are included below:

iPhoto version 1.1
  • Added support for iPod touch (4th generation and later)
  • Coaching tips have been added to the Help system on the iPhone and iPod touch
  • Images up to 36.5 megapixels are now supported on iPhone 5 and third-generation iPad
  • Full resolution photos can now be imported via iTunes File Sharing
  • Tag albums can be created by adding custom tags to photos
  • "Updating Library" alert appears less frequently
  • Multiple photos can now be saved to the Camera Roll at one time
  • Cropping presets now use detected faces to determine composition
  • Tilt-shift and gradient effects can now be rotated
  • Facebook sharing now supports single sign-on in Settings
  • Comments can be added more easily when posting photos to Facebook
  • Videos can be uploaded to Facebook
  • Locations and friend tags can now be set when posting photos to Facebook
  • Comments and locations can be set on individual photos when sharing a group of photos to Facebook
  • Any photo previously posted to Facebook can be more easily replaced with a more current version
  • A notification is now displayed when an upload to Facebook completes in the background
  • Photos can now be shared directly to Cards, iMovie, and other supporting apps
  • Journals now include new layout options
  • Fonts and alignment of text in journal items can be modified
  • New style and color options are available for Note and Memory items in journals
  • Journal Note and Memory items can now be resized
  • Dividers can be added to break journal pages into sections to control the reflow of layouts
  • A new Swap mode makes it easier to change the placement of items in a journal layout
  • You can now place a pin on a journal map when no location data is present
  • Links to journals can now be shared directly to Facebook and Twitter, and via Messages
  • Links to remote journals can now be shared even if the journal was created on another device
  • A new Publish Changes button provides control over when to update your journal
  • An overlay displaying month and year now appears when scrolling in Photos view
  • Photos can now be sorted by date and can be filtered using new criteria
  • Photos view now includes a Power Scroll strip for high-speed scrolling
  • Grid of thumbnails can now be expanded to multiple rows in portrait orientation
iMovie version 1.4
  • Three new trailers ? Adrenaline, Coming of Age, and Teen
  • Add photos to any trailer and have them automatically animate with the Ken Burns effect
  • On iPad, open the Precision Editor to create split audio edits
  • Play clips in the Video Browser before adding them to your project
  • Create a slideshow by sharing photos from iPhoto for iOS
  • Tap the help icon to display Coaching tips
  • 1080p HD upload resolution is now available for sharing to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and CNN iReport
  • Audio recordings captured in a project now appear in the Audio Browser for easy access
GarageBand version 1.3
  • Create custom ringtones and alerts for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
  • Import songs from the Music library on your iOS device
  • Play or record with GarageBand in the background while using other apps**
  • Addresses a number of minor issues related to overall performance and stability
Find My iPhone version 2.0
  • Lost Mode (available on devices running iOS 6 or later)
  • Battery Charge indicator
  • Forever login (On iOS 6, if the account used to log in is the same as the iCloud account configured on the device and the device has passcode enabled on it.)
Find My Friends version 2.0
  • Location-based alerts (requires iOS 6)
  • Friend Suggestions

  • Favorites
Numbers version 1.6.2
  • Support for iOS 6
  • Ability to open a spreadsheet in another app
Keynote version 1.6.2
  • Support for iOS 6
  • Ability to open a presentation in another app
Podcasts version 1.1
  • Automatically keep your podcast subscriptions up-to-date between devices using iCloud
  • A new setting to choose to automatically download new episodes only when on Wi-Fi
  • A new setting to choose whether to play episodes by oldest to newest or newest to oldest
  • Pull to refresh a subscription to check for new episodes on iOS 6
  • Additional performance and stability improvements
Cards version 2.0
  • Universal app with native support for iPad
  • Six beautiful new letterpress holiday card designs
  • New layouts support up to 3 photos on a single card
  • Mail customized cards to up to 12 recipients in the same order
  • Images in iPhoto can be shared directly to Cards
  • Automatic image sharpening improves print quality
  • Enhanced Card History view on iPad
  • Improvements to address verification
  • Improvements to the checkout process
Remote version 2.4
  • Remote 2.4 adds support for iOS 6
AirPort Utility version 1.1.1
  • Added support for iOS 6
iTunes Movie Trailers version 1.2
  • iTunes Movie Trailers 1.2 adds support for iOS 6.
iAd Gallery version 1.2
  • Supports compatibility with iOS 6

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 18


    Still no bluetooth audio output in GarageBand? Yes, I know there are latency issues that would make it impossible for live performance, but there's absolutely no excuse for not having it as an option for things like education and simple playback.


     


    How about lyrics in the Music app for iPad!?

  • Reply 2 of 18
    gtrgtr Posts: 3,231member
    Anybody notice that if you go to the new Maps app and look at North Carolina there's a huge white heat bloom where Apple's server farm is?

    Lolz.

    Just kidding.
  • Reply 3 of 18


    Finally Cards gets iPad support! Now if only Apple Store would get it… 

  • Reply 4 of 18
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member


    I didn't have to enter any password to download all of the updates! Good!

  • Reply 5 of 18


    So many updates, so little bandwidth...

  • Reply 6 of 18
    did anyone notice Remote went 2.3 then 2.4
  • Reply 7 of 18
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,384member


    As an iPad iPhoto user, this update is fucking amazing. Literally fixes all my gripes with the app, nice interface tweaks,  and adds a bunch of new, useful shit. Same with many of the other apps updated today. 


     


    THIS is the massive advanatge Apple has over anyone else in the mobile space- high quality, polished, powerful apps. Good luck finding equivalents of these on other platforms. 

  • Reply 8 of 18
    Not going to be able to try iOS 6 or any of the app updates with my original iPad. :(
  • Reply 9 of 18
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,384member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    Finally Cards gets iPad support! Now if only Apple Store would get it… 



     


    Whats wrong with just going to store.apple.com? Works fine on the iPad. 

  • Reply 10 of 18


    Originally Posted by Slurpy View Post

    Whats wrong with just going to store.apple.com? Works fine on the iPad. 


     


    So much more can be done with Objective-C than can with HTML5. I would have assumed that Apple would want to create a completely innovative shopping "site" unlike that of any other company to show not only what should be possible with web languages but also what can be done with shopping utilities on the iPad… leading to stores picking up such ideas for their own apps, leading to a better shopping experience Internet-wide. 

  • Reply 11 of 18
    "Apple wrote:
    [" url="/t/152728/apple-issues-major-ios-6-updates-for-nearly-all-of-its-apps#post_2193277"]I didn't have to enter any password to download all of the updates! Good!

    Same applies to "free" apps.
  • Reply 12 of 18
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,727member
    OMG I love the 3D maps of cities. Now if they can just integrate this with Second Life!
  • Reply 13 of 18
    gtrgtr Posts: 3,231member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by digitalclips View Post



    OMG I love the 3D maps of cities. Now if they can just integrate this with Second Life!


     



    LOL.


     


    We don't get to see it often, but there it is.


     


    digiclips gushing. (>_<)

  • Reply 14 of 18
    iPhoto for iOS finally - finally!!! - preserves custom dates/times entered in the OS X version of iPhoto. I had scanned in thousands of photos from old photo albums and hand-dated most of them to correspond to when they were actually taken (vs. when they were scanned in). I'd open them up on iPhoto for iOS, and the sort orders within an event would be all screwed up. This update finally fixes it. Unfortunately, I have almost 200 events on the OS X version of iPhoto, and when they come over to the iOS version, the sort order of the event tiles doesn't come with it. This needs to be addressed.
  • Reply 15 of 18

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Apple ][ View Post


    I didn't have to enter any password to download all of the updates! Good!



     


    Couldn't figure out why this seemed to work for everyone but me.  Then I realized, I was downloading updates via iTunes and it still requires the password for updates and free apps.

  • Reply 16 of 18

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Apple ][ View Post


    I didn't have to enter any password to download all of the updates! Good!



     


    Couldn't figure out why this seemed to work for everyone but me.  Then I realized, I was downloading updates via iTunes and it still requires the password for updates and free apps.

  • Reply 17 of 18

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Checkmate357 View Post


     


    Couldn't figure out why this seemed to work for everyone but me.  Then I realized, I was downloading updates via iTunes and it still requires the password for updates and free apps.



     


    Sorry for the duplicate post.  Site really needs to do something to indicate that your post was submitted successfully...

  • Reply 18 of 18
    coffeetime wrote: »
    iPhoto for iOS finally - finally!!! - preserves custom dates/times entered in the OS X version of iPhoto. I had scanned in thousands of photos from old photo albums and hand-dated most of them to correspond to when they were actually taken (vs. when they were scanned in). I'd open them up on iPhoto for iOS, and the sort orders within an event would be all screwed up. This update finally fixes it. Unfortunately, I have almost 200 events on the OS X version of iPhoto, and when they come over to the iOS version, the sort order of the event tiles doesn't come with it. This needs to be addressed.

    In Aperture you can change the original date and time in the exif field. As well as the original file date & time. I'm sure there are scripts out there that do this for you. Search and if you don't find, write an Automator script yourself.

    PS Really happy Cards is there for iPad; never understood why it was iPhone only initially.
    PPS Darn, I really want to see that iAd app, but it's unavailable here in NL
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