The new iOS4 that most of you have on your iPhones and iPads finally allows you to run multiple applications at the same time. It’s really cool. When you press the Home button once to close an app, it actually remains in memory (or at least, a certain part of it does). If you double-tap the home icon, it will show you which apps are still “in memory”. Select any of those, and the app will immediately start, with no delay. This is great for apps like ours, which have to read data into memory and then perform updates and logic fist – because now there is no delay at all! Apple calls this “Switcher” and you can read about it here.
The downside is that if you have many apps still resident in memory, they may cause problems for each other. This is particularly true of apps that require a fair amount of memory or that have “lots going on” such as our Smart Apps – SmartTime, SmartPlans, SmartCal, SmartNotes and SmartPad. You see, Apple does not actually close down ANY of your apps when you press the Home button. It just puts “a portion” of then into memory (that “portion” is determined by the app developer). So as you open more and more apps, the amount of memory allocated to apps that you want to run, is decreased – even though the app that you are currently running is automatically allocated top priority for memory and computing resources.
Hi. Some of our users have complained that their apps were crashing on their iPhones and iPod Touches running iOS4. The reason has to do with the new multitasking capability that Apple has built in to iOS4. Basically what it does is allow apps, or certain “active parts” of apps, to remain in memory even when you have closed the app and opened another one. That allows them your app to start up almost instantaneously and also to switch quickly between apps (just double-tap on the “home” button). It’s a very cool feature. But sometimes your various “active” apps bump up against each other and cause each other to crash.
There’s an easy solution.
Double-tap on your “Home” button to pull up the “fast switch” view. Then tap and hold on any icon in the list. You will see that each of them has a “delete” badge on the left side, and they are all wiggling.
Just tap on any number of these apps that you do not need to have running at the moment. This frees up memory for your more active applications to use.
Done!
Hakan has updated his wonderful FAQ. If you have any questions about how to use the most innovative productivity tool ever created, Hakan has all the answers. And he doesn’t even work for us! Here is his FAQ: http://web.me.com/hakanl/SmartTime_FAQ/
Smart Plans 1.1 now features advanced Reporting. You can view a report, save it to your iPhone Photos gallery, or attach it to an email and send it to yourself or to anyone else. The email attachment also includes a detailed report in CSV format that can be viewed and edited in any spreadsheet. This screen shot illustrates all of the detail that is shown in the view:
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Convert Tasks to Events automatically
SmartTime uses adaptive logic to look at your appointments, then find time for your tasks. But SmartTime also has many hidden features that some of you may not be aware of. Here is one that I use to improve my day – read on, or watch the video.
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