Intro

October 1, 2024

Performance improvements in loading items in the People, Notes and Global Timeline tabs. The Global Timeline now automatically loads content as you scroll, so no matter how far you scroll back through your history you'll never have to tap "Load More".

September 17, 2024

A complete redesign of the application, with a new look and a new timeline-focussed paradigm. Intro 2.0 is everything Intro has always been but so much more. New options enable you to view People and Notes in a number of list- and card-based formats. For any item in Intro, view a timeline of related people, notes and groups, for a new unified way to see the links between content. For users on iOS 18, Intro now provides the option to sync with just selected Contacts app entries, as well as the previous full sync or no sync option. This version provides a new foundation for the ongoing development of Intro to provide additional ways you can keep track of the things you want to remember.

May 9, 2024

An important upgrade to thumbnail rendering, resolving issues that could arise where black thumbnails could be rendered when photos were taken with the high resolution cameras on the most recent iPhone models. The next release, Intro v2.0, will be a significant update. Intro 2.0 will require iOS 16. Users still on iOS 15 will be able to continue to run Intro 1.9.6. If you have multiple devices running Intro, you will be able to share data between the two versions via iCloud sync.

March 27, 2023

Bug fix for compatibility with iOS 16.4. The next release, Intro v2.0, will be a significant update. Intro 2.0 will require iOS 16. Users still on iOS 15 will be able to continue to run Intro 1.9.5. If you have multiple devices running Intro, you will be able to share data between the two versions via iCloud sync.

January 4, 2023

This update provides significantly faster fetches of people from the database. This will be most noticeable for users with large datasets, when navigating to the Search section from the main menu. The next release, Intro v2.0, will be a significant update. Intro 2.0 will require iOS 16. Users still on iOS 15 will be able to continue to run Intro 1.9.4. If you have multiple devices running Intro, you will be able to share data between the two versions via iCloud sync.

December 12, 2022

This update adds new local database capabilities to automatically store a timeline of entities and links as you create them in Intro. This groundwork is preparation for new features for users that will be released in a future version of Intro. The current update also resolves an issue when adding links to a person, group or note where the list of things you could link might not initially show all of the linkable content. This update also resolves an issue where Intro would prompt for access to iPhone Contacts when opening a person in focus mode in Intro, if you have not previously initiated sync with the Contacts app. This now again only occurs when explicitly initiated by the user. Accessibility: Intro 1.9.3 includes significant improvements to the VoiceOver experience in the Contact Editor, both when accessing previously saved information and also when in edit mode. The next release, Intro v2.0, will be a significant update. Intro 2.0 will require iOS 16. Users still on iOS 15 will be able to continue to run Intro 1.9.3. If you have multiple devices running Intro, you will be able to share data between the two versions via iCloud sync.

November 25, 2022

This update improves rendering and animation performance when editing contact information for a person. It also updates Intro's database on first launch to address an issue that for some users may have duplicated prefixes, middle names or suffixes some people in Intro. This database update also supports other changes in this version, and provides support for features in upcoming releases.

September 20, 2022

When a person's bio field is updated, it will now again be immediately updated in the iPhone Contacts if you have Contacts sync enabled, rather than only being updated when other contact details were also synced. This update resolves an issue where linking a person from a new Note that has been created from the main menu could lead to Intro unexpectedly quitting. This update also resolves an issue where a user may be prompted whether they wanted to sync Intro with the iPhone Contacts app during routine use of Intro, without the user having proactively prompted this sync. Improvements to the accessibility of adding new items in the contact editor.

September 10, 2022

A completely redesigned Contact Editor makes it much easier to add, edit, re-order and when needed to delete contact information. This version also includes performance improvements to the sync process between Intro and the Contacts app, and multiple other minor performance enhancements and minor bug fixes.

June 2, 2022

From launch you'll notice the most obvious addition in this update, a new "+Note" button in the main menu to make it even quicker to create a note, right alongside the renamed "+Person" for adding people. Easy come, easy go—this update also adds an additional toolbar control so you can delete a note or bio while you're editing them, should you chose to do so. Under the hood, Intro 1.8 has some fabulous improvements for performance for users with a large amount of data... I'm so pleased to bring this quality of life improvement, which is big enough that every user is likely to feel the difference. As part of achieving those speed improvements, the search views for people and notes now initially load the first subset of results, where there's a lot of data to display. When you scroll to the bottom of the list, tap "Load More" to fetch additional results. This update comes hard on the heels of the recent 1.7 release, which added the option for you to have your data and settings sync to your private iCloud account. This provides an off-device copy for you, and sync between multiple iOS devices signed into your Apple ID. These updates also both include some important bug fixes, so updating is recommended to all users. I am now now working on the significant enhancements and redesign that is coming with Intro 2.0. I'd love to hear from you about how you're using Intro and what you'd like to see added. Tap "Support" on the main menu to make contact via's Intro's private chat channel, straight to me: Intro's developer Duncan Babbage.

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