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Weather4D and iOS LAN

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From iOS/iPadOS 14.5, A new setting has appeared proposing to allow applications to access the Local area network. This option is offered when installing a new application, but is not necessarily activated if the application is already installed when the OS is updated.

Since then, Many of you are no longer able to connect certain applications (Weather4D, iNavX, aso.) Wi-Fi-connected devices : Iridium GO!®, Multiplexers, Miscellaneous NMEA gateways. To do this, you must activate this "Local network" option for the application concerned. Read more …

Getting started with an iPad / iPhone

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For all browsers who are new to using an iPad, and who do not yet know the basics of manipulation. For everyone who asks me :

  • How to load an app ?
  • How to sideload a purchased app on a second device ?
  • How to delete an app and reload it without paying ?
  • How to update apps ?
  • How to know there are updates ?
  • How to download a book in iBooks ?
  • How to know when a book is updated ?
  • Etc, etc,…

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Bug iOS 8.3 et GPS Bluetooth

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The iTabNav company sent me information regarding all current owners of a GPS Bluetooth-powered for iPad Wi-Fi, like the GNS2000 or BadElf.

Currently Apple iOS 8.3 No longer working with external Bluetooth GPS receivers. It seems that the Apple Location Services in latest version iOS 8.3 doesn't transmit the GPS data Received from these GPS GNS2000 to the application for navigation.
Apple Inc. is aware of this bug iOS and Promises A solution as soon as possible. I hope that this issue will be resolved in the coming days.
Multiple manufacturers applications for navigation Have Warned before The update iOS 8.3 like BadElf, see : http://bad-elf.com/blogs/bad-elf/18013536-alert-compatibility-issue-with-apple-ios-8-3-and-external-gps-receivers

Let's hope for the affected users that an iOS version 8.3.1 will quickly fix this bug. We can hope so because an update should quickly fix another bug that is much more important for Apple : the troubleshoooting of the Touch ID on many devices.

iOS7 and navigation applications

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The latest version of the iOS operating system for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch have caused their share of compatibility updates. This time, with iOS7, developers have had hard work to put their interfaces in accordance. As far as we are concerned, the latest versions optimized for iOS7 to date are :

  • iNavX 3.7.0
  • iSailor 1.5.5
  • AyeTides 3.0 (iPhone) and AyeTides XL 2.0 (iPad )
  • Weather4D 1.3.2 and Weather4D PRO 1.3.7

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iOS 5 can erase your Navionics charts without warning

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Good surprise during the ARC transatlantic 2011.

After transferring photos from my device to my iPad, for an unknown reason the storage memory was full. I had 9GB free and I only transferred the contents of a 2GB SD-Card. Mystery !

Anyway, after two or three system messages warning me of the upcoming saturation, iOS 5 has simply deleted all my Navionics map used by iNavX !

When asked by e-mail, Rich Ray confirmed the fact possible :

"This is an unfortunate change in iOS5, the iOS will and can clear any apps downloaded data without notice if another app needs more space.. iOS doesn't give any notification to the app if this happens".

Olivier Bouyssou told me it was possible for developers to store application data in a folder reserved unerasable, but that this was rarely allowed by Apple. This was a big problem because no one knew how iOS selected which apps it cleared from.

Yachtmen my friends, be prudent : if you do not want to lose your charting during the cruise, away from any network allowing you to download them again, monitor the available space of your iPad and iPhone.

iOS5 and iNavX update

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Richard Ray informs us :

I noticed after updating to iOS 5 that all my maps downloaded in iNavX were gone. This happened because the iOS update 5 update requires a full restore of the device and the charts are not stored in the iOS backup (because of iCloud). Let me know if you experience any different operation.

To restore any NOAA charts, Select any NOAA region, then select the Recent filter (looks like a clock), then select "Update Maps".

To restore any charts from X-Traverse (Navionics charts, NV-Verlag, Solteknik, aso.) : Select the folio you want, select "Update Map List", select a map and then "Download all".

If you have any problem with your X-Traverse account, Contact support@x-traverse.com

How iPhone knows where you are

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This article was originally published on Macworld.com by Glenn Fleishman. He explains in very precise and didactic way location services of Apple iPhone and iPad and sheds light on the data that Apple gets on our devices. As sometimes a small dose of theoretical knowledge does not affect, I give you here the full translation. Take your time, it's quite long… Read more …