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Utiful Newsletter 11/2022 for iOS and Android

17/11/2022

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It's been some time since our last newsletter and in the meantime a lot has happened!

Utiful for iOS
Latest version: 7.5.0
  • Live Text : Interact with text that's on your photos and screenshots: You can now copy text from photos and so much more! And it works even with handwritten text! Simply put your finger on a text in a photo and choose how to use it! Alternatively, tap on the Live Text icon in the lower right corner of the photo! You can copy text, translate foreign language text, make a call to a phone number from a screenshot, send an email to an email address on a business card you’ve snapped, and, and, and! (Note: The Live Text feature requires iOS 16.)
  • Lock Utiful with Face ID / Touch ID: Until now it was possible to lock the app with a passcode only. We have extended this functionality to support Face ID and Touch ID!
  • Do you receive photos via a chat app like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger? Until now, the date taken of photos that you received via a chat app got lost when you imported them into Utiful. This is now fixed!
  • Improved stability: We have improved the sync stability as well as the overall stability of the app.
  • +++ COMING UP NEXT +++: Here's what you can expect in the upcoming versions for iOS!
    • Slideshow Repeat: This will let you repeat slideshows in a loop.
    • Slideshow Exit Lock for privacy-safe slideshow viewing: With this new option turned on, the person viewing the slideshow won't be able to exit the slideshow without you! Just think of it: You open a folder, tap the Play button to start the slideshow and give the iPhone to someone else, to a child or even a baby, so they can watch the slideshow and scroll through the pictures as they like without you having to worry that they might change something in the app or access the rest of your Utiful folders! Also quite handy at family get-togethers where you can start a slideshow and pass your iPhone around the table for the others to have a look without being able to access the rest of your Utiful folders!
    • Place text directly on your photos to annotate them: This will be helpful if you want to share a photo together with the text as a hint or explanation.
    • Edit videos
  • If you'd like to rate our app, you can do this here.
 

Utiful for Android
Latest version: 4.8.0
  • Adjust the size of the pictures shown in the grid of a folder to fit your needs: You can now adjust the number of items shown in each row in your folders in order to zoom out and see more items at a glance or zoom in and view the items in more detail! To do so, open a folder, tap the options button and choose "Screen settings". From the same place you can also control whether to view the date taken of photos within the grid.
  • Easily view recently imported photos: You can now easily view a timeline of all items you keep in Utiful! Simply tap the clock icon next to the folder search bar!
  • Customizable folder group colors: You can now set a border color and a fill color not only for folders but also for groups!
  • Use pictures from Utiful as device wallpaper: When you open a picture, you can now choose to use it as a wallpaper for your device!
  • Show details below photos when open: You can now view the name and details of pictures when you scroll through them!
  • Fingerprint lock: You can now lock the app with a fingerprint, if your device supports that!
  • +++ COMING NEXT +++: Here's what you can expect in the upcoming versions for Android!
    • Drag-select multiple photos: Hold your finger over a photo and drag across and down or up the screen to select multiple photos.
    • Edit photos: Crop, add text, draw on photos etc.
    • Edit the name of photos and videos: A lot of users have asked for this feature and we'll be adding it soon!
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Utiful Newsletter 07/2022 for iOS and Android

24/7/2022

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It's been some time since our last newsletter and in the meantime a lot has happened!

Utiful for iOS
Latest version: 7.2.0
  • Captions: Since version 7.0.0 of the app you can add a caption and notes to your photos and videos! Ain't that great?! Even better: Captions you enter to photos and videos are visible also on their thumbnails within the folders, for better orientation. And now you can even sort the items in a folder by their caption!
  • iOS 15 compatibility: We keep track of new iOS versions and have adapted Utiful to seamlessly work with iOS 15.
  • Sort folders in reverse order: If you sort your folders alphabetically, A-Z is the standard. But sometimes it's helpful to be able to sort them in reverse order instead, for example if you name your folders by year and month like "2022-07" and want that the most recent ones are at the top. This is now possible since version 7.2.0!
  • Family Sharing: Just a reminder that your family can use Utiful for free. Find more info here.
  • +++ COMING UP NEXT +++: Here's what you can expect in the upcoming versions for iOS!
    • Interact with text that's on your photos and screenshots: Copy and share text directly from your photos and screenshots, open website addresses you've snapped, call phone numbers you've screenshot and, and, and!
    • Place text directly on your photos to annotate them: This will be helpful if you want to share a photo together with the text as a hint or explanation.
    • Lock Utiful with FaceID / TouchID
    • Edit videos
  • If you'd like to rate our app, you can do this here.
 

Utiful for Android
Latest version: 4.5.0
  • Folder search: You can now search through your folders! Simply tap in the "Search folders" field at the top of the screen and start typing to see matching folders. And, we have integrated the folder search in all other functions of the app: You can use the folder search also when adding photos to Utiful, in order to quickly find the target folder, but also when picking photos from Utiful while you're in another app.
  • Dark mode (Android 10+): If you are on Android 10 or higher version, and have turned on the Android dark mode, Utiful will now automatically switch to dark mode too!
  • Passcode lock: Finally also available in the Android version of our app! You can now lock Utiful with a passcode, if you wish.
  • All known problems fixed: We have invested a LOT in fixing all problems you reported. To name just a few: Long videos were not imported in the app, this is now fixed. When changing to external SD card, the thumbnails of the photos were not shown, this is now fixed. When swiping through your photos in landscape orientation of your device, the photos were sometimes shown smaller, this is now fixed. When saving photos from Utiful to the main gallery, the photos were saved not with their original names but with a technical id name, this is now fixed and the photos are saved with their original name. The rearrange function that allows you to manually rearrange folders was not working on Android 12, this is now fixed. And, and, and! Enjoy!
  • Massive stability improvements: No more crashes! We have fixed all those nasty bugs that were causing the app to crash sometimes.
  • +++ COMING NEXT +++: Here's what you can expect in the upcoming versions for Android!
    • Drag-select multiple photos: Hold your finger over a photo and drag across and down the screen to select multiple photos.
    • Edit photos: Crop, add text, draw on photos etc.
    • Edit the name of photos and videos: A lot of users have asked for this feature and we'll be adding it soon!
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Utiful Newsletter 09/2021 for iOS and Android

29/9/2021

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It's been some time since our last newsletter and in the meantime a lot has happened!

Utiful for iOS
Latest version: 6.11.3

  • Share to your Instagram Story: You can now share pictures form Utiful directly to your Instagram Story! Open a picture, tap Share and choose "Instagram Story".
  • Change Utiful Background: Don't like white space? Use one of your pictures as Utiful Background! Open a picture, tap Share and choose "Use as Utiful Background".
  • Support for RAW images: RAW image formats (e.g. DNG, CR2, NEF etc.) are now preserved when importing photos as well as when exporting them out of the app.
  • Press & Hold to Copy or Share: Press and hold on a picture to view the shortcut menu.
  • Sync Stability: We invested a lot in improving the sync stability.
  • General Stability: We have fixed some nasty bugs that were causing trouble.
  • Family Sharing: Just a reminder that your family can use Utiful for free. Find more info here.
  • +++ COMING NEXT +++: Add a caption and notes to pictures, set a folder cover picture and, and, and!
  • If you'd like to rate our app, you can do this here.
 

Utiful for Android
Latest version: 4.4.11

  • Edit Folder Color: You can now change the border color and the fill color of the folder icon, and even combine this with emojis to create your unique folder looks!
  • Subfolders: You can now create subfolders!
  • Rearrange Folders: Besides sorting, you can now rearrange folders! Select one or more folders, tap the Rearrange button and choose their new position in the grid.
  • Rearrange Photos within a Folder: You can now rearrange photos within a folder! Select one or more photos, tap the Rearrange button and choose their new position in the folder.
  • Improved Sync with File System: In the settings you now see where your Utiful folders are located on your device. If you import further folders to Utiful from your computer or if you are experiencing difficulties viewing your pictures, use the improved function "Sync Utiful folders with file system".
  • General Stability: A lot has been improved under the hood in the past months!
  • +++ COMING NEXT +++: Crop pictures, powerful folder search and, and, and!
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Utiful Newsletter 12/2020

24/12/2020

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Hi there!

In the past weeks we have added a lot more functionality for you, there you go:
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  • Family Sharing: Your family can use Utiful for FREE! See the bottom of this email for details.
  • Sort folders alphabetically: We added this in the Utiful iOS version 6.6.0 (released on Dec 3rd) and in the Utiful Android version 3.8.0 (released on Nov 11th)!
  • Crop & Rotate pictures: We added this in the Utiful iOS version 6.7.0 (released on Dec 21st). With the "Edit" button you can now not only annotate but also crop and rotate pictures!
  • Share to your Instagram Story: The Utiful iOS version 6.8.0 is in the making and will be published shortly after Christmas. It will enable you to share pictures form Utiful directly to your Instagram Story!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Stay safe and healthy!
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Family Sharing: Your family can use Utiful for FREE!

​Beginning of December, Apple released the long-awaited ability to share subscriptions with your family as part of the standard iOS Family Sharing functionality. We immediately enabled this for the Utiful subscription!

This means, if you are a Utiful subscriber, you can share your Utiful subscription with up to 4 further family members, so they can use Utiful COMPLETELY FOR FREE on as many devices as they wish without having to pay a subscription themselves.

A general prerequisite is of course that your family is using Apple's Family Sharing (iOS Settings > Apple ID > Family Sharing). You will also need to enable Family Sharing for Utiful (iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions > Utiful > scroll to the bottom and turn on the switch "Share with Family". You might additionally need to enable subscription sharing in the Family Sharing settings (iOS Settings > Apple ID > Family Sharing).

Please note that it's only the Utiful subscription that is being shared with your family, not your Utiful pictures. The Utiful contents of each family member remain their own and are not shared with anyone else. Every family member has their independent Utiful installation and their own Utiful folders.
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Utiful Newsletter 03/2020 - Backup & Sync

29/4/2020

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Backup & Sync

Your Utiful library is a separate storage space locally on your device, where you can store photos and videos in organized folders. It is hence important to back up your Utiful folders, in order to prevent data loss in case you lose your device or accidentally delete the app.


We recommend the following best-practice backup strategy. Details about the different options as well as troubleshooting instructions are provided further below.

BEST-PRACTICE BACKUP STRATEGY

In the normal case, the photos you want to import into Utiful are in the camera roll of your iPhone or iPad.
  1. Make sure that the "Utiful Cloud Library" switch is turned on in "Settings" > "Backup & Sync" and that the "Central backup in iCloud" option is enabled. The "Utiful Cloud Library" is a separate part of your iCloud account that keeps a backup of your... more
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Utiful Newsletter 02/2020 - Building a Utiful Mac app and a Utiful Windows app

10/2/2020

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We have great news for you!

We have decided to build a Utiful app for Mac computers and for Windows PCs! The ability to view and organize your Utiful folders on your computer has been by far the most requested enhancement!

We know this will be a huge challenge and we will definitely need your help and your support with it!
Here's how you can help us build the Utiful Mac app and the Utiful Windows app as fast as possible:
  1. If you know an investor or a venture capitalist who would be interested to invest in our company and thus fund the development of the Mac app and the Windows app, please forward them this newsletter or point them to our Investors page.
  2. We need to know what is important to you about Utiful and have prepared a short survey that takes less than a minute to fill out. Please help us understand what's important to you by filling out the survey here.

Other news:
  • We have recently published the Utiful iOS version 6.4.0 that introduced a long-awaited feature: Slideshow! Here's a short Youtube video that illustrates the slideshow feature.
  • In the Utiful iOS version 6.4.0 we've made scrolling through your pictures much smoother!
  • In a couple of days we'll publish the Utiful iOS version 6.5.0 that will make it possible to close a picture by simply swiping down!
  • We have also already started the work on the Utiful iOS version 7.0.0 that will give you more options to customize how your folders look like.

If you'd like to rate our app, you can do this here for iOS and here for Android.

We wish you a great day!   
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Utiful Newsletter 01/2020 - The Many Possible Ways to Import Photos Into Utiful on iOS

14/1/2020

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From the iOS Camera Roll
In the normal case, the photos you want to import into Utiful are in the camera roll of your iPhone or iPad.
  1. The most straightforward way is of course to use the "Add Photos" button in Utiful - either from the Folders screen or directly from a folder, if you want to add the photos to this very folder. This is also illustrated in Tutorial Video 1 "How to MOVE (not just copy!) photos from the Camera Roll to Utiful folders".
  2. Another very useful way is to file photos to your Utiful folders directly from the iOS Photos app! Simply select the photos in the Photos app, tap the Share button (the square with the up-arrow) and choose "Save to Utiful" from the sharing actions. If "Save to Utiful" is not visible in the list of sharing actions, swipe up on iOS 13 and activate it (or scroll right on previous iOS versions, tap the "More" button and activate it from there). After the photos are saved in Utiful, you are returned to the Photos app and the images remain selected, so you simply tap "Cancel" to exit the sharing sheet and then tap "Delete" to delete the images from the camera roll. This is also illustrated in Tutorial Video 2 "Move photos from the Camera Roll to Utiful without leaving the Photos app".

From Google Photos, Messages, Mail, WhatsApp, and Any Other App
You can save photos to Utiful not only from the Photos app but from any other app that can share photos. For example, you receive photos via iMessage in the Messages app, over e-mail in the Mail app, in WhatsApp or in any other messenger app. To save photos from another app to Utiful, you simply need to select the photos in the other app, select the sharing function of this app (normally this is also a square button with an up-arrow) and choose "Save to Utiful".
 Importing Whole Folder Structures From ComputerYou might want to import a photo collection that you keep on your computer into Utiful, so it is always with you, neatly organized in the Utiful app. This is easily possible not only with one folder with photos but a also with a whole folder structure of folders and subfolders!
 
Importing wirelessly from Mac using AirDrop
  1. Make sure WiFi and Bluetooth are activated on your Mac and on your iPhone/iPad.
  2. In the Finder app on your Mac, select the folders you want to import, right-click and choose Share > AirDrop.
  3. Choose your iPhone/iPad when it's displayed in the AirDrop share dialog.
  4. On your iPhone/iPad, you'll be prompted to accept the incoming folders. Choose Utiful as the target app.
 
NEW! Importing from Windows PC or Mac using iTunes
A couple of days ago we published Utiful version 6.3.0 for iOS, which includes this very useful new feature to help also Windows users to import whole folder structures from their computer into Utiful on their iPhone/iPad.
  1. Connect your iPhone/iPad to your computer.
  2. Start iTunes on the computer (or Finder, if you are on Mac running MacOS Catalina) and select your device.
  3. Choose "File Sharing" and locate Utiful in the list of apps for file sharing.
  4. Drag and drop the folders you want to import from their location on your computer to the Utiful file sharing icon.
  5. Open Utiful on your iPhone/iPad. It will automatically move the folders from its file sharing area into the app.​

PLANNED! Importing Folders From the Files App, Dropbox, OneDrive, iZip and Many Other Apps
In one of the next versions we'll make it possible that you can save whole folders from any file manager app to Utiful! For example, you'll be able to save a whole photo folder from the Dropbox app to Utiful!

If you'd like to rate our app, you can do this here for iOS and here for Android.

If you have questions or improvement suggestions, do not hesitate to contact us anytime - we're here for you!
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