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Zane

@zzanehip

23. Experiment builder. Advocate for all things open-source and SwiftUI. The @old_os guy.

 NY to PA
Joined April 2012
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Today is Launch Day 🚀 Introducing OldOS — iOS 4 beautifully rebuilt in SwiftUI. * 🎨 Designed to be as close to pixel-perfect as possible. *📱 Fully functional, perhaps even usable as a second OS. * 🗺️ Fully open source for all to learn, modify, and build on.
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The latest update to OldOS is out. Youtube is back and Camera has some massive improvements (notably all the unbelievable old skeuomorphic animations). More fun things coming soon...
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The biggest update to OldOS in years is here: - iOS 4 Keyboard - Autocorrect - Predictive Touch - Text Suggestions - Magnifiers - Text Selection - Cut, Copy & Paste - Keyboard Variants - And so much more.... Download Today
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To celebrate as well, beyond happy to have a new TestFlight link available as well 🥳testflight.apple.com/join/VN…
Join the OldOS 17 beta

Join the OldOS 17 beta

Available on iOS

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Multiple months in the making, coming soon to an OldOS near you...
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Couldn't be happier, the latest OldOS update is out, and we have a new app, Voice Memos. Working on this sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole, and long story short, I think it's one of the embodiments of what made Skeuomorphism so special...
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In particular, the volume meter to me is a genius piece of design. It’s such a clear example of the core tenant of Skeuomorphism: “how can we bring the real world into our our software?" At the same time though, there's something uniquely "fun" about it.
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Now, with the rise of AR, liquid glass, etc, and as we start asking “how can we bring our software into the real world” I think this a perfect reference. It reminds us that design should move beyond pixels. It should connect us to what we experience daily, not detract from it.
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You all are amazing, we're already at the point where we need a new TestFlight. Great news though, for those who weren't able to join the first one we have a new one! testflight.apple.com/join/1C…
Join the OldOS 16 beta

Join the OldOS 16 beta

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Spoiler as well, another new app is coming within the next couple days. It's one that's taken me almost 4 years to get right, but its finally ready.
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The latest update to OldOS is here! This is probably the biggest update in years...we now have a working Utilities folder and a brand new app: Compass. The last remaining 3 apps are coming soon. So happy to have this out for everyone to try.
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Coming soon to an OldOS near you…
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One of my favorite features in OldOS has always been Mail. Both in terms of the complexity of making it work, and in the actual real world usability. The latest update brings it back 🥳, reworking it for 2025 with modern OAuth, and with tons of performance improvements!
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This was a super fun challenge, and doing it definitely gave me an appreciation for how much of a difference 4 years makes. This should also open the gateway for more email providers in the future. Tldr…we now have a fully fledged, usable, email client, and I love it.
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Been a while since I’ve said this. Can’t be happier to say it again. New OldOS TestFlight is up! testflight.apple.com/join/KM…
Join the OldOS 15 beta

Join the OldOS 15 beta

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Have some new features I’ve been working on that I’ll be rolling out soon. In the meantime great to have this back.
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Where to begin. I think, first and foremost a sorry is in order — college, life, work all got in the way. Long story short, beyond happy to be bringing this back. github.com/zzanehip/The-OldO…
Release IPA V2.0 Build 1 · zzanehip/The-OldOS-Project

Release IPA V2.0 Build 1 · zzanehip/The-OldOS-Project

2.0 (1): Where to begin. This update, and my goal with it, is to bring the project back from the dead so to speak. In doing so, the codebase has been retooled and refactored, APIs have been restore...

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This has got to be one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time 🤯. Sketch -> ChatGPT -> Working SwiftUI code in 1 minute.
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It has not been talked about enough that you can have multiple timers running on iOS 17. Why is this not the standout feature!?!
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I think it would be cool on iOS if you could mute specific apps like you can mute tabs in Safari.
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Haven't done much with AI image generation but after having a talk with a friend today, decided to ask it what Apple's AR headset might look like. The results are weirdly cool.
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