Changelog

This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.

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- Improved recommended results for geotags when logged in with Foursquare.
- Improved options to get better geotagging results.
- Preparation for the deprecation of the Foursquare app.
- Fixed bugs when sharing to iMessage and Retro.
- Small performance fixes.

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This update contains numerous performance improvements and reduces the app's size by ~20%.

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This update contains small bug fixes and performance improvements.

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This update adds support for the iPhone 16 lineup and iOS 18!

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This update contains minor improvements.

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Fixed a bug causing videos to be tinted blue on some prerelease versions of iOS.

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- Improved suggestions for recent locations when geotagging photos.
- Other small improvements.

Close-up reminds you to take a photo of yourself each day and lets you make time-lapse videos and animated GIFs. Photos can be backed up and synched using Dropbox and geotagged with locations from Foursquare.

- Improved image background colors when sharing to Instagram Stories.
- Fixed a bug where snoozes wouldn't be cancelled in a given day if a photo was taken.
- Fixed small visual artifact in launch screen.
- Small performance improvements.

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This update prepares Close-up for the latest greatest new iPads.

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This update contains small improvements.

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This update contains Dropbox sync reliability improvements.

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This update contains Dropbox sync reliability improvements.

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- Fixed a bug causing the "Automatically save new photos" setting to not work some of the time.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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- Photos are saved more quickly after using the camera.
- Improved support for the "Prefer Cross-Fade Transitions" accessibility setting.
- Improved support for the "Auto-Play Animated Images" accessibility setting.
- Improved support for the "Reduce Transparency" accessibility setting.
- Fixed a bug causing deleted photos to rarely not sync to Dropbox correctly when using Dropbox sync.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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- Fixed a bug where the preview image in the video screen might not show in some cases.

Close-up reminds you to take a photo of yourself each day and lets you make time-lapse videos and animated GIFs. Photos can be backed up and synched using Dropbox and geotagged with locations from Foursquare.

- Saved videos and GIFs now include the correct date from the photos they were made from.
- Fixed a bug where video and GIF sizes could be incorrect if many were made during a session.
- Small performance improvements.

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- Fixed a crash that could occur in the camera screen introduced in the last update.
- Small performance improvement to video/GIF creation.

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- The app is now 25% smaller!
- Fixed a bug causing photos to be zoomed in on the iPad 9.
- Other small improvements.

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- Fixed bug causing photo capture with the volume buttons to not work.
- Improved sharing to some third party apps.

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Little bug fixes and improvements here and there. Happy New Year!

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- Fix bug causing sync indicator to get stuck in some circumstances.
- Small app size reduction.
- Fixed some bugs with capture grid setup on iPad.

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- The location picker will now suggest recent nearby locations even if there isn't a network connection.
- When sync is enabled photos that are pending upload will show a cloud icon in the fullscreen viewer header.
- Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur during capture state restoration on launch in iOS 17.
- Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when cancelling video generation.
- A couple other small bug fixes.

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- Improved reliability when sharing photos to the new iOS Journal app.
- Improved reliability when sharing videos to Instagram Reels.
- Improved error handling when sharing to particular apps fails.

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- Animation improvements! The transition when exiting a photo is now a little bit quicker and smoother.
- Faster sync! If you have two devices running Close-up next to each other and make a change on one you should see the change reflected on the other device much more quickly.
- Lil performance improvements here and there.

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- Fixed a bug causing snooze to not work.
- Performance improvements.

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- Small iOS 17 animation bug fixes.
- Improvements to video generation stability when leaving the app and returning to it.

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- Fixed a bug causing video playback to crash on iOS 16.
- Fixed a bug causing the flash button to be tiny on some older iPhone models.

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- Improved performance when sharing photos to Instagram Stories.
- Small app size reduction.
- Other small improvements.

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- This update adds sharing shortcuts to Retro.app!
- Small bug fixes.

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- Fixed a bug where snoozing notifications could sometimes lead to receiving multiple notifications later in the day.
- Small visual improvements to the video creation screen.

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2.9.1
Fixes a crash introduced in the last update, whoops!

2.9
- Photos in the fullscreen viewer are now shown in the timezone they were captured instead of the current timezone.
- Notifications now adapt to timezone changes.
- Launch speed, scrolling, and app size improvements.
- Dropped support for iOS 12, 13, and 14.

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- Photos in the fullscreen viewer are now shown in the timezone they were captured instead of the current timezone.
- Notifications now adapt to timezone changes.
- Launch speed, scrolling, and app size improvements.
- Dropped support for iOS 12, 13, and 14.

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This update contains small improvements.

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- Small performance improvements.
- Stability improvements when running unreleased versions of iOS.

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This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.

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This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.

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This update fixes a crash that could occur when making videos. Whoops!

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This update contains some small performance and stability improvements.

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This update contains some small performance and stability improvements.

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This update contains small bug fixes performance improvements.

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This update contains small bug fixes performance improvements.

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This update contains small performance improvements.

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This update contains small performance improvements.

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Happy 2023!

- You can now pinch in and out to toggle wide angle in the camera.
- Fullscreen GIF playback is now available in the video screen.
- Improved visuals in the video screen.
- Fixed a bug where video FPS could change incorrectly between sessions.
- Improved shortcut to share GIFs to Twitter for Spring users.
- Fixed video screen bugs on iOS 12.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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Happy (almost) New Year! This update contains bug fixes and improvements.

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- Improved video quality.
- Increased animated GIF size to 480x360 (previously 320x240).
- Reduced crashes that could sometimes occur when sharing photos to some other apps.
- Fixed crash that could sometimes occur when cancelling animated GIF creation.
- Fixed small animation issues related to video generation progress.

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- Close-up now uses "Time Sensitive" notifications to ensure you never miss a selfie. This was often requested, time sensitive prominence can be turned off in your phone's notifications settings.
- Frame rate defaults are now friendly for shared video (1, 5, 15, and 30 instead of 1, 7, 14, and 28).
- If your photo library contains low resolution photos from, say, iPhone 5-era devices Close-up now saves a little space by not creating thumbnails for those photos. Photos from older phones are close to the thumbnail sizes needed for modern phones.

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- Fixed a bug where sharing photos to Instagram Stories would sometimes cause them to be rotated incorrectly.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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- This update is built for iOS 16 and is ready for the new iPhone 14 models!
- Small bug fixes and improvements.

This update contains small bug fixes and performance improvements.

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- Improved low power mode support.
- Small performance improvements.

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This update is all about performance!
- Improved app launch speed by around 100ms.
- Improved thumbnail preloading behavior. You should now see even fewer blank thumbnails while scrolling through the app quickly!
- Improved reading and writing speed of photo metadata.
- Reduced metadata encoding on photos to be more compact and save space.
- Many, many other small performance improvements.
- Fixed a crash introduced in 2.8.7, sorry!

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This update is all about performance!
- Improved app launch speed by around 100ms.
- Improved thumbnail preloading behavior. You should now see even fewer blank thumbnails while scrolling through the app quickly!
- Improved reading and writing speed of photo metadata.
- Reduced metadata encoding on photos to be more compact and save space.
- Many, many other small performance improvements.

Enjoy!

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- Fixed a bug causing the app to not be able to save to the device photo library in some circumstances. This could also cause sharing to Instagram Feed and TikTok to not work correctly.
- Small performance improvements.

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Time for a small Spring Cleaning update:
- Fixed a bug that could occasionally cause the app to become unresponsive.
- The camera is no longer briefly started then stopped when state restoring to a previously taken photo.
- Improved location suggestions when low precision location access has been granted and you're logged in to Foursquare.
- Checkmarks are shown next to places you've previously visited in the location picker list if you're logged in to Foursquare.
- Fixed a bug where temporarily granting full location access wouldn't hide the button to grant location access.
- You can now use handoff with Close-up between iOS devices and with the web if Dropbox sync is set up.
- The "This Year" date range preset has been moved to the front of the list of suggestions in the video creation screen.
- Improved reliability of "random time" notifications being random when notifications are dismissed instead of acknowledged.
- Small improvements to sharing photos to Instagram feed.
- Notification titles are shown even when notification previews are disabled.

- Fix TikTok sharing mistakenly showing as an option for animated GIFs.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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- Fixed a bug where a low resolution image could be shown when state restoring into photo capture.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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- Improvements when capturing using volume buttons: photos are now captured when you release a volume button instead of when you first push it down so you can line up your shot perfectly.
- When sharing photos to Instagram Stories a matching background color is now provided.
- You can now share to Snapchat Spotlight if you have it enabled in Snapchat.
- Fixed a bug where deleting a photo in the fullscreen viewer would jump to a random photo.
- Fixed a bug where a low resolution image could be shown when state restoring into photo capture.
- Fixed a bug causing some share actions to not work on iOS 12.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.

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- This update fixes a crash that was introduced in the last update. Sorry about that!
- Small performance improvements.

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- Fixed a bug where copy pasting an image or dragging and dropping it from Close-up to another app could yield a photo rotated incorrectly.
- Enable dragging videos and GIFs to other apps.
- Improvements to in-app purchase error handling.

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Happy holidays from Close-up! This update makes Close-up use even less space on your device.

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- You can now zoom in even closer on your beautiful face! Close-up’s max zoom level now matches that of the Photos app.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the app’s camera to hang in poor connectivity conditions.
- Other small performance improvements.

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- PORTRAIT MODE :) On eligible devices running iOS 15 or above you can now use Portrait Mode in Close-up. To activate it, launch the camera then enter your device's control center and turn on "Portrait Mode" from the "Video Effects" button in the top left corner of the screen.
- Many, many small refinements and performance improvements.

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