Administrator Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Yesterday Apple Developer Support called us and gave a few ideas on how we might be able to solve the update issue where Ultimate and Plus apps are now frozen and can't be updated. It's a fairly complex procedure that uses a feature of apps called the bundle IDs, and while way too complicated to explain here I'll keep everyone posted on our progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Geshelin Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That is very good news. I just got off the phone with Apple and they told me there is nothing they could do with credits for the Pro Version. I explained to them that the consumer was being squeezed by their arbitrary decision to force Waite Group into revamping their app. I certainly am pleased to hear that they are providing you a work around to the problem. My iBird Plus still seems to be working, but look forward to the upgrade. Thanks for your continued good work with iBird. Merry Xmas to you and your team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 FYI update we have been able to modified our free iBird Lite so that you can upgrade it to any of our country databases. If you have purchased iBird Plus or iBird Ultimate and they are on your device, iBird Lite will recognize them and the North American database will be free to download. From then on we will continue to update iBird Lite and its databases and you will not have to pay for it. I apologize for how long its taken us to get this working but it's been very difficult to get all the pieces working together. We hope to launch in the next week, baring any last minute glitches, so I can't guarantee this right now. We will also be updating iBird Plus, Pro and Ultimate so they will have the latest databases and IAP features, so that you can continue to use them. But per Apple's rules Plus and Ultimate will be frozen and not updated in the future. Again iBird Lite will be your solution to free updates in the future. You'll even be able to change its icon. Thanks for your understanding and patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 so, it's now May 2019 and I'd like to have the latest before i leave for the summer I am a paid customer of IBird plus and am completely confused by all of this. Should I just buy iBird Pro and get it over with or am I going to have to do this weird iBird lite connection thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 2/19/2019 at 9:55 AM, Administrator said: FYI update we have been able to modified our free iBird Lite so that you can upgrade it to any of our country databases. If you have purchased iBird Plus or iBird Ultimate and they are on your device, iBird Lite will recognize them and the North American database will be free to download. From then on we will continue to update iBird Lite and its databases and you will not have to pay for it. I apologize for how long its taken us to get this working but it's been very difficult to get all the pieces working together. We hope to launch in the next week, baring any last minute glitches, so I can't guarantee this right now. We will also be updating iBird Plus, Pro and Ultimate so they will have the latest databases and IAP features, so that you can continue to use them. But per Apple's rules Plus and Ultimate will be frozen and not updated in the future. Again iBird Lite will be your solution to free updates in the future. You'll even be able to change its icon. Thanks for your understanding and patience. Perhaps you can explain iBird Pro’s family sharing. I have it installed on 3 machines: my iPhone, my iPad, my wife’s iPhone and her iPad. The app works on all 4 but the in-app purchases only work on my iPhone. Restore purchases doesn’t work on any of the other units. I purchased the apps on my iPad (after I had purchased them on my iPhone) and they now work there. I tried to purchase them on my wife’s iPhone and was told to purchase the app (iBird Pro) first. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app with no change Obviously, I’m not pleased to have to make additional in-app purchases. I’m even less impressed by being told to purchase a family-shared app to be able to purchase, once again, the in-app items. As a long-term patron of the iBird products, I find these issues to be either a glitch that can be fixed or a way to force additional app purchases under the guise of family sharing. I hope it’s the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I have iBird Ultimate with several years of saved, identified photos, backed up to iCloud. If I now purchase PRO, will I be able to import all those photos into PRO? Chris S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Kapkan Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 I’ve read all these posts and am STILL confused. How do I upgrade from iBird Plus to iBird Pro and receive credit for my original purchase? If I install iBird Lite, will it upgrade and/or function the same as iBird Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dCondor Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) I've been an iBirder since 2010 (iBird Explorer PRO v1.8.4), and have bought every option, better version (Ultimate), IAP, and accessory app (iBird Journal) since then. I just downloaded the latest iBird Ultimate update from the App Store, learned about iBird Photo Sleuth, bought that (or thought I did), had problems downloading it on another iDevice, hassled with Apple Support for an hour to no resolution, bought the Photo Sleuth IAP from within iBird Ultimate on my iPhone, had trouble restoring purchases on my iPad's just-updated iBird Ultimate app, and THEN learned that I need to use iBird Lite and somehow turn it into iBird Ultimate with Photo Sleuth, BAM, Percevia, and Time of Day and anything else I forgot to list here. It didn't work, mostly. iBird Lite shows nothing under the Purchases section. The only Countries database shown is North America (Lite). I do see BAM and TOD on the Search menu, but Open Sleuth Photo Recognizer sends me to the Purchases page where nothing is displayed other than Restore Purchases, which I have tapped numerous times, seeing that my "Purchases have been restored" every time. At present I have a fully-functioning-the-way-I-want-it iBird Ultimate with all IAP except Hawaii - that's good. But the iBird Lite thing ain't working. On any of my iDevices. FYI. Edited June 5, 2019 by dCondor add detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dCondor Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 ("Hawaii" above should be "Mexican Owls") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 17 hours ago, dCondor said: I've been an iBirder since 2010 (iBird Explorer PRO v1.8.4), and have bought every option, better version (Ultimate), IAP, and accessory app (iBird Journal) since then. I just downloaded the latest iBird Ultimate update from the App Store, learned about iBird Photo Sleuth, bought that (or thought I did), had problems downloading it on another iDevice, hassled with Apple Support for an hour to no resolution, bought the Photo Sleuth IAP from within iBird Ultimate on my iPhone, had trouble restoring purchases on my iPad's just-updated iBird Ultimate app, and THEN learned that I need to use iBird Lite and somehow turn it into iBird Ultimate with Photo Sleuth, BAM, Percevia, and Time of Day and anything else I forgot to list here. It didn't work, mostly. iBird Lite shows nothing under the Purchases section. The only Countries database shown is North America (Lite). I do see BAM and TOD on the Search menu, but Open Sleuth Photo Recognizer sends me to the Purchases page where nothing is displayed other than Restore Purchases, which I have tapped numerous times, seeing that my "Purchases have been restored" every time. At present I have a fully-functioning-the-way-I-want-it iBird Ultimate with all IAP except Hawaii - that's good. But the iBird Lite thing ain't working. On any of my iDevices. FYI. Dear Condor - I'm sorry its been so confusing. Can you please send this message to our ticket system so we can assign a support person to it and get you help. Please go to https://help.ibird.com/hc/en-us and fill out the form and paste in your text above. Also be sure and fill out the fields that describe the platform you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 So there is a problem with iBird Lite and we had to remove it from the store. Should be fixed by tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dCondor Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 9 hours ago, Administrator said: Can you please send this message to our ticket system... Done, support request 125556. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Quick update. We are having a problem with getting Apple's new IAP store to work with iBird Lite and in touch with developer support. Hope to have it resolved this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salliesatt Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Thank you for the announcement that came to my phone with the help link. I'd like to suggest that the latest iBird Lite issue status be copied into the Announcements on the help home page. It took me some ferreting around to find this status at the bottom of the forum thread. Thanks and best regards. And my sympathy and appreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie B Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Can’t wait to be able to update. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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