Black Ink 2.1.5 is now available on the Black Ink site and on the Mac App Store. This update addresses a long-standing shortcoming of the app that prevented puzzles in the Across Lite (.puz) format from being openable in Across Lite, or other apps that open such puzzles but verify the internal “checksum” values in […]

Shortly after Apple announced the availability of a public SDK for building iPhone apps, I got to work porting Black Ink, the beloved Mac-based crossword-solving app, to the phone. Here is the first source code commit comment from April, 2008: changeset: 340:1c1230530532 user: daniel date: Sun Apr 06 23:29:07 2008 +0000 summary: Very first building […]

Black Ink 2.1.4 is now available on the Black Ink site and on the Mac App Store. This update refines the recently restored download capabilities for the New York Times puzzle. Solvers who are excited to download and solve the puzzle early (after 6:00PM Eastern on weekends, after 10:00PM Eastern on weekdays) can now count […]

Black Ink 2.1.3 is now available on the Black Ink site and on the Mac App Store. This update restores authentication support for the New York Times Crossword, so subscribers can login in with their credentials to download premium puzzles directly from Black Ink. The update also includes a number of other fixes: Restored support […]