{"id":4314,"date":"2026-11-01T23:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T04:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2026-11-01T23:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T04:45:02","slug":"black-ink-3-sneak-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/4314\/black-ink-3-sneak-peek","title":{"rendered":"Black Ink 3 Sneak Peek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big changes are coming for Black Ink, our iOS and Mac crossword-solving app.<\/p>\n<p>First, the app now supports iCloud sync across ALL your iOS and Mac devices. So if you want to start solving on your Mac in the morning, fill in a few answers during the day on your phone, and finish up at bedtime on your iPad, you can!<\/p>\n<p>Another cool new feature is an animated GIF sharing option. When you finish a solve, you&rsquo;ll have the option to copy a GIF that reflects the gist of your solve, condensed to 15 seconds:<\/p>\n<p>d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/downloads\/2026\/11\/BlackInkGIF.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"BlackInkGIF.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"211\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Black Ink 3 is now in public beta, meaning you can download and try all of its features, free of charge, until the beta phase is over. To download Black Ink on an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad, join the TestFlight beta here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testflight.apple.com\/join\/FVUwnNmT\">Download Black Ink 3 Beta for iOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For macOS, you can download the beta here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blackink\/BlackInk3.0b6.zip\">Download Black Ink 3 Beta for Mac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you&rsquo;ll enjoy the fun new features of Black Ink 3, and hold tight as I move forward towards a complete public release!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big changes are coming for Black Ink, our iOS and Mac crossword-solving app. First, the app now supports iCloud sync across ALL your iOS and Mac devices. So if you want to start solving on your Mac in the morning, fill in a few answers during the day on your phone, and finish up at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4314"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4325,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314\/revisions\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}