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MrCombo v1.1 is now available in the iOS App Store. As with v1.0, this app lets you build lists in a two-level hierarchy: combo > group > item. Then MrCombo can shuffle your items to create a mix. Sample data includes ordering a pizza, picking an outfit, and picking a traditional shave with a double-edge (DE) razor. These are samples: edit them, or create your own combinations.

New features in v1.1 include:

• Lock items in a mix, so you can have partly-random mixes.
• Save a mix to your local history.
• Attach a photo to a saved mix.
• Share saved mixes via clipboard, email, or WordPress.
• Bulk add several items at once into a group.
• Import and export combos to the clipboard.
• Import and export combos to Dropbox.

For now MrCombo is free, but if I keep adding more features that may change.

You can read more about MrCombo or get MrCombo on iTunes.

If you run into problems with MrCombo, you can reach me through the App Store or post a comment right here.

I have submitted a new iOS application to Apple: MrCombo. This app lets you build lists in a two-level hierarchy: combo > group > item. Then you can shuffle the items to mix it up. Sample data includes ordering a pizza and picking an outfit, but you are meant to create your own combinations.

Yes, it's a bit silly. But I find it fun and useful so I thought I would release it. For now MrCombo is free, but if I keep adding more features that may change.

You can read more about MrCombo or get MrCombo on iTunes.

If you run into problems with MrCombo, you can reach me through the App Store or post a comment right here.

I am hearing early reports that AlbumMixer v1.10 has problems with iTunes Match and playlists. So far I haven't been able to reproduce this, but I am working on it. If you see any problems and can provide details, please comment here.

Update: Based on additional user reports, plus a lack of crash reports from Apple, I think this is an iOS or iCloud issue. Because of this and other current issues being discussed on Apple forums I cannot recommend signing up for iTunes Match at this time. If you decide to risk it, start by backing up your entire iTunes library. Apple seems to be refunding subscription fees to some users, but that won't be much of a consolation if you lose a large media library.

Apple approved AlbumMixer 1.7. I hope you like it.

This release adds full support for iPad devices, and fixes some cosmetic bugs. It also adds a new mechanism for bug reports. You can now report problems through AlbumMixer itself.This should make it easier for me to fix problems, especially the ones that are tricky to reproduce.

If you want to report a problem, please start by demonstrating it within AlbumMixer. The app now logs some user actions for this purpose. Then go to Settings and click on "Report a Problem". Note that a problem report is really just an email to me. So if you want to add more information to the report, you can save it as a draft, then edit it in the Mail app, and then send it to me.

Keep shuffling those albums.

AlbumMixer 1.6 is coming to an iOS device near you. This release works around a problem with the playlist query API in iOS 4.0 - thanks to Ray for the problem report and the debugging help. I also added new settings to adjust the playback volume (Kelly?) and disable use of Album Artist when filtering by playlist.