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📌 Important Note (6:30 PM Thurs 9/18/25):

v25.409 was released at 1 PM today.

Among other things, it includes a Fix for the more-serious of the two iOS-related issues we've described.

It does NOT include a Fix for the less-serious of the two,
related to a "conflict" between the app's gestures & the system's gestures,
OR for a third iOS-related issue that we weren't aware of,
related to (super-slow) Rotations.

We're working hard on resolving both of these two issues.

On a side note, please see the what's new description for v25.407.

It describes the "Auto Make" support of the app's 10-bit Video Maker.

i.e., Auto Making 10-bit ProRes 422HQ Video Scenes from "Lossless" 10-bit 422 Burst Photos.

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📌 Important Note (6AM Thurs 9/18/25):

We plan to submit v25.409 to App Review by 12 Noon today (9/18/25), six hours from now.

We plan to release v25.410 shortly there-after, possibly by day's end tomorrow.

And BTW, the iOS Bug that we've described turned-out to be two issues.

We've resolved the more-serious of the two !

That one had Showstopper potential.

NOT on iOS 17.7, but certainly on iOS 18.6.2 & the newer iOS updates.

We're still working on resolving the less-serious of the two.

It has NO Showstopper potential.

But we do need to resolve it.

And importantly, we've got a good handle on what we need to do.

But ONLY because of ALL the low-level experiments we ran earlier in the week.

For clarity, our main goal for v25.409 is to make sure it's as Robust on iOS 26.0 as v25.408 is on iOS 17.7.

As of ~6AM today we're almost there.

Just needs alittle more Fine-Tuning (mostly WRT the 2nd issue).

Also for clarity, we trade-in our 15PM iPhones for 17PM iPhones tomorrow morning.

Once we get those, adding support for Tele 4x & Tele 8x is at the top of our list.

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📌 Important Note (Tues, 9/16/25):

Photosets v25.408 runs Flawlessly on iOS 17.7,
but NOT so on 18.6.2, 18.7, or 26.0 (due to an iOS Bug we discovered Sun, 9/14/25).

Since Sunday, we've been working hard to try to resolve the issue.

We're making progress, but it's been slow going.

And for clarity, we won't release the next update of Photosets, v25.409,
until we're confident it's just as Robust on iOS 26.0+ as v25.408 is on iOS 17.7.

If we don't get there, v25.408 will be the end of the line for Photosets.

At least WRT the App Store.

Also, importantly, as of today, we're now seeking Investors who might have an interest in our desire to Develop, Market, & Sell a High-End Burst Photo Camera whose first Application/Use-Case is Drone Detection.

Here we would basically port Photosets to custom hardware.

We can Live Demo what we've accomplished on ANY given day.

The iOS Bug we mention doesn't prevent us from doing so.

It simply affects Photosets viability in the App Store.

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📌 Important Note (Sept 13, 2025):

The App Store version of Photosets is a General Purpose Burst Photo Camera App.

Our In House version is a Superset we're now using for select Vertical Markets & Use-Cases.

Make NO mistake, Photosets has Billion Dollar Plus potential,
but (probably) NOT in Apple's App Store.

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Cosmosent Labs, Inc.

La Jolla, California

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Photosets

Burst Photo Camera

8-bit & 10-bit Capture Engines

up-to 45 10-bit 422 photos/set

10-bit ProRes Auto Video Maker

Fine-Grain Shutter Angle & ISO

(iOS App Store here in the States)

● Key STATs (June 10, 2015 - Sept 18, 2025):

● Installs: 50.1K World, 13.9K Here in the States

● # of App Review Approvals: 408

● v25.409 out soon !

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BREAKING NEWS : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Sept 17, 2025

FYI, we've been presented with "an interesting idea" to consider.

Assume for the moment that we're never able to fully resolve the iOS Bug we've described.

That would mean we need to keep the App Store version of Photosets at iOS 17.7.

Doesn't necessarily mean v25.408 is the last App Store update.

Just that we can't target a newer version of iOS with an updated "App Store version" of Photosets.

And here's the kicker, "precisely when" the iOS Bug was introduced by Apple makes a BIG difference.

If, for example, Apple introduced the iOS Bug in iOS 18.6.2, then ALL 15P, 15PM, 16P & 16PM iPhones that are still on an iOS update earlier than that are candidates (for this idea).

That greatly expands the available pool of candidates (for this idea).

And here we naturally assume they're running iOS 17.7+.

OK, sounds good, so what's the idea ?

We move forward with our planned Uber/Lyft/DoorDash-style "services" strategy with a slight twist.

ONLY those "Pro" iPhones will be candidates for it.

If we do move forward with this, make NO mistake, the Market Value of those used "Pro" iPhones will go up.

Also, for clarity, for the past two years, we've done ALL our Dev Work on our 15PM iPhones.

And guess what, once it becomes Common Knowledge of what we're now up to,
"Our Story" will become Common Knowledge.

And that won't bode well for Cook OR Schiller.

Tim should have Fessed Up to the Cover Up years ago !

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News Update : 9 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025

FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to try to figure-out precisely when Photosets v25.408 started failing, due to the iOS Bug we've described.

And BTW, "it appears" this Request "may have been" funneled to us by someone High-Up in our U.S. Govt.

We have NO clue who it might be.

NO ONE in our U.S. Govt has ever talked to us.

But it was presented to us from a VC we know.

And BTW, we've Agreed to do it because it's well-aligned with what we're now up to.

The Gist, we know Photosets v25.408 runs Flawlessly on iOS 17.7 & 17.7.1.

And that its camera is completely broken on iOS 18.6.2.

We don't know its status on 18.0, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, & 18.6.

That's what we want to find out.

And BTW, iOS 17.7 was released on 9/16/24 (exactly one year ago),
& iOS 17.7.1 was released on 10/28/24.

The 2nd row in this table is what we need to fill in.

(table last updated 9 PM, Tues, Sept 16, 2025)

	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5	18.6

Release Date	9/20/24	10/28/24	12/11/24	1/27/25	3/31/25	5/12/25	7/29/25

Does Photosets v25.408 run Flawlessly on it ?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025

We want to clarify something important.

The iOS Bug we're referring to is related to a "conflict" between the UIKit-based controls in Photosets' camera AND the system's gesture controls.

Has nothing to do with the Image IO Security Fix in iOS 18.6.2.

We mention this because the reason we ran the 18.6.2 Experiment on Sunday was because we feared the Image IO changes would break Photosets.

The iOS update broke Photosets, but it wasn't because of something on our radar.

In fact, it was completely Off our Radar.

We had NO idea Apple's software engineers could break Photosets so badly.

Read that to mean we would fully welcome a pivot to working on custom hardware.

On a side note, we want to publicly state that 15P & 15PM iPhones running iOS 17.7 or 17.7.1 could soon be in Extremely High Demand.

Those sufficiently Skilled in the Art should have NO problem connecting the dots.

Click on the graph to view the 4K Res version.

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BREAKING NEWS : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025

Today, it hit us, we have a Major Dilemma !

v25.408 was built-for & runs Flawlessly on iOS 17.7.

But because of an iOS Bug, NOT so on 18.6.2, 18.7, or 26.0

The Gist, we won't release v25.409 unless/until it's just as Robust as v25.408.

Based-upon where we're at today, after our discovery on Sunday,
10% chance v25.408 is the end of the road for Photosets.

At least WRT the App Store.

Read that to mean that v25.409+ could simply be for our In House use moving forward.

On a side note, the odds we Develop, Market, & Sell,
our own High-End Burst Photo Camera (NOT app) went up today.

Estimated price is $599 USD.

Availability TBD.

And BTW, will be purpose built for Drone Detection.

We predict everyone will want one a few years from now.

And BTW, we were working on this, via Photosets, along with GDB Detection, in June, just-prior to pivoting to resurrecting Photosets' Multi View Capture feature.

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BREAKING NEWS : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025

Someone needs to remind President Trump that he owes the American public an update on the Status & Where-Abouts of Iran's enriched Uranium.

It amazes us that this very-important topic has fallen through the cracks at the major news organizations.

And BTW, we see it as being in the same ballpark as Trump's push to end quarterly reports.

The connection should be obvious to most.

But in case it's NOT, we'll spell it out.

Trump likes to make up his own Data.

In fact, we consider him to be the Exact Opposite of a Scientist OR Engineer.

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News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Sept 16, 2025

Two days ago, on Sunday 9/14/25, we discovered that while Photosets v25.408 was built-for & runs Flawlessly on iOS 17.7, the app's camera is completely broken on 18.6.2.

And very specifically, due to what we refer to as a serious iOS Bug.

Since then ...

we've been "working our butts off" to try to figure-out & resolve the issue.

Since we first discovered the problem on Sunday, we've run well-over 100 low-level Experiments across
17.7.1, 18.6.2, 18.7, & 26.

We're making progress, just alot slower than we'd like.

Our pace of progress will very-likely increase today.

Since now, we have good Insight into the problem.

And as such, we've bump'd-up the price of the Base version from FREE to $0.29 USD.

And BTW, ONLY two App Store consumers got Photosets yesterday when it was FREE.

But here's the kicker.

We're gonna have to keep Photosets aligned with the most-current version of iOS.

We were alarmed to discover what we did on Sunday.

Reminds us of the first time we ran Photosets on our brand-new iPhone Xr,
the day AFTER the Xr was released (in late-Oct 2018).

That was when we discovered the A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug,
aka "Phil's Bug".

Which BTW, Apple has yet to Fess Up to.

On a side note, we're gonna begin crafting the Presentation that we hinted at yesterday.

If we get a 50 basis point cut tomorrow we may NOT need an Investment,
we could (potentially) simply get a low-cost Business Loan.

Also on a side note, by pricing the Base version of Photosets at twenty-nine cents U.S., we'll be keeping it out of the hands of 99.9% of ALL App Store consumers.

Also on a side note, for many of us, Spy Game is our favorite Robert Redford movie.

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News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Sept 15, 2025

FYI, we've made progress on resolving the UIKit vs system gesture control "conflict".

NOT as much as we'd like, but enough to give us confidence that we "may" be able to fully resolve the issue in another day OR two.

And for the record, we consider it to be a serious iOS Bug !

It's NOT 100% repeatable !

And when it fails, it does so in different ways.

We've run over a hundred low-level test runs to try to resolve it.

We suspect we'll need to run at-least 100 more to fully resolve the issue.

Here, think continuous fine-tuning.

Also, here's what our App Store promo for Photosets now states:

● Photosets v25.409, out by Thurs 9/18, requires iOS 26.

● v25.408 requires 17.7 & runs Flawlessly on 17.7,
but NOT on 18.6.2 or 18.7, due to an iOS issue.

● We're keeping it FREE, for now.

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BREAKING NEWS : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Sept 15, 2025

Our attempts to Fix the newly-Discovered "conflict" between Photosets' camera gestures & the system's gestures have been UN-successful at iOS 18.6.2.

We'll now try iOS 26.

If that doesn't solve the problem, we will immediately begin crafting a Presentation intended to secure a 1st Institutional Investment, that would enable us to Develop, Market, & Sell,
our own custom High-End Burst Photo Camera.

Specifically, Cosmosent's custom Camera will be based-upon two 1" image sensors !

One that covers Wide & Wide 2x, & one that covers Tele 4x & Tele 8x.

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BREAKING NEWS : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Sept 15, 2025

Yesterday, we updated one of our (Development) 15PM iPhones from iOS 17.7.1 to 18.6.2, & immediately realized that the iOS update broke Photosets' Camera.

Appears to be due to a conflict between the app's UI & the system's gesture controls.

We're debugging it !

The Gist ...

Photosets v25.408 runs Flawlessly on iOS 17.7.1.

But is completely broken on iOS 18.6.2.

As such, we've pivoted Photosets to a FREE app until we resolve the problem OR problems.

And for the Record, we don't know which iOS update broke Photosets' Camera.

But we're determined to find-out "precisely" where & when Apple introduced this iOS Bug.

Also for the record, if we can't fully resolve it, we will take Apple to court.

We've been on the fence on that for quite awhile.

(table last updated 7 AM, Mon, Sept 15, 2025)

Version of iOS	Release Date	Comments

18.6.2	8/20/25	v25.408 is broken on this version of iOS !
18.6, 18.5, 18.4, 18.3, 18.2, 18.1	various	We plan to test each of these iOS updates !
18.0	9/20/24	-
17.7.1	10/28/24	v25.408 runs Flawlessly on this version of iOS !

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BREAKING NEWS : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Sept 14, 2025

FYI, we just upgraded one of our 15PM iPhones to iOS 18.6.2 to test-out Apple's so-called ImageIO Security Fix, & as we had feared, it breaks Photosets' Camera Capture support.

Specifically, Photosets v25.408, which was built for iOS 17.7.

And BTW, this is a concern we posted-about immediately AFTER Apple released iOS 18.6.2.

For the Record, we believe Apple's so-called iOS 18.6.2 Image IO Security Fix has nothing to do with a Security issue.

Simply Apple's desire to try to cripple Photosets.

And BTW, "we believe" we know precisely what we need to do to resolve the issue.

We looked into it in detail a few weeks back.

Also, for clarity, the reason we decided to test-out iOS 18.6.2 today is because we'll be trading-in our 15PM iPhones on Friday, for 17PM iPhones.

Importantly, if we're NOT able to resolve the issue, we will need to take Apple to court.

And there, we will gain the benefits of Court Disclosure.

Please do a search for 18.6.2 on our News webpage for background.

NOT Rocket Science, Apple doesn't want anyone to know how badly they've Screwed-Up.

But Cover Ups ALWAYS get people in trouble.

They would have been much better off Fessing Up, Paying Up, & Moving On.

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📌 Older News Updates can be found on our News webpage.

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📌 (table last updated 10:30 AM, Tues, Sept 5, 2025)

iPhone	Wide		Wide 2x		Tele
	Pixel Binning		Native NO Pixel Binning		Pixel Binning	Native NO Pixel Binning
	2.0 um	2.44 um	1.0 um	1.22 um	2.0 um	1.0 um	1.12 um

17 Pro Max 6.9"	-	✔	-	✔	✔ 4x	✔ 8x	-
17 Pro 6.3"	-	✔	-	✔	✔ 4x	✔ 8x	-
17 Air 6.6"	✔	-	✔	-	-	-	-
17 6.1" or 6.3"	✔	-	✔	-	-	-	-


16 Pro Max 6.9"	-	✔	-	✔	-	-	✔ 5x
16 Pro 6.3"	-	✔	-	✔	-	-	✔ 5x
16 Plus 6.7"	✔	-	✔	-	-	-	-
16 6.1"	✔	-	✔	-	-	-	-


15 Pro Max 6.7"	-	✔	-	✔	-	-	✔ 5x
15 Pro 6.1"	-	✔	-	✔	-	✔ 3x	-
15 Plus 6.7"	✔	-	✔	-	-	-	-
15 6.1"	✔	-	✔	-	-	-	-


14 Pro Max 6.7"	-	✔	-	✔	-	✔ 3x	-
14 Pro 6.1"	-	✔	-	✔	-	✔ 3x	-

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📌 Section 5. Multi View Capture (MVC)

(we also include our custom ML-based Object Detection,
because we "may" decide to run it on top of MVC)

The BIG Picture Perspective

(tables last updated 5 PM, Sat, Aug 16, 2025)

Apple Product	Armv9 SME	Multi View Capture (v25.408+ ?)		Custom ML-based Object Detection (v25.409+ ?)
Apple Product	Armv9 SME	Master	Slave	Post (1)	Real-Time (2)

M1+ Mac	✔ (M4 ONLY)	✔ (Photosets TV/Studio) (3)	-	-	-

M4 / M5 iPad Pro	✔	✔ (4)	-	✔	TBD
M4 / M5 iPad Pro	✔	-	✔	✔	TBD

17P / 17PM (A19 Pro)	✔	-	✔	✔	TBD

16P / 16PM (A18 Pro)	✔	-	✔	✔	TBD

15P / 15PM (A17 Pro)	-	-	✔	-	-

(1) Post-Capture.

(2) During capture.

(3) Supports up-to "3" MVC slaves.

Note that we intent to release the MVC updated version of our
Mac-based Photosets TV/Studio app via our website, priced at $49 USD,
& with FREE updates for ~~two~~ THREE years.

(4) Supports "1" MVC slave.

For this case, the iPad's Camera is under MVC UI control.

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Operational Overview

● MVC is strictly ONE Camera View per iPhone OR iPad.

● Each MVC slave streams their Camera's Live Preview to the MVC master.

Specifically here, it's UN-compressed photo data that is is Live Streamed
from the MVC slave(s) to the MVC master.

● The MVC master controls the Camera Shutter on ALL participants in the MVC session.

● The MVC master also controls select camera controls on ALL participants in the MVC session.

Who Controls OR Sends What ?

(table below last updated 6 PM, Sat, July 5, 2025)

Mode	Remote Shutter Control	Live Preview
Mode	Remote Shutter Control	ACKs	Burst Photo Data

Master	✔	✔	-

Slave	-	-	✔

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📌 Apple's Final Cut Camera app vs. Photosets' Multi-View Capture (MVC) feature

(table last updated 6 PM, Sunday, May 12, 2024)

		Apple's Final Cut Camera app + Apple's $49 USD/year Final Cut for iPad 2 software	Photosets' MVC feature

Live Monitoring of up-to 4 different angles of a single scene i.e., up-to Four Feeds		✔	✔

Individual Control of each Feed		✔ (1)	✔ (2)

Video capture		✔	-

High-Precision Timing Burst Photo capture (+ optional concurrently captured Audio data)		-	✔

Captured Content stored on the Master		✔	✔ (3)

Captured Content stored on the Slaves		-	✔

Master	iPhone	-	-
	iPad	✔	✔ (soon)
	Mac	-	✔ (4)

Slaves	iPhone	✔	✔
	iPad	✔	✔ (soon)
	Mac	-	-

Craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos with up-to 60 scenes from the Captured Content		?	✔ (5)

(1) Capture, plus various camera controls.

(2) Currently ONLY capture, but we're now working on adding support for everything, & more, that Apple supports with their Final Cut Camera app.

(3) ONLY if the Master is an iPad and its Camera is participating in the MVC session.

(4) via our companion macOS app for Photosets, Photosets TV/Studio.

(5) As you may OR may NOT know, Photosets includes an integrated Short-Form, 60-Scene 8-bit 420 Video Maker.

And it includes Rock Solid A/V synch support for the optional concurrently captured Audio data.

You can run the Video Maker on an iPhone OR iPad.

In the past, we had allowed Photosets' 8-bit 420 60-scene Video Maker to also run on a Mac.

And for that case, End Users needed our Photosets TV/Studio macOS app with its custom App Group-based Content Sharing support, to pass photo sets IN & get Videos OUT (of the Mac app).



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