Craftsy provides a nice selection of video classes for everything from cooking and sewing to woodworking and paper crafts. The app is attractive, easy-to-use, and provides recommendations for similar classes to those that interest you. VPN Shield 2 Internet Security - Proxy Connection for Encrypt Messages and Protect Online Data, Unblock Websites, Change Location and Hide IP for Anonymous Browsing.
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If you selected to use iCloud for backing up your iOS device during its initial set up, then most apps you install will have their settings automatically backed up in iCloud on a regular basis. This can be pretty handy in case you restore your iPhone or iPad from a backup because you won’t have to set up all your apps preferences again.But what if you don’t want certain apps to automatically be backed up in iCloud?
As it turns out, it’s pretty simple to handpick what apps can or cannot be backed up in iCloud. We show you how. I can think of several reasons why you wouldn’t want to back up the data of certain apps. Security is one of them. Saving storage space is probably an even more obvious reason. By handpicking what apps can backup to iCloud, you have more control over how much storage space can be used, and if you are on the free 5GB plan, then every MB counts. How to select apps that can be backed up in iCloudStep 1: On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings and select your Apple ID iCloud Manage Storage.Step 2: Tap Backups and then select your device.Step 3: You will now see backup information for your device.
Among other details, you will see when the latest backup was made and what its size was. To start handpicking apps, tap on Show All Apps towards the bottom of the screen.Step 4: From there, start toggling off apps you don’t want to backup in iCloud. Once you turn off backups for certain apps, you will be asked to confirm you indeed want to turn off backups and delete the data that is currently in iCloud.Note that apps are sorted by storage used, with the ones using the most storage at the top. IOS also notes how much data is backed up for each app, which gives you a good idea of how much space you can save.Typically, is among the apps that use the most storage. Turning off backup for your photo library is an easy way to regain tons of iCloud storage space, but if you do so, remember to backup your photos somewhere else, be it on a different online storage service, or maybe locally on your computer.
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Craftsy Unlimited, the subscription streaming portion of Craftsy.com, will rebrand as Bluprint on July 17. The new site will be available at. Bluprint will include the 1,300 classes currently available on Craftsy Unlimited in areas such as knitting, sewing, crochet, and quilting. It will also include new content that a source close to the company described a “broader and different.” Some of the new content categories will be dance, fitness, yoga, writing, and home decorating.In a letter sent to instructors today CEO John Levisay stated that the new interface “will make it easy for members to fit creativity into their busy schedules & varying skill levels” and will include articles, exclusive series, and in-depth classes.
Levisay went on to say that instructors can expect to see major national marketing campaigns for Bluprint soon in partnership with Craftsy’s parent company, NBCUniversal. I just received an email about this.
It was rather basic I thought. I did find the wording quite strange when it says ‘You can continue to keep the individual classes that you purchased’. Well I should hope so; is there a chance that one day I may not continue to keep them?
They were purchased on the basis that they are mine forever. I assumed that it was my life time, not theirs but now I am not so sure. I feel like I need reassurance on this. What happens if Craftsy comes to an end for whatever reason?I am reluctant to invest more money in a product that I don’t physically have. I find the pricing frustrating with their never-ending ‘sales’ which are marketed to me practically every day.
The ‘sale’ price is about right for the product but the inconsistency and the presentation of ‘normal’ pricing (expensive) is not persuasive. I have also found the classes to be quite basic and even had to look at YouTube videos for better explanations or even camera angels. There are a couple of consistently good instructors but they are the exception I have found.
Will the standard drop further with all the new classes?I don’t think there is much that will interest me about Blueprint and changing the name is alienating. Craftsy is a known name, the new one has no conceptual meaning to me personally. A name change seems like it might be a gamble.A monthly subscription just doesn’t work for me because for that I would need continual new classes to view and a higher standard overall. I have watched a lot of videos and didn’t show up for the last freebie weekend as there was nothing new to offer. Classes need to extend past those for beginners – what happens next?. This name change is seriously confusing, not only because “Bluprint” sounds more like “blueprint”, which is a specific kind of drawing, namely floor plans and other drawings for architecture and interior design – none of which are even included in the course offerings.I finally figured out that the name change appears to only apply to Craftsy Unlimited – the monthly subscription version of Craftsy – and not to the normal Craftsy website. The Craftsy site does link to Bluprint the same way it linked to Craftsy Unlimited, though, and the sign-on credentials are the same.Another confusing issue is that there isn’t even a redirect from the CraftsyUnlimited.com url to the new MyBluprint.com!
What business on earth does that these days??Even the url with the “my” added to it is seriously confusing. Not impressed. I can watch videos on Blueprint, but can’t find the download content.
Not an exceptional name change. Had trouble finding Blueprint and certainly not interested in the other classes that they are expanding to.
Was there not enough interest in the classes in the original site to make it financially profitable? I just can’t fathom why the changes. It was fine the way it was. I won’t be renewing my subscription.
Thank you, Stephen, for your suggestion to try Creative Live. I will check it out. I just went to go get one of my classes to view and found I couldn’t access it online. I signed in on this new blueprint and it brought up a page, but will not let me access anything without making the decision to subscribe with a monthly cost or pay for the year. I am not subscribing to any service that I would not use monthly as well as I can get most of what I need on YouTube for free, but really liked that I had a place to buy classes and keep them safe forever so they said. I did try my phone app and was able to log into the old craftsy and can see my classes, but how do I download them and do the videos come with them when I download. I am really saddened by Craftsy changing and will not be signing on to Blueprint.
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