MetaGrid 1.6.18 released

News & Updates
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:hammer_and_wrench: MetaGrid Pro 1.6.18 is here

Some bugs are easy to catch. These weren’t. :sweat_smile: A few sneaky issues slipped past our beta testers and never showed up on our own devices — but we know they were real, because some of you ran into them. We heard you, we dug deep, and we fixed them.

Here’s what’s been sorted out:

:mobile_phone: Duplicate Device Identity — If you set up two iPads from the same backup, they could end up sharing the same device ID, causing one to keep disconnecting. Fixed!

:electric_plug: USB Reconnection — Restarting the app could sometimes leave a ghost of the previous USB session behind, blocking reconnection. Gone now.

:antenna_bars: WiFi Auto-Connect — Auto-connect could occasionally latch onto a stale IP address instead of the server’s actual reachable one. Not anymore.

:desktop_computer: Mac Catalyst Stability — A transient network hiccup on Mac could take down all connected clients at once. We’ve made the connection handling much more resilient.

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Even after updating, my iPad still will not connect. MetaServer reads that my iPad is connected but my computer does not show up in MG as an available device.

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@Daniel_01 Can you share MetaGrid Pro logs as well when you try to connect?

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1.6.17 has been running flawlessly with three ipads. Pretty impressive, guys. This update is hefty. Everything’s snappier, too. Whatever was left of my screen flicker is gone and re-connect has been far more responsive. I haven’t had to restart MGP to re-connect since updating. :+1:

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I shall submit a support ticket so as not to clog this thread :+1:

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I’m having the same issue. Server v6.0.0 (Mac), app v1.6.18. Since upgrading, it doesn’t connect. The iPad can SEE my Mac, but the connections fail every time.

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Same here under Tahoe 26.4 - Macbook m1 Max