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World Password Day 2020

May 7, 2020 by Ken

eWallet requesting wallet password

It’s once again World Password Day today — a day to promote better password habits. As we’ve been in the business of protecting personal and business information for over 23 years, we often get asked for advice on passwords, which usually looks something like:

  1. Create strong passwords or passphrases (at least 14 characters with a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and punctuation — it should not be something easy to guess or unaltered from a dictionary.
  2. Use a different password for each account (easy with eWallet’s built-in password generator)
  3. Use a password manager — eWallet® of course!
  4. Use multi-factor authentication with cloud/server accounts that support it (and eWallet can store backup factor info too)

But today let’s focus on some of the other important but related questions we receive:

  • What should I use for my wallet password?
  • How can I backup the information in my wallet?
  • What if something happens to me?

Wallet password

Your wallet password essentially protects all the passwords and other private information you store in your wallet. This password needs to follow the same rules for the passwords outlined above with one major difference: you need to remember it. Although a password like N6Y@300q3&62^# would be a great one where eWallet is storing it for you, for your wallet password, you may want something a bit easier to remember! The trick here is to create a password or passphrase that you can remember, but would be difficult for someone else to guess. If you like you can use eWallet’s hint feature to set a hint for the password; again you’d want it to be something useful to you but not to anyone else.

Note about biometrics

Biometrics (for example Face ID on an iPhone or fingerprint unlock on an Android device) can be a very convenient shortcut for not having to enter a long passphrase on a tiny keyboard every time you want to unlock your wallet. There are many things that can essentially deactivate the biometrics though, so it’s no permanent substitute for remembering your password. If you use eWallet on a Mac or PC as well as a mobile device, then typing your password on a full screen keyboard can help with the muscle memory to remember your very important wallet password.

Backing up information

Like any important digital file, you typically want your wallet file backed up in case of damage or loss of your computer or mobile device. eWallet gives you several options for saving your wallet files to another location in case something happens to your mobile device or computer. You can also configure synchronization to automatically save your wallet to multiple locations, effectively backing it up. Some of our desktop users have told us they periodically print out their wallet (or part of their wallet) and place the "paper backup" in secure storage.

What if something happens to me?

If something were to happen to incapacitate you, you might want other key people to have access to your personal wallet file. This means two things: they will need access to the file itself, and they will need the wallet password as well. One way to handle this would be to give your spouse, relative, or someone else that your trust access to your wallet, thereby giving them access to your important information if they need it.

Thanks for listening

Just a reminder that eWallet is available for the Android (phones and tablets), iPhone/iPad, Mac and Windows platforms.

Need more info? We’re here to help — just contact us!

From all of us at Ilium Software, we hope you, your family, and your friends are safe and healthy.

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ListPro updates for iPhone and PC now available

August 15, 2017 by Ken

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ListPro 5.2.2 for iPhone and ListPro 5.1.2 for Windows PC (desktop) are now available. These are relatively minor updates that address some key issues reported by users.

For iPhone, the new update includes a fix for importing lists from cloud drives (e.g., iCloud Drive) as well as a fix where searching through a long list didn’t always scroll the view automatically to show you the selected search item.

For the Windows update, we added scrolling to the home screen — not necessary for most people but if you have a short laptop screen it could be useful. We also fixed an issue where the pop-up menus weren’t placed correctly if you use multiple monitors with your PC.

Thanks for using ListPro, and please feel free to reach out to us if you need anything.

ListPro 5.2.2 for iPhone runs on iOS 8, 9 and 10 devices, including the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. This update is free for all users who already own a license of ListPro version 5 for iPhone on compatible devices, and is delivered by the on-device App Store. Get all the info about ListPro for iPhone here on our site.

ListPro 5.1.2 for Windows PC (desktop) runs on Windows 10 PCs and tablets as a desktop app, Windows 8 and 8.1 in Desktop mode, and all versions of Windows 7. This update is free for all users who already own a license of ListPro for Windows PC (desktop), version 5 or higher; you can download or upgrade to the latest Windows PC version from our site (you do not need new registration codes). Get all the info about ListPro for Windows PC (desktop), including access to a 30-day trial version, here on our site.

ListPro is a registered trademark of Ilium Software, Inc.

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eWallet Survey

July 26, 2017 by Ken

eWallet

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you already know about the eWallet Survey. Many thanks to the people who already gave us some really great feedback.

If you have not seen the newsletter, here’s the upshot:  we’d love to get your feedback with a short survey (12 questions) on your use of eWallet and what you’d like to see in the product going forward.

take the survey

(Of course if you need help or information right now, please contact us directly rather than using the survey so we can properly track and respond to your case).

As always, thank you for all of your support!

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ListPro 5.2 iPhone Update in App Store

November 25, 2014 by Ken

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We’re very proud to announce that ListPro® for iPhone has been updated to support iOS 8 along with the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices.

People use ListPro for everything from grocery and trip packing lists, to tracking medical information — our List Exchange shows the variety of areas people use the product for. One thing we hear consistently though is that people want to make full use of the available screen space for their lists, and the defaults just weren’t cutting it on the new larger devices. Given that feedback, we retooled the new 5.2 version to take advantage of all the additional space on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and added images in high resolution to make ListPro really shine in the larger sizes too.

Packing List

We also spent some time fixing the couple of nagging bugs that were reported, as well as beefing up ways to share list files via email and AirDrop.

ListPro 5.2 for iPhone runs on iOS 8 devices, including the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. This update is free for all users who already own a license of ListPro version 5 for iPhone on compatible devices, and is delivered by the on-device App Store. Get all the info about ListPro here on our site.

Thanks for using ListPro, and as always, please keep the great feedback coming!

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eWallet for Windows 8/RT 7.4.1 update

March 3, 2014 by Ken

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The new 7.4.1 version of eWallet® for Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 is now in the Windows Store. This minor version fixes a problem a couple of people reported where the search box would incorrectly take the focus away from the web page when using AutoPass in some cases.

eWallet Main Page
Thank you for all your feedback and please keep it coming.

eWallet for Windows 8/RT runs on Windows 8.1 PCs as well as tablets running Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1. This update is free (from Microsoft’s store) for all users who already own a license of eWallet for Windows 8/RT. Get all the info about eWallet here on our site.

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eWallet 7.5 for Android now available

September 11, 2013 by Ken

eWallet logoFollowing up the recent releases of eWallet® on iOS, Mac, and Windows we’re happy to announce that the new 7.5 version is now available on Android. This version is a major update and includes a ton of user requested features, some visible, and some “underneath the hood.”

The biggest visible changes are to the user interface. We added Card View for an alternate view of your data (flex view is still available) and also added a completely new interface specifically for tablets. You’ll see we’ve put a lot of the common functions on new Action Bars to make it easy to access and change your important information. 

eWallet for Android

The Android version now supports picture cards too, as well as background images on non-picture cards. The new tablet interface includes both card view and flex view so you can decide which way you prefer to see your information.

Some of our users take advantage of using multiple wallet files, and we’ve improved synchronization for multiple files at once, even if you’re not using Bonjour. We also found a more reliable way to get the identifier of the device (the IP address). We also fixed several other things that were minor, but make the product better. Thank you for all the great feedback and please keep it coming.

eWallet for Android runs on Android OS 2.3 to 4.x including both phones and tablets. This upgrade is free for all users who already own a license of eWallet version 7 for Android. If you purchased a copy from Google Play or Amazon using their app stores, then you’ll be able to use the Update feature in the respective store to get the new version. Get all the info about eWallet here on our site.

You can find eWallet in both Google Play (aka the Android Market) as well as on the Amazon appstore.

Get eWallet on Google Play

Update (September 13, 2013): A couple of users reported issues with images in 7.5 that we didn’t catch in testing; the 7.5.1 release is now available and resolves those issues.

 

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