Dropbox has a better reputation in that area, so it will be a nice surprise to know that Ulysses 18 supports Dropbox synchronisation. Ulysses users will know they have been “stuck” with iCloud as a synchronised library for their sheets - text and other data - and for some that was a major disadvantage or frustration when using Ulysses as iCloud can be flaky at times. Ulysses fully supports that as well so you can work on several projects and easily switch between them. iPadOS even allows apps to have multiple windows open in so-called spaces. By and large, the functionality is very similar anyway,” explains Marcus Fehn, creative head of the company behind Ulysses. Ulysses should behave as users expect and if the system offers such a feature, we should adapt. But being a good iOS citizen has always been very important to us. “It was a tough decision, because our own implementation was met with rave reviews. Ulysses will also remove its own iPad Split View feature and switch to the new system Split View instead. Users will no longer need to activate Dark Mode from inside the app, but the app will instead comply with your iOS device’s settings including the new scheduled appearance switch (e.g. In the process, Ulysses becomes independent of iCloud for synchronisation as you can now use Dropbox. But, perhaps more importantly, with version 18 you will be able to save your files outside of the app’s library. Although Ulysses already had its own dark mode and split view, version 18 will support the new iOS 13 Dark Mode as well as the new system Split View on iPad.
#Ulysses 18 update
Ulysses will receive its 17th update on September 30.