LDS Mac App

Is there a LDS mac app for the new store that recently came out? If not is there one in the works? It would be nice if it could sync with the iPhone app as well.

What do you want this LDS app to do?

Do you want it to be like Gospel Library? That is all available on the web already. Go to http://lds.org and check out the Study column of the Menu. Syncing notes and bookmarks between the web interface and the mobile apps is in the works.

Do you want it to be like LDS Tools? That is all available on the web already. Go to http://lds.org and look under Tools.

Do you want it to be like Mormon Channel? Check out http://radio.lds.org/

I am not aware of anything in the various mobile apps that is not already available on the web.

I want to be able to plan for a Sunday school lesson and have my notes and highlights sync with my Iphone app.

Patience! The developers of Gospel Library for iPhone are working to make the highlighting and notes sync with the online scriptures <http://lds.org/scriptures>. I don't know if they plan to include notes and highlighting on other things like the Gospel Principles manual, but that would be cool, too.

So, the feature you request is being worked on, but I don't know when it will be ready.

We are currently working on tighter integration with lds.org and our mobile apps (via gospel library). Your feedback is certainly welcome on the forums.

Sounds good. As soon as that is done, life will be a lot easier!

I too would like to see an app similar to the one on the iPhone. It would be amazing if they all synced together. I think the most frustrating thing about using technology with scriptures so far is not having all of your information saved. It would be awesome if it all synced back to LDS.org and kept track of what you last viewed, highlighted etc. If that is where we are headed I am pumped!

Just thought I'd put my two cents worth in. I'd love to see the scriptures available as a mac app. There are many times that I use the mac without internet access. At those times it would be great to have the scriptures on the computer so that I'm not reliant on a connection to get to lds.org. Thanks much!

I would love to see an offline app for the Mac like LDS View or Gospel Library (preferably the former, but a hybrid of both would be nice). As it stands now, the only way to get gratis access to LDS scriptures on a Mac is to fire up a Web browser and go to scriptures.lds.org. Firing up Windows via Parallels is more hassle than what it's worth, and installing LDS View on Wine produces a bucket of fail.

subtlecoolness wrote:What do you want this LDS app to do?

Do you want it to be like Gospel Library? That is all available on the web already. Go to http://lds.org and check out the Study column of the Menu. Syncing notes and bookmarks between the web interface and the mobile apps is in the works.

Do you want it to be like LDS Tools? That is all available on the web already. Go to http://lds.org and look under Tools.

Do you want it to be like Mormon Channel? Check out http://radio.lds.org/

I am not aware of anything in the various mobile apps that is not already available on the web.

I would like to see apps for both the PC and the MAC to have the same functionality as the mobile apps with the ability to sync all my notes/highlights/bookmarks etc. to LDS.org. I love all the tools on LDS.org but my laptop is not always connected to the internet. Our phones/mobile devices are connected to the internet almost everywhere we go but we use the apps because it is much more convenient to have a "hard copy" on the device. I would not mind just using my mobile device for everything but I prefer to have a larger screen while studying the gospel.

I know that LDS view is available for the PC, which is everything that I would like in an app except it does not sync with LDS.org

Agree with others...offline access is my primary reason for wanting an app.

Church development efforts for desktop computer applications will most likely require a sponsor from a Church department. Church departments are the customers for ICS efforts. Most of what we as members see on LDS.org and in mobile applications is sponsored by the Priesthood Department. Many mobile applications are developed by operating system teams with church employees as the team leads and community developers providing a good portion of the development.

We have not heard of any efforts to provide offline applications for desktop systems similar to the applications developed for the mobile community. In fact there has been considerable delay in getting any momentum for Windows Phone 8. There has been some speculation as to why this is.

I am guessing that until Windows Phone 8 application development receives approval from some sponsoring department there is little likelihood of any application development for desktop systems. This is because ICS is limited in resources and must meet current sponsoring department requirements and the priorities set by those departments before other nice to have programs can be started.

I would not rule out that desktop applications will ever be developed. They just may not become available in any time frame we, as users, would consider to be acceptable.

I want it too!

In the meantime you could try installing Android on an emulator like VirtualBox. See this post: https://tech.lds.org/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 4&p=111937

Download and install Kindle for Mac from Amazon.

Then search for The Complete LDS Scriptures and any other LDS titles you are interested in.

Kindle version isn't as good as iPad apps...but it's better than nothing!

Also, once you download a book into your Kindle for Mac...you can read it, highlight, etc without internet access....

And...wait for it...wait for it...it syncs last page read and highlights to any device that runs Kindle...iphone, android, PC, Mac, iPad...Yeah! Even works on my Blackberry Curve!