Apple removed the application to turn iPhone into iPod Classic

Have you ever been "in love with the weary" with the old iPod Classic? Rewound is an application not to be missed.

Written by app developer Louis Anslow, Rewound is basically a music player but has an interesting feature that makes your iPhone look like a real iPod Classic.

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With this uniqueness, Rewound quickly attracted more than 170,000 downloads after just over a week of launch. However, Apple has surprised many by announcing the removal of the app on the grounds of 'violating the platform's policies'.

More specifically, a Medium blog post explains why Apple decided to remove the app from the App Store because of 'copying the iPod design, some of Apple's Music's charging functions, and possibly causing any people mistakenly think it was a product developed by Apple. ' However, this is not entirely satisfactory because in fact, the default interface of Rewound is quite basic, does not look like Apple's application, and the iPod classic interface is not preloaded, users have to download it for themselves. after installing the application. Previously, the application also passed Apple's rigorous testing to be available on the App Store.

Speak more about the iPod classic interface option that Rewound supports. This is basically a feature that allows users to assign any image as a background for the interface. You just need to download the photos of iPod Classic (below) and attach to the voice interface, your iPhone will look exactly like the iPod when in Rewound. However, the unique detail is that the default buttons will be replaced by the virtual Click Wheel knob of iPod Classic. In addition, haptic feedback haptic feedback mode of the iPhone is also used to make the iPod simulation experience more realistic.

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Prior to App; e's decision, author Louis Anslow promised to try working with the apple to bring the Rewound back to the App Store at all costs, and said that 170,000 users who downloaded Rewound can still use the app as normal and receive updates via the GoFundMe page - Anslow's Rewound development website.

We will update the situation on Rewound as soon as it has the latest information.