Day: June 23, 2015

Vimeo reworks iPhone video editing app Cameo so it’s easier to create cinematic videos

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 23, 2015

The movie-editing app category has been receiving some renewed love from iOS developers, big and small alike. In addition to Apple's own iMovie for iOS—free with new iOS device purchases, otherwise a $4.99 download—Camera+ makers have recently launched a video editing app called Vee for Video.

And now Vimeo, the popular video sharing service, has re-released a mobile app called Cameo that the company purchased in May 2014. After rebuilding the app from scratch, it's now even simpler and more enjoyable to edit cinematic videos on your iPhone, add themes and soundtracks and share with your friends.

How to tell if your Mac supports AirDrop, a device-to-device wireless file transfer feature

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 27, 2022

AirDrop simplifies wireless file sharing between Macs and iOS devices without having to connect to an existing network or going through the hassle of typing a password.

Every Mac bought in almost the last decade supports AirDrop. But if you have an old Mac and are wondering if it supports AirDrop or not, this tutorial will help.

How to fix the TaiG 20% timeout for the iOS 8.3 jailbreak

Jeff Benjamin ∙ June 23, 2015

Thankfully, the 20% error that was causing us problems earlier today has been solved. If you received this error, you need to downgrade your version of iTunes.

I decided to downgrade to iTunes 12.1.0 as suggested by several of my Twitter followers, and just like that, it worked. If you're having problems with TaiG 2.0.0 hanging at 20% completion for the iOS 8.3 jailbreak, then try downgrading your version of iTunes.

Apple becomes Promoting Member of Bluetooth SIG, gains voting rights

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 23, 2015

Apple has become a Promoter Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit industry organization that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers.

As one of the biggest proponents of Bluetooth, the iPhone maker now holds a continual seat on the SIG Board of Directors and can influence future development of the standard even more than before.

Many would-be iOS 8.3 jailbreakers stuck at 20% with the TaiG tool

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Many would-be jailbreakers are stuck at the 20% progress mark with the just-released TaiG 2.0.0 jailbreak tool for iOS 8.3. The jailbreak starts well enough, but after a quick takeoff, putters out at the 20% mark. Thankfully a workaround is now available.

After a few minutes of being stuck on 20%, the iPhone will reboot and will stay stuck at 20%, and the reboot process will continue. Are you experiencing this issue? Sound off in our comments

Let’s Talk iOS 087: A Swift reaction

Jeff Benjamin ∙ June 23, 2015

Episode 87: Apple backtracks on artist compensation during its 3-month Apple Music trial period, a hands-on with El Capitan, the future of Force Touch, and thoughts on the Galaxy S6.

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TaiG releases an untethered jailbreak for iOS 8.3

Jeff Benjamin ∙ June 23, 2015

A jailbreak has been released for iOS 8.3 by the TaiG team. This jailbreak supports iOS 8.1.3 through iOS 8.3 and is Windows only.

See: How to jailbreak iOS 8.3

The tool, which is dubbed TaiG 2.0, can be downloaded right now from our downloads page.

This release is quite interesting, since it was thought that the Pangu team would be the one to release a jailbreak for iOS 8.3 and TaiG would focus on iOS 9. That, obviously, is no longer the case.

SnoozeHelper turns your entire Lock screen into a snooze button

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

When you're half awake, tapping the tiny "tap to snooze" button on the Lock screen can be a daunting chore. Fortunately, if you're a jailbreaker, it's much easier to snooze an overzealous alarm

By turning your Lock screen into one giant button, SnoozeHelper (free) makes it super easy to snooze a pesky alarm clock. Watch our video walkthrough inside to see what I mean.

Blocked is a new security tweak that lets you limit iPhone access

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Jailbreakers Nikias Bassen (Pimskeks) and Melissa Archer have teamed up for a new security-oriented jailbreak tweak called Blocked. Released at WWJC 2015, Blocked brings two new operation modes to the iPhone for enhanced security.

The two modes, SleepMode and GuestMode, each work to block access to certain features. By using Activator gestures, users can quickly and stealthily enter either mode to beef up device security.

Watch our video walkthrough inside to see how to the tweak works.