Anthony Bouchard joined the iDownloadBlog.com team in 2016 after originally covering Apple and iPhone jailbreak news at ModMyi.com. As an experienced editor, he brings more than 15 years’ worth of jailbreaking knowledge to our in-depth guides, opinion pieces, and news articles. His passion for device customization and user choice sparks his strong push to empower readers with the tools they need to explore and enjoy the freedom that comes with jailbreaking. Anthony blogs about not only jailbreaking, but also Apple software & accessories, drones & photography, and Nintendo gaming systems. Anthony honed his advanced technical knowledge over the years with hands-on projects ranging from gaming PC builds to engine repair mechanics. His never-ending hunger for knowledge is why you’ll always find him tinkering – tearing things apart and putting them back together to understand what makes them tick.
Keeping up with our weekly tradition of recapping all the latest news in the iPhone & iPad jailbreak community, we’re back again this Sunday morning to share with you everything that we covered throughout the past work week to ensure you haven’t missed any important details that could pertain to you.
If you’re still using a Thunderbolt 4 hub with your MacBook Pro or Mac mini, then you might want to consider upgrading to a Thunderbolt 5 hub, especially if your machine is of the newer M4 Pro/M4 Max variety with the upgraded I/O ports. Fortunately, our friends at CalDigit have just the solution for anyone in this predicament.
We began sounding the alarm about the imminent expiration of the tvOS 17 beta software profile in the middle of January, as we knew that a lot of jailbreakers and prospective jailbreakers alike depended on it to block over the air (OTA) software updates from being downloaded and installed on their device.
In a post shared to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the AltStore team revealed a new beta build of the popular Delta emulator app for iPhones and iPads and made it available via both AltStore PAL and AltStore Classic to loyal Patreon members.
We’re only a few months away from Nintendo unveiling more details about the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, but whether you’re waiting for that new release, or you already have an existing Nintendo Switch, we’ve got some great deals on games and accessories that you won’t want to miss.
Interested in a new and nonchalant way to lock your iPhone when you’re finished using it? If so, then make sure you take some time to check out a free jailbreak tweak called GetDown by iOS developer uz.ra.
If you’re in the market for some new ultramodern charging cables that can handle anything you throw at them, then we’re happy to point you in the direction of our friends over at Nomad this week.
Perhaps the best way that iPhone owners can add a touch of personalization to their handset is by changing the wallpaper on their device. This could be the Home Screen’s wallpaper or the Lock Screen’s wallpaper, but in either case, there are jailbreak tweaks that can make this experience even more exhilarating.
When watching videos on your iPhone or iPad, you will often be able to close the app currently playing the video and a floating Picture-in-Picture video player will appear on your screen so that you can keep doing other things on your device while the video continues – perfect for multitasking.
If you’re among the flurry of people trying out the DeepSeek AI chat assistant that took the internet by storm this week, then you may have noticed that the return key on your keyboard turns into a send key, preventing you from typing line breaks and formatting your text query the way you might want to before sending your query.
If you’ve been following along with us every time that we share the news about a new firmware update for any of Apple’s AirPods models, then you’re already aware of how it’s an automatic updating process that occurs when a very specific set of critera are met.
As someone who ships and receives packages from various carriers frequently, I’ve always valued apps that allow me to see all my deliveries in one convenient place. I’ve used a lot of these apps over the years, jumping from one to another because some gimmick or other reason. But today, I’m excited to share a new tracking app called Shipments.