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NewNowPlaying gives the Spotify app’s Now Playing interface a cosmetic facelift

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 4, 2019

Apple Music provides one of the best all-in-one music streaming services that you can get on an iPhone or iPad, but admittedly, I still have a soft spot for the third-party streaming service known as Spotify. That said, while I enjoy using Spotify, I tend to get excited when I see new jailbreak tweaks that have made specifically for it.

NewNowPlaying by iOS developer Yung_Specht just so happens to be one of those releases, and as the name implies, this tweak gives the Spotify app’s Now Playing interface a gorgeous cosmetic makeover.

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Protect your jailbroken iPhone from thieves with iCaughtU 12

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 4, 2019

If you’re more anxious than most, especially concerning the safety of your jailbroken thousand-dollar smartphone, then you might be interested in a newly-released jailbreak tweak called iCaughtU 12 by iOS developer Itay.

iCaughtU 12 is an iOS 12-compatible remake of one of the most popular anti-theft jailbreak tweaks ever devised, and as you might come to expect, it provides many of the features that users have come to know and love since the original classic launched several years ago.

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7 tips to make the most of Launchpad on Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated March 23, 2023
Main Launchpad Screen on Mac

The Launchpad on your Mac might remind you of the Home Screen on your iPhone or iPad. There’s a nice and neat grid of your apps. When you download an app from the App Store, it pops right into the Launchpad, and you can take action on your apps from there.

The thing is, you have to access the Launchpad, so it’s not right on your screen when you use your Mac like the Home Screen is on your mobile device. This might keep you from using it as much as you could. But the Launchpad can be a handy tool.

We’ve put together some tips for making the most of the Launchpad on Mac in case you decide to make more use of it.

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Customize your Lock screen’s text font with Lafon

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 3, 2019

If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad and you haven’t customized it with third-party fonts yet, then you’re missing out. On the other hand, popular classics like BytaFont tend to take things a bit too far for minimalists, adjusting the handset’s font on a system-wide level.

Those who demand a subtler footprint in the name of font customization will take a liking to a new free jailbreak tweak called Lafon by iOS developer Aesthyrica, as it only impacts the font of the text strings that appear on your Lock screen.

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