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Apple says AirPods Max with USB-C will get lossless, ultra-low latency audio with upcoming software update

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 24, 2025

Apple on Monday seeded the release candidate for iOS & iPadOS 18.4, as well as macOS Sequoia 15.4, to developers and public beta testers ahead of the official public release, and according to an announcement made by the Cupertino-based company, some AirPods Max owners can expect quite the upgrade when these updates become available to all Apple device owners next month – indicating an April launch date.

How to stop seeing all location pop-ups in Safari on Mac and iOS

Ankur Thakur ∙ March 24, 2025

Learn how to stop location-related popups from appearing when you visit websites in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

“Glowing Wires” gradient wallpapers for iPhone and iPad

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated April 6, 2025

In the iDB Wallpapers of the Week collection, we regularly feature creative designs by inspired artists and today we continue to fulfill that promise. The featured collection this Sunday is named “Glowing Wires,” which takes a gradient color scheme and applying into to individual points of light.

Download these new backgrounds for your iPhone or iPad.

Jailbreak news of the week: Dig3st, Nugget v5.1 teaser, iOS 18.3.1 unsigned, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 23, 2025

Your friends at iDownloadBlog are avid fans of jailbreaking iPhones and iPads. We’ve done it for more than a decade, and it’s a fun experience that we still partake in despite the slowing of new releases and jailbreak tools.

NoWaveForm hides the Now Playing waveform from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 22, 2025

Both the Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen’s Now Playing widget display an animated waveform whenever you play any form of media on your device. On both the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen’s Now Playing widget, the waveform normally appears opposite of the album artwork of whatever you’re listening to.

MiniIsland narrows the Dynamic Island on jailbroken devices & keeps Status Bar icons from disappearing

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 21, 2025

If you have a jailbroken iPhone 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max, then we’d say you have quite the unicorn in your hands. It’s the newest device that you can currently jailbreak, assuming it’s running a supported firmware; and moreover, it’s the only jailbreakable handset with the coveted Dynamic Island.

iOS 18.4: Image Playground gains a Sketch graphic style, but I’m still unimpressed

Christian Zibreg ∙ March 21, 2025

Apple has added a new Sketch drawing style to Apple Intelligence's Image Playground app on iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4.

How to disable the typing bubble indicator in Messages on iPhone

Ankur Thakur ∙ Updated March 25, 2025

Learn how to reply to messages on your iPhone or iPad without showing the typing bubble indicator to the other person.

Zagg introduces four new USB-C-based connectivity hubs for Mac notebooks & iPad tablets

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 20, 2025

Looking for a compact and convenient way to expand your Mac notebook or iPad’s connectivity from mere USB-C to a multitude of other widely used I/O ports? If so, then our friends over at Zagg have some new products as of this week that might be of interest.