New MacBook laptops and iPad tablets featuring the unreleased Apple M5 and M6 processors are reportedly in the early stages of development.
Rumor: Apple is developing M5 MacBook Air, M6 iPad Pro and a new budget iPad
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Nintendo Today wallpapers for iPhone
As we continue to spiral more closely to the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement and launch, Nintendo is heating up the news cycle. Last week the gaming company released the new “Nintendo Today!” App for iPhone. Nintendo promises to engage users with updated information and goodies, including a few gaming inspired wallpapers.
Jailbreak news of the week: Banking apps using sandbox escape, Ian Beer’s BLASTPASS writeup, Nugget v5, & more…
The iDownloadBlog team covers iPhone and iPad jailbreak news as it breaks, but we also review jailbreak tweaks, write about important updates to software, and discuss our opinion on the state of events on a regular basis. But for those who can’t keep up, we have these convenient weekend roundup pieces that pull everything together into a newspaper-like compilation so you can see everything at a glance.
EU iPhone: Replace Google Maps with Apple Maps as the default navigation app
With the latest version of the Google Maps app available in the App Store, EU iPhone owners can set it as their default navigation app instead of Apple Maps.
Technical analysis by Verichains confirms sandbox escape use by certain banking apps to detect TrollStore, jailbreak apps
Just yesterday, we reported on one of TrollStore perma-signing utility developer Lars Fröder’s posts on Bluesky sharing that some banking apps available in Apple’s App Store as of this writing utilize a 0-day sandbox escape technique to find out if certain unfavorable apps or services are installed on the end user’s device.
Nintendo Switch 2 could launch in June with three-phase game rollout plan
In January, Nintendo gave us our very first look at the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 in a teaser video following what seemed like an endless flurry of nearly accurate leaks. One of the major announcements in that teaser was that we’d get more details about the Nintendo Switch on April 2nd – that’s next week.
Topaz Photo AI v3.6.0 brings second-generation Super Focus & Adjust Lighting models, support for more files
Topaz Photo AI, one of my favorite tools in my photo editing software suite, picked up an important update this week in the form of version 3.6.0 for both macOS and Windows machines.
watchOS 11.4 release notes: Break Through Silent Mode alarm option, Apple Watch face switching fix and robovac support
Read the full watchOS 11.4 release notes from Apple to learn about the new features, fixes and other changes in this Apple Watch update.
iPadOS 18.4 release notes: Ambient Music, Priority Notifications, Mail Categorization, Photos tweaks and other changes
Read the full iPadOS 18.4 release notes from Apple to learn about new iPad features and improvements such as Ambient Music, automatic mail categorization and more.
iOS 18.4 release notes: Ambient Music, Priority Notifications, Apple News+ Food, Photos tweaks and other changes
Read the full iOS 18.4 release notes from Apple to learn about the new iPhone features, quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes available in this update.
How to stop accidental DND or Focus activation on iPhone and Mac
Discover nine tips to prevent your iPhone, iPad, or Mac from auto-enabling Focus modes, ensuring you don't miss important calls or notifications.
You can now skip ahead in Instagram reels by holding down on either screen edge
Meta has updated the Instagram app with a TikTok-like fast-forward feature in reels, so you can play the video at double speed to skip the boring parts.