As promised, Ian Beer publicizes iOS 11.4-11.4.1-centric exploits

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About a month ago, renowned security researcher Ian Beer announced plans to publicly release iOS 11.4-11.4.1-centric exploits as hacking focus shifted over to Apple’s newer iOS 12 release. It’s been near-radio silence since then, but as of today, those exploits are officially public.

As it would seem, Beer’s latest batch of iOS security exploits encompass the following:

How to set your Mac Calendar to automatically open a file right before a meeting

Automatically open files before a Calendar meeting on Mac

When you’re getting ready to join a meeting, whether it’s a web conference, conference call, or in-person meeting, you often have at least one file you need for it.

One way to ensure you don’t forget that important document is by including it with the event on your Calendar. This can help ensure you have all the necessary documents or notes in front of you and minimize the chance of forgetting something important.

Here’s how to set your Mac Calendar app to open that file right before your meeting.

SqueakTime lets you use Apple Watch faces on your iPhone’s Lock screen

While perusing the Changes tab in the Cydia Store this week, we happened upon a brand-new jailbreak tweak dubbed SqueakTime by iOS developer Andy Wiik. With it, you can replace the Lock screen’s native time indicator with official Apple Watch faces.

After you’ve installed SqueakTime, you’ll take notice of a new “Use on Lockscreen” button that appears next to every Apple Watch face preview in the native Watch app:

Relocate the Lock screen’s date and time indicator with mcClock11

Right out of the box, your iPhone centers the date and time near the top of the Lock screen interface. But if you’ve ever wanted to move the date and time indicator around to different positions on the Lock screen, then you’re in luck.

A new free jailbreak tweak called mvClock11 by iOS developer Soh lets you relocate the Lock screen’s date and time indicator anywhere you’d like.

Unc0ver RC8 released with refined code, fix for snapshot errors, and more

It was just yesterday that iOS hacker Pwn20wnd released unc0ver RC7 with essential bug fixes and improvements encompassing the RootFS Restore on iOS 11.2-11.2.6 and the MP exploit clean-up method, but as of Thursday afternoon, he’s at it again.

Pwn20wnd has just released unc0ver RC8 with a slew of other critical bug fixes and improvements, and all users are advised to download and run the latest version when they can.

The best wallet cases for iPhone XR

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If you're looking for a new case to go with your new iPhone XR, consider a wallet case. Not only do they offer protection for your handset, but they can also store IDs, credit cards and cash, allowing you to leave your actual wallet behind. Here are, what we believe to be, the best wallet cases for iPhone XR.