Let’s Talk Jailbreak 150: Such a tease

Sébastien Page ∙ June 1, 2016

Times are getting harder and harder for jailbreakers, and despite seeing a jailbreak being teased, nothing seems to indicate things are going to get better, especially with WWDC around the corner and potential security improvements made to iOS. Still, Cody and Sebastien discuss the teasing of jailbreaks and a few newsworthy tweaks recently released.

Subscribe via RSS

Support Let’s Talk Jailbreak: Get $50 towards any mattress purchase by going to Casper.com/jailbreak and using code JAILBREAK at check out. 

Read More

What to do when Siri doesn’t pronounce your name right

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 1, 2016

Siri is an amazing piece of software and Apple has tried so hard to make it capable of pronouncing everyone's names right, but there are just too many names in the world for Siri to be perfect and pronouncing all of them.

On the other hand, if you're sick of Siri not being able to pronounce your name correctly, there is a way to train her so she will pronounce it right going forward.

We'll show you how this is done in this quick tutorial.

Read More

MacID for iOS and Mac updated with a slew of new features and fixes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 25, 2018

The popular app for iPhone and iPad that lets you unlock your Mac with your Touch ID sensor over a low-energy Bluetooth connection has received an important update on Tuesday that adds a number of new features to the app and fixes a number of previously-known issues.

The update is free for everyone who owns MacID already for both the iOS and OS X apps, and make the new features and stability available across both platforms immediately following installation.

Read More

Photos of alleged MacBook Pro seemingly confirm OLED touchpad rumors

Cody Lee ∙ May 31, 2016

New images surfaced on Tuesday of what is said to be a chassis for Apple's upcoming MacBook Pro. Cult of Mac says they were sent the photos by "an anonymous source who claims to work for one of Apple’s manufacturing partners in China," but that of course cannot be confirmed.

The so-called spy shots are interesting because there's a noticeable gap in the laptop chassis, just above the keyboard. The oddity lines up with a recent investor note from prominent Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which called for this year's MacBook Pro to feature an OLED touchpad.

Read More

How to install ROMs on Apple TV via iPhone [jailbreak]

Andrew O'Hara ∙ May 31, 2016

Getting ROMs to your Apple TV can be a time consuming experience. It also can be a hassle as you historically needed a computer to complete the task. Thanks to a helpful tipster, Twitter user @otishuff, we are going to show you how to quickly and easily load ROMs to your Apple TV with just an iPhone, and a free Dropbox account.

Read More

All the ways you can start up your Mac

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 20, 2020

We've talked quite a lot about Recovery OS, an underestimated feature of OS X that makes it easier to troubleshoot your Mac even if it refuses to start up properly.

But as you'll see for yourself in this post, Recovery OS is but one of the more than dozen different ways to start up your computer, aside from OS X's regular startup mode. In this tutorial, we'll list all the ways you can start up your Mac and detail each one.

Read More

As stock is dwindling, will Thunderbolt Display get its Retina treatment at WWDC?

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 31, 2016

Apple's Thunderbolt Display launched nearly five years ago and it may finally receive its long-overdue upgrade soon. Web checks reveal that Thunderbolt Display stock is dwindling across Apple Stores around the world, including in North America, Europe, Australia and elsewhere. Furthermore, tipsters say that stock is not being replenished, suggesting new models might be introduced at WWDC.

Read More

Intel shares details of next-gen Kaby Lake chips, Core i7 Extreme Edition and more

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 31, 2016

Intel today announced at the Computex 2016 show in Taiwan that its seventh-generation Core processors, code-named Kaby Lake, are slated to arrive later this year. It also shared details about an all-new ”Extreme” edition of the Core i7 chip for gamers and content creators, the Apollo Lake chips for tablets and hybrid devices such as all-in-ones, and more.

The company highlighted some of the advancements in performance, battery and media capabilities that the Kybe Lake platform provides. In a way, the announcement has paved the way for future Macs built around the Kybe Lake platform.

Read More

tvOS App Store charts now automatically hide any installed apps on your Apple TV

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 31, 2016

Apple seems to be making some changes to the tvOS App Store on the new Apple TV, with reports coming in that the store's various charts now automatically hide any apps a user has installed on their device. This behavior is now consistent in the Top Paid, Top Free and Top Grossing charts.

As a result, no longer will everyone see the same entires as the “Top” apps have now effectively become the “Top apps that you haven’t installed yet,” as first discovered by Apple developer Equinux.

Read More

Weird iOS bug permits unlimited photo zooming

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 31, 2016

Apple's stock Photos app has a lot of nicely implemented features and it gets used a lot on my iPhone 6s, but I'm still yearning for the ability to zoom on photos unlimitedly, using the pinch-zoom gesture.

Zooming in Photos isn't possible beyond a certain threshold and that's been ticking me off for quite some time now. Curiously, there appears to be a bug in iOS which overrides this behavior and lets you zoom unlimitedly on a photo.

Read More