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Apple Music won’t auto-add streamed tracks to your Recently Played playlist

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 13, 2015

It's no secret Apple Music has some way to go before achieving feature parity between iOS and OS X.

Some crucial aspects of Apple Music on iOS have yet to make their way into iTunes for Mac and Windows PCs, and now Apple's $9.99 per month service was discovered to have been avoiding adding streamed songs to a Recently Played playlist.

As Kirk McElhearn noted, it's a huge, unexpected oversight on Apple's part because you should in fact be permitted to access a full history of what you have listened to, regardless of whether it's locally stored music or Apple Music files streamed to your computer or mobile device.

Apple now creating music videos and other original content in-house for Apple Music and iTunes

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 6, 2017

An Apple job listing seeking a seasoned Los Angeles, California-based Original Content Video Producer was discovered Monday, our best indication yet that the company is now creating original video content for both Apple Music and iTunes.

A proven track record in producing branded video content and content series for social platforms is required and the ideal candidate will work from Apple-owned Culver City campus, which belonged to Beats before the company was acquired last year by Apple for $3 billion.

Pitchfork recently said that Apple has actually been making music videos for select artists in-house.

Apple pushes iTunes 12.2.1 update fixing iTunes Match and Beats 1 issues

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 13, 2015

Apple on Monday issued a bug-fix update to iTunes for Mac and Windows. iTunes 12.2.1, available through the Software Update mechanism or standalone via iTunes.com/download, fixes a pair of issues with iTunes Match, Apple's $25 per year song identification service. In addition, it contains minor bug fixes and improvements for Beats 1, Apple's free of charge 24/7 global Internet radio broadcasting in more than a hundred countries.

5 new features coming to Photos 1.1 for Mac

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 2, 2017

When OS X El Capitan releases for public consumption in the fall, it will deliver, among other features, an update to the built-in Photos for Mac application.

As a matter of fact, El Capitan marks the first major feature-packed update to Apple's photo-management solution since Photos for Mac debuted as part of April's OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 software update.

As mentioned in the official El Capitan release notes distilled into human-readable form by Jason Snell of Six Colors, Photos 1.1 brings out about half a dozen new features that didn't make it into the initial release, on top of a bunch of bug fixes, security improvements and optimized performance.

Jailbreak tip: improve Apple Music sound quality while on a cellular connection

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 7, 2018

If you're connected to a Wi-Fi connection and use Apple Music, the music you listen to will be streamed at 256kbps. This is considered to be "high quality" according to Apple.

When connected to a cellular network, however, the bitrate will fluctuate based on connection quality. It's safe to assume that the cellular bitrate, while never officially established, is always less than the 256kbps that you get over Wi-Fi.

This is basically confirmed by the appearance of a new settings switch found in iOS 9 beta 3, which allows users to force high quality (256kbps) bitrate streams over cellular connections.

But what if you're running iOS 8.4, which lacks the option to force high quality over cellular?

TaiG 2.4.2 beta goes live to integrate Cydia 1.1.23 and fix jailbreak issues

Jeff Benjamin ∙ July 13, 2015

TaiG is pushing ahead with new releases of its TaiG jailbreak tool on an almost daily basis it seems. This latest version of TaiG is a beta release, version 2.4.2.

The latest beta version of the TaiG jailbreak tool is Windows-only, which isn't exactly a surprise given TaiG's release history. It also serves, more importantly, to fix jailbreak errors related to 30% and 40% hang-ups during the jailbreak process.

Apple treats Greek customers to free 30-day extension for their paid iCloud storage

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 13, 2015

Due to the ongoing financial turmoil in Greece which has spawned uncertainty over the country's seemingly looming bankruptcy, Apple has decided not to charge its Greek customers for their iCloud storage for a month, local blog iPhoneHellas reported this weekend.

After Greece's creditors prompted the government to implement capital controls in the country, customers grew worried that they would lose access to their iCloud data such as photos, contacts and more as iTunes would not be able to charge their credit cards for paid cloud storage.

“Our sympathies are with our customers in Greece who have experienced an interruption in their iCloud accounts as a results of the fiscal crisis,” an Apple representative told CNBC.

iPad Pro rumored to arrive first in mid-November, but in limited quantities

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 28, 2016

Apple's rumored jumbo-sized iPad may be available in limited quantities when it first ships in mid-November as the Cupertino company has been “rather cautious” with build orders for the device, according to DigiTimes, a hit-and-miss outlet.

Supply chain sources who spoke with the Taiwanese trade publication said that initial shipment volume for the 12.9-inch 'iPad Pro' is “much lower” than what most people expect. While DigiTimes is a pretty accurate source of supply chain talk, they've had their fair share of misses regarding the timing of Apple product launches.

Back in 2013, DigiTimes incorrectly said an iPad Pro would release in the second half of 2014, for example.

How to downgrade a Cydia tweak or app

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 12, 2018

As we noted earlier, Cydia now features the ability to downgrade apps and tweaks. With version 1.1.23, saurik gave users the ability to downgrade their tweaks via the Cydia package page if there is an older version available on the repo that the tweak or app resides on. In this post, we will show you how easy it is to downgrade a Cydia package.

Indulge adds top free and top paid tweak charts to Cydia

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 7, 2018

Indulge is a brand-new first-of-its-kind jailbreak tweak that allows users to view the most popular Cydia releases based on aggregate user install data.

Cydia has never had a way to view the most popular jailbreak tweaks available for download, but with the recent 1.1.19 update, it can now do that and a whole lot more. Indulge is a jailbreak tweak that's available on developer Steve Rolfe's beta repo. If you'd like to take it for a test drive, check out the installation information that follows.

Cydia Installer 1.1.23 released to support package downgrades, find extensions, and more

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 7, 2018

Another day, another big Cydia release. Cydia 1.1.23 brings some big changes to the table, as saurik has added package downgrade support, the ability to use find extensions like TweakHub.

The update also fixes a crashing issue that occurs after clearing caches. Doing so would cause Cydia not to be able to run at all.

Needless to say, this is a pretty large update for Cydia users, and has long-term positive implications on jailbreakers and their Cydia usage habits. Have a look at our post for the full change log.

Expansive space wallpapers for iPhone, iPad, and desktop

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated May 7, 2018

Continuing the Wallpapers of the Week section, today we feature another set of images in a popular category. Based on trends, comments, and social shares, we triangulate preferred themes and genres. Repeatedly, galaxy and space images rank among the very top, aside from Apple event wallpapers.

Inside, you will find three different space wallpapers for your iOS devices and one for desktop. Additionally, a back link to previously posted similar images is included to help you find the rest. Step inside for the downloads.