All eyes were on March for Apple's expected special event, but that didn't pan out. But here's the company today, swooping in and giving us something to look forward to (before WWDC).
Apple announces ‘Spring Loaded’ special event for April 20
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Apple seeds eighth betas of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and macOS Big Sur 11.3 to developers
Tim Cook recently confirmed that the public launch of iOS 14.5 is happening soon. However, there's still time for more betas so the company can keep working out the kinks.
Speculating on Apple’s April 20 “Spring Loaded” special event
Apple is holding its anticipated special media event on the next Tuesday, April 20. Here are all the shiny new gadgets that we're expecting to see from the company come next Tuesday.
The next iPad Pro is facing a supply shortage for its new mini-LED display
The next flagship 12.9-inch iPad Pro could be in short supply when it drops later this month as Apple's suppliers are reportedly facing production issues with the new mini-LED displays.
Arizona lets jailbreakers reposition the Lock Screen’s date and time
While Apple has experimented with bolder and lighter fonts for the Lock Screen’s date and time display over the years, one thing that certainly hasn’t changed would be the position of this element.
This jailbreak tweak enables Battery Health on iPads and iPod touches
When navigating to Settings → Battery → Battery Health on an iPhone, users can determine just how used and abused that handset’s internal battery might be.
This feature has been used for a multitude of reasons ranging from discerning when a battery needs to be replaced to identifying whether a used iPhone is worth the asking price. This of course begs the obvious question… why hasn’t Apple enabled this feature on iPads and iPod touches yet?
Libhooker updated to v1.6.0 to fix Caller ID & Call Blocking app bug
If you’re using a jailbreak that utilizes CoolStar’s libhooker tweak injection method, be it Chimera for iOS 12, Odyssey for iOS or iPadOS 13, Taurine for iOS or iPadOS 14, or Odysseyra1n for any firmware ranging from iOS 12 to iOS or iPadOS 14, then it would be advisable to launch the Sileo package manager and refresh your sources this morning.
Upon doing so, you should take notice of an updated iteration of libhooker, which appears to have been updated to version 1.6.0.
Alternate your iPhone’s Status Bar time indicator between the date and time with TimeStamp
The iPhone’s Status Bar has always been home to a time indicator so that you can always glance there from any interface you might be using to see what time it is. But how many times have you found yourself wondering what the date is — just to find yourself going back to the Home Screen or Lock Screen to check?
I’ve long wondered why the iPhone’s Status Bar didn’t display the date in addition to the time, and interestingly enough, iPadOS now does this natively. This begs the question of why a similar feature isn’t yet available for the iPhone or iPod Touch, especially with the extra vertical real estate afforded by the device’s notch.
Uranium offers free all-in-one iOS customization for jailbreakers on iOS 13 or 14
If you just jailbroke your iOS or iPadOS 13 or 14 device and you’re in the market for a way to make subtle adjustments to your mobile operating system without breaking the bank, then we’ve got a treat for you.
Uranium is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer FissionDev that introduces a myriad of miscellaneous options for tweaking the iOS and iPadOS user interface.
New Jailbreak Updater add-on lets Taurine users update their jailbreak via Terminal without rebooting
Keen-eyed jailbreakers who are currently taking advantage of the Odyssey Team’s Taurine tool on their iOS or iPadOS 14.0-14.3 device may have noticed a peculiar new package on the Odyssey repository called Jailbreak Updater.
Citing an announcement shared early this morning in the Sileo / Taurine / Odyssey Discord channel by Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar, said that this novel package would allow power users with a Terminal app on their iPhone or iPad to update to the latest version of the Taurine jailbreak while already in a jailbroken state.
Taurine jailbreak for iOS 14.0-14.3 updated to v1.0.3 with CarPlay improvements and other fixes
Ever since the launch of the Taurine jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-14.3, it has been followed by a steady stream of support updates with bug fixes and improvements.
Today is no different, with the Odyssey Team releasing yet another update in the form of Taurine version 1.0.3.
This tweak gives the iPad a proportionate Control Center background blur
It’s no secret that the iPad’s Control Center user experience leaves a lot to be desired. In fact, we recently covered the release of a free jailbreak tweak called Yuna that makes better use of all the otherwise wasted and unused space.
When you open Control Center on the iPad, the entire display becomes blurred, yet the actual Control Center interface is contained to the right-most 1/3 if the display. Seems overkill, don’t you think?