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Retro review: Ski Safari

Sergio Velasquez ∙ November 8, 2019

If you've been playing mobile games for a while now, you probably know about Ski Safari. Hands down, one of the best mobile games on the App Store in my opinion. Or at least it was back in 2012 when it first released for the iPhone. This game was praised by its simple gameplay and great graphics and it quickly became the #1 paid app in a lot of countries.

Now it's time to see if this fun little game has survived the test of time. Is it still worth paying the $0.99 for this game? Or are you better off buying its sequel?

Can a $300 iPad edit 4K video without breaking a sweat?

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 8, 2019

In September, Apple unveiled the seventh-generation iPad tablet featuring a slightly bigger 10.2-inch Retina display versus the previous 9.7-inch screen. Its most important feature: this so-called budget iPad starts at $329, but education customers can have it for just $299. The question is, can this iPad with its updated internals and 3GB of RAM handle editing 4K video? iDownloadBlog's Harris Craycraft has the answer.

Photoshop for iPad — what happened?

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 8, 2019

Faced with an average user review rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars for its Photoshop for iPad app on Apple's App Store, creative software maker Adobe has now admitted that it's indeed failed to properly distinguish between “real” and “full” Photoshop experience on the Apple tablet.

Luca Todesco talks at POC2019, reveals checkra1n team identities and plans

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 8, 2019

If you’ve been following the development of the checkm8-based checkra1n jailbreak all this time, then you’ll be excited to hear that one of the project’s most vocal developers, Luca Todesco, took the stage at POC2019 in Seoul, South Korea to discuss the jailbreak and reveal particularly captivating details about the checkra1n team’s members, long-term plans, and more.

Todesco entitled his Keynote presentation “The One Weird Trick SecureROM Hates,” and from what we can gather, the checkra1n team is comprised of the following members, many of which might be familiar to veteran jailbreakers:

Sileo v1.5.2 now available with iOS 13-centric improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 7, 2019

Despite the recent and controversial announcement that Sileo’s development had been ‘suspended until further notice,’ project lead developer CoolStar appears to have since overturned that declaration. Thursday evening, CoolStar announced a second update to the alternative package manager since that announcement, formally bringing it up to version 1.5.2.

Surprisingly, the official @GetSileo Twitter page didn’t make mention of the latest Sileo update, but it’s worth noting that CoolStar posted a memo about it not too long ago in his official Discord channel:

Give notification badges a custom aesthetic with BadgeMe

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 6, 2019

The infamous notification badge has looked almost the same on the iOS platform for more than a decade. The single most significant transformation befell with the release of iOS 7 when Apple nixed skeuomorphism from the bulk of iOS’ user interface, but even then, it didn’t change much.

The circumstances are absolutely astounding, but they aren’t hopeless. Those lucky enough to have a pwned handset in their possession can change how their notification badges look right this very second with the help of a newly released jailbreak tweak called BadgeMe by iOS developer Sirius24.

Apple unsigns iOS 13.1.2 and 13.1.3, thwarting downgrades from 13.2

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 6, 2019

Apple closed the signing window for two different iOS versions for various handsets Wednesday evening, including 13.1.2 and 13.1.3.

It’s regular practice for Apple to stop signing older versions of iOS after a newer release has been available for some time. Doing so both prevents software downgrades by the jailbreak-savvy and encourages software updates for everyone else to ensure users take advantage of the latest features and security patches.

Video: connecting a magneto optical disk to an iPhone, but will it work?

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 6, 2019

If you've liked Niles Mitchell's "Will It Work" video series in which he attempts to make his iOS devices work with all sorts of retro computer equipment, like an Iomega Zip drive, you're going to love this one showing connecting a magneto optical disk to his iPhone.

How to delete photos, links, and attachments in the Messages app

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated June 25, 2025

Learn how to delete iMessage attachments like photos, links, and documents in the built-in Messages app to free up storage space on your iPhone, iPad, and iCloud.

Arcade review: Dear Reader

Sergio Velasquez ∙ November 4, 2019

Dear reader, do you love books as much as you love video games? Would you like to play and read at the same time? Do you want to play and improve your vocabulary while reading some of the world's most famous books? I don't know how, but this went from an Arcade review to an infomercial really quick.

Adobe releases Photoshop for iPad, announces Illustrator

Peter Cohen ∙ November 4, 2019

It's been a year since Adobe first previewed a version of Photoshop running on an iPad at its Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles, with a promise to release the app sometime in 2019. Now the software is available for download from the App Store. It's a free download, though unlocking and using it requires an active Creative Cloud subscription.

How to reverse a track in GarageBand on Mac and iOS

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated November 10, 2022

When you’re creating or editing a song in GarageBand, you might want to add something unique to it by reversing a track. Playing a track backwards can give you an unusual sound that you might not be able to replicate another way.

Here’s how to reverse a track (or region) in GarageBand on Mac, iPhone, or iPad.