Recently, The New York Times published a story detailing some concessions Apple has made in terms of user privacy and security in mainland China. At least one person is not happy with those decisions.
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How to reduce video size on iPhone and Mac
In this tutorial, we will show you a few simple ways to reduce video size on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It must be noted that reducing the file size of a video will result in loss of quality to some extent.
10 ways to see the battery percentage on any iPhone
Learn about the different ways to see battery percentage on the iPhone 17 lineup, iPhone Air, and other models with Face ID, as well as older models with a Home button.
Apple appears to be fixing the greyed out App Tracking Transparency toggle
Apple is rolling out a fix for a weird bug in iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 where some users are seeing a greyed out toggle in Settings for the new App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature.
YTShortsDownloader allows jailbreakers to download Shorts from the YouTube app
Anyone who uses YouTube religiously will likely have noticed a new feature in the app recently called Shorts. These are effectively short videos that YouTubers can publish to their channel, mostly to attract viewers.
If your Apple Watch doesn’t ring for phone calls when using CarPlay, this jailbreak tweak can help
The iOS 14.5 update that launched almost a month ago fixed an annoying bug impacting iOS 14.0-14.4.2 devices in which when an iPhone connected to CarPlay, any paired Apple Watches would inconveniently stop notifying the user about incoming phone calls.
Current gives your iPhone an interesting wave-inspired battery level animation
One of the things Apple doesn’t seem to be particularly creative with in terms of the iPhone is its animations. Many competing handsets, especially those running the Android operating system, have continuously inspired animation-centric jailbreak tweaks intended to port more interesting animations to the iOS platform.
1ONE is a new all-in-one jailbreak tweak with a generous amount of options
If you’ve been reading iDownloadBlog for a while, then you might remember when we showed you a jailbreak tweak called Orion almost exactly one month ago. It was easily the most comprehensive all-in-one tweak that we’ve ever showcased here, but if you want something a little less intimidating to get your feet wet with, then you might appreciate a new release called 1ONE by iOS developer Mostafa.
How to enable Chat and Rooms, the new Gmail features everyone’s talking about on iPhone or Android
The Gmail app for iOS and Android recently received an update, which unlocked some new features. Google has been merging its services over the years and making things more streamlined. Last year, the company launched a redesigned Gmail app for G-Suite (now WorkSpace) users, which offered easy access to Chat, Rooms, and Meet. Now, these features are available for all users.
Substitute updated to v2.1.0 with jetsam enforcement adjustability, speed & memory improvements
If your jailbreak depends on Substitute as its primary form of code injection for jailbreak tweaks, which is likely the case if you use unc0ver and may be the case if you use checkra1n, then you might be excited to learn that there’s another brand new update available as of this Sunday.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Kumquat, Sleepizy 2, Vinculum 2, & more…
It seems like there’ve been a lot of intriguing jailbreak tweak releases recently amid the calm of jailbreak development.