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Mowgli transforms your Home screen icons into dynamic widgets

Your Home screen is literally teeming with tiny images designed to depict the applications they represent, but wouldn’t it be nice if these icons were more than just still images?

With the help of a newly released jailbreak tweak called Mowgli by iOS developer maximehip, you can command a whole lot more out of your iOS device’s Home screen experience.

Kill all App Switcher apps in one fell swoop with KillX Pro

If you’re the type of person that likes to kill all the apps in your App Switcher when you’re finishing using your iPhone, then chances are you’ll come to appreciate a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed KillX Pro by iOS developer cemck.

Like the name implies, KillX Pro lets users kill every app from their App Switcher in one fell swoop without having to swipe on each app preview card individually to accomplish the same effect. Instead, as shown in the screenshot examples above, KillX Pro adds a single button to the bottom of your App Switcher to do this with just a tap.

Access your favorite apps from anywhere with AppShortcut

Some people are more anal than others in terms of keeping their Home screens neat and tidy, but those who install too many apps to keep track of can probably benefit from a jailbreak tweak dubbed AppShortcut by iOS developer db89.

As shown in the screenshot examples above, AppShortcut is precisely what you’d expect it to be: an app launcher that provides faster access to some of your favorite applications. The interface appears everywhere in iOS and can be collapsed or expanded depending on your needs at any particular time. Additionally, AppShortcut supports both dark and light UI modes.

How to show, add and edit musical notes in GarageBand

GarageBand editing screen on iPhone

If you want to work with the musical notes in GarageBand for your song, you can show, add, and edit notes. In GarageBand on Mac, you can work with notes for MIDI regions, and on iOS, you can work with them for green touch instrument regions.

Here’s how to show, add, and edit musical notes in GarageBand on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

Unc0ver jailbreak picks up support for A12(X) devices running iOS 12.0-12.4

After a much-anticipated wait, hacker Pwn20wnd has incorporated full-fledged A12(X) device support into the unc0ver jailbreak tool and released it for public testing in the form of unc0ver v3.7.0 beta 1.

The new beta was made available for public testing Sunday afternoon following a series of suspenseful Tweets shared by Pwn20wnd himself along with some of his internal beta testers:

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: 3DTools, BottomToolBar, SmartBattery, and more

Apple officially dropped iOS 13 to the general public this week, but for those happily jailbroken on iOS 11 or iOS 12, it's possible to obtain many of the software update's new features with the right combination of jailbreak tweaks.

In this roundup, we’ll showcase all the latest jailbreak tweaks to be released from Monday, September 16th to Sunday, September 22nd. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

iPhone XS smacks iPhone 11 Pro in app launching speed test

Apple’s annual iPhone unveiling typically includes the introduction of an all-new SoC with modest speed improvements, with this year’s focus being the A13 Bionic chip. At the Keynote, Apple’s vice president of silicon manufacturing Sri Santhanam said that all mechanisms of the A13 Bionic chip would be nearly 20% faster than its predecessor; but is this the case?

Now that the iPhone 11 Pro is readily available to those who pre-ordered or tried their luck at local retail stores, it should come as no surprise that these numbers are being put to the test. In one example, YouTube personality EverthingApplePro compared the app launching performance of the iPhone 11 Pro to the previous-generation iPhone XS with astonishing results:

This tweak makes iOS’ auto rotation feature more intelligent

iOS’ automatic screen rotation feature can be great when you’re indulging in activities during which landscape orientation would offer an improved reading or viewing experience, but some instances exist in which it becomes more of a headache than it’s worth.

If you’re a chronic Rotation Lock user because you feel that iOS’ auto rotation feature needs improvement, then we have a hunch you’ll come to appreciate a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed I’mLyingDownDamnit by iOS developer CardboardFace.