While I use a 16-inch MacBook Pro for most of my in-office work, I like to have something a bit more portable for when I’m going to be away from home and still need access to a computer. That was one of the driving forces behind my decision to pick up one of Apple’s razor-thin 2024 M4 chip-equipped 13-inch iPad Pro tablets, since it’s much easier to stow away in a bag than a chunky 16-inch MacBook Pro.
One of the features that Apple made available in iOS & iPadOS 16 and later that I cherish greatly is the ability to copy my current Wi-Fi network password to my clipboard so that I can paste it elsewhere in the operating system, whether that’s a text message, a note to myself, or something else.
Along an updated 11-inch iPad on Tuesday, Apple also went ahead and announced it had bumped up the hardware of its higher-end iPad Air, which is available in both 11-inch and 13-inch models starting at $549.
Apple on Tuesday refreshed its 11-inch iPad, giving it a modest boost in specs while maintaining an affordable price tag of only $349 (or $329 through Apple’s Education storefront). But is it work that cost?
After successfully launching of Peak Design’s Outdoor Line of backpacks and sling bags, which started out as a crowdfunded Kickstarter campaign and rapidly moved to the brand’s official website for purchase, it seems the popular bag and camera accessory maker has taken to the drawing board once more, this time taking aim at the aspiring traveler.
Belkin on Monday announced an all-new ultra-compact USB-C docking station, providing a convenient desktop hub that can turn single-port laptops and tablets into multi-port workstations, all while charging said device at full speed.
The Dynamic Island is something that first debuted on the iPhone 14 Pro series of handsets to replace the notch-based TrueDepth camera system that debuted with Face ID when Apple launched the iPhone X, and it’s designed to integrate all of the TrueDepth camera system into a blacked out region of the OLED display that integrates tightly with system animations and notifications to provide the illusion that it’s a part of the display.
ZAGG sub-brand mophie on Monday announced an all-new lineup of portable powerstations ranging from big to small in a move to outdo all previous powerstation models.
Apple will soon unveil updated MacBook Air laptops powered by its latest M4 chips and probably refresh its iPad Air tablet along with the entry-level iPad.
Around a week ago, we reported about the implications that iOS & iPadOS 18.4 developer beta 1 had on the use of just-in-time (JIT) compilation for iPhone and iPad apps used outside of the native debugger, which would affect its use inside of sideloaded apps with the help of utilities like AltJIT, SideJIT, and Jitterbug, among others.
Another week, another intriguing write-up by the young and talented hobbyist security researcher @alfiecg_dev, who just this weekend published a blog post about a new deterministic kernel exploit called Trigon that is based on CVE-2023-32434, the same bug that the Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) exploit utilized with puaf_smith and was patched in iOS & iPadOS 16.5.1.
If you’re into jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad, then you have a home here at iDownloadBlog, where many of our staff share the same tenacity for the hobby of customizing their devices well outside of the stock bounds provided by Apple.