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Apple takes you behind the scenes of its holiday film, “Saving Simon”
Go behind the scenes of this year's Apple holiday ad which was shot with the iPhone 13 Pro cameras by Oscar nominees Jason Reitman and his son Ivan.
SpeakerFirst prioritizes the iPhone’s loudspeaker when tapping the speaker button in a call
When you place or receive a phone call on your iPhone, the speaker option can be incredibly useful when you don’t plan to hold the handset up to your ear.
ReplayKit Max removes the screen resolution cap from iOS’ native screen recording feature
Screen recording is a powerful feature that iPhone users once needed to jailbreak to use, but since becoming a native feature in iOS and iPadOS, the tides have turned to jailbreakers enhancing the feature instead of enabling it.
Justin Sherman publishes promised documentation for kernel exploit for iOS 14.7 and below
In mid-October, hacker Justin Sherman took to Twitter to announce that he would soon publish a write-up detailing the likes of a kernel-level exploit for iOS & iPadOS 14.7 and below.
Apple TV+ gets festive with official trailer for Peanuts special ‘For Auld Lang Syne’; holiday episodes of ‘Stillwater’ and ‘Get Rolling with Otis’
It's the holiday season, which means popular entertainment is ready to show off a little bit. Apple TV+ is no different, and it's coming out swinging for the fences. Not only does it have a very special Peanuts special, but also a pair of episodes in two of its family-friendly shows as well.
Apple launches a new MacBook Upgrade Program for eligible businesses
Apple has an iPhone Upgrade Program in place for general consumers, allowing for a single monthly payment and an easy path to upgrade to a new model when they want. Unfortunately, a similar program doesn't exist for the general populace with Macs. But! Eligible businesses can now sign up for their own option.
CCDNDTimer lets jailbreakers initiate timed Do Not Disturb sessions from Control Center
Do Not Disturb is one of my most-used features when it comes to my iPhone and iPad. That’s because sometimes I just want to watch a movie, play a game, or get productive without an app pinging me with notifications that would otherwise break my concentration.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Batterain, Listening, Sh4dow, and more…
Every Sunday morning, we curate a dedicated list of all the past week’s jailbreak tweak releases and jailbreak-centric news content, and this Sunday will be no different.
Listening auto-cycles between active noise cancellation & transparency modes based on your media playback
If you have any of Apple’s Bluetooth earbud or headphone offerings that support active noise cancellation and transparency mode, then you already know just how useful these features can seem. On the other hand, these features need to be toggled manually by the end user, which takes some of the ‘magic’ out of them.
YTAutoFullScreen automatically kicks any video you play in the YouTube app into full-screen mode
When you begin watching a video in the YouTube app, it first starts playing in the constrained upper-1/3 of ths display in portrait mode. You can then move to a fuller-screen experience in landscape mode by rotating your device.
CalcBrighter cranks your iPhone’s display brightness up to 100% when using the Calculator app
One of the things that I like about iOS is how it automatically brightens the display when showing a coupon or pass from the native Wallet app. While the intent behind this feature was to make scanning bar or QR codes easier, there are other apps where auto display brightness adjustments could be useful.