Apple launched three new iPhones at the same time this year, welcoming the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max to the family.
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Taille lets you see how much storage space an app is using via 3D Touch
You can determine the amount of storage space that any of your iPhone’s apps are occupying by visiting General > iPhone Storage in the Settings app. Fortunately for those with jailbreaks, there’s an easier way.
Enter Taille, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer MTAC that permits users to ascertain the storage occupancy of any installed app by using a simple 3D Touch (or Haptic Touch where applicable) gesture on its respective Home screen icon.
Chimera v1.3.9 released with boosted exploit reliability on 4K devices
The Electra Team posted an updated version of the iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak tool this week with a focus on jailbreak reliability on older handsets. The latest update brings the Chimera jailbreak tool up to version 1.3.9.
The Electra Team announced the launch of Chimera v1.3.9 via Twitter late last night, noting that it touts a more robust version of the Sock Puppet 3 exploit:
Apple promotes upcoming launch of Apple Arcade: ‘it’s time to play’
Apple Arcade is going to be one of the biggest new additions to Apple's stable of services when it goes live on Thursday, September 19. So obviously the company is ramping up the marketing effort.
Apple Arcade access arrives early for some users
Apple has the launch of Apple Arcade penned for Thursday, September 19, alongside the launch of iOS 13. But apparently some lucky few have early access to the new subscription service.
Early hands-on time with Apple Arcade shows generally positive outlook
Apple Arcade is one of the company's newest subscription services, and it will give subscribers access to over 100 games (on a rotating basis) for just $4.99 per month starting on Thursday, September 19.
‘Shantaram’ adds Charlie Hunnam to lead the series for Apple TV+
Way back in 2018, Apple acquired the rights to develop Shantaram, based on a novel written by Gregory David Roberts. And now we know Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy, The Lost City of Z) is going to lead the upcoming series for Apple TV+.
Magnets in Apple Watch bands ‘may cause interference’ with the compass in Apple Watch Series 5
When Apple unveiled the Apple Watch Series 5, it did so with a brand new feature: a built-in compass. But it turns out that may impact which bands you use with your new smartwatch.
Apple’s new U1 chip adds ‘GPS at the scale of your living room’, but there’s more on the horizon
Apple typically has a lot to announce when it unveils a new iPhone, or new software for that matter, but sometimes there's just too much to talk about on stage. Which means information trickles out after the fact.
iPhone 11 demand reportedly better than expected, green and purple colors leading the charge
Apple not only introduced new iPhones this year, but also welcomed new color options to both the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Cosmos, Dejavu2, playbacksafari, and more
Apple officially stopped signing iOS 12.4 this week, preventing potential jailbreakers from downgrading to a pwnable firmware. But those who heeded our advice and downgraded when they had the chance can now enjoy one of the best the perks of jailbreaking: installing jailbreak tweaks.
In this roundup, we’ll showcase all the jailbreak tweaks released during the past week from Monday, September 9th to Sunday, September 15th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.
This tweak makes the Home Bar display your current battery level
Many of Apple’s latest handsets lack a physical Home button, and instead rely on a software-based Home Bar for App Switcher activation, returning to the Home screen, and unlocking the device. Apart from these functionalities, however, the Home Bar itself is somewhat featureless.
If you’d like to give your iOS device’s Home Bar a welcomed helping of new functionality, then we’d recommend turning your attention to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called BatteryHomeBar by iOS developer Braxton Anderson.