iPadOS 26 brings a new time-waster: You can pick up the 3D magnifying loupe in Preview and drag it around like a digital fidget spinner.

Make the most of the built-in Mac image editor. These Mac Preview app tips give you new tools to work with documents and edit photos.

(via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

The LSLyrics jailbreak tweak adds animated real-time lyrics to your jailbroken iPhone's Lock Screen whenever you listen to music.

As we approach week’s end, we are starting to track a massive selection of Apple deals across its current-generation lineup. From the iPad Air, mini 7, and Pro, right through the the M4 MacBook Air, a series of accessories, and much more, we are looking at some of the best prices of the year and even some new all-time lows that undercut what we saw on Prime Day. Scope it all out down below. 

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As we approach week’s end, we are starting to track a massive selection of Apple deals across its current-generation lineup. From the iPad Air, mini 7, and Pro, right through the the M4 MacBook Air, a series of accessories, and much more, we are looking at some of the best prices of the year and even some new all-time lows that undercut what we saw on Prime Day. Scope it all out down below. 

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Looky is a new jailbreak tweak that changes the way iPhone users see and interact with incoming notifications on their device.

With the Nazuna jailbreak tweak, you can do more to enhance your device's native Picture in Picture mode when viewing videos.

Learn how to prevent your iPhone or iPad from opening images or PDFs from the Apple Files app in the new iOS 26 Preview app.

The RecordConfirm jailbreak tweak ensures that the user gets a chance to cancel a voice recording from the Voice Memos app before it starts.

The new FiveDock16 jailbreak tweak enables five app icons in the Home Screen's Dock on pwned iOS 16 devices.

The CalculatorConverter jailbreak tweak backports the unit and currency conversion features of the iOS 18 Calculator app to iOS 14-16.

The iDB team has curated a list of the most relevant iPhone jailbreak news and releases spanning Monday, June 30th to Sunday, July 6th.

On CultCast episode 706, we discuss rumors of the cheapest MacBook ever, plus our fave Apple Watch bands and the future of Apple Vision.

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The new SpoofGPT jailbreak tweak allows jailbreakers on iSO 16 and earlier to run the ChatGPT app on their device.

The new TypeMillennium jailbreak tweak provides a system-wide notification to let you know when someone starts typing iMessages to you.

Ginsu's popular Analog jailbreak tweak that converts the Lock Screen clock from a digital display to an analog one has been updated to v2.0.

The new CC26 jailbreak tweak brings the iOS 26 Control Center aesthetic to jailbroken iOS 16 devices.

The iDownloadBlog team spells out the latest news and releases in the iPhone hacking & jailbreak communities from Monday, June 23rd to Sunday, June 29th.

The new gridswitcher jailbreak tweak ports the iPad-style grid App Switcher to jailbroken iPhones.

The Waktos 2 jailbreak tweak lets iPhone users achieve a highly configurable Android-inspired Lock Screen clock appearance.

In this roundup piece, the iDB team discusses the latest trends in iPhone jailbreaking from Monday, June 16th to Sunday, June 22nd.

We can count at least X new features in iOS & iPadOS 26 that jailbreakers have had access to in some capacity for a while.

This roundup encompasses the latest iPhone jailbreaking and hacking news from Monday, June 9th to Sunday, June 15th.

Flow and Glow are two new jailbreak tweaks for Facebook and Messenger that add new features to the app for jailbreakers and sideloaders.

The new Letterpress add-on for TrollStore adds an audio visualizer to your Dynamic Island or Notch without any jailbreak required.

The IMRead jailbreak tweak lets you mark missed message notifications as read when you clear their notifications from other parts of iOS.

After months of buildup, the Nintendo Switch 2 is here. I got early access to everything at a private event hosted by Nintendo at their flagship store in NYC. I was able to pick up the full launch lineup directly from Nintendo, including the console, accessories, and the new Mario Kart World game.

I’ve spent some time unboxing it all, setting things up, and playing with some of the accessories. While I think this is a fantastic upgrade to the Switch 1, its not all good. Let’s dive into the unboxing and first impressions.

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With a new add-on called Pocket Poster, you can now set animated wallpapers on your iPhone running iOS 17 without a jailbreak.

In this roundup, the iDB team shares everything new in the world of iPhone hacking & jailbreaking from Monday, June 2nd to Sunday, June 8th.

The built-in Preview app from the Mac should expand to the iPhone and iPad with Apple's iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates to let you manage PDFs.

After months of buildup, the Nintendo Switch 2 is here. I got early access to everything at a private event hosted by Nintendo at their flagship store in NYC. I was able to pick up the full launch lineup directly from Nintendo, including the console, accessories, and the new Mario Kart World game.

I’ve spent some time unboxing it all, setting things up, and playing with some of the accessories. While I think this is a fantastic upgrade to the Switch 1, its not all good. Let’s dive into the unboxing and first impressions.

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Scrubble is another jailbreak tweak just like Scrobbit that automatically Scrobbles music from other music apps to the Last.fm app.

Scrobbit is a new jailbreak tweak that automatically scrobbles songs you've heard in other music streaming apps in the last.fm app.

The iDownloadBlog team chases down the latest iPhone and iPad hacking and/or jailbreaking news every week and wraps it up on the weekend.

This roundup encompasses the latest jailbreak tweak releases, jailbreak news, and iPhone hack information that we have this week.

Sony has now officially unveiled the new WH-1000XM6 headphones. What might be the most anticipated pair of headphones in the last year has finally arrived as a follow up to some of the most cherished over-ear ANC cans in the business. This time around featuring a new, faster processor, enhanced noise cancellation, even better call quality with upgraded AI noise reduction, and a nicer, more compact design, the question is whether or not all of this and another jump in price will have fans trading out their beloved XM5s (or something from the other brands) for the new XM6.

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Lumier is a new piece of software that enables virtual machines in macOS using Docker for ease of setup.

This roundup goes over the latest jailbreak tweak releases and news spanning Monday, May 5th to Sunday, May 11th.

You can find the latest roundup about jailbreak news and jailbreak tweak releases right here. We make these posts weekly to help readers catch up.