Install & Run iOS 5 on an iPhone Without a Developer Account

Jun 7, 2011 - 28 Comments
iOS 5 bug to run iOS 5 without developer account

If you want to try out iOS 5 but you don’t have a developer account, you can do so using a crafty technique that takes advantage of a very simple bug in the Voice Over system. This has been confirmed to work on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, but other iOS devices probably don’t … Read More

iOS 5 Jailbroken Already

Jun 7, 2011 - 5 Comments
iOS 5 beta jailbroken

Update: Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 is out to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1, it has a tethered boot and is not intended for use beyond developers. The good old limera1n exploit works to jailbreak the first beta of iOS 5, according to renowned jailbreak dev @MuscleNerd, suggesting a public jailbreak will be available for iOS 5b1 soon. … Read More

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion System Requirements

Jun 7, 2011 - 131 Comments
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion System Requirements

Update: Mac OS X Lion has been released!. You can download OS X Lion from the Mac App Store Now for $29.99 right now. We’re all excited for Mac OS X Lion. We know it’s only $30 but a single purchase will cover installing on all of your Macs. We know it will be released … Read More

A Single Purchase of Mac OS X Lion Will Install on ALL of your Macs

Jun 7, 2011 - 32 Comments
Mac OS X Lion Mission Control

If you have multiple Macs, this may be one of the best and most underrated features of the Mac OS X Lion release: you buy Lion once and you can install it on all of your Macs, no additional purchases are required per machine, all of the downloading and installation is handled through the Mac … Read More

iTunes 10.3 Download is Out, Includes iTunes in the Cloud Beta

Jun 7, 2011 - 4 Comments
iTunes in the Cloud Beta

Apple has released iTunes 10.3, an update that includes aspects of iCloud including a beta version of iTunes in the Cloud. What does that mean to you? iTunes 10.3 in the Cloud Beta has two main features: iTunes will automatically download new music, apps, and book purchases to all of your devices seamlessly and without … Read More

Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 4 is Now Available to Download

Jun 6, 2011 - 60 Comments
Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 4 now available to download from Apple

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview 4 has been released for developers to download from Apple’s servers. The new build number is 11A480b and includes a variety of changes that were shown at WWDC 2011, and was announced alongside iOS 5 beta 1 and iCloud. Developers can download the update directly from Apple through … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 1 is Available to Download

Jun 6, 2011 - 20 Comments
iOS 5 Beta 1 Download on Dev Center

Developers can now check out all the new fancy iOS 5 features first hand with the first pre-release version of iOS 5 beta 1. The download is accessible to all registered developers through the iOS Dev Center. iOS 5 Beta 1 comes as build 9A5220p and supports all iPad 2 models, iPad, iPhone 4 GSM … Read More

iOS 5 Release Date: Now!

Jun 6, 2011 - 163 Comments
iOS 5 Release Date

Update: iOS 5 is out now! You can download iOS 5 here or through iTunes. Update 10/4/2011: Apple has announced that iOS 5 release date is October 12 as a free download, alongside iCloud. iOS 5 is jam packed with new and awesome features, so when can you get your hands on it? Developers will … Read More

Mac OS X Lion Release Date is July, Will Cost $29, and Available ONLY from Mac App Store

Jun 6, 2011 - 197 Comments
Mac OS X Lion available only from the Mac App Store

Lion has been released! The wait is over, you can download OS X Lion from the Mac App Store Update: Mac OS X Lion GM has been released, signifying a public release is due in the very near future. Stay tuned! Update 2: The Lion release date is imminent. Update 3: The WSJ’s AllThingsD appears … Read More

iTunes ‘Automatic Download’ Feature to Automatically Update Your iOS Apps

Jun 4, 2011 - 2 Comments
Automatic Download in iTunes leak

iOS 5 has been long rumored to include wireless syncing and over-the-air updates, and now at least part of this feature seems to be confirmed through a brief leak on iTunes. MacRumors reports that the iTunes update page briefly included the following phrase, discussing a feature called “Automatic Download” that currently does not exist: if … Read More

Is This the New iOS 5 Notification System?

Jun 3, 2011 - 3 Comments
Possible new iOS notification system

Is this what the new iOS 5 notification system will look like? That’s the question on everyones mind now that there has been confirmation that the developer of MobileNotifier is working for Apple. For those who don’t know, MobileNotifier is a popular jailbreak tool that completely redesigns iOS’s notification system for the better. Notifications pop … Read More

Teenager Sells His Kidney to Buy an iPad 2

Jun 2, 2011 - 15 Comments
Kidney iPad 2

Some stories are so outrageous they are hard to believe, and this is a big WTF: a 17 year old boy in China sold his kidney to an organ broker so that he could buy an iPad 2. As if this story didn’t sound bad enough, now comes the extra bad part; the hospital that … Read More

Upgrade Any Mac OS X Lion Installation to Lion Server via Mac App Store

Jun 2, 2011 - 6 Comments
Lion Server Help Search DP3

Update: Yes, you can upgrade any existing OS X Lion installation to Lion Server by downloading OS X Lion Server from the Mac App Store and installing it on top of a Mac already running 10.7. A post on HardMac suggests that any Mac OS X Lion installation will be upgradeable to Lion Server via … Read More

Mac OS X Lion to be “Aggressively Priced” and Include Free iCloud Services?

Jun 1, 2011 - 9 Comments
Mac OS X Lion to be cheap and include some iCloud services, maybe

A new report indicates that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will be “aggressively priced” and include free access to some of the expected iCloud features and services as an added incentive for Mac users to upgrade. Lion to Include Free iCloud Features? Providing a substantial reason for Mac users to jump to Lion, Apple may … Read More

Possible iCloud Feature List

Jun 1, 2011 - 9 Comments
Possible iCloud Features

Not much is known about iCloud other than that Apple will officially unveil the service next week at WWDC alongside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iOS 5. The most obvious aspect of these three products launching alongside one another is that they’ll all be deeply integrated, but what does that mean? What is iCloud … Read More

Mac OS X Security Update Removes MacDefender Malware & Maintains Anti-Malware Definitions List

May 31, 2011 - 4 Comments
Mac OS X Malware Removal Tool

Apple has released a Mac OS X software update labeled “Security Update 2011-003” for Mac OS X 10.6.7 that includes a native malware removal tool. The focus of the update is on the MacDefender malware scam and its variants, now referred to as “OSX.MacDefender.A”. Once the update is installed your Mac will be scanned for … Read More

WWDC 2011: Steve Jobs, Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, iCloud Confirmed. MacBook Air & iPhone 4S Maybe?

May 31, 2011 - 7 Comments
WWDC 2011

The usually tightlipped Apple has dropped a few bombs this morning, announcing that none other than Steve Jobs himself will unveil Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud at WWDC 2011 on June 6. Did you catch that? Apple has confirmed much of what was only speculation until now. This is an unusual move … Read More

App Turns an iPad 3G into a Giant iPhone

May 30, 2011 - 4 Comments

When the iPad first came out, some critics accused the device of being just a big iPhone that couldn’t make phone calls. Two years later, that phone call thing has been addressed by a new app that claims to turn any iPad 3G into basically a giant iPhone. The app is called PhoneItiPad and it’s … Read More

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