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iOS Adoption Rate Continues to Grow Steadily - Apple
According to the official figures on the App Store usage published by the guys from Cupertino earlier this week, iOS 8 adoption rate has risen 1% over the period of time between December 8th and December 22nd and now is equal to 64%. Although the adoption rate rises not as fast as the adoption rate of iOS 7 last year, it grows steadily and that is the point.
Apple Releases Security Update for Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite Users
Apple on Monday released an important security update for Mac owners. According to what the guys from Cupertino say, this update contains a fix for the critical issue with Network Time Protocol service on OS X and is highly recommended for Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite users. Apple asks Mac and MacBook owners to “install this update as soon as possible”.
Apple Releases Another OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Public Beta
According to the latest reports from reliable sources, Apple has recently begun seeding new public beta of OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 to users worldwide. The release comes after the release of the third Yosemite beta, which became available for developers earlier this month and contained some performance and stability improvements aimed at making the latest OS X version more efficient.
Apple Releases Third iOS 8.2 Beta to Developers for Testing
Apple on Thursday released the third iOS 8.2 beta to developers for testing. New firmware version can boast of a number of performance improvements and several important bugfixes. The release comes just one week after the release of the previous beta and about one month after the release of the first iOS 8.2 beta. Apart from seeding iOS 8.2, the guys from Cupertino also made Xcode 6.2 beta 3 with WatchKit available for developers.
Apple Releases Safari 8.0.3, Safari 7.1.3 and Safari 6.2.3 to Developers
Several weeks after the previous release, the guys from Cupertino have seeded three Safari betas to developers for testing, namely, Safari 8.0.3, Safari 7.1.3 and Safari 6.2.3. Each of these betas contains a wide number of stability and performance improvements as well as some new features.
Apple to Release iOS 8.1.3 Ahead of iOS 8.2 with Support of Apple Watch
According to the latest reports from people familiar with the matter, the guys from Cupertino have recently begun testing iOS 8.1.3 actively, which indicates that ahead of the public release of iOS 8.2 with the support of the long-awaited Apple Watch early next year, we may actually see one more iOS version containing stability improvements and bug fixes.
Apple Releases New OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Beta to Developers
Apple has just released a new beta-version of OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 to developers for testing. The release comes in about a week after the release of the previous version of 10.10.2, which contained a number of stability and performance enhancements as well as some bug fixes for Wi-Fi issues.
New TaiG Jailbreak Released with Support of iOS 8.1.2
As you probably know, Apple on Tuesday released iOS 8.1.2, which contained a fix for the issue causing the ringtones purchased on the iTunes Store to disappear from your device. Immediately after the release, users began to wonder if the latest version of the mobile operating system was jailbreakable.
As it turned out, the guys from Cupertino haven’t patched the vulnerability, which was used to hack the previous versions of iOS using TaiG jailbreak. That is why less than in a day after the release of iOS 8.1.2, the hackers released an updated tool for untethered jailbreak of the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system called TaiG 1.2.0. And that is surely a piece of good news for all those, who use jailbroken iPhones and iPads.
iOS 8 Adoption Rate Continues to Grow Steadily
According to the recent information, which was published on Apple's App Store support page for developers, iOS 8 is currently installed on 63% of active iOS devices. The latest figures are based on the App Store usage, so they include only those iPhone and iPad owners, who have used Apple’s repository over the past month. The actual number of devices running iOS 8 may be slightly higher.
Apple Releases iOS 8.1.2 With One Serious Fix
Apple on Tuesday released iOS 8.1.2, which contains a fix for the bug that made the ringtones purchased on the iTunes Store disappear from the device. Apart from this noticeable and no doubt useful improvement, the most recent version of Apple’s mobile operating system can boast of some minor stability and performance enhancements. Nothing more.
New Versions of TaiG Jailbreak Utility and TaiG iOS 8.0-8.1.1 Untether Released
TaiG has recently released an updated version 1.1 of its utility for untethered jailbreak of iOS 8.0-8.1.1. This version allows users to choose the language of the interface, Chinese or English, and can boast of the fix for sandbox issue found in the previous version.
Apple Updates Maps App for iOS and OS X and Siri
Apple on Friday released an update to its Maps app for both OS X and iOS. This update brought the Flyover feature to nine new cities and monuments in the USA and Europe. Moreover, the guys from Cupertino added one noticeable new feature to their virtual assistant called Siri, which now supports international movie times.
Apple Releases One More OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Beta to Developers
Apple has recently released another beta-version of OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 to developers for testing. The release comes just two weeks after the release of the previous 10.10.2 beta, which included a number of bug fixes and performance improvements. Many Yosemite users worldwide have recently begun complaining about Wi-Fi issues, so probably the latest beta contains fixes to these issues.
Step-by-step Tutorial: How to Untether Jailbreak iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Using TaiG (Windows) [iOS 8.0-8.1.2]
This is step-by-step instructions on how to perform untethered jailbreak of iOS 8.0 - iOS 8.1.2 firmwares using Taig for Windows.
This tutorial works for:
- iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus
- iPod Touch 5G
- iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3
Supported firmwares: iOS 8.0 - iOS 8.1.2.
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MuscleNerd Confirms TaiG Jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1 is Safe
MuscleNerd, a respected hacker in the jailbreak community, has confirmed via twitter that the TaiG iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak is safe.
Nothing too unsettling with that TaiG JB...just some light device fingerprinting. To see that, create an empty debuglog.cfg file next…
to the exe file. From then on, when you run the tool it'll log the urls accessed in a log/.log file.