I have some exciting news: we’re launching a new software hub at deals.cultofmac.com. Starting today, we’ll be bringing Apple fans the best deals in cutting-edge software and apps. We’ll be offering all kinds of deals: free app codes; 72-hour sales on premium packages; and bundles of the best apps — all at savings of 30% to 90% off retail. We’re kicking off today with the smash-hit mail app Sparrow. It’s one [Read More...]
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU7iCNIumpc While the possibility of an iPhone 5 with an all-new design has been quashed in recent rumors, case makers in China are still confident that Apple will have a surprise up its sleeve come October 4. So confident, in fact, that you’ll be surprised at how many iPhone 5 cases are already available. As you’ll see in the video below, put together by MIC Gadget, iPhone 5 cases are already available in China in a plethora of different colors and designs. One thing that is [Read More...]
Stitching your SHSH blobs to a firmware file makes it so that you don’t have to do anything tricky to point iTunes to Cydia’s server. The SHSH blobs are inserted directly into the firmware meaning that you can downgrade without having to edit your hosts file or use the TSS server. This is extremely helpful if you have been having issues downgrading to the last firmware that supports an untethered jailbreak: iOS 4.3.3. The best part [Read More...]
If you thought the rampant problem of phony Apple products and other unauthorized retailers had subsided in China, think again. The world’s most populous mobile community continues to be plagued by elaborate networks and rings of fake Apple product vendors and distributors. According to a report from Reuters this morning, Chinese authorities in Shanghai have taken into custody at least five people accused of manufacturing and subsequently selling counterfeit versions of Apple’s iPhone. Incredibly, however, this [Read More...]
According to 9to5Mac, the next iPhone isn’t just popping up in AT&T’s inventory system: it’s in Apple’s too, and it’s confirmed to pack a dual-core A5 SoC. In addition, the packaging number seemingly confirms the MD239F/A barcode leak of earlier today, with the model number for the 32GB unit being MD234. 9to5Mac also notes something we missed when we posted the barcode earlier today: the IMEI and MEID being together [Read More...]
Due to its location in a historic building and its need to be restored from the ground up, the Covent Garden Apple Store in London was the world’s most expensive Apple Store to build, costing more than $ 35 million.
For the first time, Apple is using one of its retail locations to announce a new product. Although next week’s iPhone event happens in Cupertino, Calif., the tech giant will stream the [Read More...]
VIM is a powerful command line text editor that is wildly popular with developers and system administrators that is accessible by typing ‘vim’ in the terminal. For those that haven’t used it before, it has a relatively steep learning curve, and the interface can be confusing until you figure out how it works and start memorizing some of the commands. That’s what this interactive VIM tutorial aims to do, [Read More...]
Ever wanted to look up a URL quickly without having to go into Safari and typing in the URL? The tediousness of just about anything where you have to leave what you’re doing to do another process can get on your nerves after a while. And in this case, searching URLs could be a potential tedious act for you. Since web browsing is a stable feature of any iDevice, cut yourself some time by using QuickSafari [Read More...]
File Vault 2 in Mac OS X Lion is very useful and it has improvements over its predecessor that I really like. One of those improvements is that you can now use it to encrypt external drives this even includes USB thumb drives which are easily lost. If you encrypt your USB thumb drives or other USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt drives you won’t have to worry about your data if they [Read More...]
Chinese police in Shanghai have arrested a gang of five people for making and selling fake iPhones on the black market. Unlike the other fake iPhones we’ve seen, however, these ones were made using a selection of real iPhone parts. Bloomberg reports that around 200 fake iPhones were seized during the bust, and surprisingly they all contained a number of genuine iPhone parts. It is believed that manufacturers making parts for Apple [Read More...]
