Anthony Bouchard

Anthony Bouchard joined the iDownloadBlog.com team in 2016 after originally covering Apple and iPhone jailbreak news at ModMyi.com. As an experienced editor, he brings more than 15 years’ worth of jailbreaking knowledge to our in-depth guides, opinion pieces, and news articles. His passion for device customization and user choice sparks his strong push to empower readers with the tools they need to explore and enjoy the freedom that comes with jailbreaking. Anthony blogs about not only jailbreaking, but also Apple software & accessories, drones & photography, and Nintendo gaming systems. Anthony honed his advanced technical knowledge over the years with hands-on projects ranging from gaming PC builds to engine repair mechanics. His never-ending hunger for knowledge is why you’ll always find him tinkering – tearing things apart and putting them back together to understand what makes them tick.

In latest revocation wave, a trigger-happy Apple reportedly revokes even innocent Developer accounts

Apple Developer account revocation wave affects even innocent accounts.

If you’ve ever used an online signing service to sideload apps on your iPhone before, which is typically a one-year service provided by a third party for a fee, then you’re likely familiar with it becoming revoked. This occurs when Apple finds out the Apple Developer account is being abused and thusly closes the Apple Developer account so that the signing service can’t continue.

Apple unsigns iOS 18.6, preventing downgrades from iOS 18.6.1 or 18.6.2

iOS 18 downgrade.

Apple stopped signing iOS 18.6 on Thursday, just one week after releasing iOS 18.6.1 alongside watchOS 11.6.1 to enable the Blood Oxygen monitoring feature on Apple Watches that were previously barred from offering the feature to end users under an International Trade Commission ruling – but later circumvented by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection ruling that patent troll Masimo is now once again suing over.

Masimo sues U.S. Customs and Border Protection in bid to block green light to enable blood oxygen monitoring on Apple Watches

Apple Watch Ultra 2 on desk with blood oxygen sensor LEDs active

When Apple released iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 last week, bringing Blood Oxygen monitoring to previously excluded models following a U.S. Customs and Border Protection approval that allowed Apple to move forward with the “redesigned” experience on those devices, we had a gut feeling that patent troll Masimo wouldn’t let that go very far without a fight.