In an interesting bit of news this long holiday weekend, hobbyist hacker @tomitokics took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Friday to share what appears to be a proof of concept (PoC) for a use-after-free bug known as CVE-2024-44285 that Apple first introduced in iOS & iPadOS 18.0 and later patched in iOS & iPadOS 18.1.
If you still use a jailbreak that utilizes the Elucubratus bootstrap, such as checkra1n or unc0ver, then you may have recently noticed an update for Cydia Installer awaiting your attention.
One of the biggest pet peeves that jailbreakers contend with is when the apps they depend on regularly detect that their iPhone is jailbroken and then block usage of the app as a result. One way around this is with a jailbreak bypass, but not all jailbreak bypasses are created equally, and your mileage may vary.
I find it insulting enough that Apple doesn’t trust its own users to choose which version of firmware that they can install on the iPhones and iPads they own. In fact, they actively prohibit firmware downgrades via a signing scheme that either approves or disapproves of firmware installation requests through iTunes or Finder.
Just last week, the AltStore team released AltStore Classic version 2.0.1 with several bugs fixes and improvements, including support for dark mode & tinted app icons in iOS 18 and support for Home Screen Quick Actions with support information.
In an announcement shared via the Cowabunga Discord channel on Saturday, iOS developer LeminLimez revealed an updated version of Nugget, a device customization utility that makes use of the SparseRestore exploit to make jailbreak tweak-like changes to iPhones and iPads without a jailbreak.
It looks like AltStore isn’t the only sideloading application receiving updates this Wednesday. In an announcement post shared to /r/jailbreak just this afternoon, the Sideloadly team announced that it too had released an update to its sideloading utility.
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a much-anticipated update for its Final Cut Pro video editing software, officially bringing it up to version 11.0 and updating the name from Final Cut Pro X to Final Cut Pro 11. This update includes not only major improvements for its macOS software, but complements sister updates to Final Cut Pro for iPad, which has been dubbed version 2.1, and Final Cut Camera for iPhone, which is now version 1.1.
In a post shared to X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday afternoon, the AltStore team shared that it had released small updates to both its AltStore PAL alternative App Store for the European Union and its AltStore Classic sideloading platform for the rest of the world.
Apple on Tuesday released another firmware update for multiple models of its AirPods Bluetooth earbuds, including the AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (USB-C), AirPods Pro 2 with MagSafe Charging Case (Lightning), and AirPods 4. The update for both AirPods Pro 2 models has been dubbed version 7B21, while the update for AirPods 4 has been dubbed version 7B20.
Apple on Monday made the predictable move of unsigning the iOS & iPadOS 18.0.1 firmware, just one week after launching the iOS & iPadOS 18.1 software update that introduced some of the very first Apple Intelligence-oriented features to iPhone and iPad users alike.
Nugget, the no-jailbreak device customization utility based on the SparseRestore exploit for iPhones running iOS 17.0-17.7 and 18.0-18.1 beta 4, as well as partial support for iOS 17.7.1 and 18.1 beta 5 and later, received another update, officially bringing the utility up to version 4.0.1.