New Macs

Yesterday, as anticipated, Apple announced updates to the current Macs. They also finally upgraded the ‘mighty mouse’ which is now the ‘magic mouse’ due to legal disputes. The new lineup includes updates to the MacBook, iMac, Mac Mini, as well as other devices such as the Apple remote and Time Capsule. This new lineup looks pretty good, with the 16:9 iMacs being the best update in my opinion. All of the devices also got slight hardware upgrades, again with the iMacs coming out on top now with a quad-core version. Everything went on sale yesterday so go to your local Apple store and admire it all.

(Pic below of just how irresistible the 16:9 iMacs are with the Star Trek advertisement playing)

Jailbreaking

If you have an iPod Touch or an iPhone and haven’t jailbroken it yet, then shame on you. There’s really no reason not to. It’s easy, if something happens to go wrong it’s easily reversible, and (even though Apple would like you to think otherwise) it’s legal. Oh and it’s also awesome. If you still aren’t convinced, heres a picture  of the lock screen I’m using right now…

(If you want this lockscreen a tutorial can be found here)

Now that you’re convinced, here’s how to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch on 3.1.X firmware.

Written Tutorial

1. Go to blackra1n.com

2. Download BlackRa1n for whichever OS you have (Windows and OS X are supported)

3. Connect your device via USB, open blackra1n, and click ‘Make it Ra1n’

4. When your device reboots there will be an app called ‘BlackRa1n’. Open it up and install Cydia

Now go wild. There are countless great apps available  in Cydia. If you’re having some trouble getting started then be sure to check out my youtube channel. I’ll be putting more videos up in the next couple days focussing on jailbreaking and Cydia, so stay tuned.

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Control Mod is an all tech, all the time blog. This site will deliver  news from a hands on perspective. I’m Michael Dearworth, the creator of Control Mod, and through this site I will blog (hopefully multiple times a day) about what new tech I’m dealing with and the gadgets I’m fooling around with. If you want to get real news from a real person, then stay tuned…