Guides
iPad Multi-Touch Gestures
iOS 5 brought a couple of new multi-touch gestures for iPad that you may not have noticed quite yet.
Use four or five fingers to
swipe and bring up the multitasking bar
pinch to return to home screen
swipe left or right to switch between apps.
The secret is these only work on iPad 2. Also, they aren’t active by default, so you have to turn them on by going to Settings > General and scrolling down toward the bottom where it says Multitasking Gestures.
Share one Mac with your family
Although you can configure this Mac so that it has just a single account, you can make it more enjoyable for each member of your family to use (and easier for you to control) by creating a separate user account for each family member. Do this and everyone has a place to put their stuff, [...]
How To YouTube HD Video Playback in iOS 5 over 3G
iOS 5 or 5.0.1 won’t let you play YouTube Videos in HD. Thanks to this little hack, you can enable YouTube HD video playback in iOS 5 over 3G network. SonnyDickson is the man who discovered this new feature ‘HQ 3G Playback’ in iOS 5/5.0.1, disabled by default. Hit the jump to learn how to enable YouTube HD Video playback over 3G…Just [...]
Unlock iPhone 4S
Unlock iPhone 4S without Jailbreak As per numerous reports, an iOS 5 bug allows you to unlock iPhone 4S without jailbreaking the 4S or using UltraSn0w orGevey SIM to unlock it. Michael Capozzi, who found this trick, managed to unlock iPhone 4S to use T-Mobile network and according to him, this method should work with any GSM carrier. The person has provided [...]
Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Final With RedSn0w
Apple released iOS 5.0.1 to the public today, and with it comes the need to jailbreak. Fortunately, we’ve got that need covered using the latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.9b8. Keep in mind that many are warning those wishing to jailbreak to stay away from iOS 5.0.1 — especially iPhone 4S owners and those who have [...]
Put a Leash on your Smartphone’s Data Usage
Unless you’re a Sprint customer—or you’re grandfathered into an unlimited data plan—you’ve only got 2GB of mobile data to play with before you go broke or get throttled. Here’s how to keep from going over your cap. The consequences of using more data than your carrier wants can be scary—and expensive. AT&T and Verizon start [...]
