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On 1/12/2014 9:57 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never use.

Exciting, eh?

Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery
replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device ain't
bad.

Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to
$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the purchase
price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful desktop, so
I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle. I'm beginning
to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5 per...hey now!



BTW ... here's what I've been up to with the iMac:

http://s802.photobucket.com/user/Eisboch/slideshow/Loft%20Studio