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Disclaimer: This tutorial/HOW TO is for educational purposes only. That being said, we know damn well what we’re trying to do here I assume.

What this tutorial will do is jailbreak (not unlock) your iPhone so that you can download independent apps from developers. A VERY STRONG RUMOR HAS IT that you can also download apps cracked from the iTunes App Store. I’ve confirmed this. This is a Mac OS X only tutorial. Suck it, Windows.

First, you’ll need an iPhone 2G (the original) or an iPhone 3G. This hack DOES NOT WORK on the iPhone 3GS, so don’t try it. Ready? Have your shit backed up and an iPod cable ready? Good.

Step 1: Download the redsn0w jailbreak app.

Step 2: Get a .ipsw file of the iPhone 3.0 OS. Google around, check Hackulo.us or whatever.

Step 3: Plug iPhone into your Mac, follow on screen instructions. You’ll be putting your phone into DFU mode and within minutes, it’ll be back to normal and jailbroken. Mind you, after a jailbreak (at least with me), you’ll need to do a restore later on to access your legitimate applications. Make sure you choose to install Cydia only. You don’t need Icy and can get it later.

Step 4: Open Cydia. Choose to do a “Complete” upgrade to the software. Add “cydia.hackulo.us” to your list of repositories once that’s done.

Step 5: Download AppSync, Crackulous and Installous from the Hackulo.us repository. If you don’t do it in this order, you may get errors.

Step 6: If all went according to plan, restore your iPhone from your last legit backup and you should have Cydia, all your cracked apps and your legit apps on the phone. Congrats! Now you can use Installous to wreck havoc on all the apps you desire.

That’s pretty much it. It took me about 45 minutes to get everything done and now I’m enjoying everything my iPhone 3G has to offer. If you’re squeemish about hacking or have sensitive material on your phone, don’t try this. You have to experience trial and error before getting it right. Now go and enjoy your cracked apps!

Remember in school when you’d waste time by trying to make funny words with your calculator (lol, “boobs”)? We’ve grown up. We’re way past the days of trying to make naughty words on our tools of arithmetic. These days, we’ve turned to our Mac OS X docks for our creative word challenges.

Check out some more words after the jump and give it a try yourself.

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I wrote a little commentary on my other site, The Veneziani Journal, regarding Mac OS X Snow Leopard and its pricing. At $29, this is a huge issue which could significantly affect both Microsoft and Apple. My tale of the take:

Apple is pulling out its big guns this year. The thing in particular I’m referring to started at the WWDC keynote and will conclude in September of this year. I am talking about OS X Snow Leopard. Apple decided to price this OS at $29. While it’s really just an upgrade (albeit a major one, complete with lots of doo-dads) to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, Snow Leopard’s pricing scheme allows it to easily penetrate Microsoft’s OS market share. Think about it: Would you pay $29 or $199 for an OS? Sure, Snow Leopard is tied to Apple hardware, but it’ll drive even more people to go out and purchase used equipment, essentially setting the tone for a Mac revolution.

If you’d like to read the whole shebang, head on over.

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With all the announcements at WWDC yesterday, it’s understandable that some information was overlooked. But now that WWDC’s keynote has come and gone, it’s time to analyze and pick apart every last thing Apple mentioned. Apparently, I overlooked the new 13-inch Macbook Pro! Here’s what people around the web are discussing:

• The 411 on tethering and MMS delays from AT&T.
• A $200 premium to upgrade early to the 3GS? No thanks.
• iPhone 3GS complete feature list from Apple
• The new Macbook Pro family

One of the shittier things I noticed on the bottom of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard page was that Snow Leopard will require an Intel-based Mac. That sucks for people like me who still use a G5-based machine. Oh well. That’s what my Macbook is for.

So. Today was Apple’s WWDC keynote. Phil Schiller delivered it without Jobs. Let’s cut the commentary bullshit out and go straight to the announcements:

iPhone 3GS announced – faster 3G, faster processor, 3-megapixel camera – $199 for 16GB, $299 for a 32GB model. Drops June 19th.

15-inch Macbook Pro line gets SD card slot, built-in battery

Snow Leopard – $29 to upgrade (WOW!) for existing users, $49 family pack, countless UI upgrades, Quicktime X with better editing features, faster, lightweight, concentration on 64-bit apps

TomTom app for GPS. Additional car kit available soon

iPhone OS 3.0 coming soon – free update, features MMS, copy and paste and everything previously discussed

iPhone tethering for everyone except AT&T customers, which is bullshit

P2P file transfer with iPhones

That’s the essentially all the big stuff that got announced today. If you want to know every last goddamned detail, hit up the boys at Gizmodo for their play-by-play.

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You’re running out of hard drive space. You need to install the latest Blizzard title, so you frantically start dragging all your shit to the Trash. All of a sudden, you realize your mother got you an external hard drive for your last birthday and that you need not delete all those pictures of your first cat. In the next incarnation of Mac OS X, you’ll be able to click a button that lets you “put back” the files to their original position. A welcome feature to us lazy Mac users for sure.

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Throwing OS X on a Hackintosh netbook is nothing new. Just grab an MSI Wind and follow one of the thousands of examples on the Internet. But it just won’t feel the same until people know you’re using an “Apple product.” That’s why some broke ass fanboy who owns an MSI Wind posted instructions on how to design and shape your very own transparent Apple logo. It requires a lot of materials, time and effort but the payoff could be worth it.

Want to see the results of all your efforts? Hit the jump.

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I love my iPhone 3G. I really do. I also loved my short-lived iPod Touch but that’s another story for another day. Anyway, one of the things I hate about the iPhone is how you can’t drag and drop files on to the device for storage. All that becomes fixed with iPhoneDisk and a filesystem appropriately titled MacFUSE. When you connect your iPhone to your Mac, it’ll appear like any other storage device. You’ll be able to drag-and-drop at your leisure, my friend.

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Here’s a bitchin’ application for Adobe Flash/Flex developers. It’s called MoteDaemon and it’s kind of like Matt Damon except it allows you to create Wiimote-controlled applications for OS X. Now, you too can create your very own sub par Nintendo Wii games for your Mac.

To make your experience of making lousy games for old people and kids even easier, MoteDaemon comes with a test-drive application called WiiCockpit. Bill Byrne of MAKE swears that with one look at WiiCockpit’s code, an experienced Flash developer will quickly figure out how to integrate MoteDaemon. Let’s see if choice software can be developed using the Wii’s controller and OS X. Anything but the Wii at this point.

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I have to hand it to Macheist for really upping the ante this year. Normally, they’ll give away 10 or so solid applications for OS X in a bundle for around $20 to $50. This holiday season, you won’t be paying jack shit. Macheist has a Mac Giving Tree that gives out applications as presents. A few are currently available, with more on Christmas Day. If you’re a Macintosh owner, I suggest heading over and getting on top of that.

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