StevenTroughton-smith Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me find iPad apps for my cousin

by Erica Sadun (Sep 22nd, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, My cousin recently had emergency brain surgery. She's 10 years old, but she can't speak, and she doesn't have very good motor control. She is expected to recover fully, but in the meantime, she can't really do much. She got an iPad from another relative, and I'm in charge of ...

Discovering iPod nano recovery mode

by Erica Sadun (Dec 31st, 2010)

Steven Troughton-Smith writes on his personal weblog that he may have discovered a way to put his iPod nano into some kind of DFU-like recovery mode. By holding down the restart buttons through two reboots, iTunes will see the device and alert the user. Entering DFU/Recovery mode allows hackers to ...

hacksugar: Install the 3.1 Clock on your 3.2 iPad

by Erica Sadun (Apr 11th, 2010)

Do you like the iPhone clock? Do you miss the iPhone clock? Do you wish the iPhone clock would install and work on your 3.2 iPad? Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has posted some handy how-to instructions on his personal blog. The secret lies in getting hold of a 3.1 compiled build (normally via ...

Found Footage: Expose-esque UI for iPhone app management

by Michael Rose (Oct 15th, 2009)

Oh, so tempting. Engadget and Slashgear link to this video from our friend Steven Troughton-Smith: Exposé-style app management running on a jailbroken iPhone. No, you can't download it anywhere yet; no, we don't know when it will be ready for prime time and available on the Cydia repo; no, ...

Found Footage: More new Stack features for jailbreak iPhones

by Erica Sadun (Jun 29th, 2009)

Looks like Stack for Jailbreak has some new improvements. For those of you unfamiliar with the application, Stack adds a quick-launch menu directly to your iPhone dock, letting you expand your dock space to hold all your favorite apps. With it you can add 16 items (using grid view) or 5 items (in ...

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