At long last, the 17.0 TrollStore Installation Method - TrollRestore - has finally been released. Download: github.com/JJTech0130/TrollR… Guide: ios.cfw.guide/installing-tro… This was developed by JJTech and @dedbeddedbed

On today's part of USPS being annoying, we have: - USPS getting a package ready at one distribution center, then taking it to an farther away distribution center, then doing absolutely nothing for over a day - USPS taking a different package from one state to a state that's multiple states further away, for literally zero explainable reason All I want is the SE2 and iPad 9 I bought purely for having spare "budget" 27.0 devices in case anything ever happens. (Meanwhile I also buy an A12Z iPad Pro 11" at the same time (for the same reason), it shipped through UPS, and it arrived on Wednesday (it is now Friday going onto Saturday)).

you know this release cycle was scuffed when it took over a day for the original HomePod to be verified to get 27.0b1 I guess checkm8 lives on for a single device with 27.0b1... not that it matters but whatever

So, here's the two immediately relevant things with 27.x: First of all: - A13-A14/M1 now utilize SPTM - A12Z continues to utilize PPL (making the A12Z iPad Pro's the final PPL devices remaining) This isn't overly surprising - macOS 26.4 did expand SPTM to the non-base M1 SoC's, so it was only a matter of time before it got expanded to A14/M1 (and A13 too for some reason). Second of all: every remaining checkm8 device is dead with 27.x: - Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K 1st Generation are dropped from tvOS support - T2 was already known to die due to the death of Intel-based Macs - The A8 HomePod also has not gotten a 27.0 beta as of now

wtf Apple (better post later)

fastest my prediction has been wrong

the battery icon change was real

does macOS Golden Gate mean macOS will reach a golden standard of not having bugs (no)

As we approach WWDC 2026 and iOS/iPadOS 27, it’s time to finally talk about something of future importance as we get to 27.x Assuming nothing changes, Delayed OTA’s will no longer work as they currently exist, and will generally be impractical to actually utilize on 27 and later. How do we know this? Apple’s own iOS/iPadOS 26 enterprise notes - available at support.apple.com/en-us/1250… Specifically, as follows (see the bottom 26.0 section): ”Software update management using mobile device management commands, restrictions, the com[dot]apple[dot]SoftwareUpdate payload, and queries is deprecated and will be removed next year. Going forward, software updates can be managed and enforced using only declarative software update management”. (To clarify, the system that is actively used that people are familiar with is a restrictions profile with a certain number of days set as the restriction). Now, for anyone wondering ”what is declarative software update management?”, it’s a newer thing that - on top of being very different (though obviously still supporting 90 day delays for businesses, obviously) is only available with an MDM, and not just traditional supervision. To not go on a long long tangent, MDM’s are generally a paid thing, usually meant for stuff like schools/businesses and whatever else. While there are a very small handful of free options, they are - to put it mildly - extremely trash (and some of them may still not even support this new update system). There is a potential lifeline here though (though we don’t know for certain yet, and we won’t know fully until 27.0.1 or whatever): this change probably only will apply once you’re actively on 27.x or later. What this potentially means is that, as long as: - You are still on 26.x (or lower) - OTA’s to a major version are still supported from your current version (minimum to OTA to 16 is iOS/iPadOS 13, for reference) you’ll likely have one final opportunity to use delayed OTA’s in a reasonable manner once 27 is the only available option.

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be interning at Apple this summer, starting in a week! To the friends I've made and the people I've learned from along the way: thank you. This wouldn't have happened without you. dhinakg.github.io/2026/05/24…

De Rebus Antiquis on the iPhone 4S (with 6.1.3 blobs). This means that every iPhone 4S can enjoy untethered downgrades to any version, as 6.1.3 (upgrade blobs) is signed.

De Rebus Antiquis on iOS 6.1.6 (iPod touch 4G)! Thanks to @dora2ios, I’ll release this at some point if anyone’s interested.