Jay 'Saurik' Freeman

📅 September 18, 2011

saurik: I’ll Release Cydia for Mac When it Works

Saurik explains why Cydia for Mac wasn’t released back in December and if it will ever be released.

Back in December, we told you that saurik felt that the same type of store that you find on jailbroken iOS devices, would be useful for Mac OS X devices. The result would be a Mac Cydia, which, at the time, was supposed to be available ‘within weeks’ .

A couple of days later saurik announced that he created a new version of MobileSubstrate which it called, simply, “CydiaSubstrate.” This new version can run on both iOS as well as Mac OS X on the desktop. ”

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📅 March 26, 2011

Saurik Drops Cydia 1.1

The new build brings overall speed improvement, multiple language support. Since Cydia doesn’t supports true multitasking, the new build adds a new feature that allows you to resume where you last left off.

Just a quick heads-up: Saurik finally dropped Cydia 1.1 . The new build brings overall speed improvement, multiple language support. Since Cydia doesn’t support true multitasking, the new build adds a new feature that allows you to resume where you last left off. It also seems to us, that some repos, such as BigBoss was optimized for Cydia 1.1. To update to Cydia 1.1 just load it and do a complete upgrade.

📅 January 19, 2011

Installable Purchases: Saurik Adds New Cydia Feature

Saurik, announced that he ‘moved most of Cydia’s site to the new database/index, and the first new feature using it is online: a “what do I already own” list.’.

Saurik, announced that he ‘moved most of Cydia’s site to the new database/index, and the first new feature using it is online: a “what do I already own” list.’. The new feature can be found on the homepage of Cydia under the ‘Manage Account’ tab, and it’s a list of all the ‘premium’ apps you bought from the Cydia Store.

📅 December 14, 2010

CydiaSubstrate: Saurik Creates New MobileSubstrate For Both iOS And Mac OS X

Developers who want to offer users some way to change how Mac OS X behaves—such as adding menu bars on more than one monitor, for instance—could use CydiaSubstrate to build the mod and distribute the resulting software via Mac Cydia.

A few days ago, we told you that Saurik announced Cydia for Mac will be available ‘within weeks’. Today, ArsTechnica informs us that Saurik created a new version of MobileSubstrate which has calls simply “CydiaSubstrate.” This new version can run on both iOS as well as Mac OS X on the desktop. ”

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📅 December 11, 2010

Saurik: Cydia For Mac Will Be Available “Within Weeks”

With about 10 million devices using it, and well over 30,000 packages available for iOS, Cydia is what you need to unleash the full potential of your iOS device.

Saurik felt that the same type of store would be useful for Mac OS X devices; the result is a Mac Cydia, which will be available “within weeks.” With yesterday’s news that the Mac App Store will not support in-app purchases, something that is critical to the freemium app model that is so successful in the iOS world, a Mac Cydia might be just the web store for a number of Mac developers.

[via TUAW]