Did you know that `ipsw` has had a secret sandbox decompiler hidden in it for ~4 years? 🤫 Well now it's public 🙌
Check it out and let me know what you think! 🎉
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High level diff of iOS 26.5 beta 4 vs. iOS 26.5 RC 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F5069b_vs_26_5_23F75/README.md
NEW macOS 26.4 🥫🍝 sauce! 🎉
xnu:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/compare/xnu-12377.81.4...xnu-12377.101.15
dyld:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/dyld/compare/dyld-1340...dyld-1376.6
objc4:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/objc4/compare/objc4-951.1...objc4-951.7
Libc:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/Libc/compare/Libc-1725.40.4...Libc-1752.100.10
- this post was generated by `ipsw` 🤖
I'm back home! and you know what THAT means, another `ipsw` release. This one has fixes to the sandbox decompiler
High level diff of iOS 26.4.1 vs. iOS 26.4.2 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_1_23E254_vs_26_4_2_23E261/README.md
Latest version of `ipsw` adds:
- c++ support to kernel symbolication commands
- fixes `ipsw dl pcc`
Updated `symbolicator` sigs so that 26.4 beta will use 26.3.1 sigs (as most of dem are still relevant) until we get 🆕 KDKs from @apple@mastodon.social
Check it out! 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/symbolicator
High level diff of iOS 26.5 vs. iOS 26.6 beta1 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F77_vs_26_6_23G5028e/README.md
Latest version of `ipsw` add's:
- C++ metadata parsing/vtable lookup (and yes this will be added to kernel symbolication 😎)
- perf improvements to it's disassembler
- fix for iOS 26.4 DSC objc breakage
Check it out! 🎉
High level diff of iOS 26.5 beta3 vs. iOS 26.5 beta4 🎉
(This hotel WiFi is killing me!! 💀)
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F5059e_vs_26_5_23F5069b/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.4 vs. iOS 26.4.1 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_23E246_vs_26_4_1_23E254/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.5 beta1 vs. iOS 26.5 beta1 (v2) 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F5043g__vs_26_5_23F5043k/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.4 RC vs. iOS 26.4 (release) 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_23E244__vs_26_4_23E246/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.5 beta1 (v2) vs. iOS 26.5 beta2 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F5043k_vs_26_5_23F5054h/README.md
turns out shipping linux/windows binaries you've never run is a bold strategy. spun up some VMs, did some suffering, v9.3.11 actually works now. if ida-mcp was broken for you — that was real, try again 🫠
High level diff of macOS 26.4 vs. macOS 26.4.1 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_25E246_vs_26_4_1_25E253/README.md
Are any of you iOS sandbox experts? Meaning intimately knowledgeable about a certain processes sandbox and might want to beta test something for me? 🤔 DM?
Latest version of `ipsw` adds long requested add/fix ability to extract dylibs/kexts from caches (I have no idea why this is important but here you go! 😏
Check it out! 🎉
High level diff of iOS 18.7.6 vs. iOS 18.7.7 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/18_7_6_22H320__vs_18_7_7_22H340/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.4 vs. iOS 26.5 beta1 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_23E246__vs_26_5_23F5043g/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.4 beta4 vs. iOS 26.4 RC 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_23E5234a__vs_26_4_23E244/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.3.1 vs. iOS 26.3.1 (a) 🎉
High level diff of iOS 16.7.14 vs. iOS 16.7.15 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/16_7_14_20H370__vs_16_7_15_20H380/README.md
Oh wow @apple@mastodon.social just released the 26.4 beta KDK 🎉
(I didn't realize they would listen to me, in that case - can haz vSRD plz 🤲😏)
High level diff of iOS 26.4 beta3 v.2 vs. iOS 26.4 beta4 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_4_23E5223k__vs_26_4_23E5234a/README.md
I recently added diffing sandbox profiles to the latest `ipsw-diff`
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F5069b_vs_26_5_23F75/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.5 beta2 vs. iOS 26.5 beta3 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F5054h_vs_26_5_23F5059e/README.md
High level diff of iOS 26.5 RC vs. iOS 26.5 RC2 🎉
https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw-diffs/blob/main/26_5_23F75_vs_26_5_23F77/README.md