AltServer 1.5 - Biggest AltServer Update Yet! (Patreon)

To finish off this crazy year, I'm very happy to announce AltServer 1.5 is now in beta and will be the biggest update to AltServer since it was first released! This update focuses on adding several often requested features, so thank you all for your feedback 🙂

First and foremost, AltServer finally supports multiple devices with the same Apple ID 📱. This means you can use the same Apple ID to install AltStore on multiple devices, as long as you use the same AltServer to do so. Once installed though, AltStore can then refresh itself with any AltServer, not just the one it was installed with.

Another often requested feature, AltServer can now sideload .ipas directly to iOS devices, bypassing AltStore 📲. This is intended for one-off installations, where you don't want to install AltStore onto a device just to then sideload another app. Because it bypasses AltStore though, apps sideloaded this way will not automatically be refreshed, and must be refreshed manually by re-installing every week.

NOTE: Hold Shift when clicking the AltServer icon to make the "Sideload .ipa" option appear on Windows. macOS AltServer will eventually also hide "Sideload .ipa" by default, but for now it is always visible.

In addition to regular iOS devices, AltServer also now supports sideloading .ipas to Apple TVs 📺📺. Both macOS and Windows support Apple TV 4th gen (with USB-C port), but you must plug the Apple TV into your computer first and trust it before it will show up in AltServer. Apple TV 4K is only supported on macOS for now, and you must pair the Apple TV with Xcode before it will show up in AltServer.

For those who like to live on the edge, this beta no longer requires a Mail plug-in if SIP and AMFI are disabled ✉️. I generally don't recommend disabling SIP on your computer if you can help it, but if you want to keep using AltStore without worrying about leaving Mail open, this should make your AltStore experience much smoother. Instructions on how to disable SIP and AMFI can be found on the AltServer public beta page: https://altstore.io/altserver/beta/

Rounding out the quality of life improvements, AltServer 1.5 will now prefer paid developer teams to free ones, if multiple are tied to your Apple ID 🧑‍💻. This should fix the longstanding issue where sometimes AltStore and other sideloaded apps would only last 7 days, even when using a paid developer account. AltStore itself still needs to be updated to account for this, but a new beta with that change should be available soon.

As always, please let me know any issues you encounter while testing! Mac users, you can download the attached AltServer and use it as-is. Windows users, you might need to uninstall your existing AltServer first in order for the beta to install properly.

Besides that, I hope you all have a very happy and safe holiday, and can't wait to share more updates with y'all in the new year 🎆