Difference between revisions of "Switchboard (App Store)"

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[[File:Switchboard_App_Store.png|thumb|118px|Switchboard App Icon]]
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[[File:Switchboard_App_Store.png|thumb|90px|Switchboard app icon (5.2 or earlier)]]
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[[File:Switchboard_icon_ios7.png|thumb|90px|Switchboard app icon (6.0 or later)]]
 
'''[http://www.bgr.com/nggallery/page-320/album-all/gallery-158/image/2125/ Switchboard]''' (note the lowercase "b") functions as an internal App Store for Apple employees only. The icon looks similar to the App Store's but has an "S" instead of an "A" and is green instead of blue. Inside there are a variety of applications, some for retail store use, some for service centers, some for corporate employees. Those one gets access to vary depending upon one's [[AppleConnect (SSO)|AppleConnect]] permissions.
 
'''[http://www.bgr.com/nggallery/page-320/album-all/gallery-158/image/2125/ Switchboard]''' (note the lowercase "b") functions as an internal App Store for Apple employees only. The icon looks similar to the App Store's but has an "S" instead of an "A" and is green instead of blue. Inside there are a variety of applications, some for retail store use, some for service centers, some for corporate employees. Those one gets access to vary depending upon one's [[AppleConnect (SSO)|AppleConnect]] permissions.
   
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths="175px" heights="175px" perrow="4">
 
<gallery widths="175px" heights="175px" perrow="4">
File:Apple_Connect_iOS_01.png|Password login screen
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File:Switchboard_6.0.png|Switchboard 6.0 password login screen (with some UI rendering errors)
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File:Apple_Connect_iOS_01.png|Switchboard 2.6 password login screen
 
File:Apple_Connect_iOS_04.png|Gesture login screen
 
File:Apple_Connect_iOS_04.png|Gesture login screen
File:Apple_Connect_iOS_05.png|Main menu
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File:Apple_Connect_iOS_05.png|Switchboard 2.6 main menu
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
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* 5.1
 
* 5.1
 
* 5.1.1
 
* 5.1.1
* 5.2 (latest 'production' version)
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* 5.2 (latest version for devices running iOS 5.0 - iOS 6.1.4)
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* 6.0 (latest version for iOS 7+ devices only)
 
== Notes ==
 
# There are actually two different builds for this version. The first one, older, doesn't have the pattern login feature and attempting to login using a password results in a crash. The second one, the one seen in the screenshots, allows to login using both ways.
 
   
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[SwitchBoard.app]] (with an uppercase "B")
 
* [[SwitchBoard.app]] (with an uppercase "B")
 
== External Links ==
 
* [http://sb.apple.com/install Switchboard] on iTunes (requires AppleConnect account)
 
* [https://sb-install.apple.com/ Install Switchboard] (requires AppleConnect account)
 
   
 
[[Category:Apple Internal Apps]]
 
[[Category:Apple Internal Apps]]
{{stub|Software}}
 

Revision as of 15:07, 7 September 2013

Switchboard app icon (5.2 or earlier)
Switchboard app icon (6.0 or later)

Switchboard (note the lowercase "b") functions as an internal App Store for Apple employees only. The icon looks similar to the App Store's but has an "S" instead of an "A" and is green instead of blue. Inside there are a variety of applications, some for retail store use, some for service centers, some for corporate employees. Those one gets access to vary depending upon one's AppleConnect permissions.

Gallery

Version History

This list is incomplete.

  • 2.4 (presumed to exist)
  • 2.6[1] (doesn't work anymore: you must update SwitchBoard in order to use it; if you aren't on Apple's Internal VPN you can't download the newest version)
  • 3.0 (presumed to exist, mentioned in 2.6)
  • 3.1
  • 4.1.1
  • 4.2
  • 5.1
  • 5.1.1
  • 5.2 (latest version for devices running iOS 5.0 - iOS 6.1.4)
  • 6.0 (latest version for iOS 7+ devices only)

See Also