Cydia Impactor for iOS is a tool developed by Saurik to install IPA files on iPhone, iPad or iPod running any iOS veriosn. This tool can be installed on Windows OS or Mac OS. Upon connecting your device to the pc, Cydia Impactor is afterwards used to install the ipa packaage file directly on the phone.
How to Install Cydia Impactor
On Windows
- Download Cydia Impactor Windows version from above link.
- It will be in zip format. Extract the downloaded file
- After extraction, you will get Cydia Impactor.exe file.
- Run the file and Cydia Impactor will be launched.
On Mac OS X
- Download Cydia Impactor for Mac OS X from above Links.
- When the it is downloaded.
- Simply launch Cydia Impactor.
- No need to extract the file.
Cydia Impactor Errors or Not Working, Fix
If you having issues with cydia impactor then try these things.
- Make Sure that Find my iPhone option is disabled. You can do this by going to Settings. Tap on your profile or name. Under iCloud settings, you can disable Find My iPhone option.
- You may need to install itunes on your PC.
- If you are having any other error, then uninstall Cydia Impactor. Download the latest version from above links and run that.
- Most of the errors solve on their own when you update the Cydia Impactor tool.