Apple final week launched iOS/iPad 17.4.1 with a few vital bug fixes and safety updates that you simply’ve most likely already put in in your iPhones and iPads. However when you haven’t you’ll be getting a brand new model while you do, and it’s not clear why.
Based on multiple sources on X (previously Twitter), Apple has pushed out a brand new 21E237 construct of iOS/iPadOS 17.4.1, one quantity increased than the earlier model (21E236). It doesn’t seem to have been delivered over the air, however you may obtain the IPSW information on a Mac and set up them utilizing the Finder.
The truth that Apple didn’t ship it to customers means it’s unlikely to have any fixes of be aware. The unique replace mounted a bug when scanning QR codes on some iPad fashions and included safety updates for CoreMedia and Internet RTC. The brand new construct could embrace particular updates for the brand new iPad Air and iPad Professional that can reportedly arrive in early April, although Aaron on X dug into the code and located no point out of recent iPads wherever within the replace.
Apple has but to launch the iOS 17.5 beta, which was anticipated to reach a number of weeks in the past.
To put in an IPSW file in your iPhone or iPad, join the system to your Mac utilizing a USB-C cable and choose “Belief this Laptop” if prompted. Then choose your system within the Finder sidebar, maintain down the Choice key, and click on on the Test for Replace button. Open the IPSW file in your pc and observe the prompts.