Apple final week launched iOS/iPad 17.4.1 with a few essential bug fixes and safety updates that you just’ve in all probability 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.
In line with multiple sources on X (previously Twitter), Apple has pushed out a brand new 21E237 construct of iOS/iPadOS 17.4.1, one quantity larger than the earlier model (21E236). It doesn’t seem to have been delivered over the air, however you may download the IPSW files 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 observe. The unique replace fastened a bug when scanning QR codes on some iPad fashions and included safety updates for CoreMedia and Internet RTC. The brand new construct might embrace particular updates for the new iPad Air and iPad Pro that can reportedly arrive in early April, although Aaron on X dug into the code and located no point out of latest iPads anyplace 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 machine to your Mac utilizing a USB-C cable and choose “Belief this Laptop” if prompted. Then choose your machine within the Finder sidebar, maintain down the Choice key, and click on on the Test for Replace button. Open the IPSW file in your laptop and comply with the prompts.