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Apple Stops Signing iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1 Except M4 iPad Pro after iOS 18 Release

By:Emma

TapTechNews September 24th news, one week after the release of iOS 18, Apple today stopped signing iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1 today, except for the latest generation iPad Pro with M4 chip. Currently, only iOS 17.7 still offers signing among the old versions.

Apple Stops Signing iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1 Except M4 iPad Pro after iOS 18 Release_0

Apple usually gradually stops signing for older system versions over time to prevent users from downgrading to outdated software versions.

As for iPadOS 17.6.1, because there is a certain bug in iOS 18 in the M4 iPad Pro, which causes users to have a certain probability of becoming bricked after upgrading, so Apple has withdrawn the iPadOS 18 push for the M4 iPad Pro, for details, see the previous report of TapTechNews.

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