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Apple Pulls iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro After Bricking Complaints [Updated]
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I used to beta test and install updates to *.0 releases immediately. Now, I wait a few weeks.
😩. I update to 17.7 last night because I wanted to wait to install 18.
Well. At least Apple knows that there’s an issue. Guess my M4 iPad is safe for the time being
Well. At least Apple knows that there’s an issue. Guess my M4 iPad is safe for the time being
It's rare for this to happen but it is a new processor to deal with that is not used on anything else yet.
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I don’t have an M4 iPad Pro but I updated all of my devices to 17.7 (see below) last night with no issue… planning to wait on 18 until the bugs start being fixed. Too many reports of issues of all kinds for my taste right now.
I actually installed 17.7 by accident since that was what appeared on the software update page yesterday and I tried to speed run through it since I was updating multiple devices.
I was kind of upset with myself for wasting time, but I had no issues subsequently installing 18.0.
No bricking problem for me. Wonder what the root cause could be, since this does not appear to be a 100% issue.
I was kind of upset with myself for wasting time, but I had no issues subsequently installing 18.0.
No bricking problem for me. Wonder what the root cause could be, since this does not appear to be a 100% issue.
Anyone know if this effects any other Mx series iPad Pros (M1, M2)? I took my devices to 17.7 the other day and left them there, waiting to see how 18 was doing and now I'm glad I waited.
Just when you think it's safe to go back in the water...........
I’ve been testing 18.1 on my M4 iPad Pro so I appear to have sidestepped this issue altogether.
You got to remember the features are rolling out slowly.
18.1 begins to roll out Apple Intelligence.
18.0 comes with Apple Incompetence.
18.1 begins to roll out Apple Intelligence.
18.0 comes with Apple Incompetence.
I don't understand the rush for people to update to the latest software. I learned that the hard way when a software update bricked my wife's $100K car and we ended up having to trade it and get a new one to solve the problem. I will never update my perfectly functioning iPhone 15 Pro Max to the new iOS until maybe 2 months from now when all the issues are resolved. Too much risk as my phone is my main way of working.
Great. So now you need to pay extra for optional insurance from the same company who can't be trusted to update the devices without bricking them, necessitating the expensive insurance? And that doesn't sound like a scam to you?This is why we have AppleCare+
Apple can’t even give these “Pro” devices a decent file system or the ability to play two audio/video streams at once.
It’s a toy to Apple and they treat it as such. ✅
It’s a toy to Apple and they treat it as such. ✅
Very important to backup your devices because incidents like this one can happen.
Thank goodness for iCloud backups.
Thank goodness for iCloud backups.
Employees' jobdesk overload.
They gotta stay overnight for weeks to add some new stellar features that you gonna love, and enhancing the performance of the iPads that you already know and love™.
So they ain't gotta time for that QA & UAT test.
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Millions of them were tested by users all summer. Either that sample size wasn't large enough, or they made some minor undocumented change at the last minute (never a good idea) that is causing the bricking.
They should pull ios 18 from iphones like mine (iphone se 2022) because it destroyed my icloud storage. My storage increased so much for no reason even after I deleted old backups. Ive filed many complaints on the feedback app and spoke to apple theyre HIGHLY AWARE of this. I am convinced they accidentally gave us beta
Apple: Spend extra money so that if we screw up your device during an update, we will fix it for you without charging you even more money.This is why we have AppleCare+
I installed 17.7 before 18 and I haven’t had any trouble. M4 12.9 base wifi. I suppose the returned devices will be magically un-bricked and show up in the refurb store soon but they don’t want to distribute the fix.
My mini 6 is officially superior to the $999 iPad Pro