Yes, even the first generation iPad Air is still supported with security updates.
Actually, every 64-bit iOS devices are still supported with security updates.
I'm hoping it will be for more than 10 years. That would be really industry leading.
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Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14.4.2 to Fix Actively Exploited Security Vulnerability
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Yes, even the first generation iPad Air is still supported with security updates.
Actually, every 64-bit iOS devices are still supported with security updates.
I'm hoping it will be for more than 10 years. That would be really industry leading.
They probably found a new way to jail break 14.4.1 so they released 14.4.2
No. A working OS is better than a broken OS.
This is actually how its supposed to be but Apple want to force and trick people into upgrading to the latest OS release. I would if it was broken and filled with bugs. Stable > New
No. A working OS is better than a broken OS.
This is actually how its supposed to be but Apple want to force and trick people into upgrading to the latest OS release. I would if it was broken and filled with bugs. Stable > New
By the time they release 14.5 we won't be wearing masks anymore lol.
The underlying change was in a component called WebKit. WebKit is used all over the place in macOS, not just in the Safari browser. I imagine it’s quite likely that Apple had to recompile quite a lot of macOS in order to accommodate a change to this crucial component. I further imagine that there are security considerations when slipping in changes to key shared components.
If you have the time (I don’t) you may care to find out how libraries are built and linked by reading this book. Please get back to us with your findings.
Nah, it gives the phones owned by boomers and nitwits a chance to reboot every once in a while.
But doesn’t chrome and every other browser use the same framework that safari uses on iOS? Or is this vulnerability not utilizing the underlying framework?
God heaven, bring out 14.5 already. This is ridiculous now
I think they should give a better look at Safari's code, since most of the last vulnerabilities are browser-based...
Yes as by the time it’s released everyone won’t need to be wearing a mask . I am sure it has something to do with Facebook moaning about Apple blocking tracking
It's pretty amazing we believe 8 years of security updates is a lot.
It is by todays standards, but at the same time the fact that its normal to not to have a secure device after a couple of years is pretty crazy too.
Hey, I see several people talks about 14.5 beta being broken, is it because of the Bluetooth issues? I saw some YouTube reviews about beta 5 and it seems to be smooth and snappy, but yeah, we’ll have to wait and see if they manage to fix Bluetooth.
Is there any other aspect of iOS 14.5 being broken I’m not aware of?
in all and all, it is possible to update WebKit without whole OS update. It is just Apple choose not to do it.
I really don’t care the reason, as consumers I don’t care. All I know is that I have to update 4 iPhones, 3 iPads.
While I don’t *know* why it does, my guess is Apple wants to maintain a mostly thorough way to complete a full install. Or maybe iTunes just wasn’t given the capability to install just the necessary files to iOS devices? I honestly have no clue.
I only skimmed it but I think I remember seeing “Full install or GTFO! -Tim Apple” somewhere in the T and Cs.
Are we going to get iOS 14.4.3 ... 14.4.9 ... 14.4.9.1 ... 14.4.9.9 ... or will we get the controversial 14.5 one day?
Lots of exploits in iOS lately.
Someone fix the screen on the door. Flies are getting in through the holes....
Someone fix the screen on the door. Flies are getting in through the holes....
Great, now I have to go and find some WiFi to download a security patch.
I wish they’d give an option for cellular updates for those of us who only have cellular data at our homes.
I wish they’d give an option for cellular updates for those of us who only have cellular data at our homes.
Yup my 8 year old iPad Air got an iOS 12.5.2 update. Too bad it never saw iPadOS.
Why are we still unable to download and install these small .x updates via cellular? My mobile connection is way faster and more reliable than my wifi where I am yet wifi is the only option.
The strings on that are probably being pulled by your local cell provider.
Because iTunes re-writes the whole OS partition. OTA only updates the changed files and then reboots.
iTunes does an offline upgrade. Means: iOS is not running while iTunes re-writes the iOS system partitions over USB.
If everything runs without any issues and perfectly, both should end with the same result.
Theoretically, iTunes updates are "cleaner" as they re-write the whole system partition while not touching your data. They also don't need additional free space on your device unlike OTA updates, but even more space on your computer for downloading and extracting the whole firmware image.
It could be for security reasons that Apple doesn't want the computer to be able to re-write selected system files on the iPhone/iPad. The whole ISPWs are signed and have to validated against Apple. You cannot install an older OS that Apple stops signing. Even if you have the ISPW. You also cannot install an IPSW to your iPhone without internet connection as it has to validate the firmware against Apple's Server.