Go to system settings, then general, then about. You should be able to remove it from there.
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Apple Releases Rapid Security Response Updates for iOS 16.4.1 and macOS 13.3.1
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I completely missed this all day today!
Worked on my MBP and calls and web on my 13 mini.
Such critical updates SHOULD be incorporated into iOS and macOS’ push Notifications!
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Yes I agree they should expand on what is in the actual update, but unfortunately almost every company does this now and it’s annoying. And no, I would be far more concerned with what’s going into my body than what’s going into my phone, but I get your point.
Always have a backup handy just in case. I don’t install macOS or Windows updates without backing up first. There was a Windows update a while back that wiped people’s entire hard drives. Horrific things happen so you gotta be prepared.
This is EXACTLY why Apple SHOULDVE continued with their own server business and expanded exponentially since the Xserve/Xserve RAID days.
Relying on an external host not only leads to bandwidth issues yet also possibly tampering with the code.
Both my iPhone and iPad were connected to the Internet. The update claimed they were no longer connected immediately after hitting Install. Whatever the issue was with the update, it was fixed.
I use this:
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Download current and previous versions of Apple's iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, audioOS and macOS firmware and receive notifications when new firmwares are released.
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If you go to your software updates on your phone, mac or iPad it shows up. Its not on finder or iTunes though.
Obviously this was a hard fail, but Apple's intentions are good with providing faster security protection.
Hopefully Apple learned and and corrected the issues for future releases.
Hopefully Apple learned and and corrected the issues for future releases.
Popped up on my devices overnight. Installed easily this morning. About 6min to install.
13.3.1(a) went smooth on my M2 Mini as well. About 5min.
No issues noted afterwards. Have Security Updates Auto Install turned on with all my devices. Software Update Auto Install turned off.
13.3.1(a) went smooth on my M2 Mini as well. About 5min.
No issues noted afterwards. Have Security Updates Auto Install turned on with all my devices. Software Update Auto Install turned off.
I tried this again a few minutes ago. (I had the "internet" error yesterday, like many). Quick update...phone restarted and all is well I assume.
*STILL waiting for this to install on my old iPad Pro 2015 however, it's been saying "Preparing Security Response" for almost 10 minutes. 😐
*STILL waiting for this to install on my old iPad Pro 2015 however, it's been saying "Preparing Security Response" for almost 10 minutes. 😐
Yeah, I have backups... and was able to recover, but was really annoyed that Apple pushes this stuff out, borks our computers and then we have to deal with the mess... THANKFULLY, as @Lounge vibes 05 pointed out, with Ventura, rolling back a system update is reasonably simple.
That’s not what I said, if Apple were to have released an actual update, it would’ve not been as easy to go back.
But these rapid security responses are able to be installed and removed on the fly with nothing but a simple restart, so… yes.
Happy it worked out for you.
Maybe this will lead to Apple being more flexible with software downgrade’s in the future but I highly doubt it.
!!!! Now I understand why my iPhone's "System Services" used all my prepaid data allowance in one hour!Even though I have Automatic Updates switched OFF in Settings > General > Software Update, System Services sucked down hundreds of MB of data over my prepaid cellular plan on Sunday afternoon.
I have my iPhone (a SE2 running iOS 16.4.1) configured to NOT use cellular data for updates, but Apple ignored that setting and used up my 30-day cellular data allotment. I could see that in the sudden high volume of traffic under Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data > System Services.
That cost me €7.50! Thanks Apple, you really blew it, again!!!
It depends, as we do not seem to have so many outages with Amazon or Google services/servers.
Thank you for your reply!I use this:
Download iOS Firmware for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, Apple TV, HomePod and Vision Pro / IPSW Downloads
Download current and previous versions of Apple's iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, audioOS and macOS firmware and receive notifications when new firmwares are released.
I'll just stick to checking the iPad OS version via "Settings" but I appreciate your effort.