Software Update

9 tips to prepare your iPhone or iPad for the new iOS 27 update

Ankur Thakur ∙ Updated June 9, 2026

Learn what to do before updating your iPhone or iPad to ensure a smooth transition from iOS 26 to iOS 27 or from the current iOS version to the next one.

Apple’s new AI-powered document scanner is coming to the latest iPads via a special day-one software update

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 14, 2024

The new M4 iPad Pro and the M2 iPad Air will gain Apple's new document scanner powered by artifical intellgience (A) via a special day-one software update.

Some M3 MacBook Pro and iMac units refuse to update to macOS Sonoma

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 7, 2023

Apple's refreshed M3 MacBook Pro and iMac computers ship with macOS Ventura installed, but some folks can't seemingly update their machine to macOS Sonoma.

Apple to deploy technology that wirelessly updates sealed iPhone firmware at retail stores

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 16, 2023

One of the things that many prospective jailbreakers hope for when buying an iPhone or iPad from the store, especially third-party stores that may not rotate inventory as frequently, is that they may happen upon a device with older firmware on it that can still be jailbroken.

Apple releases iOS & iPadOS 17.0.1 with security patches, along with macOS 13.6 Ventura & watchOS 10.0.1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 21, 2023

Apple on Thursday released iOS & iPadOS 17.0.1 for most iPhones and iPads along with iOS 17.0.2 for the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro lineups, marking the first official updates to Apple’s significant software upgrade for the year of 2023 since it first launched this past Monday.

iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 are now available with new iPhone and iPad features

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 18, 2023

The long release notes for iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 list dozens of cool new features and quality-of-life improvements available for the iPhone and iPad.

New KYSOTA add-on for the kfd exploit blocks Apple’s OTA firmware updates

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 5, 2023

A legitimate concern among those who use outdated iOS & iPadOS versions in an attempt to keep jailbreakable or exploit-susceptible firmware on their device is the risk that Apple’s over-the-air updating mechanism might automatically try to force a software update.

How to DelayOTA upgrade a jailbroken device’s firmware with Dahlia

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 7, 2023

If you’re looking to use the DelayOTA update method on one of your jailbroken devices to move to a newer firmware, then you can make things easy on yourself by taking advantage of an add-on called Dahlia by iOS developer Dhinakg.

Ichitaso’s OTADisabler tweak updated for rootless so that Dopamine users can block OTA updates

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 9, 2023

If you’ve just used the Dopamine tool to jailbreak your A12-A15 device running iOS or iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1 or the palera1n-c tool for A9-A11 iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.x devices, then it’s going to be very important that you don’t update your device’s software so that you maintain your jailbreak.