Security releases page has been updated but details for 17.4.1 are "coming soon". Going to assume other platforms need updated first before they disclose security patches, but that they're not coming today.
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iOS 17 Speculation Thread
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Glad this one is over with, there was too much speculation for this 17.4.1 update. It had most of us on edge
This version 17.4.1 weighs a lot, I guess it will bring things they talked about and didn't implement, let's see what happens with this version of 6Gb
Do we really need to see zoomed/full size images from iPhones in the thread? You may not see what you are doing on a iPhone but it's huge on iPads and even larger on Macs. Edit the image size guys or make it a attachment.
Example of doing it the right way.
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Example of doing it the right way.
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Both on iPhone 14 Pro and iPad 11 pro 6Gb of software!!!
This is for beta users. Public releases are tiny in comparison. 🖐️
Well maybe. I have always closed all apps then rebooted before an OTA update and have never really had any issues. Some here advocate using the IPSW rather than OTA. Apple says either is fine. So in theory (and my mind of being in technology forever) clearing memory and a fresh reboot should and seems to make the OTA update work better. (Probably IPSW too) And I have done it that way since OTA was available.
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ANNNDDDDDD there it is.Ok so Thursday is a common release day so today is certainly high probability for release. For the iPadOS and new iPads secret feature claim, well they could set that up in iOS 17.4.2 or 17.5 or whenever IF there is even such a reason. If the rumor that 17.4.1 already exists with build number xxx is true then most likely there're gonna release is sooner rather than later. I'm going ahead rebooting and getting ready for todays release tho
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The speculation is that there is no way of confirming why iOS 17.4.1 arrived later than expected. It's also reasonable to speculate that Apple added one or more security fixes (CVE's) to the mix ahead of the release of the first iOS 17.5 beta. Likely iOS/iPadOS 17.5 beta cycle was stalled while that gets incorporated is further speculation. Also users are agitated that other patches haven't appeared yet, so a Friday patch day is possible also before next week.
Ask in this thread and you may get more answers than in the speculation thread:
iOS 17.4.1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
iOS 17.4.1 Release Date ― March 21, 2024 Build Numbers ― 21E236 Release Date ― March 26, 2024 Build Numbers ― 21E237 Darwin Kernel Version ― 23.4.0: Fri Mar 8 23:31:42 PST 2024; root:xnu-10063.102.14~67 iOS 17.4 SDK Release Notes New Features & Changes New Issues Remaining Issues Resolved...
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I can't believe you totally knew it! Amazing!
I think everyone needs to adjust their schedule around naps! 🛏️I think you need to adjust your nap schedule.
Because Apple has not announced the CVE details (its implied thats why this 17.4.1 update is so important) and because of all the bugs or things that stopped worked that must mean that Apple has been busy changing a lot of things undisclosed along with associated permissions for the next OS ? tvOS saw changes to the HDMI-CEC operation stopped working. MacOS saw the detect external USB devices being disconnected in some instances. Usually security update details are released quickly this time there is nothing.
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I think we'll see updates to other platforms on Monday or Tuesday, at which point the security details and CVE numbers will be published. Apple likely isn't disclosing them just now until other platforms are patched.
I thought that might be a excuse (no details), but that would imply the other patches would have to be released fairly closely together, but because of so many issues identified post release, I don't think this is just because of some CVE issues or EU related.
One could speculate it's being done for AI bundling of system permissions.