I highly doubt we’ll be beta testing a point update for 3 months. There’s a good chance we see 17.6 in about 5 weeks.
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iOS 17 Speculation Thread
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Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to Developers
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the second betas coming two...
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- iOS 17.6 beta 2 (21G5061c) - July 1, 2024
- iPadOS 17.6 beta 2 (21G5061c) - July 1, 2024
- macOS 14.6 beta 2 (23G5061b) - July 1, 2024
- tvOS 17.6 beta 2 (21M5054a) - July 1, 2024
- visionOS 1.3 beta 2 (21O5756a) - July 1, 2024
- watchOS 10.6 beta 2 (21U5560b) - July 1, 2024
You're a machine, Realityck!!!Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to Developers
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the second betas coming two...
- iOS 17.6 beta 2 (21G5061c) - July 1, 2024
- iPadOS 17.6 beta 2 (21G5061c) - July 1, 2024
- macOS 14.6 beta 2 (23G5061b) - July 1, 2024
- tvOS 17.6 beta 2 (21M5054a) - July 1, 2024
- visionOS 1.3 beta 2 (21O5756a) - July 1, 2024
- watchOS 10.6 beta 2 (21U5560b) - July 1, 2024
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Based on previous timelines of X.6/X.7 releases, iOS 14.7, 15.6 and 16.6 all released within the timeframe of July 19th - July 24th.
So we could possible see beta 3 this week, or we have another 2 week gap with a RC the week beginning 15th July, and then a public release the week beginning 22nd July.
So we could possible see beta 3 this week, or we have another 2 week gap with a RC the week beginning 15th July, and then a public release the week beginning 22nd July.
17.5.2 coming soon. It could come this week but I'm expecting next week. Beta 3 7/15 RC 7/22 Public Releases 7/29. Just my opinion
I wonder if Apple will release it today or tomorrow… Maybe I should download iOS 17.5.2 IPSW while I can, just in case.
ok this is weird 17.6 beta 3 is out which means RC next week. they could have easily waited 1 week and a half instead of pushing out 17.5.2
- iOS 17.6 beta 3 (21G5066d) - July 9, 2024
- iPadOS 17.6 beta 3 (21G5066d) - July 9, 2024
- macOS 14.6 beta 3 (23G5066c) - July 9, 2024
- tvOS 17.6 beta 3 (21M5059b) - July 9, 2024
- visionOS 1.3 beta 3 (21O5761a) - July 9, 2024
- watchOS 10.6 beta 3 (21U5565c) - July 9, 2024
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Okay, 17.5.1 downloaded and saved on my Mac. Just in case 17.5.2 or 17.6 turns out to be a battery hog.
I agree. I'd say there's a good chance 17.5.2 is going to include some security fix(es) if it's coming in this close to 17.6.
Since leaker claims to have a final build number (if it holds to be true), that suggests it is ready to go and perhaps just undergoing final internal testing. So probably tomorrow.
Do you need to disable the beta options to be able to downgrade via IPSW?
I already have the Mobile Device pkg installed from Xcode 15.4 but the downgrade fails.
Zollo says the public release will be the 22nd. Again just odd but I guess that leaves no choice but for 17.5.2 to be tomorrow
Basically: don’t count on a 17.5.2 if 17.6 is right around the corner. I stupidly forgot myself and posted that in Tapatalk with the usual emoji explosion.
If they finally do release iOS 17.5.2 few weeks before 17.6, would that mean they have three separate teams working on 17.5 bug fixes, 17.6 and iOS 18 respectively?
Probably. But its possible some are semi-permanently tasked with one or more but not all three.
I would suspect they have a sustained engineering team that takes care of bug fixes and most security updates for the current versions. The core dev teams usually work on features for the next version once we get to this stage of the product cycle. So, my guess would be sustained engineering (or Apple's equivalent) is working on iOS 17 now, and the core component teams are all focused on iOS 18.