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Apple reportedly stopped permitting entry to the iPadOS 18 improve for the M3 iPad Professional. A bug apparently bricked some tablets throughout the set up course of for the brand new model.
The issue solely impacts the iPad Professional M4. And in case you already made it by means of the replace course of, there appears nothing to fret about.
iPadOS 18 vs. M4 iPad Professional
Apple launched iPadOS 18 on Monday after three months of beta testing. However, it didn’t go effectively for some sadly pill customers.
“iPadOS 18 bricked my M4 iPad,” mentioned an sad Reddit consumer a couple of hours after the OS improve arrived. “In some unspecified time in the future throughout the replace my iPad turned off, and would now not activate.” They took the unit to an Apple retailer who confirmed that the unit is bricked — locked as much as the purpose the place it could possibly’t be rebooted, even by a technician.
There are comparable complaints on Reddit from different customers.
Apparently there have been sufficient studies of the issue for Apple to cease providing the model of the iPadOS 18 improve to these with an M4 iPad Professional.
A restricted drawback
M4 iPad Professional launched in spring 2024, and is on the market in 11- and 13-inch variations. It’s these units that ought to not set up iPadOS 18 — although at this level they need to not have the choice. Up to now, they’ve been no indications that this subject impacts some other iPad mannequin.
And people who’ve already efficiently put in iPadOS 18 on their M4 iPad Professional shouldn’t be involved. The ultimate model has been in testing for over per week and there have been no studies of it immediately bricking tablets.
