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  • Surprise (for me) Update

    From Chris Schram@chrispam1@me.com to comp.mobile.ipad on Mon Oct 13 07:37:40 2025
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    My ancient iPad mini 4, that at this point in its life is only used as an alarm clock and guitar tuner, just received a surprise update to iPadOS 15.8.5. I don't recall getting any iPadOS updates for some years, and I
    did not see mention of this update in recent Apple news.
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    Google doesn't test their software!
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  • From Chris Schram@chrispam1@me.com to comp.mobile.ipad on Mon Oct 13 08:29:26 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.ipad

    On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:37:40 -0000 (UTC), Chris Schram wrote:

    My ancient iPad mini 4, that at this point in its life is only used as
    an alarm clock and guitar tuner, just received a surprise update to
    iPadOS 15.8.5. I don't recall getting any iPadOS updates for some years,
    and I did not see mention of this update in recent Apple news.

    Followup to me: A security update for something particularly nasty. I see
    now it was released the same day as iOS/iPadOS 26. It was way down the webpage, and easy to miss, especially if one had stopped looking for
    updates for such old hardware.
    --
    chrispam1@me.com is an infrequently monitored address. Email may get lost.

    Google doesn't test their software!
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