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software update to 14.8 not available on my ipad

my ipad indicates I have IOS 12.5.4 and there are no updates available?



iPad mini, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 15, 2021 12:36 PM

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Posted on Sep 15, 2021 1:04 PM

That message mean that you have an iPad 2nd or 3rd generation, not supporting iOS versions past 12.5.4, because of hardware (CPU/RAM) incompatibilty.

That said, security patches provided with iPadOS 14.8 solve vulnerability problems just for units running iPadOS 13 or later.

Regards

Giulio

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software update to 14.8 not available on my ipad

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