Why can't I update my iPad?
10/07/23 Filed in: iOS
Hi Scotty - this is not allowing me to update my iPads because it says it can’t be updated wirelessly. How else would I update an iPad ?
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It’s very possible the current iOS version you are on is so behind that it can’t make that far of a jump. The dialog box is telling you you’d need a computer in order to make that large of a jump in operating system. You could either use your Mac or even the windows machine but the windows computer would need to be running iTunes. The Mac no longer requires iTunes to run updates on iPads. It’s done through the finder itself. Obviously the issue with that iMac is the sluggishness of the hard drive. But you could struggle your way through it on the iMac. I’d probably prefer that vs getting involved with iTunes on your windows machine anyway.
You connect the iPad to your computer, open a finder window (by clicking the happy face icon in the dock) then select the iPad on the left column of that window. From there, you’ll see an ability to update the device. That should do it.
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It’s very possible the current iOS version you are on is so behind that it can’t make that far of a jump. The dialog box is telling you you’d need a computer in order to make that large of a jump in operating system. You could either use your Mac or even the windows machine but the windows computer would need to be running iTunes. The Mac no longer requires iTunes to run updates on iPads. It’s done through the finder itself. Obviously the issue with that iMac is the sluggishness of the hard drive. But you could struggle your way through it on the iMac. I’d probably prefer that vs getting involved with iTunes on your windows machine anyway.
You connect the iPad to your computer, open a finder window (by clicking the happy face icon in the dock) then select the iPad on the left column of that window. From there, you’ll see an ability to update the device. That should do it.
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