Cupertino's newest hardware may have us purring, but Apple hasn't left those of us with existing hardware out in the cold. Given the inexorable march of technology, some of the newer features won't work on the older devices, but you can use our compatibility checker to determine what new things you'll be able to do in the next few hours. We've had notes from our tipsters that the update is arriving a few minutes early with photographic proof above , but so far we've had nothing here.
The setup screen asks you a few questions pertaining to Location Services, Siri, and more. No problem: Just connect your device to your computer using the standard USB—to—dock-connector cable, and then check for an iOS update using iTunes.
In theory, the first time you open iTunes with an iOS 6—compatible device connected to your computer, iTunes will prompt you to download iOS 6. You can force iTunes to check for an update: Just click the Check For Update button in the Summary screen for your device.
You can do other tasks while waiting for the download to finish; once it does, your device restarts and begins installing the software. This makes iTunes download iOS 6, as described above, but instead of performing an in-place update, iTunes erases your entire device and installs the new OS with factory-default settings. At the end of the process, you can set it up as a new device, restore it from an iTunes backup, or restore it from an iCloud backup.
After a restore installation of iOS 6, you can use iTunes to restore your data from a local backup. If you want to restore from a backup, choose Restore From The Backup Of, and then use the pop-up menu to choose the desired backup.
Click Continue, and iTunes restores that data and syncs with your device. Now enjoy the new features in iOS 6. Related Articles. Federal Tax Update: Tax provisions in the infrastructure bill. November 8, Federal Tax Update Podcast. Read More. November 4, Also be aware that everyone is flooding Apple's servers to update, so things might be moving a little on the slow side. Of course, iOS 6 runs on the new iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5th generation but those devices come with it pre-installed and therefore do not require an upgrade.
If you have any of the devices listed above, move on to the next step to upgrade. There are two ways to update to iOS 6: using your iDevice or you computer.
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