iPadOS 18.6 (22G86) for iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular)

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iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular)

✗ This firmware is not signed. This means you cannot restore to it in Finder, the Apple Devices app, iTunes, or idevicerestore.

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This firmware is not signed. This means you cannot restore to it in Finder, the Apple Devices app, iTunes, or idevicerestore. The instructions below are included for reference only.

Windows

  1. Install the latest version of Apple Devices from the Microsoft Store.
  2. Plug your iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) in to your PC.
  3. Open Apple Devices, and navigate to your iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular).
  4. Hold the Shift key on your keyboard, and press "Restore".
  5. Select the iPad15,3,iPad15,4,iPad15,5,iPad15,6_18.6_22G86_Restore.ipsw file that you downloaded.
  6. Wait for the restore to complete, and the iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) to reboot.

macOS

  1. Plug your iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) in to your Mac.
  2. Navigate to your iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) in Finder.
  3. Hold the Option or Alt key on your keyboard, and press "Restore".
  4. Select the iPad15,3,iPad15,4,iPad15,5,iPad15,6_18.6_22G86_Restore.ipsw file that you downloaded.
  5. Wait for the restore to complete, and the iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) to reboot.

Linux

  1. Install idevicerestore.
  2. Plug your iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) in to your PC.
  3. Open a terminal, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads
  4. To perform a full erase restore, type idevicerestore -e iPad15,3,iPad15,4,iPad15,5,iPad15,6_18.6_22G86_Restore.ipsw and press enter.
  5. Wait for the restore to complete, and the iPad Air 11-inch (M3, Cellular) to reboot.

Windows

  1. Open PowerShell, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd Downloads
  2. Type Get-FileHash iPad15,3,iPad15,4,iPad15,5,iPad15,6_18.6_22G86_Restore.ipsw -Algorithm SHA1
  3. The output of the command should match the following checksum: 03684aa5083d0f0568c3e9d2c6b6196e7430371a. If it doesn't, you may need to redownload the file.

macOS

  1. Open a terminal, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads
  2. Type openssl sha1 iPad15,3,iPad15,4,iPad15,5,iPad15,6_18.6_22G86_Restore.ipsw
  3. The output of the command should match the following checksum: 03684aa5083d0f0568c3e9d2c6b6196e7430371a. If it doesn't, you may need to redownload the file.

Linux

  1. Open a terminal, and navigate to the IPSW file that you downloaded, e.g. cd ~/Downloads
  2. Type openssl sha1 iPad15,3,iPad15,4,iPad15,5,iPad15,6_18.6_22G86_Restore.ipsw
  3. The output of the command should match the following checksum: 03684aa5083d0f0568c3e9d2c6b6196e7430371a. If it doesn't, you may need to redownload the file.

Checksums

SHA256sume348a8fd392160b7c0d5b2f53dabf8edd25d44353dc6aa4769e5fe38f96e4ad3
MD5sume348a8fd392160b7c0d5b2f53dabf8edd25d44353dc6aa4769e5fe38f96e4ad3
SHA1sum03684aa5083d0f0568c3e9d2c6b6196e7430371a
Please note, the documentation below is supplied from Apple's update servers. We don't modify the contents of this documentation.

This update provides important bug fixes and security updates, and fixes an issue in Photos that could prevent memory movies from being shared.

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit:

https://support.apple.com/100100

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