In an inside memo shared with Apple Approved Service Suppliers this week, Apple has acknowledged a difficulty with putting in iPadOS 18 on iPad Professional fashions with the M4 chip. We first reported on this subject earlier this week.


The memo, obtained by MacRumors, states {that a} “small number” of those iPad Professional fashions are unable to energy on after a buyer tried to put in iPadOS 18 on the gadget. Apple is working to resolve the difficulty, and it has made iPadOS 18 unavailable on affected iPad Professional fashions within the meantime, in accordance with the memo.

Apple has suggested technicians to try a power restart of a buyer’s iPad Professional mannequin, if the gadget has skilled this subject.

It’s unclear how lengthy it is going to take for Apple to establish and implement a repair.

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