When you see the words “this issue may have been exploited,” as appear in the notes, it’s an indication that the update is urgent and deals with important stuff. It looks like we need to wait for iOS 17.2, expected in December, for shiny new features, including the much-anticipated Journal app, changes to the Apple TV app and ways to change notification sounds.Īpple has now published its security notes, and it’s now clear that’s why this update has landed when it did.

Apple merely says, “This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.” In other words, while you could have iOS 17.1.1 (a), you couldn’t have iOS 17 (a). RSRs are easily spotted by the bracketed letter at the end of the version number, and they can’t be added to whole-number updates. Those are exclusively for security fixes, that is, they can’t include new features, for instance. It’s not a Rapid Security Response, the kind that Apple pioneered earlier this year and which is designed to ensure that the most urgent security fixes can be deployed as soon as possible, without waiting for the next regular update. But last week there were rumors of an in-between release, and that’s what this is.

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