Tonight the time has come: iOS 12 will be released. With these five steps you can prepare yourself for iOS 12 in detail.
Prepare for iOS 12: this is how you do it
Apple has revealed the final release date of iOS 12 during a special event: the update will be rolled out on Monday, September 17. Follow these five steps to quickly and securely install iOS 12 tonight at 7:00 PM.
1. Check if your iPhone or iPad supports iOS 12
It is smart to first check whether your iPhone or iPad supports iOS 12. This is of course mandatory to run the update. Is your device now running on iOS 11? Then you don’t have to worry anyway. All devices running iOS 11 also work with iOS 12. That means that you can install the iOS 12 update with the following iPhones, iPads and iPod touch:
iPhone
- iPhone 5S
- iPhone SE
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 6S
- iPhone 6S Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone X
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
iPad
- iPad mini 2
- iPad mini 3
- iPad mini 4
- iPad 2017
- iPad Air
- iPad Air 2
- iPad Pro 9.7 inch
- iPad Pro 10.5 inches
- iPad Pro 12.9 inches (1st and 2nd generation)
iPod touch
- iPod touch (sixth generation)
2. Make sure you have enough space
Apple strives to have operating systems take up less and less storage space during installation. Unfortunately, that remains difficult and you need some space to perform the update.
Expect to have about 1.8GB of storage space available on your device. If you want to install an update but you have too little free space, you will automatically receive a notification. The update will not be performed until you have enough free storage. Is your memory full? Then free up space first.
3. Make a backup of your device
The most important thing is that you make a backup of your device beforehand. With a software update, something can always go wrong. In such case, your iOS device needs to be restored. It is nice to have a backup copy of all your photos, documents, apps and other data that is as recent as possible.
Always make a backup first, so that you can restore your data without any problems and switch back to iOS 11. You can do this now, so that you don’t have to do this on Monday evening. You can read all about how to make an iPhone backup in our guide below.
Read more: How to back up your iPhone or iPad
4. Get to know all the new features of iOS 12
With the update to iOS 12, Apple is bringing a laundry list of improvements to all devices. Obviously, the performance of the operating system will be improved, but you can also expect Siri Shortcuts and Memoji, for example.
So, to get the most fun and convenience out of the software update, it’s helpful to know what new features and improvements iOS 12 has in store for you. We have listed all the improvements from iOS 12.
5. Download our iPhone app and know when iOS 12 is available
As soon as iOS 12 becomes available tonight, we will send a notification to all users of our iPhone app. So download our free app and you will be the first to know when you can download and install the update.