iPadOS 18 is bricking Apple’s greatest iPad Professional

Aople has pulled the model new iPadOS 18 replace for iPad Professional M4 customers, after many complained their costly tablets have been scuppered after downloading this yr’s large working system revamp.

iPadOS 18 solely arrived on Monday, but it surely has already been eliminated as an possibility for these rocking the perfect iPad Apple has to supply, 9to5Mac experiences.

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Some customers reported their units had been ‘bricked’ after putting in the replace, leaving them unable to show their tablets on. Apple has now briefly withdrawn the replace for iPad Professional M4 customers, however the subject doesn’t seem like affecting customers of different iPads.

One person wrote on Reddit: “I simply took it to the Apple Retailer who confirmed it’s fully bricked, however they mentioned they needed to ship it out to their engineers earlier than they may give me a alternative regardless that I’ve AppleCare.”

One other chimed in: “I took mine into the Genius Bar tonight solely to have it confirmed that the iPad is properly and actually useless. The man mentioned that he had by no means seen it earlier than however mentioned it couldn’t probably be the replace. If solely he knew that as he was telling me this that Apple [was] pulling the replace from the M4 iPad Execs.”

It’s not clear how many individuals have been affected by the difficulty, however a number of different iPad Professional M4 customers report having no issues since putting in iPadOS 18.

This yr’s replace contains the brand new customisable homescreen that permits icons to be positioned anyplace, whereas there’s additionally a redesigned Management Centre. The replace additionally contains an iPad-centric Calculator app for the primary time, which boasts additional options for finishing complicated equations and likewise helps the Apple Pencil.

It’s not clear but when the replace will develop into accessible once more for iPad Professional M4 customers. Past eradicating the replace, Apple is but to publicly acknowledge any points.