{"id":26556,"date":"2014-09-17T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=26556"},"modified":"2014-09-18T11:37:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:37:55","slug":"ios-8-available-for-download-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/26556-ios-8-available-for-download-today\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 8 Now Available to All for Download!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26557 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iOS_8-284x284.jpg\" alt=\"iOS_8\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iOS_8-284x284.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iOS_8-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iOS_8-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iOS_8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iOS_8-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/>Last year\u2019s iOS 7 may have been the facelift that Apple&#8217;s mobile operating system really needed, but iOS 8 packs some <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/24894-highlights-from-apples-2014-wwdc\">great new features<\/a> of its own. Now, eight days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/26424-what-was-up-their-sleeve-apple-unveils-iphone-6-apple-watch\">iPhone 6 event<\/a>, Apple will make iOS 8 available for download at 1 p.m. Eastern Time!\u00a0<strong>UPDATE:<\/strong>\u00a0iOS 8 is now available for download.<\/p>\n<p>However, you\u2019ll first need to make sure that you\u2019re iDevice is compatible with iOS 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a list of iOS 8-approved models:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iPhone 4S and later<\/li>\n<li>iPad 2 and later, including the iPad mini<\/li>\n<li>5th Generation iPod touch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To download, first upgrade iTunes to the latest version vis Software Update. Then, simply connect your iDevice to your computer, open iTunes, make a backup of your data, and then go ahead and click that Upgrade button. You can also download iOS 8 over-the-air through your device in Settings (Settings &gt;\u00a0General &gt;\u00a0Software Update).<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that some of the new features such as Health and Continuity are not available for some of the older generation iDevices. And millions of other users will also be downloading the update, so there may be some delays during the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year\u2019s iOS 7 may have been the facelift that Apple&#8217;s mobile operating system really needed, but iOS 8 packs some great new features of its own. Now, eight days after the iPhone 6 event, Apple will make iOS 8 available for download at 1 p.m. Eastern Time!\u00a0UPDATE:\u00a0iOS 8 is now available for download. 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