However, to be clear, this is the same issue getting patched by Apple in the first release of iOS 17.6.1 so it is unclear how today’s update differs from the first release of iOS 17.6.1. The Advanced Data Protection feature is an optional setting that provides users with the highest level of cloud data security from Apple. The bug only affected a small number of iPhone users and prevented them from turning on the feature. Those who tried and couldn’t would receive an error message.
As we said, those trying to disable Advanced Data Protection were also impacted by the bug. After turning it off, users would see Advanced Data Protection disabled in the feature’s interface even though in reality it was still active and working to protect iCloud data. As Apple points out, “This update includes important bug fixes and addresses an issue that prevents enabling or disabling Advanced Data Protection.”
Apple releases a second version of iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1. | Image credit-Appl
For those of you with an iPad, today also saw the release of a second iPadOS 17.6.1 version sharing the same 21G101 build number as today’s iOS 17.6.1 release.
