Originally published at: iOS 14.4.2, iPadOS 14.4.2, iOS 12.5.2, and watchOS 7.3.3 Address Serious WebKit Issue - TidBITS
Facing yet another nasty WebKit vulnerability, Apple has updated iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and even iOS 12 to block it.
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Thanks for the heads-up. My phone (an iPhone 6+) is still running 12 and I stopped checking for updates a long time ago. 12.5.2 is now installing. And 14.4.2 is installing on my iPod Touch.
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Stupid question ā Iām running the Apple public betas of 14.5 and associated Apple Watch 7.4. They were both updated this week. Do we ever know if updates like this are also in there somewhere? Presumably they will be before 14.5 is released, but what about now? I am so used to Apple Watch enabling login on my iPhone without entering a passcode when Iām wearing a mask that I canāt go back!
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No. Apple never comments on such things and unless you are an expert in reverse engineering the code, there is no way to verify.
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This update seems to have turned on āautomatic updatesā! I prefer to choose when to update, after checking there are no problems experienced by early adopters.
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Just checked my iPhone 7 and the update to 14.4.2 did not turn on āautomatic updatesā. On the other hand, it did freeze the phone with iTunes saying it couldnāt connect anymore, and the phone stuck in an installing mode with the white Apple and the progress bar 90% across the screen but not moving for hours. I restarted the phone to find 14.4.2 installed and all good, so that was weird.
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Did not turn on automatic updates here.
One odd thing I did notice is that Iām pretty sure I tapped download and install, but after a while all I saw was download complete and a āinstallā button. I tapped that and the install started. Why the extra tap? Not sure I recall this always having been this way. iPhone wasnāt plugged in, but it was at 99% battery. Odd.
Annoyingly, the āInstallā button has almost always been coming up for me, for quite some time. However, occasionally not - 1 out of 4 devices didnāt in this last update.
Adds a bit of suspense to the update process! 
In our house I had 2 iPads and 1 iPhone pause waiting for me to tap āinstallā and one iPhone that didnāt.
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Mine has Automatic updates on for Download iOS updates but Install iOS Updates is greyed out. I never set that option on before. (typically, I will do the iTunes backup, and then update the iOS.)
I turned it off.
You and me both. However, it did not turn on download updates on the devices I monitor, so it did not turn on install updates. If āautomatic updatesā is something different, Iām not on the same wavelength.
On an iPhone SE (the new model), download and install did just that. On an old iPhone SE (the old model) and on an iPad Air2, I needed to tap install. In my case, the need to tap install was on two old devices, and there was no need on one new device. Coincidence or conspiracy?
I doubt either. I did this on the latest and greatest iPhone so the second tap definitely isnāt somehow just required on older devices.
What I am finding weird is that my iPad Mini 4 on 14.4 is reporting that itās up to date. There have obviously been two updates since then. Iām probably going to try to update it by connecting to my MacBook and running the update that way but itād be nice if it actually found the update and ran on its own.
My iPhone 6 is packed away due to a move as is my iPad Mini 4. Hopefully Iāll remember to update them once unpacked later this year!
Just had to cancel my watch update. It started at only 10 minutes to download but then jumped from 7 minutes left to 14. Next it decided to pausethe download saying it would restart when I connected my iPhone to WiFi; only problem was the phone WAS connected to WiFi! When it decided to resume downloading, it said it would only take 2 days to download, then switched to saying it would take 6 days! The WiFi is working just fine and the phone and watch were only a couple of millimeters apart.
Apple strikes again!
For those with Watch 3 and have problems updating (not enough free space), I found updating directly on the watch seems to solve this issue.
- On your watch, press the crown, and find Settings (If you see a jumble of icons, it looks like the Settings icon on the iPhone. Also, why havenāt you set it to List view?)
- Scroll down to General and select that.
- Go to Updates. You can update your watch directly without initiating it on your phone, and less likely to see the not enough free memory issue.
On an iPhone 6 a further install button came up, its more or less exact wording had a time countdown and was: Your iPhone will install the update in xx secs [Install NOW] [Cancel].
Once the time was up, the update started automatically.
Automatic update stayed off.
It seems to be difficult for Apple to do things totally identical across various hardware. Surely an update function canāt be relying on specific hardware, or can it?
Face ID has started working for me after I installed iOS 14.4.2. It stopped working a few weeks ago, and I attempted to use Reset Face ID (Settings > Face ID & Passcode) without success. The interface for Reset Face ID also seems to have changed slightly. I donāt think Iāve seen anything about this in release notes. (iPhone 12)
Itās inconsistent though. My wife and I have 2 iPhone XS, 2 identical iPad airs, and watch 5ā¦all three of hers got auto update turned on and only my iPad.
OK, woke up early and tried again. This time it only took less than 10 minutes to download but took 30 minutes for āPreparingā then I had to tap āInstallā after which it took at least 15 minutes.
Next I updated my iPhone 10 which didnāt take as long and last my iPad Mini 5. Automatic download has remained off on all 3.