Every year Apple releases a new version of iOS to every iPhone and iPad owner at a single moment, and every year there’s a bit of trouble getting through to Apple’s busy servers to download it if you go right away. But this year, the problems appear to be more widespread. Across Twitter — and The Verge’s Slack room — people are complaining that their iOS devices are returning an error when they attempt to download iOS 9. After seeing the update and agreeing to Apple’s terms of service, a popup immediately appears saying, “Software update failed. An error occurred downloading iOS 9.” iTunes also seems to have some issues.
Some iOS 9 downloads are failing
is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade.
It’s likely enough that this error will subside as Apple’s servers get it together, rather than this being a sign of a deeper bug. Some people have been able to download and install iOS 9 successfully, so the update does work. Really, this is only a minor frustration for early adopters — Apple just happens to have a lot of them. In the meantime, feel free to read our review of the new OS.
I’ll leave you with this hot take from our own Chris Ziegler:
Can Apple Survive This Several-Minute Delay In Downloading iOS 9?
— Chris Ziegler (@zpower) September 16, 2015 Verge Video: iOS 9 review
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