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Restore/upgrade firmware of iOS devices

6 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 6 comments · first 2021-04-06 · latest 2026-02-02

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  1. …purposes. FWIW, you do not need another Mac to DFU restore another. Any computer could do[1]. [1]: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore
    comment by tgma · 2026-02-02 · in Apple's MacBook Pro DFU port documentation is wrong
  2. This may work for you for restoring using Linux, but you'll want good backups: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore
    comment by red369 · 2025-07-02 · in More assorted notes on Liquid Glass
  3. > What if there are no other macs around? https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore
    comment by marcan_42 · 2021-12-30 · in How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs
  4. Just use https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore on a Linux or Windows machine. Yes, if you don't have internet access you have a problem, but I'm personally happy enough with the benefits of this security model that I'm willing…
    comment by argsnd · 2021-12-29 · in How Secure Boot Works on M1 Series Macs
  5. I don't know about Windows, but it runs on Linux, yes, and it works on at least the M1 Mac Mini. See: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore/pull/406 There's some bug with the laptops, but it should be easy to fix once someone…
    comment by marcan_42 · 2021-08-16 · in Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021
  6. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore (Works for restoring T2 Macs too)
    comment by my123 · 2021-04-06 · in To upgrade the SSD in a Mac Pro, you need a second Mac computer