“It began as a bad practical joke, but now Apple has confirmed an iOS bug that is no laughing matter,” Gordon Kelly writes for Forbes.
“Posting an update to its support pages, Apple has revealed that changing the date to January 1 1970 on any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 8.x or iOS 9.x (including the latest iOS 9.2.1 release) can stop it from turning on the next time it is restarted,” Kelly writes. “It has confirmed a preventative fix for this will be released soon and in the meantime anyone already affected by the bug should contact Apple support (given their devices won’t be able to switch on to receive the update).”
“Of course the obvious question here is: Why would anyone change the date on their device to January 1 1970?” Kelly writes. “The answer: to unlock easter eggs.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Do not set your iOS device’s date to January 1, 1970.
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