There’s no easy choice to install anything other than the latest officially supported version of iPadOS on any iPad. You can’t manually install an older version as Apple stop signing older iPadOS downloads soon after releasing an update.
iPadOS 26.1 should be out next week, including a few visual options to decrease transparency, might improve performance on older devices _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 2 Nov 2025, at 22:28, Adam Pymble <[email protected]> wrote: > > Evening all > > Wanting to factory reset an old ipad. It”s 5-6 yrs old and I fear the latest > OS might make it less usable and we only want it for surfing and emails. > > Having done the reset it’s asking me to install the update with no option to > decline ans proceed without doing so. > > Ang tips how to do so please? > > Or perhaps reassurance that it’s ok to update and performance will be ok? > > Thanks > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/9de5bda9-6efe-4f56-8b47-09c11486b9fdn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/9de5bda9-6efe-4f56-8b47-09c11486b9fdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/A499DC2D-0C30-4510-9267-9C41A2DC5DF1%40macambulance.com.
