Tell HN: "Update to iOS 18.7.8" is updating users to iOS 26; Apple PSA

Tell HN: "Update to iOS 18.7.8" is updating users to iOS 26; Apple PSA

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  • Yeah, this happened to me overnight as well. Got the prompt for 18.7.8, and I allowed to install it over night. I wanted to avoid iOS 26 on this aging iPhone 13 Mini I, but hey, a security update sounds great.

    Now I woke up today with the iOS 26 Welcome Screen. Great. No way to revert this. Additionally I was on call, and I would bet money that the Welcome Screen meant I was not fully logged in (corroborated by the fact that I had to enter my SIM PIN after completing it). That is really, REALLY user hostile.

  • Liquid Glass is pretty trash, but iOS is not as bad as Tahoe.
    by xp84
  • On a Mac, if you join the beta program of whatever OS you have pre-Tahoe, you will no longer be nagged to update to Tahoe.

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