Apple's iOS 9 is now available for download and upgrading your device over-the-air is simple enough. However, sometimes you may ...
Whether you want to save bandwidth costs by downloading the file once and deploying to multiple devices, or if you have an unreliable Internet connection and you would like to be able to resume your downloads, you can directly download iOS 9 firmware files for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. This also comes in handy when you want to restore the device at a later date.
If you are directly downloading iOS 9 firmware files, you likely know what you are doing, but here's a refresher nonetheless. Download the file corresponding to your device using the links below. Connect your device to a computer with the latest version of iTunes installed, launch iTunes, select the device in the top row and instead of clicking on Check for Update normally, keep the Option (Alt) key on your Mac (Shift on Windows) pressed and then click Check for Update.
Point iTunes to the file you've just downloaded,
Now that you know what you do, without any further delay, here are the iOS 9 direct download links:
- iPad Air 2 (6th generation WiFi)
- iPad Air 2 (6th generation Cellular)
- iPad Air (5th generation WiFi + Cellular)
- iPad Air (5th generation WiFi)
- iPad Air (5th generation CDMA)
- iPad (4th generation CDMA)
- iPad (4th generation GSM)
- iPad (4th generation WiFi)
- iPad mini (CDMA)
- iPad mini (GSM)
- iPad mini (WiFi)
- iPad mini 2 (WiFi + Cellular)
- iPad mini 2 (WiFi)
- iPad mini 2 (CDMA)
- iPad mini 3 (China)
- iPad mini 3 (WiFi)
- iPad mini 3 (Cellular)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi (3rd generation)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (GSM)
- iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (CDMA)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Rev A)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (CDMA)
- iPhone 5 (GSM)
- iPhone 5c (CDMA)
- iPhone 5c (GSM)
- iPhone 5s (CDMA)
- iPhone 5s (GSM)
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPhone 4s
- iPod touch (5th-generation)
- iPod touch (6th-generation)
