Roll it back

Just like every year for the last couple of decades, I rashly installed Apple’s beta operating systems on most of my devices.

My iPhone is glitchy and unreliable. My work Mac is painfully slow and crashes all the time. My Apple Watch is always in some Focus mode I didn’t select.

Yes, I regret it. But I must soldier on.

My job demands it, for one. But perhaps more important is the FOMO. I just can’t miss out on the wonderful new features.

Perhaps you too made similar, regrettable choices?

The good news is you can roll it back. The bad news is there are catches.

Everything you need to know about downgrading your iPhone from the iOS 27 beta is here. Keep this in mind for the public betas, which should be launching very soon.

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Regret installing iOS 27 beta? Here’s how to get back to iOS 26.

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One more thing ...

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You always have to keep pushing to innovate. Dylan could have sung protest songs forever and probably made a lot of money, but he didn’t. He had to move on, and when he did, by going electric in 1965, he alienated a lot of people... The Beatles were the same way. They kept evolving, moving, refining their art. That’s what I’ve always tried to do — keep moving. Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you’re not busy being born, you’re busy dying.

— Steve Jobs, 2011.

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