
To play standard-definition video from the iTunes Store, an Intel Pentium D or faster processor, 512MB of RAM, and a DirectX 9.0–compatible video card is required.PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor with support for SSE2 and 512MB of RAM.Wondering what you need to watch out for when beta testing? Read my "Three Things" guide. Keep that in mind before installing beta software on your main iDevice. But if you do it before a major iOS 11 release, you'll be stuck with your current software unless you restore from a backup. Remember any time you want, you can hop off the beta release train by deleting your beta profile.
Once your iPhone is in Recovery Mode, follow the steps in iTunes to restore your archived backup. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo displays.
Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. For the iPhone X, it's a three step process. If you have an iPhone 7 or 8, you'll need to press and hold the Lock/Wake button and then the Volume Down button simultaneously (since the Home button is virtual). If you have an iPhone 6, turn off your iPhone, hold down the Home button and plug it in to your computer. Here's how to get everything back to factory specs, depending on what type of iPhone you have. If everything does go wrong and the Public Beta doesn't agree well with your hardware, you'll need your backup to get back on track. One thing that Apple won't tell you is that, if you want to save all your Health data, you'll need to encrypt the backup when given the choice. This way, down the line, when the unexpected happens, you'll have a stable backup that that you can use to restore your device. Under the settings for your iPhone (in the Library if you can't find it), select the On This Computer option, and then click the Back Up Now button. As evidenced by the weekend iPhone X debacle, iOS 11.2 is beta software and Apple makes it extremely clear in the agreement you scroll past on the way to the Agree button that it can do anything up to and including bricking your device and corrupting your data.īefore you download the beta client, it is vital that you plug in your iPhone to your laptop or desktop computer and take advantage of the iTunes Archive tool for iOS.