
Starting with macOS Catalina, Apple broke out the iTunes app and moved the iPhone and iPad management section to the Finder app. How to Restore Your iPhone or iPad via Finder on a Mac On the next page, click “Download.” This is quite a large file (around 5 GB), so, depending on your internet connection, this could take a while. You’ll then see all available IPSW files select the latest signed version. Scroll down and select your model (ours is the iPad Pro 3). For our example, we’re going to restore a 2018 iPad Pro 11-inch (Wi-Fi), but the process is the same for all iPhones and iPads. To get started, head to the IPSW website and choose your device (iPhone or iPad).

You can’t install an update file that isn’t signed by Apple, as the company verifies it against its servers before installing the firmware. It lists the latest versions of IPSW files signed by Apple. You can find and download the IPSW file for your device on the IPSW website.
