Do I need to keep multiple IOS files for my iphone5S on my Macbook

Trying to clean up the disc ... noticed I have four IOS files for my iPhone 5S...each with over 3GB. IOS 2.1, IOS 2, IOS 3 and 10S 4 (this was the last download, in July 2019). Can I delete these from my Mac?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 16, 2020 11:57 AM

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deggie

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Jul 16, 2020 12:34 PM in response to peter1954

Those sound like old ipsw files, you can delete them.

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