A Restore ipsw appeared in my trash today. Should I be worried?

Today, I noticed that earlier in the day, an iPhone Restore ipsw file had been moved into my Trash on the computer I'd synced it to.

The file is labelled "iPhone_5.5_P3_14.2_18B92_Restore.ipsw"

Should I be worried that this file is in here?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Jun 10, 2021 9:29 PM

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dggxam1 Author

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Jun 10, 2021 9:57 PM in response to dggxam1

I've also noticed another thing. IDK if it's relevant or not, but the "~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates" folder is empty. Is that cause for concern?

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