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Software update failed An error occurred downloading iPadOS 14.8

Tried to download and install iPadOS 14.8, it failed and error message was ‘An error occurred downloading iPadOS 14.8. I have iPad Air 6. How to resolve the issue? Thanks

iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14

Posted on Oct 8, 2021 9:29 PM

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Oct 9, 2021 3:41 PM in response to conia177

Hello conia177,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We have some steps to help with your iPad not completing the OS update. First, did you walk through all the steps in the article linked?


Here it is again:


If your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch won’t update


If you still aren't able to complete the iPadOS update, you may need to manually update your iPad. Use this article:


Update iPadOS


Scroll down to the section titled: 'Update iPad Manually'.


All the best.

Software update failed An error occurred downloading iPadOS 14.8

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