Apple Releases iOS 8.1.1 And OS X Yosemite Updates, Better Performance And Security For Even Old iDevices

The latest update for iPhones and iPads, iOS 8.1.1 has been released which will improve the performance of older models. Owners of iPhone 4s and newer should benefit from the update along with owners of the iPad 2 and newer models. In addition to the new iOS update, Apple also released an update for OS X Yosemite 10.10.1

The new mobile operating system update addresses complaints from older iPhone and iPad users who reported that the performance on their devices had been affected since the iOS 8 update. But aside from the improvement in performance, there isn’t much more to the new update aside from some bug fixes.


Meanwhile, the OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 update addresses a number of bug fixes and improves WiFi reliability. The full list of what the update brings is as follows:

• Improves reliability when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server
• Resolves an issue that may prevent Mail from sending messages through certain email service providers
• Addresses an issue prevents connecting to remote computers using Back to My Mac
• Resolves an issue where sharing services, Notification Center widgets and Actions may not be available
• Addresses an issue that could cause Notification Center settings to not be retained after a restart
• Addresses an issue that might prevent the Mac App Store from displaying certain updates
• Addresses an issue that could prevent some Mac mini computers from waking from sleep
• Resolves an issue that might prevent Time Machine from displaying older backups
• Addresses an issue that might prevent entering text in Japanese
• Allows you to append search domains for partially qualified domain names when performing DNS lookups
• Addresses an issue where the Mac App Store might offer an update to Apple Remote 

Have you seen an improvement in performance for your older iPhones and iPads?