Ipsw file location for mac and windows dec 8, 2010 - 9 comments anytime you update your iphone , ipod touch , or ipad , you will get a new ipsw file that is downloaded to an ios updates folder courtesy of itunes.. Anytime you update your iphone, ipod touch, or ipad, you will get a new ipsw file that is downloaded to a folder on itunes. on macs the location of your ipsw files may vary depending on the ios device in question.. In some rare instances, you might need to remove itunes and related software components before you reinstall itunes or install itunes from the microsoft store. if you're directed to reinstall itunes by applecare, an article, or an alert dialog, you can do so by following the steps below..
With macos 10.14 mojave, itunes comes bundled with macos. to get the latest version of itunes, update the software on your mac: go to apple ( ) menu > system preferences, then click software update. if you can’t update to macos 10.14 mojave, you might still be able to get some updates for itunes (up to itunes 12.8).. Itunes downloads ios firmware files and stores them to a default directory on your computer automatically. these apple firmware files have an .ipsw extension and are located in the following folders:. on mac computers:. Just like @cksum said in response to your question: move ten gigs of files from your c: drive to your secondary, update to ios 5, and move the files back. it's not like itunes is going to keep using the space after the update is complete..
