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.. Where are iphone firmware files stored on my computer? apple doesn't go out of it's way to tell you where itunes stores the firmware files it downloads before it updates your iphone. should you ever need to access these files, it helps to know where to find them. firmware files have an .ipsw extension and can be found at the following locations. If are users of mac, the files ipsw that download through itunes are located in the following path: ~/library/itunes/ to access it we have different folders of type * software updates, where the asterisks are the name of each device. within each one of them are the ipsw files for the device that indicates the folder (iphone, ipad, or ipod)..
Appletv2,1_5.3_10b809_sp_restore.ipsw wasn't downloaded it was created appletv2,1_5.3_10b809_restore.ipsw was downloaded "sp" stands for seasonpass, it's the file that gets put on the atv to jailbreak it. the one w/o the "sp" is the file apple puts on your atv during normal update.. Search apple.com update your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch learn how to update your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch to the latest version of ios—wirelessly or using itunes.. And for ipad the path is ~/library/itunes/ipad software updates/ – durai amuthan.h apr 10 '14 at 13:31 is it safe to remove these (update) installation files? i just upgraded my ipad and ipod to ios 8 and am running very low on disk space on my mac..
