Apple issues important iPhone update to millions of users that fixes iCloud setting flaw – check yours now [Video]

IPHONE owners have been urged to install the latest update available to their handset which fixes an issue related to iCloud.

Apple routinely puts out smaller iOS updates when flaws are uncovered to protect users before hackers catch onto them.

The tech giant says the latest software has been released with some “important bug fixes” in the mix.

But the firm also warns there is a problem that “prevents enabling or disabling Advanced Data Protection” on iPhone.

Advanced Data Protection is an extra feature you can switch on at any time for additional iCloud services.

This includes things like iCloud device backups, Messages backups, Photos.

When activated, it protects the majority of your iCloud data using end-to-end encryption.

But there was a bug in iOS 17.6 that meant a small number of users were not able to switch it on.

Doing so would either fail or show an error message.

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