Apple Pulls AirPort Utility With iOS 27, Ending 8 Years of Router Support
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Updated · MacRumors · Jun 22
Apple Pulls AirPort Utility With iOS 27, Ending 8 Years of Router Support
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Jun 22
Summary
iOS 27 beta 2 release notes show Apple will remove AirPort Utility from the App Store, and the app is no longer fully supported or guaranteed to work.
Previously downloaded copies can still be re-downloaded, but new users will lose access; Apple also plans to stop including the utility in new macOS installations.
macOS Golden Gate will keep running existing installs without any guarantee of functionality, extending the same phaseout to Macs.
AirPort Utility manages AirPort Extreme, Express and Time Capsule devices, which Apple discontinued in 2018 but had continued supporting through the app.
AFP removal in macOS Golden Gate also ends Time Machine support for AirPort Time Capsule, signaling Apple is fully winding down the AirPort ecosystem.