Apple Seeds iOS 7 Golden Master Build to Developers Ahead of September 18 Public Launch

Tuesday September 10, 2013 12:23 pm PDT by Eric Slivka

Following today's media event, Apple has seeded the golden master (GM) version of iOS 7 to developers. This represents the final build that will be released to the public on September 18 for installation on existing devices. iOS 7 will also be included on the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, which launch in the first round of markets on September 20.

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The GM version of iOS 7 arrives as build 11A465, and Apple has also released a GM build of Xcode 5 to support iOS 7.

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