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iOS 5.0 GM

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Golden master

Recorded context

About this appearance

iOS 5 GM is represented by 2 selected, source-linked records from the exact 2011-10-04 milestone; cumulative carry-forward, unsupported build identity, and a rumored Beta 8 are excluded.

Date
Oct 4, 2011
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Gold Master boundary

Contemporaneous reporting places the iOS 5 GM seed on October 4, 2011. The retained GM transcript isolates two fixes, while the separately owned Public page remains the record for the October 12 release.[1][2][3]

Two isolatable fixes

Only 2 milestone-specific fixes are structured: one for turn-based auto-matching and one for deleting media. The rest of the cumulative GM document is not relabeled as new.[4][5]

No Beta 8 route

No released iOS 5 Beta 8 is represented. A September 9 report instead pairs the eighth iTunes 10.5 beta with iWork Beta 3, while contemporaneous final-release coverage describes seven iOS betas before GM. Later lists that collapse those product sequences are therefore kept as an explicit evidence gap rather than used to create a route.[6][7]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. Apple Makes iOS 5 GM Available to Registered Developers

    Wirefly · Alex Wagner · 2011-10-04T00:00:00.000Z · GM change-log reproduction

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  2. Apple Posts iOS 5 Golden Master Seed for Developers

    MacRumors · Jordan Golson · 2011-10-04T00:00:00.000Z · October 4 GM seed availability

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  3. Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

    TechCrunch · Greg Kumparak · 2011-10-12T00:00:00.000Z · Seven betas, one GM, then Public

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  4. Apple Makes iOS 5 GM Available to Registered Developers

    Wirefly · Alex Wagner · 2011-10-04T00:00:00.000Z · GameKit — Auto-matching with the turn-based view controller

    Original synthesis from the cited milestone evidence.

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  5. Apple Makes iOS 5 GM Available to Registered Developers

    Wirefly · Alex Wagner · 2011-10-04T00:00:00.000Z · Music Player — deleting a song or video

    Original synthesis from the cited milestone evidence.

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  6. Apple Seeds New iTunes 10.5 and iWork for iOS Betas to Developers

    MacRumors · Eric Slivka · 2011-09-09T00:00:00.000Z · September 9 — iTunes 10.5 Beta 8 and iWork Beta 3

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  7. Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

    TechCrunch · Greg Kumparak · 2011-10-12T00:00:00.000Z · Seven beta releases and one Gold Master

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  8. Apple Posts iOS 5 Golden Master Seed for Developers

    MacRumors · Jordan Golson · 2011-10-04T00:00:00.000Z · GM release identity

  9. Apple Makes iOS 5 GM Available to Registered Developers

    Wirefly · Alex Wagner · 2011-10-04T00:00:00.000Z · GM release-note evidence

  10. Apple Seeds New iTunes 10.5 and iWork for iOS Betas to Developers

    MacRumors · Eric Slivka · 2011-09-09T00:00:00.000Z · iTunes Beta 8 product-sequence boundary

  11. Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

    TechCrunch · Greg Kumparak · 2011-10-12T00:00:00.000Z · Public-release sequence boundary

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Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.