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Apple confirms AirPort Utility app is going away soon
Marcus Mendes | Jun 22 2026 - 2:10 pm PT
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Apple’s release notes for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 reveal that AirPort Utility will soon be removed from the App Store. Here are the details.
AirPort Utility app is going away soon
Earlier today, Apple released iOS 27 developer beta 2, alongside its counterparts for the upcoming 27 release cycle of its operating systems.
In the release notes for the new systems, where the company also confirmed that AirPods Max 2 users can now install beta firmware updates, Apple announced that the AirPort Utility app will soon be removed from the App Store.
From the iOS & iPadOS 27 Beta 2 Release Notes:
AirPort Utility
Deprecations
AirPort Utility will no longer be available for new downloads from the App Store. If you previously downloaded the app, you can still re-download it. When using AirPort Utility on iOS 27 and later, functionality is not guaranteed. (158364073)
And here’s a similar item in the macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta 2 Release Notes:
AirPort Utility
Deprecations
AirPort Utility is no longer included with new clean installations of macOS. However, if you update macOS when AirPort Utility is already installed, it remains on your system but functionality is not guaranteed starting in macOS 27. (158248382)
Apple has not formally announced when the app will be removed and will likely confirm a date closer to its departure from the App Store.
For now, the company is simply warning that the app will be going away soon and may no longer work properly on iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate or future releases.
Today’s news comes just days after reports highlighted that macOS 27 would drop support for the file-sharing protocols used by Apple’s discontinued Time Capsule, preventing it from serving as a Time Machine backup destination.
Goodbye Time Capsule support 💔 pic.twitter.com/yN0y8CuBmB<br>— Stella – Fudge (@StellaFudge) June 10, 2025
A Microsoft engineer has since released a workaround that restores compatibility, even as Apple prepares to phase out the app used to configure the device, and you can learn more about that workaround here.
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Marcus Mendes is a Brazilian tech podcaster and journalist who has been closely following Apple since the mid-2000s.
He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry, hosting a daily podcast for seven years.