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Tag: High Sierra

Security Update 2019-001 (High Sierra and Sierra) Agen Schmitz 10 comments

Security Update 2019-001 (High Sierra and Sierra)

Patches security vulnerabilities in Apple’s last two operating systems. (Free, various sizes)

Security Update 2018-003 (High Sierra) and Security Update 2018-006 (Sierra) Agen Schmitz 12 comments

Security Update 2018-003 (High Sierra) and Security Update 2018-006 (Sierra)

Patches security vulnerabilities in Apple’s last two operating systems. (Free, various sizes)

Safari 12.0.2 Agen Schmitz 8 comments

Safari 12.0.2

Addresses WebKit and address bar vulnerabilities for macOS 10.12.6 Sierra and 10.13.6 High Sierra. (Free)

Security Update 2018-002 (High Sierra) and Security Update 2018-005 (Sierra) Agen Schmitz No comments

Security Update 2018-002 (High Sierra) and Security Update 2018-005 (Sierra)

Patches a lengthy list of security vulnerabilities in Apple’s last two operating systems. (Free, various sizes)

Safari 12.0.1 Agen Schmitz No comments

Safari 12.0.1

Addresses WebKit and Safari Reader security vulnerabilities for macOS 10.12.6 Sierra and 10.13.6 High Sierra. (Free)

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018) Agen Schmitz No comments

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018)

Improves stability and reliability of 2018 MacBook Pro models. (Free update, 1.3 GB)

Adam Engst 3 comments

Apple Addresses MacBook Pro Thermal Throttling

Apple has released macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update for MacBook Pro (2018) to address the performance problems experienced by early adopters of the latest MacBook Pro models when they were running under heavy thermal loads.

Security Update 2018-003 (Sierra and El Capitan) Agen Schmitz 3 comments

Security Update 2018-003 (Sierra and El Capitan)

Patches a number of vulnerabilities in Apple’s last two operating systems. (Free, various sizes)

Josh Centers 13 comments

macOS 10.13.5 High Sierra Brings Messages in iCloud

Following a few days after iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5 High Sierra brings the Messages in iCloud feature to the Mac.

Safari 11.1 (Build 1×605.1.33.1.4) Agen Schmitz 4 comments

Safari 11.1 (Build 1×605.1.33.1.4)

Supplemental edition of Safari 11.1 eliminates two WebKit-related memory corruption vulnerabilities. (Free)

Security Update 2018-001 (High Sierra) Agen Schmitz No comments

Security Update 2018-001 (High Sierra)

Patches vulnerabilities in macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra. (Free, 970 MB)

Adam Engst 29 comments

macOS 10.13.4 Causing Installation Log Failures

If you’re running macOS 10.13.3 High Sierra, and you restart, it’s possible that you’ll see an Installation Log screen and an error telling you that the macOS installation couldn’t be completed. Here’s how to recover.

Josh Centers 27 comments

macOS 10.13.4 Warns Users about 32-Bit Apps

Last year at WWDC, Apple said that High Sierra would be the last version of macOS to run 32-bit apps “without compromise.” The recently released macOS 10.13.4 takes the next step in that direction by alerting users the first time they launch a 32-bit app. Here’s what we know.