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Judging by Apple's security updates page[1], they're still releasing standalone security updates for older versions of macOS. Unfortunately, the same is not tru
by platinumrad 9y ago
Judging by Apple's security updates page[1], they're still releasing standalone security updates for older versions of macOS. Unfortunately, the same is not true for iOS where security updates are rolled into OS updates.
[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
- vanilla_nut 9y agoDo you have any clue how to subscribe to security updates only on OS X? Looking for OS updates simply suggests downloading High Sierra, but my work laptop has to stay on El Capitan for dependency reasons.
- gurkendoktor 9y agoIt suggests downloading High Sierra because you've presumably already installed this update a month ago: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT208221 https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT208221 The App Store "Updates" list is the right place to look (and refresh).
- j45 9y agoApparently not all patches are back-ported to older versions of MacOS. Haven't had a chance to look into this further on how Sierra may be impacted. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15386319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15386319
- gurkendoktor 9y agoApple used to release a security update for revision N-1 and N-2 every time the current release got a point upgrade. However, 10.12.0 and 10.13.0 were both released on their own. Only when 10.12.1 and 10.13.1 were released did older systems get patched. So every time a new macOS release comes out, everyone has the choice between running a .0 release, or running an insecure OS for about a month.