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Unfortunately, it seems Apple has forced us to choose between Meltdown mitigation and a somewhat working OS. The recent Sierra security updates didn’t include t

Unfortunately, it seems Apple has forced us to choose between Meltdown mitigation and a somewhat working OS. The recent Sierra security updates didn’t include the Meltdown patch. https://twitter.com/theregister/status/949358083431546880 https://twitter.com/theregister/status/949358083431546880

sgolestane 9y ago
Apple has actually backported the fix to Sierra and even El Capitan. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331
- bangonkeyboard 9y ago
  The tweet in the post you replied to points out that the page that you linked to was altered today to no longer say the fixes extended to those two.
- alwillis 9y ago
  My educated guess, based on 14-years working for MIT’s IT department: the fixes for Sierra and El Capitan broke something important, so they got pulled. When they get fixed, they’ll be re-released…