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I wonder if the author mean that he's stuck on OS X 10.13.n, and would be willing to install OS X 10.13.(n+1), just not 10.14?

jedieaston 8y ago
Apple doesn't do point upgrades for previous releases unless there's a critical security bug in them though, so that wouldn't happen. If you want the problem fixed you have to jump to the next major release because that's what 90% of the active install base is on, since it's free and easy to install.
- valleyer 8y ago
  > Apple doesn't do point upgrades for previous releases unless there's a critical security bug in them This is not true. Minor updates to Mac OS X pretty much always contain a handful of non-security bug fixes.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    I have never seen Apple push an update to a previous version of macOS unless there was some critical bug or security vulnerability in it.
    - valleyer 8y ago
      Many minor macOS updates add features. 10.6.6 added the App Store. 10.7.2 added iCloud. More recently, 10.14.3 [0] added things as small as "a menu item to News for opening a story in Safari". (As an arguably even more trivial example, 10.14.1 added new emoji.) Most minor updates also fix small, non-critical bugs, like 10.13.4 [1], which "fixes an issue that may prevent web link previews from appearing in Messages". Do all of these updates fix security bugs too? Yes, because a company as big as Apple is probably always fixing security bugs. That doesn't mean they ONLY do minor updates for security bugs though. [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209149#macos10143 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209149#macos10143 [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208533 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208533
      - saagarjha 8y ago
        None of those were released when the operating system they applied to was a "previous" version of macOS.
        valleyer 8y ago
        Oh ok, I misunderstood you... sorry
redwoodmonkey 8y ago
I am the author. I always do dot upgrades, as they are (usually) security updates. I wouldn't say I am "stuck" on any particular OS; I choose to remain on it for stability.

jedieaston 8y ago

Apple doesn't do point upgrades for previous releases unless there's a critical security bug in them though, so that wouldn't happen. If you want the problem fixed you have to jump to the next major release because that's what 90% of the active install base is on, since it's free and easy to install.

valleyer 8y ago
> Apple doesn't do point upgrades for previous releases unless there's a critical security bug in them This is not true. Minor updates to Mac OS X pretty much always contain a handful of non-security bug fixes.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  I have never seen Apple push an update to a previous version of macOS unless there was some critical bug or security vulnerability in it.
  - valleyer 8y ago
    Many minor macOS updates add features. 10.6.6 added the App Store. 10.7.2 added iCloud. More recently, 10.14.3 [0] added things as small as "a menu item to News for opening a story in Safari". (As an arguably even more trivial example, 10.14.1 added new emoji.) Most minor updates also fix small, non-critical bugs, like 10.13.4 [1], which "fixes an issue that may prevent web link previews from appearing in Messages". Do all of these updates fix security bugs too? Yes, because a company as big as Apple is probably always fixing security bugs. That doesn't mean they ONLY do minor updates for security bugs though. [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209149#macos10143 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209149#macos10143 [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208533 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208533
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      None of those were released when the operating system they applied to was a "previous" version of macOS.
      - valleyer 8y ago
        Oh ok, I misunderstood you... sorry

redwoodmonkey 8y ago

I am the author. I always do dot upgrades, as they are (usually) security updates. I wouldn't say I am "stuck" on any particular OS; I choose to remain on it for stability.