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Catalina is not a security update.

• Gaelan 7y ago
  Pretty sure that’s not the UI for major version updates.
  • pwinnski 7y ago
    False. That is exactly the interface on my computer, which leads directly to the upgrade to Catalina interface. I can ignore that, and install only security updates instead, but that is indeed the UI for the update to Catalina.
    • susijdjdjxa 7y ago
      If you install the security updates, so only the Catalina install is pending, do you still get this UI?
      • OskarS 7y ago
        I'm under the impression that you don't. I did install the security updates, and I think this thing went away, but I'm not 100% sure.
      • antoinevg 7y ago
        Yes, you still get this UI.
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• sneak 7y ago
  Yes it very much is: it adds support for per-app, per-directory permissions, like Little Flocker did. It’s a huge security benefit (stops ransomware, for example) and is the main reason I updated to it. Relatively unsurprising, considering that the developer of Little Flocker now works for Apple.
  • Dylan16807 7y ago
    That's not a bugfix. Not having it won't make you any worse off than you were for the last decade. You're not put a risk.
    • sneak 7y ago
      You're right, it's not a bugfix, but it is a security update. It makes your computer immune to most types of ransomware, which is a huge and common threat these days. Not having that functionality was dangerous enough that someone wrote a very involved program called Little Flocker, which was valuable enough to be sold to F-Secure. Apple hired the author (although it is perhaps not directly attributable to Little Flocker, he was well known in Apple-related security circles prior) and in the next major OS rev after that hire, the functionality was included stock in the OS. People running Catalina are at greatly reduced risk from common threats from malware. It's absolutely a security update.
      • Dylan16807 7y ago
        You could still run that program. It's a "security update" in that it improves security, but it's not a "security update" in terms of preventing risk for exploits that have come out or become popular since the last patch. When people talk about always installing security updates as soon as possible, they mean the latter.