A few critical security updates also shipped out with Tuesday’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 update. Apple also released Security Update 2017-004 and Security Update 2017-001 macOS Sierra, which address the KRACK security exploit. KRACK is a vulnerability in the WPA2 encryption standard for Wi-Fi networks that lets attackers decrypt the data passing to and from […]
Tag: El Capitan
This is kind of strange. Since the days of OS X El Capitan, Apple has activated a protection feature called System Integrity Protection, which is designed to keep your Mac safe from malware by restricting the permissions of the root user account and preventing unauthorized access to protected files and folders. The program runs behind […]
Because security updates are a good thing. On Thursday, Apple released Security Update 2016-001 for users of OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The fix covers assorted zero-day exploits that could allow full access to a device and updates Safari to version 9.3.5 to patch security holes in the browser as […]
In what might be the final major update for OS X El Capitan, Apple yesterday officially released OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 through the Mac App Store for all users. The update adds the following fixes and changes: – Resolves an issue that may prevent settings from being saved in accounts with parental controls enabled.
And now, for the truly brave of heart, the macOS Sierra public beta has just become available. Late Thursday, Apple released the public beta to macOS Sierra, the successor to OS X EL Capitan. In order to install the beta, you’ll need to go to beta.apple.com, sign in with an Apple ID and then you’ll […]