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Apple Releases iOS 12.5.5 Update for Older iPhones With Fix for Zero-Day Exploit

BigMacLover said:
Yes, Mrs. Kravitz. We know you saw something strange. Now why don’t you lie down and rest. 🙄

(Hopefully you understand the reference and know I’m kidding.) :)
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redheeler said:
Fantastic for Apple to continue pushing security updates to these devices, even though I rarely see them in the wild now where I live (although the 6 and 6s are difficult to distinguish). I suspect that globally there are more people using them though, as well as older people who upgrade very infrequently.
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I don't know about older people, but they still make pretty decent "kid devices".
 
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This update fixed one problem with the App Store. I had several apps showing there was an update but couldn’t download the update and had to press cancel on those apps. After this update those apps are gone from the update window and it works like you would expect.
 
Is there something special about the SE that prevents it from getting this security update like the 5, 5s, 6 or 6s? My phone is at 12.4.1 and 12.5.5 would be enough for me for now.
 
alembic said:
Is there something special about the SE that prevents it from getting this security update like the 5, 5s, 6 or 6s? My phone is at 12.4.1 and 12.5.5 would be enough for me for now.
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Because Apple offered iOS 13 & 14 and now iOS 15 for the SE, they deem this to be the upgrade path to receive security updates. Would be good if they allowed people to choose iOS 12 with security updates.

That being said, I believe iOS 15 is far more secure than iOS 12.5.5 is.
 
Lerten said:
It really might not be insane when you look at it from the perspective of being in a sprint to get rid of Intel support as soon as possible 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Yep the sooner Intel is killed off the better for everyone.

The good news is once you transition to Apple silicon on your Mac, Apple will be able to support your Macs much longer since they control the full stack. Right now, I am sure they are dependent on Intel and others for some proprietary driver and firmware support.
 
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dysamoria said:
Irritatingly, this update is not available to anyone who CAN update to iOS 15, but don’t want to (yet, or ever).

I’m on iOS 12.4.1 and haven’t updated because it would break Apple’s ecosystem with my Macs stuck on High Sierra (and one of those only has High Sierra because of DosDude1’s hacked installers and patches).
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Why not use his patchers for Mojave or Catalina? Or OCLP for Big Sur.
 
im_to_hyper said:
Why not use his patchers for Mojave or Catalina? Or OCLP for Big Sur.
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My machines are not able to use his patches to move any further than High Sierra.

My MacBook Pro 5,5 is too damned old.

My “interim” used iMac 12,2 has been a mistake for various reasons (the seller delivered poor goods for a start), and its GPU is inconveniently also one of those (Mojave won’t run on it).
 
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redheeler said:
iOS and MacOS support spans have almost converged, it seems like pretty soon iPhones will be supported for longer than Macs which cost twice as much or more.
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Don't worry Apple has a plan for that too.

Exhibit A: iPhone 13 Pro Max $1699.
Exhibit B: Refurbished M1 MacBook $849.

If the phones cost more than Macs, of course they are supported for longer!
 
dysamoria said:
Irritatingly, this update is not available to anyone who CAN update to iOS 15, but don’t want to (yet, or ever).

I’m on iOS 12.4.1 and haven’t updated because it would break Apple’s ecosystem with my Macs stuck on High Sierra (and one of those only has High Sierra because of DosDude1’s hacked installers and patches).
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Hello @dysamoria

Can you elaborate more about the DosDude1’s hacked installers and patches?

Were the installers and patches hacked for macOS High Sierra only?
Or the installers and patches for macOS High Sierra and macOS Catalina were hacked too?

Where I can learn more?

Thanks
Camelia
 
camelia said:
Hello @dysamoria

Can you elaborate more about the DosDude1’s hacked installers and patches?

Were the installers and patches hacked for macOS High Sierra only?
Or the installers and patches for macOS High Sierra and macOS Catalina were hacked too?

Where I can learn more?

Thanks
Camelia
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Hi Camelia,

DosDude1 also has patches for Mojave and Catalina. I am unable to use anything beyond High Sierra.

This is the site where you should be able to learn more:


Edit: My issue is this: “...systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs will be almost unusable when running Mojave.” My iMac is a 12,2, with an AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series GPU.
 
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Yep, gimme a High Sierra patch! That MBP still runs a load of stuff fine but is stuck on HS. :rolleyes: Soon it's gonna just be made a Windows 10 machine. 😕
 
dysamoria said:
Hi Camelia,

DosDude1 also has patches for Mojave and Catalina. I am unable to use anything beyond High Sierra.

This is the site where you should be able to learn more:


Edit: My issue is this: “...systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs will be almost unusable when running Mojave.” My iMac is a 12,2, with an AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series GPU.
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Apparently 5xxx and 6xxx acceleration was added back in the Big Sur patchers so might be worth a look again
 
dysamoria said:
Hi Camelia,

DosDude1 also has patches for Mojave and Catalina. I am unable to use anything beyond High Sierra.

This is the site where you should be able to learn more:


Edit: My issue is this: “...systems with AMD Radeon HD 5xxx and 6xxx series GPUs will be almost unusable when running Mojave.” My iMac is a 12,2, with an AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series GPU.
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Hello @dysamoria

I upgrade one of my MBP using DosDude1 patches for Catalina

What I understood was those patches were hacked and now they are not secure to use them

Was what you tried to say? Or I am still not understanding what you were talking about?

Thanks
Came

dysamoria said:
Irritatingly, this update is not available to anyone who CAN update to iOS 15, but don’t want to (yet, or ever).

I’m on iOS 12.4.1 and haven’t updated because it would break Apple’s ecosystem with my Macs stuck on High Sierra (and one of those only has High Sierra because of DosDude1’s hacked installers and patches).
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camelia said:
Hello @dysamoria

I upgrade one of my MBP using DosDude1 patches for Catalina

What I understood was those patches were hacked and now they are not secure to use them

Was what you tried to say? Or I am still not understanding what you were talking about?

Thanks
Came
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I’m not sure what you mean by hacked. The DosDude1 patches patch the Mac OS installers to get the OSes to install on officially unsupported machines. SIP gets disabled in order to install OS versions that aren’t officially supported; that probably leaves the system less secure than it would be otherwise.

Unless you mean there’s malware involved. I don’t know anything about that. Please let me know if that’s the case, as I haven’t been looking into this topic for a couple years. I haven’t found any malware, but my MacBook Pro 5,5 has started behaving oddly in the last month or so (rebooting on its own), but I assumed it was the battery or other hardware failing.
 
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saudor said:
You need to use the opencore legacy patcher here: https://github.com/dortania/Opencore-Legacy-Patcher/
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Thanks for the link.

The info there seems to indicate the this patcher requires replacing the GPU on the iMac 12,2. I won’t be attempting that. I’ve had to mess with the internals of that machine too many times after I bought it (used, off eBay) and I have zero motivation to ever open it again unless the hard drive fails. Certainly not to do even more complex modification.
 
dysamoria said:
Thanks for the link.

The info there seems to indicate the this patcher requires replacing the GPU on the iMac 12,2. I won’t be attempting that. I’ve had to mess with the internals of that machine too many times after I bought it (used, off eBay) and I have zero motivation to ever open it again unless the hard drive fails. Certainly not to do even more complex modification.
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No you shoudn't need to do that. Previously you had to because the terrascale 2 GPUs werent supported. I think there's a lot of mixing of old and new info, which makes everything confusing
 
saudor said:
No you shoudn't need to do that. Previously you had to because the terrascale 2 GPUs werent supported. I think there's a lot of mixing of old and new info, which makes everything confusing
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Hmm. That site definitely isn’t set up clearly. I can’t see any specific mention of the chips supported at that site. 😕
 
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