took a lot longer for me - as a matter of fact I thought it was in an update loop since it got to a certain point that I thought was near the end and then went blank and the bar started again. Thought I was going to have to restore but then it finally ended. So be patient
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Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 With WebKit Security Fix
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I used to joke about Windows updates taking forever.. Mac ones are getting retarded as well. It's like it's compiling the patch source code, then patching the files. Even with a solid state drive, it shouldn't take 20 minutes to do 'small updates' where the computer is completely useless until it's done.
I don't think it is that big a deal. Start the update when you aren't in need of the Mac. Problem solved.
Do you have Homebrew installed?
Check this thread:
Constant Kernel Panics – userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from com.apple.WindowServer
@johnalan so I've experiment some more and tested removing homebrew entirely from my system and switching to MacPorts. Since doing this, I've not had any kernel panic on rebooting the system errors. I've been testing this way for about a week. So it's looking more and more like there is some...
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Did you try the plist deletion that someone posted another thread regarding monitors and M1 macs.
That happened to me - once - for this update. I tried again and it was OK.
Updates are distributed through a Content Delivery Network. They are not perfect.
It's more likely that the fix for Mojave and Catalina can be applied in a different way, in no small part due to the sealed system volume in Big Sur. Apple isn't going to send out a security advisory claiming that the Webkit vulnerability is fixed in Mojave and Catalina and then not actually fix it until the next security update.Yes, I just installed it on my Mojave VM. Apple is maintaining a Safari 14 fork for these two older systems. However, it appears unrelated to the Big Sur update, which updates the underlying WebKit libraries (this is what requires the reboot.) Likely this will be rolled into their security updates, which will coincide with 11.3.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Big Sur Safari build number also went up similarly, but WebKit, not Safari, is what the excitement was about here.
I hate these type of updates because they are just random. And they don’t really do anything to upgrade your device. These updates are mostly useless unless there is like an extreme glitch that Apple has to patch.
Not that I was expecting much from a security update but damn, computer restarted and 5GB or RAM instantly used with nothing running in the background. Nice Apple.
Do you have a data cap problem? Would you rather Apple didn't protect your Mac? Downloading 3GB takes minutes from the Apple server, unless you have very slow internet. If that is the case, download overnight. Not a big deal.
It's a needed security update.
I think some of you here complain just to complain.
It is a big deal, huge download and then a 20-30min installation on an M1. Apple is making windows update look good by comparison. Why are they all so big? It's like a full system install every freakin time!
Does anyone else think this “Preparing Update... about 15 seconds remaining...” is just not being truthful 😂😂😂
Maybe it’s due to the amount of ram other Apps were using at the time of the update. Just curious if anyone found this update to be a fast installer or if it’s a really slow one.
Maybe it’s due to the amount of ram other Apps were using at the time of the update. Just curious if anyone found this update to be a fast installer or if it’s a really slow one.
Because it is not a browser update but a WebKit update. WebKit is of course used by Safari, but also many other apps and parts of the OS (I guess Mail and Siri among others).
Grabbed the Safari update for Catalina.
Seems like a step backwards to need a full OS update on Big Sur, (thinking back to when we had to OS updates to get Safari updates) although maybe the issue is more than Safari on BS.
Definitely +1 for that today.
Seems like a step backwards to need a full OS update on Big Sur, (thinking back to when we had to OS updates to get Safari updates) although maybe the issue is more than Safari on BS.
Definitely +1 for that today.
Mine was installing and actually said "100% Complete" and then ten seconds later said "12 minutes remaining"...
Wait, what?
Wait, what?