Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.6 With Security Fixes

[dantracht]

Same, literally JUST showed up on my M1 Mini.

 

[Bazooka-joe]

Yep it’s just showed up for me as well so downloading

 

[Morac]

Finally showing on M1 MBP here.

Same here.

 

[B4U]

All Macs that support Mojave support Catalina, so Apple probably decided not to bother. People who are afraid to run their Macs without security updates probably run Catalina or unsupported Monterey/Big Sur already.

Repeat after me: 32 bit application support.

 

[jacekkauch]

I'm not seeing 11.6 on on my MacBook Air M1. I have 11.5.2 and it says I'm up to date.

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Mini M1

 

[avz]

Repeat after me: 32 bit application support.

Please clarify what security updates have to do with 32 bit support?

 

[B4U]

Please clarify what security updates have to do with 32 bit support?

One of the major reason why there are users still on Mojave is because it supports 32 bit.
That includes enterprise customers.
Hence Apple had been supporting Mojave security patches longer than High Sierra.

 

[MauiPa]

did macrumors write the article before the release? How many days before?

 

[ichickon]

Please clarify what security updates have to do with 32 bit support?

A lot of music/audio plugins were never updated to 64 bit support. Including major synth manufactures (ahem Access Virus - looking at you). Thus forcing some folks to stick with Mojave (or earlier). Though I would hope anyone doing that is using that Mac ONLY for music/audio.

 

[avz]

One of the major reason why there are users still on Mojave is because it supports 32 bit.
That includes enterprise customers.
Hence Apple had been supporting Mojave security patches longer than High Sierra.

This is not true as High Sierra is the end of the line for quite a few Macs. The last HS update was in November, so according to your logic Mojave should still have a support past November this year.

 

[B4U]

This is not true as High Sierra is the end of the line for quite a few Macs. The last HS update was in November, so according to your logic Mojave should still have a support past November this year.

hm...
That is a good point.
Which means, the issue may be possibly not found on Mojave then.

 

[LV426]

this is a massive update 🤔 almost 4GB on MBA M1

Every macOS update is massive now. It‘s by design. The days of piddling little patches are long gone.

 

[jon.f]

All Macs that support Mojave support Catalina, so Apple probably decided not to bother. People who are afraid to run their Macs without security updates probably run Catalina or unsupported Monterey/Big Sur already.

with the rare exceptions of mac pro 2010-2012

 

[kdekorte]

Upgraded my MBP 16 (Intel) with Thunderbolt display and everything upgraded smoothly and everything seems to be working fine.

 

[dogslobber]

Please clarify what security updates have to do with 32 bit support?

This. Apple ripped 32-bit app support from our grasp and then kick sand in our face by not supporting legacy version. Apple are anti-consumer.

 

[wjdavis]

Anecdotal, but I haven't had any eGPU or Thunderbolt issues with .5 or, now, .6. I don't have the million dollar Apple display, though, so if that's what you're talking about then my anecdote is extra useless!

My specific hardware, if it helps: Sonnet Breakaway Box 550, RX 580, and LG Ultrawide 5K something-or-other monitor. Oh and the last Intel Mac Mini. 2018? That sounds right.

Thanks for the reply. No million dollar Apple displays here, either. I have a Razer Core X with an RX 5500XT, which I use with a 2019 MacBook Pro. I guess what I read amounted to just a comment or two on a MacRumors article--I haven't been able to find a lot of news or reports of similar types of issues.

I'll give it a shot I guess--backing up now.

 

[guzhogi]

This. Apple ripped 32-bit app support from our grasp and then kick sand in our face by not supporting legacy version. Apple are anti-consumer.

I agree, but Apple gave a fair bit of notice of dropping 32-bit support. Developers who never updated share some of the blame

 

[RyanXM]

7 hours post release and still no full installer...

 

[honam1021]

this is a massive update 🤔 almost 4GB on MBA M1

M1 Macs have to download an additional gigabyte of data compated to Intel for 1TR (One true recovery) partition updates. The file size on Intel machines is probably closer to 2.5GB.

 

[DFP1989]

A lot of music/audio plugins were never updated to 64 bit support. Including major synth manufactures (ahem Access Virus - looking at you). Thus forcing some folks to stick with Mojave (or earlier). Though I would hope anyone doing that is using that Mac ONLY for music/audio.

Yeah unfortunately if you're still using the older OS for whatever reason and are concerned about security issues, at some point you're just going to have to pull the Ethernet cable.

 

[Freeangel1]

any links to manually download the FULL installer? since this may be the last update for Big Sur.

 

[HiVolt]

Updated my mini... but the damn wallpaper gets reset every time i update Big Sur. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[gank41]

any links to manually download the FULL installer? since this may be the last update for Big Sur.

I use this app and it hasn’t updated, either. I’ve found the seeded links don't get updated for almost a day sometimes.

GitHub - scriptingosx/DownloadFullInstaller: macOS application written in SwiftUI that downloads installer pkgs for the Install macOS Big Sur application.

macOS application written in SwiftUI that downloads installer pkgs for the Install macOS Big Sur application. - scriptingosx/DownloadFullInstaller

github.com

 

[orthorim]

Macs are no longer secure. Perhaps they never were but in the past there were not active exploits all over the place. I guess the issue is they're using the same base OS libraries for Mac and iPhone and the iPhone is a huge yummie hacking target where each zero day is worth over $1M, so more and more will continue to get found..

Updated 2 iPhones and 2 Macs today.

But I am well aware there's thousands of zero days still in all these things

In this cat and mouse game, the hackers have currently won.

 

[wjdavis]

Anecdotal, but I haven't had any eGPU or Thunderbolt issues with .5 or, now, .6. I don't have the million dollar Apple display, though, so if that's what you're talking about then my anecdote is extra useless!

My specific hardware, if it helps: Sonnet Breakaway Box 550, RX 580, and LG Ultrawide 5K something-or-other monitor. Oh and the last Intel Mac Mini. 2018? That sounds right.

Thanks for the reply. No million dollar Apple displays here, either. I have a Razer Core X with an RX 5500XT, which I use with a 2019 MacBook Pro. I guess what I read amounted to just a comment or two on a MacRumors article--I haven't been able to find a lot of news or reports of similar types of issues.

I'll give it a shot I guess--backing up now.

Same. I'm also waiting to update until confirmation that the issues with eGPU are fixed.

No issues here--all smooth sailing. eGPU works fine on 11.6.