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Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update With Spectre Fix
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Very true, I missed that - don't think Apple have stressed that Meltdown was already patched, I didn't notice that in any coverage here...
For 10.13 it was, but it isn’t clear that it was for 10.12 or 10.11. Because Apple said it was in their security document, but then they removed the reference to Meltdown except for 10.13.
Again, the Meltdown update does not apply to 10.11.6 or 10.12.6. Apple revised their security note to specify this on January 5.
really regret upgrading to high sierra. 50% of the time when i open up my MBP the battery is dead because it decided to not go to sleep when i closed the lid
Nice troll. Has Apple ever charged for a security update? This isn't an OS upgrade.
Regarding HIgh Sierra complaints, the only one I have is that my Mac Pro doesn’t always go to sleep on its own, but since I’m running on unsupported hardware (flashed cMP 4,1), I can’t really say if that one is on Apple. Otherwise, it has been just fine.
Yeah, eventually they have to draw a line in the sand on old hardware. Many times it’s not just because the device has become more rare, but also because the vendor supplying the components has also dropped support. GPU architectures alone have changed substantially, so things like OpenCL support are just impossible. Designing modern software around such old hardware gets you Windows, which does a decent enough job, but it’s why things like font scaling on high-DPi displays are still such a mess. Too much legacy support can often result in a bad user experience.
he was talking about general issues of High Sierra not these Intel problems.
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living example of the performance issues is the Mac in front of you.if you don't feel it good for you, but he,I and many others are feeling the poor performance of High Sierra.I have a top of the range 12" MacBook of 2016,and it's noticeably slower and laggier than before just because of this awful High Sierra.
There's isn't any "Javascript Core" in MacOS. Each browser brings it's own Javascript implementation on MacOS.
You might be thinking of iOS, where all browsers have to use the Safari-based UIWebView or WKWebView framework, and browsers are not allowed to use their own rendering or Javascript engines.
as a newer MAC user who bought into Apple's suggestion that their 5400 rpm drives were implemented in a way that didn't suck - I doubt my system can get any slower.
(Yes - apple - your 5400 rpm drives suck as bad as they did in PC' 10 or more years ago.) And you've made it pretty hard to replace it with a blade ssd. - I guess I should be happy you didn't solder the old chugger in to save yourself 25 cents on the cable.
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Keep believing that, if you need to.
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Post-update here and I've still got Build 17C88. 2013 MacBook Air. Maybe your system needed a different build.
If a machine is declared "obsolete" or "vintage" (essentially "end of lifed") by Apple, there are no more patches.
"There's also a Safari 11.0.2 update available for macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and OS X El"
At least Apple is taking care of existing users here somewhat.
I guess it means just a separate update...
At least Apple is taking care of existing users here somewhat.
I guess it means just a separate update...
If you're still on build 17C88, the update didn't install. You should be at 17C205 after the update is installed.
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went to app store....not seen...............
After last macOS update (10.13.2; build 17C2205), VMware Fusion running Windows 10 x64 (4 Core, 4GB RAM) on iMac Pro 10 core; 128GB, 4TB, Radeon Pro Vega 64.
Geekbench.
Right before update
Single-core: 4915
Multi-core: 15284
Directly after update
Single-core: 5143
Multi-core: 15642
So I would not worry too much
Seems to me that even with the patch; it is actually faster. Reflects previous geekbench results directly on macOS as well (not only when running through VMware).
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Me too - trouble is the MAS Updates tab now doesn't show the update as either available OR installed... :-(
