iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 Address 50+ Vulnerabilities

[Westside guy]

Also available - Sonoma 14.7.5 (edit: also Ventura 13.7.5)

So regardless of whether the flaws are being actively exploited, apparently Apple thinks they're pretty bad.

 

[pepsijunky]

Well shoot, my phone is freezing and over heating after the update.

 

[Danilamak]

What happened with the Rapid Security Response feature? 🤔

Marketing team didn’t like it. I believe Apple will be using it a lot and the fear that it can showing them in not good light.

 

[iPaulie81]

Well shoot, my phone is freezing and over heating after the update.

What Phone do you have?

 

[CarAnalogy]

I'm not going to complain about fixing a bunch of security issues. Software as old and complex as this is going to be full of potential issues. I'm just trying to think too hard about how many are still there that no one yet knows about.

And about how now I'm gonna get pwnz0red via my Watch because they pulled its update.

 

[killhippie]

Well shoot, my phone is freezing and over heating after the update.

My 16 pro got warm for awhile I always do a complete reinstall of the firmware via my Mac which I update first. I’m not sure if there’s a real difference but I prefer to do a complete update and then do the full update to my Mac mini M2 Pro later in the week. I’ll reinstall the Mac in safe mode. I did Not to update in the new mini there’s no need, it’s not even two years old so no need to replace it even though I am keeping an eye on the M4 max studio I’m thinking about updating before any price increase in the UK may occur due to everything that’s occurring at the moment. My M2 Pro does what it needs I’ve noticed some slowdowns but nothing too serious so if I do update I’ll probably go for the studio M4 max because it’s got all the ports I need and I detest dongles. I’ve got that still gear we’re that works perfectly that uses USB A which I’m not gonna replace just the sake of it, like smart UPS’s et cetera that still use proprietary connections at one end and USB A at the other.

 

[StuBeck]

Happy that they're including the specifics now. Hopefully this continues!

 

[jonnyb098]

Cool not fix the 50+ other bugs that have been around for years. 😳

 

[asiga]

And, apart from vulnerabilities, which bugs have been fixed? This is yet another thing I don’t like from today’s computing: “the user shouldn’t care about details”.

 

[abcmax]

Does the update automatically re-enable Apple Intelligence on the device?

 

[Nozgog]

120+ security fixes for macOS 15.4 is crazy - probably weren’t that much when 15.0 came out

 

[gregconquest]

Photos also still has a bug on iPads, at least, and I've submitted a bug report.

When you go to the Maps view in Photos, the Index button that has been there is gone! You cannot browse all your photos from any one area. I have to use my iPhone which is not on the beta to be able to see what photos are in particular locations.

 

[Filligans]

After updating, a game called Tarisland started to download automatically. I most certainly did not have it in my phone previously.

 

[BigBlur]

120+ security fixes for macOS 15.4 is crazy - probably weren’t that much when 15.0 came out

These security fixes aren’t just a macOS 15.4 thing. Sonoma and Ventura received a lot of the same security updates as well.

Photos also still has a bug on iPads, at least, and I've submitted a bug report.

When you go to the Maps view in Photos, the Index button that has been there is gone! You cannot browse all your photos from any one area. I have to use my iPhone which is not on the beta to be able to see what photos are in particular locations.

I'm not sure I'm following. In Map view, the photos show up on the map, and then can tap a photo to see all photos in that location. It works the same on my iPad and iPhone.

 

[SGSfanboy]

Updated my 12 mini and the microphone is active light is on. Never been on before update and I turned off all apps that had limited access and it did’t go away. And yes I rebooted.

 

[t0rqx]

Wow, so many flaws. You would think they were features at this point 🤣🤣

Especially the restore deleted photos and view hidden photos.

 

[Jumpthesnark]

And, apart from vulnerabilities, which bugs have been fixed? This is yet another thing I don’t like from today’s computing: “the user shouldn’t care about details”.

Umm, it's a security update.

And for details, here's the list, it's in the story.

 

[Astuces iOS]

How about iOS 16?

Same as iOS 15.8.4, same big fixes

 

[locovaca]

Does the update automatically re-enable Apple Intelligence on the device?

It did not on my iPad Pro m4, and it did auto enable on all the prior updates.

 

[MountainStorm]

The update is not available on my MacBook Air M3 just yet. This makes me angsty!

Hope I can UPDATE tomorrow

Good night lads. Lots of love!​

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Does anyone else find that the macOS software update tool... kind of sucks? I go to the Software Update panel and it doesn't offer 15.4 to me - instead it offers 15.3.2. So I have to wait 30-60 minutes for that to download and install (WHY!? Stupid bloated OS - Apple needs to move everything from the Application folder out of the OS and into the App Store.) And I don't doubt the moment this update is done I'll check again and have 15.4 offered... where it'll take another 30-60 minutes to download and install that.

Or... maybe it won't. Maybe I'll have to restart the computer 1-5 times until it'll discover that 15.4 is available. As bafflingly bad as a lot of this update process is, the fact that available updates often don't show up is the most miserable part of the whole thing.

(I don't have the issue of updates not appearing on iOS... that's a unique "feature" of macOS.)

 

[bousozoku]

Maybe, Apple could use AI to determine how to fix as much code as possible before pushing problems out into the real world. AI must be usable for something.

 

[skinnyJM]

Nothing for watchOS?

 

[H2SO4]

Wow, so many flaws. You would think they were features at this point 🤣🤣

I think it's due to the increasing user base.

 

[MrRom92]

I will wait for 18.4.1 and only then will I consider it