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The Safari update I got for Monterey was mislabeled as 16.3. Safari was already on that version. After updating it still shows as Safari 16.3.

It’s supposed to be Safari 16.3.1:

Bug report sent to apple about the version number.

Lets see if they re-release it with version number 16.3.1 - or re-edit the security info back to 16.3.

Or (more likely) do nothing - just to keep us all confused. Apple seem to excel at that.
 
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My Mac ask for the password to restart the Mac, to finish the update. I input the password and nothing happens. Tried several times now.
I've noticed this but it seems to be a few seconds delay 10-15 seconds before my Mac responds. It restarts in the end but I've clicked the install button another time out of impatience before. I know now just to wait a few seconds. If it's taking longer I'm wondering if it's because your Mac is slow or it's busy doing some other processes.
 
I've noticed this but it seems to be a few seconds delay 10-15 seconds before my Mac responds. It restarts in the end but I've clicked the install button another time out of impatience before. I know now just to wait a few seconds. If it's taking longer I'm wondering if it's because your Mac is slow or it's busy doing some other processes.
After trying several more times, even waiting a bit, it finally restarted to finish the install.
 
But, but....

Hasn't Apple been claiming all along that their reason for forcing other browsers to use Webkit was that they claimed Webkit offered better security than other browser engines? Bahahahahahahaha! 🥚on their faces with this one. 😄
Didn’t they also claim that fixing WebKit once fixes it across the board?
 
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This a great example of why the release cycle for macOS is messed up. I no longer dare to update to the latest version of macOS until like six months or more have passed from the release date. And when I finally do the upgrade, Apple is pretty much already pushing out the next version of macOS. So yeah, I'm always behind on these macOS versions, but that is because I care more about having everything working than being a ginny pig for Apple's new operating system.

Apple needs to go back to releasing macOS every two years or more. These annual updates have been lacklustre for many years now, and I have felt most of them did not even justify the introduction of a new macOS name. Surely, Apple could bring those tiny updates (like send later in Mail) to Monterey with a simple software update, but no. Everyone must update Ventura to get that one cool feature people might want.

I fondly miss the times of Snow Leopard and Yosemite when the macOS updates were actually impressive and were almost bug-free from the start. Now new macOS updates are kind of meh and okay at their best, and like I said, we need to wait a long time until most of us even dare to update. So how about you Tim skip announcing a new macOS this year and just focus on getting Ventura running well?
 
I fondly miss the times of Snow Leopard and Yosemite when the macOS updates were actually impressive and were almost bug-free from the start.
Disagree regarding Yosemite. That transition was awful and wasn't mature until Mojave. Mavericks was the last "proper" release.
 
DON’T DO IT. cause everything could go bananas. Your battery life could suck and your iPhone MIGHT become laggy slow in everything you do don’t do it keep it on that version for as long as you can.
I’m gonna ride 15.7 out until the final 16.x update, if not later than that depending on how things are looking. Hoping iOS 17 will be focused on stability and fixes.
 
This a great example of why the release cycle for macOS is messed up. I no longer dare to update to the latest version of macOS until like six months or more have passed from the release date. And when I finally do the upgrade, Apple is pretty much already pushing out the next version of macOS. So yeah, I'm always behind on these macOS versions, but that is because I care more about having everything working than being a ginny pig for Apple's new operating system.

Apple needs to go back to releasing macOS every two years or more. These annual updates have been lacklustre for many years now, and I have felt most of them did not even justify the introduction of a new macOS name. Surely, Apple could bring those tiny updates (like send later in Mail) to Monterey with a simple software update, but no. Everyone must update Ventura to get that one cool feature people might want.

I fondly miss the times of Snow Leopard and Yosemite when the macOS updates were actually impressive and were almost bug-free from the start. Now new macOS updates are kind of meh and okay at their best, and like I said, we need to wait a long time until most of us even dare to update. So how about you Tim skip announcing a new macOS this year and just focus on getting Ventura running well?
Agreed.

I feel the same goes for iOS updates as well. Most of the big, numbered updates are at best “.x” upgrades.
 
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