Updates gone wild?

[Geoff777]

A little fix in System Settings to address an issue that prevents location permissions from appearing takes 1.04 GB. Seriously?

 

[Bigwaff]

SSV - Signed System Volume. The price for knowing the system software delivered in the update hasn’t been tampered with.

 

[bogdanw]

A little fix in System Settings to address an issue that prevents location permissions from appearing takes 1.04 GB. Seriously?

475.9MB (464770KiB) from 13.5 to 13.5.1
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/13-5-location-privacy-broken.2396788/post-32389288

SSV - Signed System Volume. The price for knowing the system software delivered in the update hasn’t been tampered with.

As if anyone would try to tamper a system update... There are far simpler ways to infect Macs.
"Mac systems turned into proxy exit nodes by AdLoad"
https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/mac-systems-turned-into-proxy-exit-nodes-by-adload

 

[kitKAC]

SSV - Signed System Volume. The price for knowing the system software delivered in the update hasn’t been tampered with.

It also allows Erase All Content and Settings to be a thing.

 

[maternidad]

475.9MB (464770KiB) from 13.5 to 13.5.1
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/13-5-location-privacy-broken.2396788/post-32389288


As if anyone would try to tamper a system update... There are far simpler ways to infect Macs.
"Mac systems turned into proxy exit nodes by AdLoad"
https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/mac-systems-turned-into-proxy-exit-nodes-by-adload

Sometimes it’s not intentional. The signed system volume prevents the system from being corrupted.

 

[Bazza1]

Remember when Apple used to laugh at Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesdays'?
Or the 'Get a Mac' ad campaign?

Yeah, well...I suspect Jobs casket is set to rotisserie mode.

 

[FNH15]

Remember when Apple used to laugh at Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesdays'?
Or the 'Get a Mac' ad campaign?

Yeah, well...I suspect Jobs casket is set to rotisserie mode.

I loved the Jobs era too, but lest us forget that the software back then had issues too.
Take a look @ the last bullet point…

Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update

 

[Bazza1]

I loved the Jobs era too, but lest us forget that the software back then had issues too.
Take a look @ the last bullet point…

Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update

Oh, I know the argument back then was that Apple wouldn't issue timely patches (sorry...'updates'). So when they did, it was a bit of a surprise.

If something came up and was reported on in their Community, they'd wait for the more rabid Macolytes to respond - usually calling the affected user all sorts of names and blaming the user for their obvious failure as a human (heck, Jobs tried it at least once himself - "You're holding it wrong") - and only acknowledge there was a problem once it hit the critical mass of making the mainstream Media. Otherwise, they mostly relied on the once-yearly OS update to fix issues.

Thing is now though, that despite endless Betas, Public Betas and Release Candidates, the moment the product gets into the wild, there is now an ongoing string of updates. LIke this wasn't found in any of the testing? This despite they build their OSs for products they themselves design and build. Its not like Windows where the OS may be installed on a wide variety of hardware collected from whatever parts bin a manufacturer (or hobbyist) has to hand.

So sloppy even the Macoyltes can't cover Apple's ass all of the time.