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Just a reminder to those that have and use Apple devices, today there are several security updates out for MacOS, Apple TV, iPhones, iWatch. Just the
[See the full post at: Apple security updates out for January 2022]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
I use Knowledge Base Listing 2000014 as my Apple DefCon. Please update KB 2000014 when you think it is a green light for those Apple Updates, unless you think they are OK right now.
For now I will wait, knowing I need to update soon (zero day fixes).
Looking at the Apple Security Updates, it looks like I missed iOS 15.2.1 – January 12, 2022 .
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Last night I updated Big Sur in my Mac to 11.6.3 Still no weird problems noticed after a day of normal activity. Also updated Safari 15.3 Big Sur took maybe half an hour altogether to download some 2.5 GB, prepare to install and then installing the update, as usual. Safari just a couple of minutes.
But earlier on, when I was trying to see if the update was already available, the “searching for updates” process seemed set to last forever. Never since my days updating Windows XP and then 7 have I seen this happen.
Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).
MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV
For what it’s worth, I too am seeing “searching for updates” longer than normal on Catalina. I only waited 10 to 15 seconds before I gave up and decided to reboot. Then the “searching for updates” was back to normal. I guess I am not as patient as you! How long do you think it took before you got the updates that are available?
I am still holding off updating until a week goes by.
So I booted up my Mac Catalina today. I did a little “work” and decided to check for updates. It came back with in a few seconds with updates available! First time this happened in over a month. Maybe Apple fixed something on their end?
In my experience with Catalina wait times when checking for updates range from a couple seconds to sometimes several minutes. Usually when it takes more than roughly 15 seconds, it will time out after about a minute and say something like “could not check for updates” or “could not connect – please check your internet connection”. To the latter I usually mutter under my breath “my internet connection is just fine, thank you very much, why don’t YOU CHECK YOUR SERVERS!!??” Why is it that the customer is always assumed to be wrong?
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