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Archive of May 13th to 17th, 2019 News Go to Current News Page
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= Recent Articles/Updates =
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Carbon Copy Cloner version 5.1.9 Update
See release notes for details on 7 improvements and fixes. (Available via in-app update or full download at bombich.com/download.)
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Nvidia Graphics Driver 387.10.10.10.40.128 for macOS 10.13.6
- See Details and Download.
(Update posted after Security Update 2019-003.)
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Nvidia Graphics Driver 378.05.05.25f16 for macOS 10.12.6 (16G2016)
- See Details and Download.
(Update posted for Security Update 2019-003 build.)
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macOS Mojave 10.14.5, Security Update 2019-003 for 10.13.6/10.12.6 Released
- See Details and Downloads of the Updates.
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Safari 12.1.1, iOS 12.3, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1, and Apple TV 7.3 released
- See Release Notes and Security Fixes.
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Apple Support Articles on Mitigations for Vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs [= Skip =]
- Additional mitigations for speculative execution vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs (May 14)
"- Apple has released security updates in macOS Mojave 10.14.5 to protect against speculative execution vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs...
- macOS Mojave 10.14.5 includes security updates for Safari, and the option to enable full mitigation...(see article below)
- Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra and Security Update 2019-003 Sierra include the option to enable full mitigation."
(Also lists "Unsupported Mac models" 2009-2010 MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro that may be able to install security updates, but are "unable to support the fixes and mitigations due to a lack of microcode updates from Intel".)
- How to enable full mitigation for Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities
- This option is available for macOS Mojave, High Sierra, and Sierra after installing security updates. (See section "How to enable full mitigation for MDS in macOS")
- Note the section on Performance impact of disabling hyper-threading.
"Testing conducted by Apple in May 2019 showed as much as a 40 percent reduction in performance with tests that include multithreaded workloads and public benchmarks. Performance tests are conducted using specific Mac computers. Actual results will vary based on model, configuration, usage, and other factors."
Page of How-To, Troubleshooting & Tips for Mac/OS X/iOS Users from Airplay to Thunderbolt. |
Apple/Products related News, Updates, Tips, Op-Ed, PR (later added first)
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Apple Support/How-To/Troubleshooting Article Updates
Page of How-To, Troubleshooting & Tips for Mac/OS X/iOS Users from Airplay to Thunderbolt. |
Other News, Software Updates, and Tips (later added first)
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Recent Updates, Tips, DIY Upgrades and Repairs: List of Updates, DIY Upgrades, Repair Articles, Tips and more you may have missed. (Topics range from OS/software and driver updates and troubleshooting, to hardware upgrades and repairs.)
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