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      Apple releases iOS 16.7.2 and iOS 15.8 security updates to patch old hardware

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 25 October - 19:31 · 1 minute

    iPhones running iOS 15.

    Enlarge / iPhones running iOS 15. (credit: Apple)

    Apple is releasing a slew of updates for its latest operating systems today, including iOS and iPadOS 17.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, watchOS 10.1, and others. The company is also releasing security updates for a few previous-generation operating systems, so that people who aren't ready to upgrade (and older devices that can't upgrade) will still be protected from new exploits.

    Those updates include iOS and iPadOS 16.7.2 and 15.8 , macOS Ventura 13.6.1 , macOS Monterey 12.7.1 , and the Safari 17.1 update for both of those macOS versions. At least for now, the iOS and iPadOS 16 updates cover older iPhones and iPads that can't run iOS 17 and newer devices whose owners simply don't want to install iOS 17 yet. Apple will eventually stop supporting newer hardware with iOS 16 security updates, but for now, the grace period is still in effect.

    This is the first security update that Apple has delivered for iOS 15 since mid-September, suggesting that the company plans to keep supporting 2021's iOS release with continued security updates for at least a while longer. The iOS 15.8 update will only run on phones and tablets that can't install iOS 16 or 17, including the iPhone 6S, the iPhone 7, the original iPhone SE, the iPad Air 2, and the last iPod Touch.

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      Apple releases last week’s security patches for older iPhones, iPads, and Macs

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 10 April, 2023 - 19:37 · 1 minute

    iPhones running iOS 15.

    Enlarge / iPhones running iOS 15. (credit: Apple)

    Last week, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 16.4.1 and macOS Ventura 13.3.1 to patch two actively exploited security vulnerabilities and fix other small bugs. Today it’s following those up with iOS and iPadOS 15.7.5 , macOS Monterey 12.6.5 , and macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 to patch those same vulnerabilities in older devices that are still receiving software updates but aren’t capable of running the newest OSes.

    Mac owners will also want to install last week’s Safari 16.4.1 update. Safari is still updated separately from the rest of the OS on Macs, so the Safari update plugs one of the security holes (CVE-2023-28205, a WebKit arbitrary code execution vulnerability), and the macOS update patches the other (CVE-2023-28206, a graphics-related bug that can allow arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges).

    You'll be able to install the Mac updates on any Mac that's running Big Sur or Monterey, even if the hardware is capable of upgrading to Ventura. Apple is only providing iOS and iPadOS 15 updates to older devices that can’t run version 16. That list of old devices includes models like the iPhone 6S and 7, the original iPhone SE, the last iPod Touch, and the iPad Air 2 that Apple sold for several years in the mid-2010s.

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      Comment réinitialiser un Mac ?

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Saturday, 25 March, 2023 - 14:32

    Avant d’être vendu ou donné, un Mac doit être réinitialisé. Même chose si vous désirez simplement repartir sur de bonnes bases. Hélas, cette tâche peut être plus compliquée que sur un smartphone. [Lire la suite]

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