Month: May 2021

macOS Big Sur 11.4 Update (20F71) is Live! What’s New?

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macOS Big Sur 11.4 Update

macOS Big Sur 11.4 (20F71) is now available for all users!

UPDATED 05/27/21

Apple just dropped the new macOS Big Sur 11.4 Update (on a Monday???). The 11.4 update was released only a month after 11.3 Let’s jump in and find out what’s new!

The 11.4 update also patches the screen shot vulnerability CVE-2021-30713.

The detection team noted that once installed on the victim’s system, XCSSET was using this bypass specifically for the purpose of taking screenshots of the user’s desktop without requiring additional permissions.

jamf.com

Jamf security researchers found the vulnerability and detailed it in the article below.

https://www.jamf.com/blog/zero-day-tcc-bypass-discovered-in-xcsset-malware/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkYq2XEmu9E
My everything new in macOS Big Sur 11.4 Update in 5 minutes video!

macOS Big Sur 11.4 Patch Notes Summary

  1. 58 – Security Fixes
  2. 2 – New Features
  3. 8 -Enterprise Changes/Fixes
  4. 5- Resolved Issues
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macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update (20E241) is Live! What’s New?

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macOS Big Sur 11.3.1

The macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 (20E241) update is now available for all users!

UPDATED 05/04/21

Surprise!!! Apple just dropped a new macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update. The update comes only one week after 11.3. Let’s jump in and find out what’s new!

This update patches 2 security vulnerabilities that Apple says

Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212335

macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Updates Safari!

Safari was updated

  • 11.3.1 = 14.1 (16611.1.21.161.6)
  • 11.3 = 14.1 (16611.1.21.161.3)

macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Patch Notes Summary

  1. 2 – Security Fixes
  2. New Features
  3. Enterprise Changes/Fixes
  4. Resolved Issues

My macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update in under 5 minutes video!

My macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update in under 5 minutes video!

Table of Contents

  • 1. Apple Links
  • 2. Mr. Macintosh articles of interest for Apple Silicon & macOS Big Sur
  • 3. Apple Articles of interest related to the macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update
  • 4. Undocumented macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Update changes & fixes
  • 5. Previous Big Sur 11 Beta and Final Releases
  • 6. macOS Big Sur 11 Standalone Pkg downloads no longer available.
  • 7. macOS Big Sur 11.3 Full Installer.app
  • 8. macOS Big Sur Update sizes for Intel and M1
  • 9. Apple Silicon M1 Firmware Update
  • 10. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update
  • 11. Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file Update
  • 12. Safari 14.1 Update
  • 13. What’s new for enterprise in macOS Big Sur
  • 14. Security Content of macOS Big Sur 11.3.1
  • 15. macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 (20E241) Release Notes / Patch Notes / Changes

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