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MarkJFine
Professor
8 years ago

Apple macOS 10.13.1 and iOS 11.1 are out

Aside from the usual silliness (like 70 new emojis? like, we really need more useless emojis) both of these address recently found KRACK Wifi vulnerabilities.

 

So get (un)kracking...

 

Ars Technica: Apple releases macOS 10.13.1 and iOS 11.1 with a KRACK fix and new emoji

 

Edit: The macOS update could take about a half hour, despite saying 2 minutes, then blanking the screen for 5 minutes, then saying 36, then 17, then 26...
Just let it run until you get a proper login screen.

Apple's concept of installtion time estimates is like the Red Room in Twin Peaks.

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago

    I ran the OS update for my Mac laptop, and it was fairly fast.

    After downloading the OS updates, MS told me there were updates for the Office suite (which I need to have on my Mac).  Those puppies took over 8 hours to download. What the fork, Microsoft???

    • MarkJFine's avatar
      MarkJFine
      Professor
      8 years ago
      Uh oh... looks like Level3 with a bad route to MS again
      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        8 years ago

        I've always had trouble updating any MS related stuff. It always takes so forking long.  The Office files weren't all that large either -- less than 2 GB (ETA: total. One was 1 GB and the others all were less and added to about 1 GB).  Grrrr.

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago

    As soon as I saw there's going to be new emojis, I couldn't wait to update (eyeroll). :)

    • maratsade's avatar
      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago

      "Apple's concept of installtion time estimates is like the Red Room in Twin Peaks."

       

      It's like the coffee that changes states: fluid, solid, thick... A metaphor for the changing speeds....

       

      ETA:

      https://youtu.be/ab-l6vhq5vc