The Find My network consists of hundreds of millions of Apple devices passing along location information anonymously to the network. AirTag is Apple’s latest device, a small battery-powered disc that works with the Find My app to pinpoint the location of lost items.
Let’s take a look at them and why they’re important to Mac users.Īs with iOS 14.5, macOS 11.3 adds support for AirTag. MacOS Big Sur 11.3 adds many new features also included in the other OS updates. Note: Read more in Tim Standing’s Post: macOS Beta No Longer Required When Using SoftRAID on M1 Macs Many users were just as frustrated as OWC’s software team, but now that a fix has been implemented in macOS Big Sur 11.3, SoftRAID users can breathe a sigh of relief. With the release of macOS 11.2, Apple introduced a bug in the kernel which prevented SoftRAID from running on M1 Macs.
Macos big sur 11.3.1 update#
We don’t often talk about general bug fixes in OS update posts, but there is one that is worth mentioning because it directly impacts an OWC software product. Removing this file and creating an app bundle with a particular structure could trick macOS into running malicious code without a warning. This hack was reported by security researcher Cedric Owens in mid-March and could have allowed a hacker to access a user’s data by tricking the user into opening a spoofed document.Īccording to security researcher Patrick Wardle, the hack took advantage of a property list (.plist) file in the bundle of files that makes up a Mac app.
Macos big sur 11.3.1 Patch#
One thing you won’t see in the release notes for this update is a patch for a potentially dangerous macOS hack. Want future macOS updates automatically downloaded and installed? Click the Advanced button shown in the screenshot above and check “Install macOS updates.” Why? In rare cases, the update may fail and corrupt the Mac startup disk. It’s good practice to have a recent backup of the Mac available before updating. System Preferences > Software Update, showing macOS Big Sur 11.3
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