macOS 15.7.7 and macOS 14.8.7
macOS 15.7.7 (security, full installer):
This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.
macOS 14.8.7 (security, full installer):
This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.
I don’t know what happened to 15.7.6 or 14.8.6, but they seem to have been skipped.
I updated to Sequoia 15.7.7 and now there’s this virtual “Update” drive stuck in Finder.
It won’t go away, even after multiple reboots.
Previously:
Update (2026-05-13): Jeff Johnson:
You can see on the Apple security releases support page that Safari 26.4 was released for Sequoia and Sonoma on March 24, the same day as macOS Tahoe 26.4. Inexplicably, however, Apple has still failed to release Safari 26.5 for Sequoia and Sonoma. If you look at the list of WebKit vulnerabilities in the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.5, those are now 0-day vulnerabilities in Safari 26.4 on Sequoia and Sonoma. Any malware author in the world can read the description of those vulnerabilities, compare the WebKit binaries on macOS 26.5 to the WebKit binaries on macOS 26.4, and reverse engineer the fixes, which would allow them to develop exploits for the vulnerabilities. The reason that software vendors standardly update all vulnerable software on the same day is to avoid this exact situation, when there’s a significant window of time for malware authors to develop attacks on vulnerable, unpatchable systems.
I’m not sure why there was a delay, but Safari 26.5 is now available for Sequoia and Sonoma. It does not show up in Software update for me, but I can get it through softwareupdate.
Previously:
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I installed 15.7.7 just last night, maybe 20 hours ago. Afterward, there were no additional updates available, but now Software Update offers Safari 26.5, even while being on the Sequoia Public Beta channel.
Blimey, I've never known Software Update not to show an updated list when first opened, but your right, using the CLI would have triggered it, or on my desktop, simply pressing Command-R to refresh the pane. Now have latest Safari on my Sonoma-powered iMac.
