{"id":47014,"date":"2025-03-11T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47014"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:31:45","slug":"macos-15-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/11\/macos-15-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 15.3.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/03\/11\/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-3-2\/\">Juli Clover<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/120283\">release notes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/122283\">security<\/a>, no <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/121011\">enterprise<\/a>, no <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/macos-release-notes\/macos-15_3-release-notes\">developer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/62\/63\/082-01336-A_QFPSTWIJMM\/yjbdoqrcvwy4hwiwxiu1aiwouljw5o2ayx\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">full installer<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/01\/51\/082-04099-A_5FSIOBKFKK\/xjz2e7x52ajvp10tytehv9364baqaanrim\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">M4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/updates.cdn-apple.com\/2025WinterFCS\/fullrestores\/082-01504\/828B8EF9-8134-49D5-B24A-0BA504FC5ECC\/UniversalMac_15.3.2_24D81_Restore.ipsw\">IPSW<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/updates.cdn-apple.com\/2025WinterFCS\/fullrestores\/082-04090\/64618943-2D74-423D-8493-DE066DF1ADD8\/UniversalMac_15.3.2_24D2082_Restore.ipsw\">M4<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/03\/11\/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-3-2\/\"><p>According to Apple&rsquo;s release notes,  macOS Sequoia  15.3.2 includes important bug fixes and security updates, and it is recommended for all users.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/mrmacintosh.com\/macos-sequoia-15-3-2-update\/\">Mr. Macintosh<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2025\/03\/11\/apple-has-just-released-macos-sequoia-15-3-2\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/11\/macos-15-3-1\/\">macOS 15.3.1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-15-3-2-update-2025-03-12\">Update (2025-03-12): <a href=\"https:\/\/lapcatsoftware.com\/articles\/2025\/3\/2.html\">Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/lapcatsoftware.com\/articles\/2025\/3\/2.html\"><p>The use of the plural &ldquo;security fixes&rdquo; seems a bit misleading, because <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/122283\">Apple has documented only one security fix in 15.3.2<\/a>, for a bug in WebKit: &ldquo;Maliciously crafted web content may be able to break out of Web Content sandbox.&rdquo; In any case, macOS 15.3.2 appears to be entirely, or at least mostly, a security update. And the update was uneventful on my Mac mini, though of course overlong, as all macOS updates are nowadays. On my MacBook Pro, however, the update was&#8230; not uneventful. For some reason, immediately after the update, the Setup Assistant ran again, as if I were setting up a new Mac.<\/p><p>I suspect that the Setup Assistant would have re-enabled Apple Intelligence if I hadn&rsquo;t already intentionally mismatched my system and Siri languages to prevent that very outcome.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lapcatsoftware.com\/articles\/2025\/2\/3.html\">My theory<\/a> is that the Setup Assistant is the reason that Apple Intelligence is re-enabled on some Macs but not on others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/27\/apple-intelligence-enabled-automatically\/\">Apple Intelligence Enabled Automatically<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-15-3-2-update-2025-03-24\">Update (2025-03-24): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintouch.com\/post\/46267\/another-home-directory-bug-report\/\">Ric Ford<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macintouch.com\/post\/46267\/another-home-directory-bug-report\/\">\n<p>Yet another MacInTouch reader emailed us about Apple&rsquo;s recurring macOS bugs that keep breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintouch.com\/post\/tag\/home-directory\/\">home folder<\/a> relocation and forcing insecure workarounds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/27\/macos-15-3\/\">macOS 15.3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli Clover (release notes, security, no enterprise, no developer, full installer\/M4, IPSW\/M4): According to Apple&rsquo;s release notes, macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 includes important bug fixes and security updates, and it is recommended for all users. See also: Mr. Macintosh and Howard Oakley. Previously: macOS 15.3.1 Update (2025-03-12): Jeff Johnson: The use of the plural &ldquo;security fixes&rdquo; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-03-11T21:12:09Z","apple_news_api_id":"b6b8ccf2-b216-40c3-8bea-cf5116e4a1f8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-04-17T12:31:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AtrjM8rIWQMOL6s9RFuSh-A","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2602,30,2598,2303],"class_list":["post-47014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple-intelligence","tag-mac","tag-macos-15-sequoia","tag-macos-release"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47014"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51620,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47014\/revisions\/51620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}