{"id":49415,"date":"2025-09-29T15:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=49415"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:11:31","slug":"macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/29\/macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 15.7.1 and macOS 14.8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/120283\">macOS 15.7.1<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/38\/22\/093-52107-A_OOVIFW6D5T\/fze2nzd9lci8ook2pmu37mw39no53j6kyi\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">full installer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/125329\">security<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/120283\"><p>This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/109035\">macOS 14.8.1<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/35\/20\/093-53928-A_KHU5CMCSVU\/a6n7xv7lgs90nra9g6swk8iv8qq5wp1ah3\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">full installer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/125330\">security<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/109035\"><p>This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/15\/macos-15-7-and-macos-14-8\/\">macOS 15.7 and macOS 14.8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1-update-2025-10-04\">Update (<a href=\"#macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1-update-2025-10-04\">2025-10-04<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/talk.macpowerusers.com\/t\/macos-15-7-1-update-issues\/43009\">Jezmund_Berserker<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/talk.macpowerusers.com\/t\/macos-15-7-1-update-issues\/43009\"><p>A few people in our company have been running into the same issue since updating to 15.7.1 and I&rsquo;m curious if any of you have seen it.<\/p><p>The update appears to work fine and the computer reboots into macOS and then:<\/p><ul><li>Computer runs unusually slowly<\/li><li>At some point the computer shuts itself off<\/li><li>Computer will not turn on unless you hold the power button for several seconds<\/li><\/ul><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toot.community\/@betalogue\/115311421629853882\">Pierre Igot<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/toot.community\/@betalogue\/115311421629853882\">\n<p>For good measure, after the very minor update from macOS 15.7 to macOS 15.7.1, macOS warns me&#8230; that a new device has been added to my Apple account!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/device-added-to-your-account\/\">Device Added to Your Account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1-update-2025-10-08\">Update (<a href=\"#macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1-update-2025-10-08\">2025-10-08<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/toot.community\/@betalogue\/115328604845077651\">Pierre Igot<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/toot.community\/@betalogue\/115328604845077651\">\n<p>Another very minor macOS update (from 15.7. to 15.7.1), another arbitrary reset by Apple of the destination folder setting for downloads, which, on my Mac, reverted back from my destination of choice to the default ~\/Downloads.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s the point of giving the user a choice if you don&rsquo;t respect that choice?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1-update-2025-10-20\">Update (<a href=\"#macos-15-7-1-and-macos-14-8-1-update-2025-10-20\">2025-10-20<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nl\/@doekman\/115407894155132674\">doekman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nl\/@doekman\/115407894155132674\"><p>I spotted a dark pattern on my Sequoia machine. macOS tricking me into installing Tahoe instead of the security update&#8230; <\/p><p>When clicking on the (i) symbol at the &ldquo;Also available&rdquo; section, the major-upgrade option is checked, instead of the minor-upgrade one would expect.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>macOS 15.7.1 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 14.8.1 (full installer, security): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. 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