{"id":52861,"date":"2026-08-07T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52861"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:25:27","slug":"macos-15-7-9-and-14-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/07\/macos-15-7-9-and-14-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 15.7.9 and 14.8.9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/120283\">macOS 15.7.9<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/148171\">security<\/a>, \n<a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/16\/08\/140-85388-A_3LX3Q36I6P\/zxod6nr7zkovvsml6s628z44gdbc4exa5p\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">full installer<\/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 14.8.9<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/148172\">security<\/a>, \n<a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/13\/30\/140-88558-A_TN3FIE7J63\/p61cqj3ktmcqilz3q64ls4ekp1os9c8qbp\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">full installer<\/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>These seem to fix the same screen sharing bug as the <a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/07\/macos-tahoe-26-6-1\/\">macOS 26.6.1 update<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2026\/08\/06\/apple-has-just-released-security-updates-for-26-6-1-15-7-9-and-14-8-9\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/28\/macos-15-7-8-and-14-8-8\/\">macOS 15.7.8 and 14.8.8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>macOS 15.7.9 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 14.8.9 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. These seem to fix the same screen sharing bug as the macOS 26.6.1 update. See also: Howard Oakley. Previously: macOS 15.7.8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-08-07T21:25:14Z","apple_news_api_id":"aaba5512-da6d-4deb-b876-40f2e360dd33","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-08-07T21:25:30Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AqrpVEtptTeu4dkDy42DdMw","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":[30,2385,2598,2303,1601],"class_list":["post-52861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-mac","tag-macos-14-sonoma","tag-macos-15-sequoia","tag-macos-release","tag-screen-sharing"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52861","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=52861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52865,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52861\/revisions\/52865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}