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Start your day with a raft of patches for your iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, Apple TVs, and Macs.

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"Apple has released patches for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to patch the bug that causes apps like Messages to crash due to the inability to render a character in the Indian language Telugu.

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iOS 11.2.6, macOS 10.13.3, tvOS 11.2.6, and watchOS 4.2.3. all patch the "Telugu" bug. These patches also address other issues, such as a bug in iOS 11 where third-party apps can't connect to accessories, and a macOS bug where Messages are displayed in the wrong order.

The bug, spotted by the Italian blog Mobile World, involves sending an Indian language character (Telugu) to the victim. Once it is received, the device crashes, and then the operating system prevents the application from loading.

The patches are, thankfully, quick and easy to install. The patches for iOS and watchOS are about 30 to 40 megabytes, which means the job is over in a few minutes. The macOS patch however does require a restart of your Mac, so plan ahead for that."

 

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http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-patches-ios-macos-tvos-and-watchos-for-message-crash-bug/?ftag=CAD2e14604

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The patches are, thankfully, quick and easy to install. The patches for iOS and watchOS are about 30 to 40 megabytes, which means the job is over in a few minutes. The macOS patch however does require a restart of your Mac, so plan ahead for that."

I love the assumption on the part of the authors that everyone has access to high speed internet and unlimited data.

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11.2.6 is a 33.2MB update on my iPhone.

Even with my 5.1Mbps Mobley unlimited data $22.01 a month hotspot it was less then 7 minutes download the iPhone, install and reboot took longer.

And download of 29.6MB for my iPad that took 6.8 minutes by iPhone timer.
Install and restart took 9.3 minutes. Then the 7 app updates it needed took another 9.1 minutes.

Gone are the 10 years my Datastorm only got a 1.2Mpbs downloads and limited to 450GB + a day. :)
Now that was slow, Mobley is so much faster.

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Barb,

That is why I post these update notices here. Now you know.

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On 2/23/2018 at 9:17 PM, Barbaraok said:

You do know we get alerts from Apple when an update is available, correct?  

Hummmm!! I didn't get a alert from Apple. On my iPhone or iPad

But did see RV's alert. :)

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1 hour ago, Biker56 said:

Hummmm!! I didn't get a alert from Apple. On my iPhone or iPad

But did see RV's alert. :)

We got the alert on both phones, the iPad and the laptop.  Did you make someone at Apple angry? :lol:

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You pull a post from 2008?   For the record, I've had Macs since 1984 and never had one with a noise fan.   Some I could faintly hear it.  My laptop once in a great while if it is super quiet and I've plugged in one of the backup hard drives and it is doing a significant backup.   Otherwise, never hear anything.

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10 hours ago, Barbaraok said:

You pull a post from 2008?   For the record, I've had Macs since 1984 and never had one with a noise fan.   Some I could faintly hear it.  My laptop once in a great while if it is super quiet and I've plugged in one of the backup hard drives and it is doing a significant backup.   Otherwise, never hear anything.

Don't think Derek was speaking of the one in the computer or the RV, LOL!!

:) Living Life One Day At A Time!

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