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Downloading Device Support Update

I have a Big Sur partition on a 2014 Mac mini. I updated it to 11.6.1. After the update System Prefs Software Update had another update



Not a lot of information there. Does anyone know what this is doing and why?


Thanks very much.

Posted on Nov 2, 2021 10:03 AM

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Posted on Nov 2, 2021 10:37 AM

Tom Wolsky wrote:

I have a Big Sur partition on a 2014 Mac mini. I updated it to 11.6.1. After the update System Prefs Software Update had another update


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d6964500-eff7-4d7a-b979-0a3a3239e4e4

Not a lot of information there. Does anyone know what this is doing and why?

Thanks very much.


Downloading Device Support Update—


This is a iOS compatibility update...


softwareupdate --history


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Nov 2, 2021 10:37 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Tom Wolsky wrote:

I have a Big Sur partition on a 2014 Mac mini. I updated it to 11.6.1. After the update System Prefs Software Update had another update


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d6964500-eff7-4d7a-b979-0a3a3239e4e4

Not a lot of information there. Does anyone know what this is doing and why?

Thanks very much.


Downloading Device Support Update—


This is a iOS compatibility update...


softwareupdate --history


Downloading Device Support Update

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