Downloading Device Support Update

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

Tom Wolsky wrote:

Thank you very much. I'm guessing for use with iOS 15.

Yes.