“Meltdown” and “Spectre,” vulnerabilities help/fix
How to fix “Meltdown” and “Spectre,” in Intel chip vulnerabilities?
How to fix “Meltdown” and “Spectre,” in Intel chip vulnerabilities?
Keep macOS updated. To learn how to do that please read How to update the software on your Mac - Apple Support. That particular vulnerability was at least partially addressed a month ago. Additional macOS security updates will be required.
CPU vulnerabilities cannot be fixed. There can only be defenses implemented addressing their potential exploits. In the case of macOS, those updates can only come from Apple.
Apple is not here. I have to assume if they are going to patch older version of OS X they will make some sort of announcement.
You are not talking to Apple. This is a user forum. You won't get a response from Apple here.
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“Meltdown” and “Spectre,” vulnerabilities help/fix