Running Sierra and have important software that high Sierra wont run because of Apple bugs in their latest OSX. I would like to simply patch my working Sierra with a simple fix - like Microsoft did for windows - but looks like Apple is forcing customers to update to the buggy High Sierra to get ?
This can't be right?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
You may have misread or misinterpreted whatever you read.
Apple isn't forcing anyone to run High Sierra to be protected from the Meltdown and Spectre issues. 10.13.1 and 2, 10.12.6 and 10.11.6 were all patched December 2017. Look under the Kernel patches - there are several. And here.
Sierra Security Update 2017-002 patched the two issues. Your build should be the same as mine below (16G1114) if you applied the Security Update.
Why do the details content of Security Update 2017-002 are not listed here?
Why would I retract? Apple has forced downloads and updates on users against their wishes stealing privately owned bandwidth and storage space for years. Oh yes, sheeple.
Those are not Meltdown patches.
They haven't forced anything. Yes, updates are automatic by default, but there's nothing stopping the user from clicking the App Store icon in the System Preferences and changing the settings to whatever you want. I have mine set to automatically download and install security patches, but nothing else. I'll get all other updates when I feel like it.
It's been like this in every version of the Mac OS since OS X was first released. All you needed to do was look.
If you want truly forced updates, use Windows 10. You can turn off updates, but the OS will turn them back on without asking after a week (or something). Don't remember how long without looking, but you literally can't turn updates off and have it stay that way.
As has been previously noted, Apple still has yet to release patches for Spectre for any version of macOS prior to High Sierra. The enterprise I work at can't upgrade to High Sierra due to the constant Finder freezes with SMB shares, but they're understandably agitated that there isn't currently a release for Spectre.
Your response is incorrect. Apple updated the advisory you've linked to on Friday, January 5th removing the inclusion of macOS El Capitan and Sierra for the Meltdown kernel patch. As of Tuesday, January 9th we are still waiting to hear if and when the kernel patch will be made available for El Capitan and Sierra.
Where is meltdown patch or is Apple forcing OSX update to get it?
