You could be a teacher, Helpdesk Analyst, or Administrator.

Mac in Education = This group is for anyone working in K-12 or Higher Education.

You could be level 1-3 or even a Subject Matter Expert (SME) or Team Lead or Management. This group includes anyone who works in a Macintosh Helpdesk role.

Mac Support = Someone who supports or fixes Macintosh issues.

Mac Admin = This tag is for anyone in who is in Macintosh Architecture, Engineering, System Administration, or MDM Administrators.While many incremental OS (and mobile OS) updates can be considered highly optional, this is a big one for Apple device owners and we can’t stress enough that you should make the leap – however much of a pain it might seem. It’s an underlying security weakness in desktop and mobile chipsets manufactured by a number of leading suppliers, including ARM, AMD and, of course, Intel.Īpple was one of the first companies to identify Meltdown and Spectre, issuing updates to make them harder to exploit before they were even common knowledge, while competitor Microsoft is also now releasing its own patches. Spectre, on the other hand, is a bit more serious.

Meltdown, for those unaware, is a flaw in modern Intel processors, which leaves a computer’s kernel memory data – the protected part of a system used to store sensitive information, like passwords – open to prying eyes. More specifically, the build reinforces the barrier that stops savvy hackers from using malicious Javascript code to attack Apple’s in-house Safari browser, in a bid to gain access to the confidential material saved on a device.

The firm’s latest patch supersedes an earlier release – which mitigated against the effects of Meltdown on its Mac range, and Spectre on the iPad and iPhone – by introducing protection from browser-based Javascript attacks.

Apple has issued important maintenance updates for iOS (11.2.2) and macOS High Sierra (10.13.2), designed to strengthen its software’s defences against the ever-so-scary Meltdown and Spectre chipset vulnerabilities.

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