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Microcode questions
So, I see some threads here in the forum about updating microcodes, and they quickly gather many posts from folks who are apparently more up to date on the benefits of updating such. I thought that perhaps the rest of us might benefit if those most knowledgeable would be able to enlighten us... -
iPhone 5 or earlier Specter and Meltdown patches?
I wonder if Apple will release patches for Specter and Meltdown (I think it is just Specter that is needed)? My family currently uses: 3GS 4 (2x) 5s (2x) And iPad 2 3 Seriously, even the 3GS is used daily, still with original battery!)- PracticalMac
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MacOS benchmarks before/after Meltdown & Spectre patches
UPDATED ON 12th February 2018: Feel free to use this thread to add your own discoveries or benchmarsks: Searching Google for Meltdown Spectre performance "Sierra" "SSD" "read" "write" shows this: Mac: Measuring OS X Meltdown Patches Performance... -
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Am I safe on Yosemite with my 2012 Macbook pro?
Hi I have a 2012 MBP with Yosemite and its worked flawlessly for me for years, which is such a relief. I recently heard about these Spectre and Meltdown security issues and freaked out a bit. I do access important and delicate info online quite often. It doesnt seem there is a patch for...- robodelfy
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- 2012 macbook pro mbp meltdown security sierra spectre update yosemite
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Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Security Updates for Speculative Side Channels
I know the macOS supplemental update 10.13.2 (17C205) addressed this at the OS level, but NVIDIA GPUs are impacted by Meltdown and Spectre... anyone have a clear indication if the NVIDIA Web Drivers for Mac "fix" this issue, or if additional firmware updates are needed? Since these NVIDIA GPUs...