Anyone who uses MacOS 13 Ventura will probably soon work with a system that then has known but unpaid security gaps. At the end of July, Apple provided important security updates with MacOS 13.7.7 and Safari 18.6 that close serious gaps. If the manufacturer follows his usual schedule so far, however, these were also the last patches for Macos Ventura.
Updates for MacOS 15 and 14 in preparation
Two “release candidates”, which Apple apparently released and immediately retired for developers, provided a first reference to the practical support end for version 13 of MacOS, namely MacOS 15.7 Sequoia and MacOS 14.8 SONOMA. The planned updates are expected to appear in parallel to the new MacOS 26 TAHOE in September and, according to the description text, deliver “important security corrections” – with regard to security gaps that were also eliminated in MacOS 26.
Users who cannot update their Mac to MacOS 14 or newer should switch from Safari to another browser who is still maintained with security patches – such as Chrome or Firefox. This applies, for example, MacBook Pro and 12 “MacBook.
The new version Safari 26, which is part of MacOS 26, will also publish Apple for MacOS 15 and MacOS 14 – but not for MacOS 13. The browser is one of the main inlet gate for malware, it is no longer patched by the manufacturer if it is no longer used.
Apple patches for the two previous versions
Apple has never wanted to specify how long there are security patches for older operating systems. At MacOS, experience has shown that the two MacOS versions preceding the current version continues to provide patches. Accordingly, MacOS 13 falls out of the cover with the next month with the next month.
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