macOS 15.7.7 (security, full installer):

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

macOS 14.8.7 (security, full installer):

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

Howard Oakley.

I don’t know what happened to 15.7.6 or 14.8.6, but they seem to have been skipped.

Jesse Squires:

I updated to Sequoia 15.7.7 and now there’s this virtual “Update” drive stuck in Finder.

It won’t go away, even after multiple reboots.

Previously:

• macOS 15.7.5 and macOS 14.8.5

Update (2026-05-13): Jeff Johnson:

You can see on the Apple security releases support page that Safari 26.4 was released for Sequoia and Sonoma on March 24, the same day as macOS Tahoe 26.4. Inexplicably, however, Apple has still failed to release Safari 26.5 for Sequoia and Sonoma. If you look at the list of WebKit vulnerabilities in the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.5, those are now 0-day vulnerabilities in Safari 26.4 on Sequoia and Sonoma. Any malware author in the world can read the description of those vulnerabilities, compare the WebKit binaries on macOS 26.5 to the WebKit binaries on macOS 26.4, and reverse engineer the fixes, which would allow them to develop exploits for the vulnerabilities. The reason that software vendors standardly update all vulnerable software on the same day is to avoid this exact situation, when there’s a significant window of time for malware authors to develop attacks on vulnerable, unpatchable systems.

I’m not sure why there was a delay, but Safari 26.5 is now available for Sequoia and Sonoma. It does not show up in Software update for me, but I can get it through softwareupdate.

Previously:

• iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9

Mac macOS 14 Sonoma macOS 15 Sequoia macOS Release Safari Security Software Update

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