![]() OS X Yosemite powered 19.4% of all Macs in October, even though it was released in mid-month. OS X Yosemite can be downloaded free of charge from the Mac App Store, and supports iMacs as old as mid-2007, MacBook Pro notebooks from late 2007 on, and MacBook Air laptops from late 2008 going forward. The combined user share of Lion, Snow Leopard and Leopard last month was about 20%, or slightly more than Yosemite's. When Apple patched OS X to protect against so-called POODLE attacks, for example, it omitted a fix for Lion. The user share of Yosemite will be important to Apple, as it has hopes that the upgrade will spark sales not only of Macs, but also of iPhones and iPads because of " Continuity," the OS X-iOS feature set that allows task hand-off from an iOS device to a Mac, or vice versa.Īlso important are the user shares of Lion, Snow Leopard and 2007's Leopard: Apple has dropped support for all three of the aged operating systems, and no longer provides security updates - patches for vulnerabilities - for the trio. ![]() Improves the reliability of accessing files located on an SMB server. This update: Improves the reliability of VPN connections that use USB smart cards for authentication. It improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. Corporations typically upgrade the OSes of their work devices less often and at a slower rate than consumers. How to get updates for macOS Mojave or later: Go to the apple menu ( ) > System Preferences > then click Software Update to check for any updates. The OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 update is recommended for all Mavericks users. Apple has several advantages, including a much smaller user base, a history of less-expensive or even free upgrades, and most importantly, a predominantly-consumer pool of customers. Apple has always been able to entice a larger percentage of its Mac users to upgrade, and upgrade faster, than Microsoft has with Windows.
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