macOS 10.13.4 Supplemental Update

Name: macOS 10.13.4 Supplemental Update
Rating: 2 (4 reviews)

2018-001

25 April 2018

Recommended update for macOS 10.13.3 users.

Overview

macOS High Sierra Supplemental Update includes security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre.

What's new in macOS 10.13.4 Supplemental Update

Version 2018-001:

Crash Reporter

Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved error handling.
CVE-2018-4206: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

LinkPresentation

Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted text message may lead to UI spoofing
Description: A spoofing issue existed in the handling of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

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13 macOS 10.13.4 Supplemental Update Reviews

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Fra

06 October 2017

Most helpful

The key is under the mat !

Like (3)

Version 1.0

Thinking-Differently

25 April 2018

Is this different than Security Update 2018-001 (10.13.4), which apple pots 24 April 2018? https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1963

Like (1)

Version 1.0

6 answer(s)

rtlb

25 April 2018

Same question

Like (1)

Jlock

25 April 2018

This update is for the 2018-001 update that came out on April 24th, 2018. It can be viewed here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208742

Leesa

25 April 2018

Not sure about these guys at MacUpdate. Same kinda thing with Skype today too. Their Version Numbers don't jibe at all.

And there's a New Version of Safari for Sierra and it's not here.

Jlock

25 April 2018

I updated the version number for the macOS 10.13.4
Supplemental Update listing. As for Skype, we have updated it and the Safari update doesn't have individual download links that we're able to find right now. if you have them, please let us know and we can update the lisitng to make it current.

uhtxrfcdfhtybrfvb22

08 May 2018

Useful in case if you need to load updates one by one to check when issue started to reproduce...

Albabe

09 May 2018

MU EDITOR:

How about a button on these pages that when someone sees an Update, they press it and you get "buzzed..."

StrongTequila

20 February 2018

Fixed the issue with restart while sleeping with "sleep wake failure" error?

Version 1.0

3 answer(s)

fiery12

20 February 2018

You posted a half star review in which you just ask a question?!?

I never experienced "sleep wake failure" with any High Sierra update including 10.13.3 Supl. 1.0, so may be that problem is unique to some configurations. I have sudden shutdown problems on wake up only when I plug certain power adapters i.e a power adapter of Oyen Digital external HDD case or Repotec USB hub. As soon as I remove these power adapters, sleep/wake problems disappear. Machine just shutdowns without any trace in system.log.

However, I still experience just the opposite to your problem. Since I updated to High Sierra, I can't put my machine to sleep. If I select "Sleep", it wakes immediately, so I have to select "Sleep" 2-4 times. The culprit in most cases is "SafariBookmarksSyncAgent" which tries to sync something, even if I don't use Safari. (I check which app prevents sleep by "pmset -g assertions" command in Terminal)

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StrongTequila

21 February 2018

collided with this phenomenon on a pair of dozens computers
including three at my house
no unique configurations, the default energy saver settings, no external devices
You can familiarize with this issue at the Apple Support Communities
it's bug, and beginning from 10.3.2 update
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8194934

Larry-Klein

26 April 2018

I have had many problems getting my imac to sleep. It wakes after a second or two. Sometimes a few tries will work. Today - no luck. I saw the post below and opened Activity Monitor and stopped "SafariBookmarksSyncAgent". That seems to work for now. I am hoping for a better solution.

Mcr

20 February 2018

Here is a very thorough discussion at Arstechnica, of not just Meltdown, but Spectre mitigation impact on performance, across Windows, macOS, Linux. I'm posting this comment because recent updates for macOS include (so it is said) patches for Meltdown and Spectre. The article goes a little more in depth on how impact can be different depending not only OS, but generation of CPU (older CPUs are impacted more than newer ---lake processors. And surprise, how AMD Zen architecture is less impacted than Intel (by happenstance, not because of brilliant forward thinking on AMD's part). Also, significant difference in discussion of Meltdown vs Spectre patches. The impact of Spectre patches seems to be more significant than Meltdown, particularly for I/O intensive situations. Most of us 'typical' desktop users, won't see much effect from either Spectre or Meltdown patches, but Sys Admins and IT guys running servers definitely have been impacted. And if you run Linux (and a lot of Mac guys also use Linux), the impact of patches is quite significant, according to numerous reports. What I have yet to read or have explained to me is why macOS , which is a 'nix/kernel based OS like Linux, doesn't APPEAR to be as effected as some of the Linux variants are claiming they are (Red Hat says up to 20% per the article). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/heres-how-and-why-the-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-will-hurt-performance/

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Version 1.0

Mac-Freak

20 February 2018

macOS 10.13.3 on iMac Pro http://appldnld.apple.com/macos/091-69268-20180219-33DE1D42-13F0-11E8-94BC-3DD7EA7ECCFA/macOSUpd10.13.3iMacProSupplemental.dmg macOS 10.13.3 all others http://appldnld.apple.com/macos/091-69258-20180219-33DE1D42-13F0-11E8-94BC-3DD7EA7ECCFA/macOSUpd10.13.3Supplemental.dmg

Like (3)

Version 1.0

1 answer(s)

Mcr

20 February 2018

Thanks for the links..trying to find the stand alone downloads you want on Apple Support is sometimes frustrating.

Like (1)

Muck-Raker

10 January 2018

I have a problem with the Supplemental Update here. The process finishes, and my machine restarts, only to have a notification pop up that states all items were NOT installed, giving me a choice between 'details" and "install", either of which do nothing. No response from Apple...???

Version 1.0

3 answer(s)

Tubo

10 January 2018

same here

Muck-Raker

12 January 2018

I may have found the issue solved. I restarted in Safe Mode and the system seemed to take the update without the dreaded notification. However, the version of Safari is still not updated, even though I installed it from MacUpdate separately. Is anyone else still having this issue? Concerned that this fix will not fix enough of Intel's witchery!

Jsabini

12 January 2018

Sorry you guys are having issues, I did also with a previous security update. None with this one though... iMac 11,1, 27" core i7 2.8 GHz 20GB RAM 2TB drive. 10.13.2 with supplemental security update

MacUpdate-Nick

10 January 2018

For those concerned with potential performance degradation introduced with this update (and 10.13.2 in general), here are some benchmarks: https://reverse.put.as/2018/01/07/measuring-osx-meltdown-patches-performance/

Like (2)

Version 1.0

2 answer(s)

Mcr

20 February 2018

Here is a very thorough discussion at Arstechnica, of not just Meltdown, but Spectre mitigation impact on performance, across Windows, macOS, Linux. The article goes a little more in depth on how impact can be different depending not only OS, but generation of CPU (older CPUs are impacted more than newer ---lake processors. And surprise, how AMD Zen architecture is less impacted than Intel (by happenstance, not because of brilliant forward thinking on AMD's part).

Also, significant difference in discussion of Meltdown vs Spectre patches. The impact of Spectre patches seems to be more significant than Meltdown, particularly for I/O intensive situations. Most of us 'typical' desktop users, won't see much effect from either Spectre or Meltdown patches, but Sys Admins and IT guys running servers definitely have been impacted. And if you run Linux (and a lot of Mac guys also use Linux), the impact of patches is quite significant, according to numerous reports.

What I have yet to read or have explained to me is why macOS , which is a 'nix/kernel based OS like Linux, doesn't APPEAR to be as effected as some of the Linux variants are claiming they are (Red Hat says up to 20% per the article).
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/heres-how-and-why-the-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-will-hurt-performance/

wlad_1

08 May 2018

Useful in case if you need to load updates one by one to check when issue started to reproduce...

mhasman

09 January 2018

Is there download URL to macOS 10.13.2 Supplemental Update?

Like (1)

Version 1.0

4 answer(s)

Derekcurrie

09 January 2018

No. It will appear as an available update in the Mac App Store app, which you are hopefully checking regularly. Notifications of available updates will appear under the  (Apple) Menu after 'App Store...'. The link on the page here at MU leads directly to the Apple security document for the 10.13.2 Supplemental Update.

mhasman

09 January 2018

@Derekcurrie Thank you, I know how it works with App Store. My question is about the package for enterprise distribution.

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Scion777

09 January 2018

Apple's download web page is always days behind the release on the App Store - just keep checking Apple-Support-Downloads

Warmfuzzygecko

10 January 2018

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1951
http://appldnld.apple.com/macos/091-58875--20180109-7052760C-F266-11E7-8A10-F41F3B84D6FD/macOSUpd10.13.2Supplemental.dmg

specifically for the iMac Pro: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1950
http://appldnld.apple.com/macos/091-58873--20180109-7052760C-F266-11E7-8A10-F41F3B84D6FD/macOSUpd10.13.2iMacProSupplemental.dmg

HS is suppose to be a "maintenance" upgrade, but the feeling is that its less stable than before. My MBP 2013 (16Gmem, Intel 2.7GHz, 500G flash drive) usually works neatly and fast (aside from LaTeX related stuff all programs are from the store). Somehow there are lots of glitches, particularly with the MAP application that keep on quitting all the time. I'm not happy with this maintenance version.

Version 1.0

Disaster for me. I upgraded 2 MacBook Pros (2015). The Supp Update wiped out ALL the login items for the admin accounts on both. Furthermore, on my main laptop bootup took 5 minutes (every time), Mail locked up after a period of being minimised, and High Sierra crashed and rebooted every night during sleep. I reinstalled the original High Sierra 10.13 and all is well again (apart from obviously my passwords being exposed to physical visitors to the laptop).

Version 1.0

3 answer(s)

Norseman

14 October 2017

My login items were wiped out too! I can't remember everything I had in there. Is there a file I can restore from Time Machine or backup?

Micksmac

14 October 2017

Hello Norseman. Yes you can safely restore just one file, then reboot and all should be OK. The file you want is: /Users/<YOURUSERNAME>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist

Micksmac

16 October 2017

OK, apart from the deleted Login Items I have fixed all other apparent problems by going through system Library directories and removing an old Wacom driver, then all LaunchItems and LaunchDaemons from incompatible Micromat and Prosoft Engineering utilities. Has been stable now for a few days.

This is a strange one. I put it on at home on a 2014 Retina iMac and it killed Parallels Pro 13's networking (I used Bridged Wifi). - I had to switch it to Shared Networking. I put it on at work on a 2013 iMac and it seemed okay. Then it show up again and I put it on again, and it essentially killed my 1TB fusion drive (I'm still trying to delete the encrypted Logical Volume Group so I can rebuild the fusion drive). Now it's showing up on the Retina iMac again (fear and trepidation).

Version 1.0

2 answer(s)

cybervision

13 October 2017

I stopped using Parallels and switch to VMWare Fusion. Works nice with High Sierra.

Verne-Arase

16 October 2017

Yeah, I switched to VMWare Fusion too.

The fact that Parallels showed up in the Enterprise Russian Software list may have lent an extra push.

macOS 10.13.4 Supplemental Update

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