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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by mrWiz on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:54PM (#37663187)
This method reduces testing burden by eliminating the combination of an old OS with new app.

They might also see it as an incentive - perhaps new app features act as driver for OS adoption.

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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by cj on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:56PM (#37663236)
On the flip side, zero-day WebKit security vulnerabilities require a full OS update to patch Safari.

From a security perspective decoupling from OS updates seems advantageous.

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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by angulardragon03 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:03PM (#37663356)
RSRs [1] are sort of not this though. They’re still a bit weird, but can contain updates for WebKit and/or Safari in a very small update that installs very quickly. Also worth noting that WebKit is buried pretty deep in macOS (as it underpins a lot more than just Safari) so isn’t as easy to patch by itself.

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-mk/guide/deployment/dep93ff7ea7...

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