Apple Updates macOS and iOS To Address Spectre Vulnerability (engadget.com)

Days after Apple disclosed how it would be dealing with the Meltdown bug that affects modern computers, it's pushed out fixes for the Spectre exploit as well. From a report: iOS 11.2.2 includes "Security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Spectre," the company writes on its support page, while the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update does the same for your Mac laptop or desktop. Installing this update on your Mac will also update Safari to version 11.0.2.

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You forgot to change the default settings for your apps. You can do the following:

1. For podcasts they default to checking and downloading every hour. Yes, every hour. Reset these to Every Day, or for weekly podcasts, Every Week. For podcasts that post during the day, consider Every 6 Hours. Each time it checks it will connect, search, and download.

2. Turn off apps you don't want running when you have Wireless or Cell service. A lot of times you only want one of these.

3. Turn off Sync for almost anything. The only exception tends to be Calendar.

4. Turn off Bluetooth if you're not using it.

5. Always turn things off in Settings. Never use the pull down pull up menus to turn things off. That will only turn things off for one hour.

6. Every patch, Apple resets everything. Go check again, they probably turned them on. They just turned on my Ring on Notification even after I had turned it off, once the patch was installed. Yes, it's a royal pain.