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Updates 2025-01-14

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Happy New Year, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for January, 2025.

It’s as safe as it’s going to be to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

If your Windows 10 (or older) computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11, or if you used a registry or installation bypass to install an older version of Windows 11 on it that is no longer supported, then it’s time for you to start looking for a replacement computer.
Windows 10 now has only 9 months of support left and I am already seeing availability issues for new computers.

There were 600+ major hacks, and over 300 application updates this month. It’s a “normal” month, with about 4 GB of updates for most users.

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Updates 2024-12-10

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Merry Christmas, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for December, 2024.

I recommend waiting one more month before upgrading to Windows 11 24H2 or macOS 15/Sequoia.

Windows 10 will be end-of-life in only 10 months. If your Windows 10 (or older) computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11, or if you used a registry or installation bypass to install an older version of Windows 11 on it that is no longer supported, then it’s time for you to start looking for a replacement computer. Windows 10 now has only 10 months of support left and by April it will be challenging to find a good and inexpensive replacement computer that will be supported for Windows 11. Christmas sales are on now. There’s not going to be any better time in the next year.

There were 730+ major hacks, and over 270 application updates this month. It’s a small month with about 2.0 GB of updates for most users.

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Updates 2024-11-12

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Happy Thanksgiving, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for November, 2024.

Hold the line: do not upgrade to 24H2 yet. There have been quite a few issues. Let everyone else be the guinea pigs.

Windows 10 now has only 11 months of support left. If your computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11 either start planning for a switch to Linux or replacing your computer.

There are critical security updates for all supported Apple products and (as is now the norm) new critical security updates for every browser every single week.

QuickBooks Desktop 2025 will be released later this month, and on November 1st all previous versions of QuickBooks Desktop will be end-of-life (EOL).

Windows Server 2025 has been released. And it’s “accidentally” being force-installed on recent Windows Server builds.

Entrust certificates are being disavowed as soon as today. There have been months to prepare, but this will still kill off about 0.1% of active SSL certificates.

There were 645+ major hacks and over 525 application updates this month.
It’s a huge month, with about 5 GB of updates for most users.

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Updates 2024-10-08

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Welcome back, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for October, 2024.

Windows 11 24H2 is out. So is macOS 15/Sequoia. iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, watchOS 11, and visionOS 11 are out now.  The first set of security updates for each of these are released now, too.

All versions of Windows 11 prior to 23H2 are no longer be supported. Upgrade to 23H2 now, then do not upgrade to 24H2, yet. Let everyone else be the guinea pigs. It’s already showing quite a few issues.

All versions of macOS prior to 13/Ventura are no longer supported. If you can’t upgrade your Mac to Ventura you need to permanently take it offline and/or replace it.

Windows 10 now has only 12 months of support left. If your computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11 either start planning now for a switch to Linux or replacing your computer.

There were 505+ major hacks, and over 395 application updates this month. It’s an enormous month, with about 4 GB of updates for most users.

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Updates 2024-09-10

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Welcome back, Folks!

Today is Patch Tuesday for September, 2024.

We’re one month closer to the next build of Windows 11 and the next release of macOS, both due in mere weeks. A new major version of Office (aka Microsoft 365) is due at the same time, as well.

When the new build of Windows 11 is released all versions of Windows 11 prior to 23H2 will no longer be supported. Upgrade to 23H2 now if you have not done so yet, then do not upgrade to 24H2 when it is released. Let everyone else be the guinea pigs.

When the new build of macOS is released all versions of macOS prior to 13/Ventura will no longer be supported. If you can’t upgrade your Mac to Ventura you need to switch it to Linux or replace it.

Windows 10 now has only 13 months of support left. If your computer can not be upgraded to Windows 11 either start planning for a switch to Linux or replacing your computer.

There were 310+ major hacks, and over 200 application updates this month.
It’s a relatively small month, with only about 2.0 GB of updates for most users.

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