14 DAY TRIAL // Alongside iOS 8.1.1, which includes a fair dose of tweaks and fixes, this week Apple rolled out OS X 10.10.1, the first maintenance update for Yosemite users worldwide.
Generally speaking, 10.10.1 “improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.” But that’s just scratching the surface. According to a support document published by Apple hours after releasing the update, 10.10.1 actually includes a lot of specific tweaks and improvements. Here’s what to expect.
OS X 10.10.1 full changelog
Support document HT204017 reveals that Yosemite doesn’t just fix Wi-Fi connections, Microsoft Exchange integration, and Back to My Mac. It also “resolves an issue that may prevent Mail from sending messages through certain email service providers,” and it makes sharing services, Notification Center widgets and Actions available again (in certain situations).
As for an issue we’ve documented on several occasions, Notification Center settings should now be retained after reboot, and any issue that might prevent the Mac App Store from displaying certain updates should be gone now.
Some Mac mini computers would fail to wake from sleep. 10.10.1 addresses this problem, as well as an issue that might prevent Time Machine from displaying older backups. Entering text in Japanese should also be fixed.
For Enterprise users
OS X 10.10.1 includes some improvements for Enterprise customers, with Apple noting that Yosemite now “Allows you to append search domains for partially qualified domain names when performing DNS lookups (consult the discoveryd man page for more information).”
Also for Enterprise users, a problem where the Mac App Store might offer an update to Apple Remote Desktop when the latest version is already installed should no longer occur.
The Security content of OS X 10.10.1
An advisory accompanying Yosemite’s first maintenance update indicates that as many as four vulnerabilities have been discovered since the release of the software in September.
For example, Apple reveals that “Unnecessary information is included as part of the initial connection between Spotlight or Safari and the Spotlight Suggestions servers.”
Describing the flaw at large, the company explains that “The initial connection made by Spotlight or Safari to the Spotlight Suggestions servers included a user's approximate location before a user entered a query. This issue was addressed by removing this information from the initial connection and only sending the user's approximate location as part of queries.”
Other flaws affected areas like CFNetwork, System Profiler (About This Mac), and WebKit.
Compatible Macs and download links
To be eligible for OS X 10.10.1, you need iMac (Mid-2007 or later), MacBook (13-inch, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, Mid-2007 or later), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later), MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later), Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later), Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later), or an Xserve (Early 2009) model.
You can download OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 right now from Softpedia, or through your Mac’s Software Update Mechanism. The package is also available as a standalone (manual) download from Apple Support Downloads.
