Migration Assistant, version number changed from 11.4 to 11.5.

Boot Camp Assistant, incremented build number.

TV, version changed from 1.1.5 to 1.1.6.

Stocks, version changed from 3.4 to 3.4.1.

News, version changed from 6.4 to 6.4.1.

Music, version changed from 1.1.5 to 1.1.6.

T2 Macs go to 1554.140.20.0.0 (iBridge: 9.0.1,0)īundled apps which have changed version numbers, or which have substantial increments in build number, include:.

Many models have firmware updates: those known so far are:

As you’ll see from the lists below, there are quite a few changes throughout infrastructure, including file access and management. Looking broadly at what has changed, the pattern is of a wide range of smaller fixes and tweaks, particularly to the support files for Mail, and in Music, News, Photos, Podcasts, Siri, Stocks and TV. But there are over 35 in total, with several in FontParser and in WebKit. It’s still a substantial update though: on an M1 Mac, it comes to around 3.8 GB in all, although at first Software Update may promise you that it’s just under 3 GB.Īpple’s security release notes detail another long list of fixes, only one of which is in the kernel.

Apple’s detailed release notes on changes in macOS 11.5 are a bit thin on the ground, listing only minor improvements and fixes in Podcasts, Music, and support for Smart cards for logging in to M1 Macs.

Macos version 11.5