Apple has urged its customers to obtain the most recent replace for iOS and macOS, to make their units protected from hostile malware. As a part of the brand new upgrades accessible on iOS 16.4.1 and macOS 13.3.1, the US tech big has launched a brand new Rapid Security Responses patch. Apple famous that this sudden replace didn't carry any cool new options that customers might work together with, however somewhat focuses on issuing “important security improvements between software updates.”

For instance, these updates might embrace enhancements to the Safari net browser, the WebKit framework stack, or different essential system libraries.

According to Apple, these updates, “might also be used to mitigate some safety points extra rapidly, corresponding to points which may have been exploited or reported to exist ‘in the wild.’"

New Rapid Security Responses are delivered only for the latest version of iOS, iPadOS and macOS — beginning with iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1.‌

By default, your device allows Rapid Security Responses to be applied automatically and, if necessary, will prompt you to restart your device.

But to make sure that the device is on the latest version, follow these steps:

iPhone or iPad: Go to Settings > General > Software Update > Automatic Updates, then make sure that "Security Responses & System Files" is turned on.

Mac: Choose Apple menu > System Settings. Click General in the sidebar, then click Software Update on the right.

Click the Show Details button next to Automatic Updates, then make sure that "Install Security Responses and system recordsdata" is turned on.

When a Rapid Security Response has been applied, a letter appears after the software version number, as in this example: macOS 13.3.1 (a).

You could also choose to turn off this setting or not to apply Rapid Security Responses when they’re available, however, this could put your device at some risk.

Apple noted that if you opt out of these mini updates, your device will receive relevant fixes or mitigations when they’re included in a subsequent software update.