But I think destroying Command Line Tools is even worse because Apple is overwriting directories installed by its own software.
This was pretty bad behavior, as the whole point of the site-packages directory is to hold modules that the user installed. Many years ago, OS updates would sometimes overwrite the Python site-packages directory in the /Library/Python tree.
If it was the latter, I wanted to do the update while I still remembered how to repair the damage.I wanted to know whether Apple had fixed things or whether this update would also destroy the Command Line Tools installation.When I learned yesterday that 11.2.3 had been released, I decided to update right away. The minor updates in AppleIntel Graphics kexts and the ImageIO framework appear unrelated and undocumented. Unfortunately for Big Sur users, in this case the changes required to address the security vulnerability have been in those immutable files protected by the SSV, making installation considerably slower and more complex. This division was originally intended to ensure that updating Safari itself in Catalina didn’t require long and complex installation.
In Big Sur, Safari itself is installed on the Data volume, not the SSV, but most if not all of its supporting frameworks and other immutable files are stored on the SSV. Macintosh.īig Sur 11.2.3 does update a lot of Safari and WebKit components. Apple says that macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 introduces important security updates and should be installed by all users, with an additional support document clarifying that the software addresses WebKit vulnerability that could allow maliciously crafted web content to execute code.Īnother 2.4 GB update for one security fix?