{"id":850636,"date":"2026-08-10T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850636\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:36:12","slug":"apple-preps-ios-18-ios-26-and-macos-26-security-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850636\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple preps iOS 18, iOS 26, and macOS 26 security updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-lede\">Apple is gearing up to release even more security updates as it tests out beta fixes for <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/iphone\" title=\"iPhone\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a>, iPad, and Mac.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>It looks like we&#8217;ll be getting yet another round of minor updates soon. On Tuesday, Apple pushed multiple beta builds out for its existing operating systems.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/macos-tahoe\" title=\"macOS Tahoe\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">macOS Tahoe<\/a> 26.6.2 beta update has build number 25G82 and comes just four days after its predecessor, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/macos-26\" title=\"macOS 26\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">macOS 26.6.1<\/a>, went public. Apple has yet to disclose what macOS 26.6.2 fixes.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>However, macOS 26.6.1 fixed <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/08\/06\/apple-issues-another-round-of-macos-security-updates-as-patch-frequency-increases\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an issue<\/a> with Screen Sharing. Apple says that the issue was addressed with improved state management.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Also released on Monday were Release Candidates for the following iPhone and iPad builds:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>iOS 18.7.10 (22H373)&#13;<br \/>\niPadOS 18.7.10 (22H373)&#13;<br \/>\niOS 26.6.1 (23G82)&#13;<br \/>\niPadOS 26.6.1 (23G82)<\/p>\n<p>If you are running the beta for any of these builds, you should be able to download them now.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>AppleInsider and Apple strongly advise against users installing test operating systems or beta software onto primary or &#8220;mission-critical&#8221; hardware. That warning stands for both developer betas and public beta builds.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>More updates, more often<\/p>\n<p>As noted before, Apple has said that users should expect these minor security updates to continue. The company will no longer delay including updates in upcoming scheduled releases.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>AppleInsider, alongside Apple, suggests that you download the update as soon as it is available as a finalized release. These kinds of updates are critical for patching vulnerabilities and keeping your devices performing optimally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple is gearing up to release even more security updates as it tests out beta fixes for iPhone,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-850636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}