Windows PC and Android users are used to the continuous stream of updates available for both operating system and applications software. Even iOS users receive a regular diet of app updates. The flow of updates for Apple software is relatively scant by comparison. That changed this week with Apple releasing updates for all of their major software platforms, including iOS, MacOS, their Safari browser, WatchOS, tvOS and both iCloud and iTunes on Windows platforms.
What prompted so many updates all at once? Security.