Originally published at: Safari 26.5 - TidBITS
Apple has released Safari 26.5 for macOS 15 Sequoia and macOS 14 Sonoma with 11 fixes for security vulnerabilities that the company previously addressed in other recent updates (see “OS 26.5 Adds Encrypted RCS Messaging, Fixes Bugs,” 11 May 2026). These vulnerabilities aren’t currently being exploited in the wild, so update Safari via Software Update when you have some free time. (Free, release notes, macOS 14+)
This MacInTouch article says that Safari 26.5, with important security fixes, is being rolled out to macOS 15.7 gradually. On my Apple Silicon Mac, it was installed yesterday along with 15.7.7. However, on my spouse’s Intel Mac, it wasn’t, and it has Safari 26.3.
Is anyone else seeing this split between Intel and Apple Silicon?
Safari 26.5 installed this morning on an Intel laptop and an M1 laptop.
3 hours later, Safari 26.5 was available on my spouse’s Intel Mac.
@ace, there was a full slate of updates released on Monday 5/11 that I do not find reported on TidBits. Am I missing something?
The update wasn’t showing up here in the UK when I checked yesterday evening, but is here now and installed. 
I’m annoyed, though, that iOS 18.7.9 apparently sees Apple reverting to its previous position of only being available for devices that can’t run iOS 26. 
I have an iPad Air 5 running 18.7.8. There isn’t enough space on iPad to update to IOS26. I don’t see the new update to 18.7.9 on my iPad. So how do I get it?
