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   macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra Offers Minor Fixes and More Emoji

   Adam C. Engst

   Along with updates to iOS 11.1, watchOS 4.1, and tvOS 11.1, Apple has
   released [1]macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra. It's a surprisingly minor update
   that adds support for 70 new emoji to stay in sync with iOS 11.1 (see
   '[2]iOS 11.1 Brings Bug Fixes and New Emoji,' 31 October 2017), fixes
   three bugs, and addresses [3]nine security vulnerabilities. The
   download is 2.11 GB in size.

   The bugs fixed could have caused Bluetooth to be unavailable during
   Apple Pay transactions, caused problems when syncing Microsoft Exchange
   messages in Mail, and prevented Spotlight from accepting keyboard input
   at times.

   Perhaps the main reason to update from 10.13.0 to 10.13.1 is its
   inclusion of fixes for the KRACK exploits (see '[4]Wi-Fi Security Flaw
   Not As Bad As It's KRACKed Up To Be,' 17 October 2017). We recommend
   waiting a day or two to be safe and then updating.

   That leaves the question of whether now is the time to upgrade to High
   Sierra from an earlier version of macOS. Our take is that 10.13.1
   doesn't change enough to affect your previous decision ' if you weren't
   comfortable upgrading to High Sierra before 10.13.1 shipped, its
   existence doesn't add much new information. At best, it's a sign that
   Apple doesn't feel there are many problems in High Sierra.

References

   1. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1941
   2. http://tidbits.com/article/17604
   3. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208221
   4. http://tidbits.com/article/17572

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