On 2018-01-13 21:05, Alan Baker wrote:
>> There is *NO* "Supplemental Update" being offered to me. Period.
>
> I don't believe you.
There are a few possible aspects for the confusion:
This is a security update, not a new version. (the "supplemental
update" is misleading). After applying it, the "About this Mac" remains
at 10.13.2
So the "marketing" of High Sierra as an App remains at High Sierra
10.13.2 without "supplemental".
The fact that after installing 10.13.2 on Thursday, the "system" did not
let me know of the security update means that it was not available on
Thursday (normally would have "pulled" such information right away).
The fact that I started the App Store today and it showed no updates
available can either mean that the update magically became available a
few minutes later, or that starting App Store doesn't automatiocally
cause a check for new software, and that this check is done in batch job
at regular intervals. Going back to the "Updates" tab forced the App
Store app to make a check for updates, at which point it found the
security update.
I suspect there is a background job that runs at regular intervals to
check for available updates and places it in a file which the App
Store.App uses when you start it up (quicker than polling the servers
whenever you start the app). But this results in delays for stuff appearing.
This isn't the first time that people have different experiences for
when new software is proposed to them. Yet, certain regulars keep on
using this as an excuse to insult users who don't see the updates at
same time as they do. And those people should know better (since they
claim to be such experts at all things Apple) how the process works.