Updates

Should you install updates on your computer, your smartphone and your tablet when they become available?  Yes, as soon as possible.

Hopefully, the settings on your devices allow updates to be installed automatically as they become available.  If not or you don't know when updates are installed, you may want to look at your Settings or Preferences to make that change.  Some computers may have been set to install updates automatically upon shutdown, so if you leave your computer on all the time, your updates are not getting installed.

Why are updates important?  Software updates perform a myriad of tasks.  Updates may install new features, remove outdated features, update computer drivers, fix "bugs", but most importantly, fix security issues that have been discovered.

*Note for iPhone users:  Tomorrow Apple will unveil 3 new iPhones; that event will be followed next week by the release of a new operating system for all iPhones - iOS12.  Any new operating system usually has some "bugs", so once it is released there will probably be several quick updates as issues are discovered.  Make sure you are installing those updates. Look in Settings - General - Software Update.