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Friday
13Nov2009

10.6.2 Snow Leopard Update

Apple has updated Snow Leopard. It's recommended (if you aren't running a hackintosh with an Atom processor. It will break that.)

The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:

 

  • an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
  • a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
  • Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
  • a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
  • issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
  • the reliability of menu extras
  • an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
  • an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
  • Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
  • a problem adding images to

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Wednesday
12Aug2009

Safari 4.0.3 Update Released

On the heels of the 10.5.8 update, Apple has added Safari 4.0.3 to that list, citing the following:

This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to stability, compatibility and security including:

  • Stability improvements for webpages that use the HTML 5 video tag
  • Fixes an issue that prevented some users from logging into iWork.com
  • Fixes an issue that could cause web content to be displayed in greyscale instead of color

In depth (as in depth as Apple gets...) information can be found on Apple's website.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733

Run Software Update to download the latest version.

 

 

Friday
07Aug2009

Mac OS 10.5.8 Released - Improvements

Apple released 10.5.8 this week offering several bug fixes and application updates.  Safari is now at version 4.02, which improves the accuracy of a full history search.  Bluetooth reliability, iCal reliability, and many more.  It also includes the latest security and bug fixes.


Get the full details from Apple

As always, you can get the smaller delta update via Software Update, but it's been my experience you will have a much smoother experience with less problems if you download the 759MB Combo updater. The downside to this is that is always much bigger, but if you have Broadband internet, it shouldn't be much difference.

Download the Combo Update for 10.5.8