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Software Updates

Snow Leopard Font Bug addressed

April 27, 2011

Apple released an update to Mac OS X 10.6.7 to address a bug that caused problems for some users. They had issues with some OpenType fonts not displaying and printing correctly, particularly in PDFs. Snow Leopard Font Update by Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377 If you’ve had issues with the recent 10.6.7 update, or if you are using [...]

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Adobe Flash Player security update

November 5, 2010

Adobe released Flash Player 10.1.102.64, addressing critical security vulnerabilities that “could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” Flash Player requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, including Snow Leopard.

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iPhoto ’11 CAUTION!

October 26, 2010

I don’t know how widespread the problem is, but there are reports of iLife ’11 purchasers opening iPhoto ’11, waiting a loooong time for their library to update, and then finding their images gone. Events are in some cases named correctly, but the images are gone, though placeholders may remain. In one case, the iPhoto [...]

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Security Update 2010-005 released

August 24, 2010

Apple released a new security update today, more info can be found here. It’s available for Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6.4 and Mac OS X Server v10.6.4. It blocks several security holes, and I recommend all Mac users keep up to date with ALL security updates. Use [...]

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Apple releases update to Mac OS X 10.6.4 for the new iMacs

July 27, 2010

An update to Mac OS X 10.6.4 was released this morning, with additions specific for the new iMacs… oh, you didn’t know about the new iMacs? Read the next post! Unless you have one of the new model iMacs, you won’t need this update. The new update addresses graphic anomalies occurring in the new iMacs [...]

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iTunes 9.2.1 update

July 20, 2010

iTunes 9.2.1 was released yesterday to improve security and fix bugs. Some of the changes: Disables older versions of some incompatible third-party plug-ins Addresses minor issues with dragging and dropping items Addresses a performance issue when first syncing to some devices with iTunes 9.2 Addresses an issue upgrading to iOS 4 on an iPhone or [...]

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IOS 4.0 Available

June 21, 2010

The new iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch operating system is available, and downloading as I write. I’m excited! I plugged my iPhone in to my Mac, fired up iTunes, and… my software was up to date, supposedly. I clicked the button to update, and lo and behold, I was offered the option of downloading and installing, downloading only, [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6.4 update released

June 16, 2010

Apple released the newest update to Mac OS X 10.6 yesterday. They have more info on this page. Updating instructions from Apple: Updating your system You should back up your system before installation; you can use Time Machine. Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. You may experience [...]

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Managing a hung OS X 10.6.3 update installation

March 31, 2010

By Topher Kessler, published originally at MacFixIt Regardless of how you have decided to install OS X (Software Update, Delta, or Combo installers), you may run into a problem where the system might hang on installation. Though the occurrence of this with the 10.6.3 update seems to be rare, when it happens you may see [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6.3 is out

March 31, 2010

It came out March 29, and I’ve been using it since then, without any issues. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1017 (combo update) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1018 (10.6.2 to 10.6.3 update) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1019 (server combo update) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1020 (server 10.6.2 to 10.6.3) I do recommend updating with the Combo Updater. For some reason, updates using the delta updater (one step update) or Software Update has [...]

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