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Running Mac OS X Tiger
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Running Mac OS X Tiger

by Jason Deraleau, James Duncan Davidson
December 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
11h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Staying Up-to-Date

Computer software is a constant work in progress. No developer has ever written a bug-free, perfectly secure, blazing fast application, and it’s highly unlikely anyone ever will. Luckily, we’re not working in a static world. As developers release updates and patches to their software, it’s important to put them on your Mac. Just like backing up your data is a rather boring necessity, so too are software updates.

Mac OS X’s Software Update

For Apple-supplied software, Mac OS X uses Software Update, which you can launch by selecting Mac OS X’s Software Update Software Update. When launched, Software Update connects to Apple’s servers, retrieves a list of available updates, and then checks which ones have not yet been installed. Once this process has completed, the Software Update window displays the available updates and allows you to select which ones you want to install, as shown in Figure 2-5.

Installing software updates

Figure 2-5. Installing software updates

Each available update is listed, including its size, version, and an icon indicating whether the update requires a restart. Selecting an individual update displays some brief notes about what the update contains and affects. In most cases, you’ll want to install all of the available updates; the system detects which ones are actually needed. However, if there’s ...

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