Mac OS X 10.6.2 is now available in Software Update in the Apple menu and via direct download:
Weighing in at almost 500MB, this is a significant update that’s been in the works for months. Here are the highlights according to Apple:
Archives for Category : Updates
Well that was fast. Snow Leopard owners can run Software Update now to get the first update to the new OS:
- About the Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update
- Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update Download
- TidBITS’s Semi-whimsical Take on 10.6.1 (Haiku Included)
Looks like it’s a handful of fixes including an updated version of Adobe’s Flash plug-in and a possibly significant fix to sending messages in Mail.
First, Steve Jobs is back! He’s up-front directing the show and, as has been the case previously, letting others handle the detailed demos and some of the presentations.
NOTE: Some of the links for additional information may not yet reflect these updates.
SPOILER: Sorry, no Beatles in the iTunes Store just yet!
Apple announced the official ship date for the next major revision of Mac OS X, 10.6 a.k.a. “Snow Leopard” will be Friday August 28th.
Snow Leopard is light on obvious new major features compared to previous major releases s most of the changes are under-the-hood improvements to reliability and speed. It does sport a shiny new version of the Finder that adds the ability to view icons up to 512×512 pixels in size and restores a few old features such as “Put Back” for trashed items.
- Snow Leopard Refinements
- TidBITS: What’s New in Snow Leopard
- TidBITS: Examining Snow Leopard Installer Changes
- TidBITS: Peering Inside Snow Leopard Security
- Macworld: 11 major new Snow Leopard features
- Macworld: Snow Leopard’s smaller changes
It is priced at $29 but is only for Intel Macs and cannot be installed on older PowerPC based machines.
The latest incremental update to Mac OS X 10.5 a.k.a. “Leopard” is now available via Software Update, or download and run the combo updater. Here is the official word on the changes from Apple:
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