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    Apple tweaks OS X 10.6.3 with stability update (10.6.3 v1.1)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by blackmamba, Apr 13, 2010.

  1. blackmamba

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    Apple tweaks OS X 10.6.3 with stability update (10.6.3 v1.1)

    Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.3 v1.1, what is essentially an update to its recent update for Snow Leopard. It contains a typical round of stability, compatibility, and security fixes for Mac OS X, though apparently not enough to warrant a bump to 10.6.4.

    Included in v1.1 of 10.6.3 are improvements to QuickTime X, OpenGL-based apps, coloring messages in Mail, and printing reliability. This update also resolves issues with opening files with some special characters in Rosetta apps, color problems with HD content in iMovie, recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server, and it improves performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 under 64-bit mode. Apple digs into greater detail in its release notes.

    Mac OS X 10.6.3 v1.1 weighs just over 785MB, but is strangely not available via Software Update. You can grab it as a Combo update from Apple's support site.

    Link: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1017

    Is there a reason why it isn't available via Software update?? :confused:
     
    blackmamba, Apr 13, 2010
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  2. Seshan

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    So it has 10.6.3 in it as well? I don't feel like wasting my bandwidth on downloading something I already have :|
     
    Seshan, Apr 13, 2010
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  3. M Kapral

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    Wait, OS X has security fixes?
     
    M Kapral, Apr 13, 2010
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  4. Seshan

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    Umm, Yes.

    In before "But I thought Macs were invulnerable to viruses"
     
    Seshan, Apr 13, 2010
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    OSX has many security fixes ... doesnt anyone read anymore or look at computer security bullitins and firums?
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 13, 2010
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    Tip: If you don't see the Mac OS X v10.6.3 Supplemental Update in Software Update, you don't need to install it.

    Note: The Supplemental Update is for any system that was updated from Mac OS X v10.6 using the Mac OS X Update Combined v10.6.3, build 10D573. It is not needed on systems that were updated from Mac OS X v10.6.1 or 10.6.2, and it is not needed on systems that were updated from Mac OS X v10.6 using the Mac OS X Update Combined v10.6.3, v1.1.
     
    Chrysaor, Apr 13, 2010
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    I do not see why a security fix is needed for something that can't be broken... Or do I not understand?
     
    Xhibit, Apr 14, 2010
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