Re: OT: Many updates today
Ah, the feeling of peace that descends when you're sitting pat on
X.6.8!!! :)
Cheers, geoff
t 10:27 AM +1100 13/10/11, Brian Ferguson wrote:
From Software Update:
* Lion Recovery Update 1.0
452.5 MB
The Lion Recovery Update includes
improvements to Lion Recovery and addresses an issue with Find My Mac
when using a firmware password.
For detailed information on this update,
please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4986.
* Mac OS X Update
10.7.2 435.5 MB
The 10.7.2 update is recommended for all
OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that
improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. It
also includes support for iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud
services that automatically and wirelessly store your content on
iCloud and push it to all of your devices. iCloud on OS X Lion
includes the following features:
- iCloud stores your email, calendars, contacts, Safari bookmarks,
and Safari Reading List and automatically pushes them to all your
devices.
- Back to My Mac provides remote access to your Mac from another Mac
anywhere on the Internet.
- Find My Mac helps find a missing Mac by locating it on a map and
allows you to remotely lock the Mac or wipe all its data.
Getting started with iCloud is easy.
After installing the update, OS X will automatically present an iCloud
setup panel. Simply enter an existing Apple ID or create a new one and
then follow the on screen instructions. To learn more about iCloud
visit http://www.apple.com/icloud.
The 10.7.2 update also includes Safari
5.1.1 as well as fixes that:
- Allow reordering of desktop spaces and full screen apps in Mission
Control.
- Enable dragging files between desktop spaces and full screen apps.
- Address an issue that causes the menu bar to not appear in full
screen apps.
- Improve the compatibility of Google contact syncing in Address
Book.
- Address an issue that causes Keynote to become temporarily
unresponsive.
- Improve VoiceOver compatibility with Launchpad.
- Address an issue that causes a delay in accessing the network
after waking from sleep.
- Enable booting in to Lion Recovery from a locally attached Time
Machine backup drive.
- Resolve an issue that causes screen zoom to stop working.
- Improve Active Directory integration.
For detailed information about Safari
5.1.1, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4922.
For detailed information on this update,
please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4767.
For information on the security content
of this update, please visit:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
*
Itunes
10.5 60.9 MB
What's new in iTunes 10.5
iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores your music and TV
purchases in iCloud and makes them available on your devices anywhere,
any time, at no additional cost.
Automatic Downloads. Purchase music from any device or
computer and automatically download a copy to your Mac and iOS
devices.
Download Previous Purchases. Download your past music, TV,
app, and book purchases again, at no additional cost. Previous
purchases may be unavailable if they are no longer on the iTunes
Store.
Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.
Wi-Fi Syncing. Automatically sync your iPhone, iPad, or
iPod touch with iTunes any time they're both on the same Wi-Fi
network.
For information on the security content
of this update, please visit:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Through Macupdate:
* Apple iPhoto
9.2 357 MB
Left and right swipe gestures can now be
used to navigate between photos in Magnify (1-up) view
Previously imported photos are now
displayed in a separate section of the Import window
Book/calendar themes and card categories
can now be selected using a pop-up menu in the carousel
view
Resolves an issue that could cause some
pages of books to print incorrectly
Rebuilding a library now correctly
preserves saved slideshows and books
* Apple Safari 5.1.1
39 MB
Improve JavaScript performance up to 13%
over Safari 5.1*
Address issues that could cause hangs and
excessive memory usage
Improve stability when using Find,
dragging tabs, and managing extensions
Improve stability for netflix.com and other websites
that use the Silverlight plug-in
* Graphic Converter 7.4
Far too many features to list
here
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Good luck.
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Regards from brianF
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