10.5.5 is ready to update for your Mac

Ichingcarpenter

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Mon Sep-15-08 06:45 PM
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10.5.5 is ready to update for your Mac

Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.5.5, a recommended update for all users of Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard that includes over a hundred bug fixes and enhancements.

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Pierre.Suave

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Tue Sep-16-08 08:50 PM
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1. Sweet

off to software update I go.

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alfredo

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Tue Sep-16-08 11:59 PM
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2. There's some more updates waiting too.

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Stinky The Clown

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Thu Sep-18-08 05:11 PM
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3. I am totally new to Macs. I have 10.5.4. Is it worth upgrading?

My spanking new MacPro has been fired up for about a week.

Is the upgrade a hassle?

Is a one point upgrade any big deal? My reference is decades on MS machines and so many of the 'upgrades' were bullshit to fix arcane stuff like some tiny server function for big bidniss users.

How easy is it to install the upgrade? Does it get done automatically or do I have to download it and initiate it myself?

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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu Sep-18-08 07:47 PM
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4. Not a hassle at all

I am updating mine as I type this. :)

Go to the apple on the upper left and click then click on 'software update'. That's all there is to it.

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Stinky The Clown

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Fri Sep-19-08 12:48 PM
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6. I did it last night. Easy as pie

I don't notice any change, but the process went well.

Coincidentally, all of my PCs have been downloading WinXP SP3 ...... it is essentially a whole new operating system and takes as long to install. I even had to download it to my BootCamp installation.

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moggie

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Fri Sep-19-08 02:17 AM
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5. Yes, it's worth it

Problems with Mac OS updates are rare, and the updates often include security fixes. The security aspects of this one are described here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3137

Some of the issues fixed aren't a big deal for a typical desktop user, but some of them are: for example, opening maliciously crafted images or documents leading to arbitrary code execution, which could allow the bad guy to do unpleasant things to your machine.

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shanti

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Sat Sep-20-08 03:22 PM
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7. i think i'm having problems with this

i wrote about this in an earlier thread (new mac!). HELP!

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