Apple release Airport Utility 5.3.1 today. It was a 10.6MB download through Apple’s Software Update on my Intel Macs running Leopard. The update is described as: The AirPort Base Station Update 2008-001 includes general fixes and compatibility updates for the following applications: - AirPort Utility - AirPort Disk Utility - AirPort Base Station Agent I haven’t seen the update posted on Apple’s download page yet, but I would expect it to be there eventually. Some sites are reporting that the updates are available through the download page but the links [...] Read the rest »
Apple Updates: Keyboard Firmware and Old Pro Apps
I received Apple MacBook/MacBook Pro keyboard firmware update today, on my MacBook. The bulletin describes the update as: This MacBook and MacBook Pro firmware update addresses an issue where the first key press may be ignored if the computer has been sitting idle. It also addresses some other issues. Once the update is download you’ll see the following dialog box: Clicking update kicks off the update which took less than a minute on my MacBook. I also received the Pro Applications 2007-01 and Pro Applications 2007-02 updates again. I suspect [...] Read the rest »
OS X 10.5.2 Part II
I’d been having some minor problems on my MacBook since I upgrade it to OS X 10.5.2 that seemed related to .Mac syncing with my OS X 10.5.1 iMac. So rather than waiting for the weekend to upgrade my primary machine I decided to do it tonight. The problems I was having were minor but annoying. I had to turn of .Mac syncing of the Dock because the two updated Dock items, Documents and Downloads, always displayed conflict errors. The second problem may not be related to the upgrade since [...] Read the rest »
Yojimbo 1.5.1 Released
Last week Bare Bones software released a minor update to Yojimbo. Yojimbo 1.5.1 is a minor update that contains 7 bug fixes. Click the thumbnail to see a list of fixes. I installed Yojimbo 1.5.1 on my MacBook first and ran it for about a week. I didn’t have any problem syncing with the slightly older version (1.5) on my iMac. I upgraded the version on my iMac last night. I haven’t had any problems with the upgrade. I use the basic functions of Yojimbo, filing, search, PDFs and tagging [...] Read the rest »
Apple TV Take 2
Among the other updates Apple has also released Apple TV Take 2 and it’s available for update through your Apple TV settings menu (or you can wait for it to happen automatically). I installed the update today. I took about two minutes to download and another five to do the actual installation. There’s a new menu interface that no longer looks like Front Row at the top levels. Once I started browsing content the interface looked like Front Row. Apple as a guided tour of Apple TV available. I had [...] Read the rest »
iLife Support 8.2 Released By Apple
Apple keeps the updates coming and released an update to iLife ’08 to coincide with the Aperture 2 release. It’s a small 2.7MB download through software update on my Intel MacBook or as a 9.7MB standalone download. I installed the update on my MacBook without incident. I don’t have Aperture 2 and Apple doesn’t say what this really fixes, but iPhoto and other apps seemed fine. Apple describes this update by saying… This update supports system software components shared by all iLife ’08 applications to improve their stability and performance. [...] Read the rest »
Apple OS X 10.5.2 Leopard Graphics Update 1.0
Apple released a graphics update in conjunction with OS X 10.5.2 which is required for the graphics update. Apple describes the update as “Leopard Graphics Update is recommended for all users and improves the stability and compatibility of your Mac. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2.” Not a lot in the way of details. A restart is needed and it was a 43MB download through Software Update on my Intel MacBook. It’s also available as a 48MB standalone update. I installed the update on my Intel MacBook. Like the [...] Read the rest »
OS X 10.5.2 Released
The updates continue with Apple releasing OS X 10.5.2 onMonday. The release notes are here and the security updates are described here. I installed it on my MacBook a short while ago and had a few minor issues. The update itself went fine. It’s a 180MB download through Software Update on my Intel MacBook. The install requires a reboot and like the 10.5.1 update the system can’t be used while the update is being applied and a restart is required. The install took about 5 minutes (not including download time) [...] Read the rest »
Firefox 2.0.0.12 Released
Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.12 which they are calling a security and stability update. The update patches ten known vulnerabilities three of which are listed as critical. The three critical vulnerabilities patched are: MFSA 2008-06 Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing MFSA 2008-03 Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution MFSA 2008-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.12) I installed the update on both my MacBook, iMac and the Windows machine for my day job. There hasn’t been any noticeable difference on Windows. On my Macs I generally use [...] Read the rest »
Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh
Microsoft released a “refresh” to the Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate. I’ve been running the original release candidate in a VMware virtual machine on my MacBook. They released the update back on January 11th but I didn’t get around to starting the upgrade for another week. The update isn’t automatic, even with the original RC installed. The update was problem free, despite requiring several hours. The original release candidate had to be uninstalled prior to the upgrade. This was done by going through Control Panel in the Windows Update/View Installed [...] Read the rest »