Today, Apple released an update for Mac OS 10.6.1. Mac OS 10.6.2 was released to everyone running 10.6.1 today and is recomended as a critical update because of a certain fix. The issue was with a guest account. When you ungraded with guest account activated, it was possible it erased some data. The word from apple was that this update fixes “- an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account.”
The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:
- an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
- a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
- Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
- a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
- issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
- the reliability of menu extras
- an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
- an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
- Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
- a problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
- an issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
- Safari plug-in reliability
- general reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
- an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest accountFor detailed information on this update, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3874.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
Download Links:
- Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (473 MB)
- Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo) (479 MB)
- Mac OS X Server v10.6.2 Update (496 MB)
- Mac OS X Server v10.6.2 Update (Combo) (503 MB)
It is possible that 10.6.2 does not support intel atom processors as an effort to cut down on “Hackbooks.”
This update was seeded to developers last week. It has been seeding about 3 weeks now.
Mac OS 10.5
A security update (Security Update 2009-006) was released for 10.5 users today, to fix upgrading issues.
- Security Update 2009-006 Client (143 MB)
- Security Update 2009-006 Server (231 MB)
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