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iPhoto 8.0.4 Update - 102.27MB

This update addresses a rarely encountered issue involving photos imported into a previous version that could affect overall stability, and corrects references to a few points of interest and location names that were labelled incorrectly.

[Update] Title corrected, apologies for confusion.

MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2 - 623KB

This SMC firmware update adds compatibility for the latest service replacement batteries.

Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 - 19.15MB

This update fixes problems with real-time playback in Final Cut Pro with Mac Pro (Early 2009) models and Xserve (Early 2009) models.

Further information on this update is available in the accompanying release notes.

Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.4.2

The Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n Firmware 7.4.2 update provides several fixes, including:

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 - 3.35MB

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 addresses an issue reported by a small number of customers using drives based on the SATA 3Gbps specification with the June 2009 MacBook Pro. While this update allows drives to use transfer rates greater than 1.5Gbps, Apple has not qualified or offered these drives for Mac notebooks and their use is unsupported.

Further details are available in the related support document.

Safari 4.0.1 - 43.8MB

This update addresses incompatibilities between Safari 4.0 and certain features in iPhoto ‘09, including Places and Facebook publishing.

Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0 - 1.8MB

This update provides bug fixes and better compatibility with the Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard.

It installs on all Macintosh systems with Bluetooth based on the Broadcom chipset.

Apple today release updated versions of Java for both Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The update contains several fixes for vulnerabilities which could allow Java applets to gain increased privileges and the ability to execute malicious code.

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 - 158 MB

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7 and later.

For more details on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3581

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 - 80MB

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 delivers improved reliability, security and compatibility for J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later.

For more details on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3593.

iPhoto 8.0.3 - 96MB

This update addresses general compatibility, improves overall stability and fixes a number of issues in the following areas of the application:

The update is recommended for all users of iPhoto 8.x.

iDVD 7.0.4 - 27.5MB

This update addresses general compatibility issues and fixes an issue where iDVD is unable to add title/comment to an image in the image details list.

This update is recommended for all users of iDVD version 7.

iMovie 8.0.3 - 35.5MB

This update addresses general compatibility issues, improved overall stability and fixes a number of other minor issues. The issues addressed include:

This update is recommended for all users of iMovie ‘09.

Garageband 5.0.3 - 108MB

This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and fixes a number of other minor issues.

iLife Support 9.0.3 - 55.1MB

Life Support provides system software resources that are shared by iLife and other applications. This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability for the Media Browser, and fixes a number of other minor issues. The issues addressed include:

The update is recommended for all users of iLife 09, iWork 09, and Aperture 2.

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.6 - 3.9MB

This update extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 2, iPhoto 08, and iPhoto 09 for the following cameras:

• Canon EOS 500D
• Canon Rebel T1i
• Canon EOS Kiss Digital X3
• Nikon D5000
• Olympus E-30
  

  AirPort Utility 5.4.2 Mac - 17MB | Windows - 11MB

  AirPort Utility 5.4.2 provides several fixes, including:

  • An issue causing AirPort Utility to be unable to read certain AirPort wireless device configurations.
  • An issue causing AirPort Utility to sometimes be unable to discover an AirPort wireless device when Back To My Mac is enabled.
  • An issue causing AirPort Utility to sometimes be unable to download firmware.
  • An issue causing AirPort Utility to not correctly import Access Control Lists created in AirPort Admin Utility 4.x
  • Added the ability in AirPort Utility to show all wireless passwords in the “Equivalent Network Password” sheet.

Following a short beta period iTunes 8.2 has been released to the public. The main feature in iTunes 8.2 is its compatibility with the next major version of iPhone software. iPhone OS 3.0 is expected to be a big feature of next Mondays opening keynote at WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference).

iTunes 8.2 now supports iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. iTunes 8.2 also includes many accessibility improvements and bug fixes.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

In addition to iTunes 8.2 Apple also released a new version of QuickTime, QuickTime 7.6.2 offers some security and performance enhancements.

QuickTime 7.6.2 includes changes that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security. This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3520.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

iWork ‘09 9.0.2 - 42.75MB

This update improves reliability when saving some iWork documents and when playing some presentations more than once per Keynote session.

This update is recommended for all users of iWork ‘09.