[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008

[Patrick McNeal]

Yesterday, Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Security Update  
2007-008.  For many users, the biggest change with 10.4.11 will be  
that Safari 3 is installed as the default browser.

With any operating system update, you should be careful.  Apple does  
their best to test each update before making them public, but there's  
always the chance problems still might occur.

When doing an upgrade, there are several steps you can do to help make  
the process go as smoothly as possible.

* Have a current backup of all all of your data.

* Test the upgrade on a non-production machine before installing it on  
production hardware.

* Before upgrading, run the Verify Drive option in Disk Utility.

* After the upgrade, run the Repair Permissions option in Disk Utility  
to fix any permissions issues that might have been caused the by the  
installer.

More information about this update can be found here:

  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306297
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

--Patrick

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Patrick McNeal
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services, Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
N42-250E
Cambridge, MA 02139
+1 617 253-0196
mcneal at mit.edu