[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.5.4 Update

[Patrick McNeal]

IS&T worked with Apple on getting a fix for our 10.5.3 Safari  
certificate issue into 10.5.4, and we are currently testing the update  
to determine if the problem has been fixed.  If you can currently  
access all MIT certificate protected sites ( Stellar, SAP, etc. ), I  
recommend not upgrading to 10.5.4 until we've finished our testing.

If and when you do decided to upgrade to 10.5.4, as 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.  To help make the process go as smoothly  
as possible, we suggest the following:

* 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.

* Allow the installation process to complete, uninterrupted.  Laptop  
users should plug their machine in before doing the upgrade.

* 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://support.apple.com/kb/HT1994
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

--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