My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Updating Software

Most software publishers release improvements to their programs frequently, and each may have its own way of providing these updates. To make updating easy, Apple provides a simple way to update not only the entire Mac OS X operating system, but also all Apple programs.

Note

Minor updates to a program are usually free. Major updates to a program usually cost money.

Here's how to update Apple's software:

1. Make sure that you're connected to the Internet.

2. Click the Apple menu and choose Software Update. A Software Update window appears, listing all the available updates for your Apple programs, as shown in Figure 50-7.

3. Select the checkboxes of the software updates you want to install, and uncheck those that you don't want.

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