Enhancements to the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion.

The update specifically addresses the following issues: Apple says that the download size of the desktop Mac OS X 10.6.8 update can vary with users claiming anything between 275MB if they had Mac OS X 10.6.7 installed all the way up to over 1GB. There are security updates for several applications including iTunes, Java, Safari and Mac OS X itself. Along with the desktop version of Mac OS X 10.6.8 there is an update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server, which includes updates to calendar, directory and mail services. There are improvements in IPv6 and VPN support and fixes for Final Cut Pro, Preview and Xcode. Aside from preparing users for Mac OS X Lion, Apple also included some other fixes including identifying and removing known versions of the Mac Defender malware. It also promises to fix a glitch that has Preview randomly shutting down and this update of Mac OS x is ready for download……….Īpple is preparing the ground for its release next month of Mac OS X Lion by releasing Mac OS X 10.6 and said that Mac OS X 10.6.8 brings enhancements to the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion. Mac OS X 10.6.8 update brings with it a number of general operating system fixes, including further support for IPv6, improved VPN reliability and removal of known variants of Mac Defender.

Apple is requiring that all Macs have 10.6.8 installed before they can upgrade to Lion and Mac OS 10.7/Lion is scheduled to be released in July as a 4GB download from the Mac App Store. Apple released Mac OS 10.6.8 and its kind of a big deal.

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