Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.7

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.7 Update which is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

– Improve the reliability of Back to My Mac
– Resolve an issue when transferring files to certain SMB servers
– Address various minor Mac App Store bugs

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4472
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Mac OS X 10.6.7 is available via Software Update and also via standalone installers.

More info and download links here.

MacDailyNews Take: Snappy!

30 Comments

    1. The “combo” update includes every component that has been modified for every previous “dot-dot” update, so it should get larger each time during the run of a major release. Since we are up to “dot-dot-seven,” it should be pretty large by now, and that IS pretty large.

  1. I’ll wait a few days to see if any reports of problems emerge first.

    In the meantime, I haven’t restarted my system since the last update. Can any Windoze losers ay that?

  2. I used the manual “combo” update this time, instead of letting Software Update do it incrementally. Everything feels just a little smoother and more “snappy.” It’s (almost) a shame that when things are working REALLY nicely, I’ll feel compelled to install a brand new “big cat” in a few months, as soon as it’s available. 🙂

    1. Maybe it’s broken, period (as in physically due to a hardware problem). Try booting from your Snow Leopard installation disk and seeing if it’s working when you start up from a minimal unaltered system?

  3. “Computerworld – Apple on Monday patched 56 vulnerabilities, most of them critical flaws that could be used to hijack machines, as part of 2011’s first broad update of Mac OS X.
    Among the fixes was one for a vulnerability that four-time Pwn2Own winner Charlie Miller didn’t get a chance to use at the hacking contest earlier this month.
    Of the 56 bugs patched in the update for Snow Leopard, 45 were accompanied by the phrase “arbitrary code execution,” Apple-speak for rating the flaws as “critical.” “

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