Apple today released OS X Lion Update 10.7.1 (Client), OS X Lion Update 10.7.1 (Server), OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update for MacBook Air and Mac mini 2011 (Client), and OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update for Mac mini 2011 (Server).
About OS X Lion Update 10.7.1 (Client)
The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:
• Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari
• Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out
• Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
• Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4764
SHA1 67c94a3b654007c42f55170029d057d3287806c7
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
About OS X Lion Update 10.7.1 (Server)
The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:
• Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari
• Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out
• Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
• Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4765
SHA1 = 6374fb6ad4bcdb653bdf9e11c02ffc8c5d742783
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
About OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update for MacBook Air and Mac mini 2011 (Client)
The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:
• Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari
• Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out
• Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
• Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion
• Resolve an issue where MacBook Air may boot up when MagSafe Adapter is attached
• Resolve an issue causing intermittent display flickering on MacBook Air
• Resolve an issue that causes the SD card slot in Mac mini to run at reduced speed with SD and SDHC media
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4764
SHA1 = c229c4183c99543fb34f745ba889efa9622d0c85
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
About OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update for Mac mini 2011 (Server)
The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:
• Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari
• Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out
• Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
• Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion
• Resolve an issue where MacBook Air may boot up when MagSafe Adapter is attached
• Resolve an issue causing intermittent display flickering on MacBook Air
• Resolve an issue that causes the SD card slot in Mac mini to run at reduced speed with SD and SDHC media
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4765
SHA1 = c229c4183c99543fb34f745ba889efa9622d0c85
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
All updates are available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.
More info and download links here.
MacDailyNews Take: Schnappy!
Great news. I heard it first on MDN. I’ll be updating as soon as possible.
The standalone installer is only about 80mb, so it seems like this is an update to address only the more serious reported bugs…
Apple has developed an improved methodology for updates, so they should generally be much smaller going forward than they have historically.
I’m not sure why this update is 80MB, but that could be why.
Maybe so, but 80mb is closer to the size of a typical “security update.”
I think Apple is saving other non-critical changes for the release that includes iCloud. This update just consolidates everyone running “10.7 dot nothing” to one 10.7.1 build. I believe the newest MacBook Air (perhaps the newest Mac mini too) was running a special build of 10.7, probably because they needed to go to manufacturing with a slightly earlier “cut” than the officially released version of Lion on Mac App Store.
I’m wondering if the Lion Installer in Mac App Store is now for 10.7.1. Probably not, for this relatively small update.
80MB? Mine was only 17MB. Strange, but cool.
It’s the stand-alone installer (not Software Update), so some of that would be the “packaging.” I used Software Update myself, and I do recall seeing 17mb.
• Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections
Hurrah! Can’t wait to get this update!
• Resolve an issue in which an admin user account could be missing after upgrading to OS X Lion.
O_O
Yikes… glad I missed that one!
• Resolve an issue in which an admin user account could be missing after upgrading to OS X Lion.
O_O
Seriously agree there. Deleting Admin account wouldn’t be good.
you should always have a standby/crisis admin account just in case. ask me how i know
Please please please be the fix I have waited for!!! (wifi)
Although with the crap I went through with the apple discussions and the apple tech, my wifi is only a problem at times. And easy to fix.
And I hope the flash crash crap is fixed… So annoying. (notes say with safari… But I have the crash and not with safari, just embedded flash period)
Is it more rapid?
You mean ‘snappier’?
Oh how I have missed that word.
i’ve been waiting for this, but knowing that 10.7.2 is already being finalised i expect this is only addressing the most urgent problems and won’t help fix the core performance issues…
Neither my MBP or iMac are slower..
There are reports of older machines being slower, but that’s normal for older tech.
I have one of the oldest possible Macs that can run Lion, and I see no “core performance issues.” Even before this update, I saw performance of Lion on my Mac to be on par with Snow Leopard. There were some graphical “hiccups” (such as when going to the Mission Control screen or sending a window to Full Screen), but I don’t see them anymore with this update.
But I think you are correct about this update addressing mostly the more serious bugs. When iCloud is released, that change will probably require updates to a more significant portion of Mac OS X, so Apple is saving the less critical bug fixes for that much larger download.
Just updated my old MBP. The update was all of 17 MB (took 15 seconds to download).
I guess this 10.7.1 was designed to get those who “never buy version 1.0” to finally part with $30 and get with the programme.
I’m waiting for 7.2 to drop before taking the leap.
You mean, “Get with the app”? 😉
17.4 MBs here too. Thought I got gypped there for a minute.
Some of us are holding out until vital applications are certified as Lion compatible. Lion could go all the way to 10.7.10 and I won’t jump, no if my apps don’t work on it.
Loving Lion on my 2009 iMac (Snow Leopard and Leopard on my older Macs.). My only issue is Safari sometime becomes unresponsive after a period of time so I have to close it and restart it. Love how it at least coes back to where I was after restarting. Other than that it’s been all good.
sanppy! or is that the i7 processor in my Mac?
i have on problem, i can’t use hdmi out to my tv, works perfect one snow leopard, but not on lion
how am i suppose to watch my iTunes on my telly now. I haven’t bought anything off there since i can’t watch it properly.
great job apple.
An Apple TV is worth every penny.
100 dollars is nothing…..get one and you will be happy.
Open System Preferences to the Displays pane. I assume you have the Mac’s primary screen, plus the HDTV as a secondary screen. If the HDTV is recognized by the OS, there should an “Arrangement” tab on System Preferences Displays pane. There should also be a button at the bottom that says “Gather Windows.” Click that button, and you should see TWO System Preferences Displays pane windows. On the preference window for the HDTV’s screen, try making adjustments to settings (such as resolution, overscan, etc.).
No issues whatsoever, on my MBA or Macbook.
Doesn’t fix the Block A font issue in Safari
And just what exactly is this issue?
Havn’t you heard, its all over the internet. There’s a font issue with WebKit based browsers Safari and Chrome, the fonts are displayed as an A incased in a square for every character, Firefox does not behave this way though.
Weird. We’ve got Lion on 2 MB Air’s (current and Rev B), 2 iMacs (2007 and 2010), 2 MB Pro’s (original Core2Duo and a new 15) and none of them have this issue.
80 mb is it? I want the full 3gb update on every single update!
No Rosetta?
What do need Rosetta for…? Just asking’, not being a smart ass…
Now bring the old Spaces back and we’ll talk.
I didn’t like the new Spaces initially, but now I find it much more useful (and I use additional Spaces a lot more). Before, I assigned some applications to specific Spaces, and the Spaces stayed mostly “static” over time (they were there when needed and otherwise ignored).
Now, I just add and remove Spaces AS NEEDED using the Mission Control screen. Spaces are now ON DEMAND, not static. When I need a separate Space for a task, I add it and use it, then get rid of it when I’m done with that task. I add and remove Spaces now like I open and close Finder windows. And it’s pretty cool… 🙂
i liked the column/row aspect of the old spaces too over the linear method used now. I get that they’re trying to mesh OS X and iOS, but some navigational methods on the big screen were better
Agreed.
Gotta disagree. Are you using a mouse or a trackpad? Trackpad is awesome!!! With a flick and a tap everything is so much easier. I have both mouse and trackpad and switch as required.
Also, all that scrolling business that we all complained about early on….a thing of the past….natural scrolling is the way to go.
Trackpad is better for doing things that do not rely on the cursor (pointer) on the screen, including those clever “gestures.”
Mouse is better for using the cursor to point at and manipulate something on the screen, especially doing the click-hold and drag action (such as selecting and dragging icons from one Finder window to another).
Overall, I still find a plain old mouse with two buttons and a clickable (middle button) scroll wheel to be overall, the most useable. And I think “natural scrolling” works quite well with a scroll wheel too. The annoying part is when I use my older PowerPC G5 with Leopard, and scrolling is now “unnatural” on it.
As for Spaces, I think the intent in Lion is to NOT keep Spaces around that you are not currently using. Just add and remove them, as needed. In Leopard and Snow Leopard, changing the number of Spaces was done as a System Preferences setting. Once it was set, it tended to stay that way for a while. In Lion, you can easily add and remove Spaces in Mission Control. It’s more like opening and closing Finder windows.
I can have as many as 16 Spaces, plus the Dashboard Space, plus any app windows in Full Screen mode. But most of the time, I have just ONE Space set up; I add one or more when needed, then remove them when no longer needed. And THAT is more intuitive (to me) and useable than the old way.
Rosetta? Tabula Rasa. Update is done and just works.
Seems everything in the story was repeated 3 or 4 times. I feel like a special ed kid studying for No Child Left Behind testing.
But very glad to see the first wave of glitch-fixes come so soon from Apple. If only the 7.1 fixes were total retro-fixes for the 7.0 upgrade silly-problems from 6.8. Crossing my fingers still…
Woohoo! The 10.7.1 update fixed the networking problem where you could not connect one Mac to another. Everything is alright in the Mac heavens now. LOL
and was mail’s BIG BUG fixed???????????
Mail has a lot of issues that were not mentioned/Included in the update.
Installed it and am still having Wifi issues. and my time machine back up to a time capsule never seems to finish. Stuck on five seconds for hours actually days.
The TextEdit bug is still there, however.
“Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari”
How about 27″ iMac Wake from sleep play ANY video with any application = hang.
I’ll be updating later today to find out.
I have had no audio controls on my 13″ MacBook Pro since lion was released. If I plug in headphones and unplug them it will start working properly until I restart the computer. I have been talking to tier 2 and have had an open case with the engineers for over 3 weeks now and this update was supposed to fix it, It still doesn’t work.
After updating my mail will not send
I called apple and they said it was a problem and I would have to use web mail until fixed
That is not good news