Lion will be a 30 dollar upgrade to Snow Leopard users. The company did not specify an exact launch date. Those who haven’t applied OS X 10.6.7 yet will also get the Mac Defender patch.Īpple is now taking security a tad more seriously by implementing a mechanism that updates the OS’s malware definitions on a daily basis.Īs for the upcoming major update, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple promised to make it available next month. Improvements making their way into the update will also touch IPv6 and VPN reliability. The final version of Mac OS X 10.6.8 is also expected to address a number of issues, including one that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit. “If you have Snow Leopard, click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install the latest version,” the company adds. It is therefore clear that users running Mac OS X 10.6.7 at the time of Lion’s launch will be able to upgrade without having to go through 10.6.8 first, should Apple release the final bits by then. The release notes for the already released Mac OS X 10.6.7 specifically stated that the update “enhace the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion.”
On its Mac OS X page at, the Cupertino, California-tech giant stresses that, in order to download and have Lion installed on a supported Mac, users must “Get up to date with the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard.” The eighth incremental update for Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.8 is expected to drop in its final form momentarily with support for downloading Mac OS X version 10.7 from the Mac App Store. Focus areas for this beta include the Mac App Store, AirPort, Graphics Drivers, Networking, QuickTime and VPN. Apple has seeded a new Snow Leopard build to those enrolled with the company’s developer program.
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