If you click 'OK', Software Update will subsequently check if any other updates are available. (b) If a restart is not required, the install will proceed as follows (note that the following screens are from another run of Software Update, not the one shown above): If you click 'Restart', the install will proceed.Īfter this screen, Software Update will transition to a procedure that takes over control of your Mac, installs the updates, then restarts. (a) If a restart is required you will be shown the following box. The next round of screens will depend on whether or not a restart is required or not.You'll see a progress of the update in that it will first download updates as follows:.(I've have removed the name in the image below)

A box will pop up asking you to enter you Mac Admin user name and password.

This will change based on the checking / unchecking of boxes or the number of updates identified the next time you run Software Update. The button automatically updates based on the number of updates that will be installed. Notice that in this example there are eleven updates hence the button states 'Install 11 Items'.

Click Install on the lower right corner.

Select the items you want to install (uncheck the items you don't want to install).

Some update will show a left pointing arrow, an indication that in order for the update to be installed your Mac, a restart will be required Just click on an item to view its description in the lower pane. Software Update displays information about a particular update. If during the check updates are identified, a list will be created that shows the available updates. You'll see a a check for new software will initiate.

Choose Software Update from the Apple Menu.

You can choose to install the updates immediately, defer it to a later time, or tell Software Update to ignore the update. It will then notify when a new update is available. Update Os On Mac Mini Another change in Leopard is that you can allow Software Update to automatically check for new updates in the background. Pay close attention to the image in step five.

See the following link that describes how Software Update works in Tiger. Instead of installing an update one by one and then showing you the status in Software Update (a behavior in Mac OS X Tiger), Software Update in Leopard will download all the updates you have selected and then installs them. For the most part, Software Update on Mac OS X Leopard works in much the same way as it does on Mac OS X Tiger. If you want to manually check for Mac OS X and/or application updates for a Mac running Mac OS X Leopard, you can launch Software Update.

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