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- Check OS updates
- Don't inadvertently upgrade the OS, though!
- Firefox browser (under "About Firefox") --> Updates automatically without prompts
- To switch to ESR version:
- Browser plug ins (Silverlight, flash, etc.)
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Flash Player
- And possibly other software
- Adobe Acrobat, full version. (N.B. Almost no reason to have the read-only Acrobat installed (much less updated) since Mac OS comes with competent PDF reader, Preview.)
- If Java installed, use Jave Java Control Panel, available through the Java control panel in System Preferences (opens in a separate window).
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