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Common procedures used by ChemIT to update computer running current Mac OSX


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OS Updates

  • Check for OS updates through the App Store
    • This will also have updates for software such as ITunes and Safari
    • Keep checking for updates after restart until no updates appear

Software Updates

Firefox

Microsoft Office

Chrome

Updates

Common Software

Adobe

  • Acrobat

  • Creative Cloud

    • Version 2018, as of 1/18/2018
  • Flash

    • System Preference → Flash Player → Updates → Check now

Chrome

  • Menu → Help → About Google Chrome → Checks to see if running most recent version of Chrome

Firefox ESR

Java

  • ONLY if installed
  • Through the Java control panel in System Preferences

Microsoft

  • Office

    • Run Microsoft Office Updater
    • See: Mac Adding/Removing programs for upgrade to MSO 2016
  • SCEP

  • Silverlight

    • If not signed: System Preferences → Security and Pivacy →
  • Office
  • Adobe Flash Player
  • MS Silverlight. If still not signed, you might have to run it from the System Preferences => Security and Privacy =>
    • "Click the lock to make changes
    .
    • "
    =>
    •  → Allow apps downloaded from
    :
    • Anywhere
    .
    • No need to revert to: Allow apps downloaded from: Mac App Store and identified developers. Just keep it as "Anywhere". (June 6, 2015.)
    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 Java Control Panel, available through the Java control panel in System Preferences (opens in a separate window).
    • Keep as allow from Anywhere