Checklist/Table of Contents

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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

• Menu → Options → Advanced → UpdateFirefox browser (under "About Firefox") --> Updates automatically without promptsTo switch to ESR version: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/
• Browser plug ins (Silverlight, flash, etc.)
  • http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

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