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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
Common Software
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Adobe
Firefox
- Menu → Options → Advanced → Update
- Double check:
Change homepage to "about:blank"
Under Firefox ->Preferences -> Privacy, select "Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked."
Set to remember no history
Microsoft Office
- Run Microsoft Office Updater
- See: Mac Adding/Removing programs for upgrade to MSO 2016
- Run programs in user profile (ex: Public user
Chrome
- Menu
- Double check:
- Homepage to "about:blank"
- Set to delete all history upon closing browser
- Set to auto update itself
SCEP
Updates
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.)
- Adobe Flash Player
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 →
- "Click the lock to make changes
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- → 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.)
- 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