Common procedures used by ChemIT to update computer running current Mac OSX
Checklist/Table of Contents
Operating System Updates
- Check for OS updates through the App Store
- This will also have updates for software such as ITunes and Safari
Software Updates
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
- Firefox browser (under "About Firefox") --> Updates automatically without prompts
- To switch to ESR version:
- Browser plug ins (Silverlight, flash, etc.)
- 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).