Some Standalone Updates do not have a corresponding 'About this Update' document.This will open the corresponding 'About this Update' document. To review detailed information about the changes to Mac OS X included in a specific Update, click the link in the Description column corresponding to the desired Update. To access the page from which you download a Standalone Update, click the link in the Update column corresponding to the desired Update. If you burn a Standalone Update to an optical disc or copy it to a USB flash drive, its disk image must be copied to your desktop or another location on your Mac OS X startup disk in order to be installed. Standalone Updates are generally available 24 to 48 hours after the corresponding Update is available through Software Update. Mac OS X 10.7.2 to Mac OS X 10.7.4 without installing the individual Mac OS X 10.7.3 and Mac OS X 10.7.4 updates.Mac OS X 10.7 to Mac OS X 10.7.4 with one installation, as opposed to installing the individual Mac OS X 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3, and 10.7.4 updates.

For example, the Mac OS X 10.7.4 Combo Update updates:

Individual Updates are also known as Delta Updates.Ĭombo Updates update the base version of a Mac OS X release to the version specified in the Combo Update, including all intermediate updates. For example, the Mac OS X 10.7.4 Update updates Mac OS X 10.7.3 to version 10.7.4. Individual Updates update one version of Mac OS X to the subsequent version. There are two types of Standalone Updates: Individual and Combo. They are downloaded to your Mac and installed by mounting the associated disk image and launching the Installer package therein. Standalone Updates enable you to apply updates to Mac OS X in lieu of using Software Update. This page describes Mac ® OS X Standalone Updates and provides links to such.

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