Apple released the two updates, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6, on Thursday. Both include a number of security fixes for the cross-platform technology, with the Leopard update being the heftier of the two, weighing in at 122MB.
The Leopard update, which requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 brings J2SE 5.0 to 1.5.0_22 and Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17; J2SE 1.4.2 is disabled by default in this update, as it’s no longer being updated. The 78MB Snow Leopard update brings Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17 as well, and requires Mac OS X 10.6.2.
you can run down the full list for the Snow Leopard or Leopard flavors of the update. Both fix a number of vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_15, including one that could allow an untrusted Java applet to obtain elevated privileges, with which it could potentially do nasty things. The Leopard update also mortars a number of chinks in Java 1.5.0_20 along the same lines as above.
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The updates are available now via Apple’s Support downloads page or in Software Update; something tells me you’ve probably got just enough time to grab a cup of coffee while they install.
Many of OS X's files and folders are hidden when working with the system--most of the Unix-only folders, such as /usr, /etc, and /bin, for instance. If you want to always see these hidden files and folders, you can do just that.
Most of the time, though, I don't want to see hidden files, as I don't do much with them. I really only want to see them when I want to open one of them--for editing in a text editor, for instance. For those situations, Snow Leopard offers a new solution to the hidden file dilemma: the ability to see hidden files quickly, but only in Open and Save dialogs.
In any Open or Save dialog in Snow Leopard, simply press Shift-Command-Period to display hidden files and folders. This command is a toggle; hidden files will be displayed as you navigate various directories in the Open or Save dialog.
To hide the hidden files again, just press Shift-Command-Period again. The setting is temporary, though--hidden files will always be hidden when the Open or Save dialog appears onscreen. (Somewhat obviously, this also only works if you've clicked the triangular button to expand the dialogs to show the folder browser.)
I covered this tip in my Six Snow Leopard tips video, but felt it was useful enough to share here, too--just in case not everyone watches the video. Thanks to Mac OS X Hints reader Magno Urbano for finding this hidden Snow Leopard gem.
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Safari 4 is available for both Mac OS X and Windows as a free download at Apple's Safari website.
A new and extensive screenshot gallery taken from the near feature-complete build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard distributed at this week's Apple developers conference shows off a more polished operating system nearing its final stretch of development.
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Apple this week is reported to be testing the first internal builds of Mac OS X 10.5.8, one of the final updates, if not the last, slated for its current Leopard operating system software.
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