Apple Updates Mac OS X 'Tiger'

The OS's wireless technology, dubbed AirPort, has been updated and improved, said Apple, as have applications such as Mail, iChat, the Finder, Stickies, and Safari.

The update mechanism, Software Update, has been fixed so it no longer quits unexpectedly after upgrading to Tiger, the nom de plume of 10.4; corrects a problem on some machines that wake from a hibernated state to a black screen; and makes sure background maintenance chores run as scheduled.

Updates for both the workstation and server versions of Mac OS X are available.

Users can either let the operating system install the update automatically via Software Update (although Apple cautioned that "you may need to run Software Update more than once to get all available updates"), or by a manual download and install from the Apple Web site.

The last refresh of Mac OS X 10.4 was in mid-May, about three weeks after Tiger debuted to much fanfare.