Mac OS X Standalone Updates

This page describes Mac® OS X Standalone Updates and provides links to such.

About Standalone Updates

Standalone Updates enable you to apply updates to Mac OS X in lieu of using Software Update. They are downloaded to your Mac and installed by mounting the associated disk image and launching the Installer package therein.

There are two types of Standalone Updates: Individual and Combo.

Individual Updates update one version of Mac OS X to the subsequent version. For example, the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update updates Mac OS X 10.2.3 to version 10.2.4. Individual Updates are also known as Delta Updates.

Combo 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 10.2.4 Combo Update updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.4 with one installation, as opposed to installing the individual Mac OS X 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, and 10.2.4 updates.

Standalone Updates are generally available 24 to 48 hours after the corresponding Update is available through Software Update.

If you burn a Standalone Update to CD, its disk image must be copied to your desktop or another location on your Mac OS X startup disk in order to be installed.

About the Standalone Update tables

To access the page from which you download a Standalone Update, select the link in the Update column corresponding to the desired Update.

To review detailed information about the changes to Mac OS X included in a specific Update, select the link in the Description column corresponding to the desired Update. This will open the corresponding "About this Update" document. Note that not all Standalone Updates have a corresponding "About this Update" document. In such cases, the information about the changes incorporated in the Update is provided in the page from which the Update is downloaded.

The following Standalone Update tables are available:

This page will be updated as new Standalone Updates become available.

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard Updates

Individual — "Delta" — Updates

Update
Description
Updates Mac OS X 10.5 to Mac OS X 10.5.1

Combo Updates

Update
Description
N/A
No Combo Updates have been released at this time.
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Updates
Individual - "Delta" Updates
Update Description
10.4.1 Updates Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.1
10.4.2 Updates Mac OS X 10.4.1 to Mac OS X 10.4.2
10.4.3 Updates Mac OS X 10.4.2 to Mac OS X 10.4.3
10.4.4 Updates Mac OS X 10.4.3 to Mac OS X 10.4.4
10.4.5 Updates Mac OS X 10.4.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.5
10.4.6 for PPC or Intel Updates Mac OS X 10.4.5 to Mac OS X 10.4.6
10.4.7 for PPC or Intel Updates Mac OS X 10.4.6 to Mac OS X 10.4.7
10.4.8 for PPC or Intel Updates Mac OS X 10.4.7 to Mac OS X 10.4.8
10.4.9 for PPC or Intel Updates Mac OS X 10.4.8 to Mac OS X 10.4.9
10.4.10 for PPC or Intel Updates Mac OS X 10.4.9 to Mac OS X 10.4.10
10.4.11 for PPC or Intel Updates Mac OS X 10.4.10 to Mac OS X 10.4.11
Combo Updates
Update Description
10.4.2 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.2
10.4.3 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.3
10.4.4 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.4
10.4.5 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.5
10.4.6 for PPC or Intel Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.6
10.4.7 for PPC or Intel Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.7
10.4.8 for PPC or Intel Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.8
10.4.9 for PPC or Intel Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.9
10.4.10 for PPC or Intel Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.10
10.4.11 for PPC or Intel Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.4.11

Mac OS X v10.3 Panther Updates

Individual — "Delta" — Updates

Update
Description
Updates Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.1
Updates Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.3.1 to Mac OS X 10.3.2
Updates Mac OS X 10.3.2 to Mac OS X 10.3.3
10.3.4 Updates Mac OS X 10.3.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.4 [1]
10.3.5 Updates Mac OS X 10.3.4 to Mac OS X 10.3.5
10.3.6 Updates Mac OS X 10.3.5 to Mac OS X 10.3.6
10.3.7 Updates Mac OS X 10.3.6 to Mac OS X 10.3.7
10.3.8 Updates Mac OS X 10.3.7 to Mac OS X 10.3.8
10.3.9 Updates Mac OS X 10.3.8 to Mac OS X 10.3.9

Combo Updates

Update
Description
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.3
10.3.4 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.4 [1]
10.3.5 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.5
10.3.6 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.6
10.3.7 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.7
10.3.8 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.8
10.3.9 Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.3 to Mac OS X 10.3.9

Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar Updates

Individual Updates

For PowerPC® G3 and G4 Processors

Update
Description
Updates Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.1
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.1 to Mac OS X 10.2.2
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.3
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.3 to Mac OS X 10.2.4
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.4 to Mac OS X 10.2.5
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.5 to Mac OS X 10.2.6
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.6 or 10.2.7 to Mac OS X 10.2.8
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update (Build 6R65) to Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R73). [2]

For PowerPC G5 Processors

Update
Description
Updates Mac OS X 10.2.7 to Mac OS X 10.2.8

Combo Updates

For PowerPC G3 and G4 processors only.

Update
Description
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.2
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.3
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.4
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.5
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.6
Updates any prior version of Mac OS X 10.2 to Mac OS X 10.2.8

Related Links

Notes

[1] Descriptions are the same for both the 10.3.4 Individual and Combo updates.

[2] Mac OS X 10.2.8 (Build 6R65) was withdrawn almost immediately after release. While this build had several flaws, some installations performed without problems. Installations which had not experienced problems with Build 6R65 could install the 10.2.8 (Build 6R73) Update, which is smaller than the full 10.2.8 Individual Update. No "About this Update" document is available for the 10.2.8 (6R73) Update.

Did you find this FAQ helpful? You will find a wealth of additional advice for preventing or resolving Mac OS X problems in Dr. Smoke's book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X.
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