Macbook update question

Hi, I have a question about updating my Mac. I have a MacBook that I got back (new) in 2008 (for Christmas). Apparently I am running version 10.5.8. I haven't updated it at all to any new OS versions since I owned it and I am wondering what the next steps are to getting it updated. I am a Canadian citizen as well if that factors in. I have started to notice things going wrong with internet browsers because I have old software (Firefox keeps giving me urgent messages that I have old software and by using firefox I could be prone to attacks, chrome won't let my update flash plugins to watch videos, tried downloading a game that wasn't compatible anymore and etc).
Any help on what I should do next would be greatly appreciated!

The next step is to buy a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD.
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Can we make things more Useful...? not an update question.

Ok well i said its not an update question.. well it kinda is.
today is friday.. the release date of the new iphone 3g.. great.. i love my iphone.. im goin to wait a week or so before i go ahead and buy the new phone for sake of bugs and lil tweaks..
ok so today i dont know what drove me to update my iphone.. and it got totally bricked for 3 hours.. until i finnally got thru using the "clicking" solution... well i understand the server is overwelmed.. and everyone is updatin and the same time.. but there was a prompt askin if i wanted to update and get the latest iphone software and the latest version of itunes... good.. lets all download it.. most of us it will take 3-6 hours for the iphone to update because the whole problem with the overload on apples side...
..BUT...
what if we cant wait that long?
i SYNC'd my iphone before the update.. well everyone does... itunes prompts you to do so.. WHY.. emphasizing on WHY... if we synced the phone to our computer systems.. and a problem like for example is goin forth now with this update... CAN'T we just restore our iphones back to how it was before we even tried updating it?
IT did SAVE to our computers right?
why cant we just double click here, right click right there..
and BOOM..
back for pre 2.0 days.. well until after the storm has passedt..
why cant we have that option in itunes... heck why not?
hey doctors will always have beepers to get in contact with.. so hey the whole life death situation thing means it isnt that that THAT bad.. but hey everyone needs there cell phone and people use cell phones.. this one in particular for business.. so maybe we could have avoided some confrontation to some conference calls and clients.. etc... well regardless.. as easy for the update to have made the iphone in a way "bricked".. i think it should have been easy to restore to pre 2.0 .
windows has that option in its system restore feature...
download something that messes up your system? virus? update that doesnt work well with the OS?.. restore to an earlier date is an option in the control panel..
i think itunes need something like that with the iphone version..
last but not least..
i love my iphone :-D

uppers

Updated question: Both Mac & PC links possible??

I apologize right away for posting a new topic with my updated question. But I realized I didn't phrase it right to get any help.
The question is - is it possible make both Mac links and PC links available on one disk. They would be in separate chapters. (i.e., directing Mac users to this page and Pc to another) Anyone tried this.
thanks.

hi jujubes
I just realised I misled you in my replay to your earlier post due to my poor writing skills
to clarify:
I suggest using Intellidisc to create the links for playback on a PC
you would also use DVD@Access within DVDSP to create the links for Mac playback
the links will work when played back on both mac and PC from this single disc
the Intellidisc website gives all this in a tutorial at:
wwwintellidisc.com

Software Update Questions

Hi everybody,
I'm still relatively green in the computer world, so, I'm sure these questions are way to "rookie" for you. Nevertheless; here they are.
Software Update Questions:
1. What is J2SE 5.0 Release 4, version 4.0 (39.3 MB) and, is it necessary to install?
2. What is X11 Update 2006, version 1.1.2 (51.0 MB) and, is it necessary to install?
In case you need to know, I have Mac OS X (10.4.8) with a Verizon FIOS connection.
Thanks,
Wayhun
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

J2SE 5.0 is the latest version of Java. Mac OS X originally ships with Java 1.4 and this gives you the opportunity to upgrade to the latest version.
It's an optional upgrade since there are many changes between Java 1.4 and java 5, so some people might prefer to hold off until they've verified their Java apps work with the new version. For most people, though, it isn't an issue.
X11 (also known as XWindows) is a standard GUI interface for Unix systems. If you're using X11 you'd probably alredy know about it and therefore wouldn't be asking this question. It's not going to cause any problems if you update it, but it won't offer any advantage unless you're running X11-based applications.

EFI Update Question

Hey all.
I just have a question about the EFI update that i have been promted to install via the update function on my new MBP 2011.
But then when i read witch models that are affected, then my model is not amoung the affected models, so why do i need to install this update...?
Therefor my question is this...! Is there something "sinister" about the hardware, that i dont know about in my MBP 2011 edition, since this update is primarily for older MacBooks. So is it an "old" MacBook in disguise.....or just something everybody has to install...?

The EFI updates are designed to install Apple monitoring software so they can read your hard drive, your browser and record any ripped MP3 files or other copyrighted media you have.
This is the exact intention of why EFI was created by Intel at the behest of the media industry. The UEFI forum is run by the MIAA and RIAA lawyers, the same who now run the US Justice Department
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/
http://www.uefi.org/about/
You have no access to EFI, it does exactly what it pleases, your OS X and programs you install have no control over it or even can tell what it's doing.
If EFI allows you to do something, it's because it is, it has the power to stop you as it sits between your OS and hardware.
Every wonder why you can't boot off certain OS X install disks? It's because of EFI.
Apple sent out a firmware update and disallowed any booting off 10.5 disks, try it!
Not only that, Apple has scrambled the airport wifi signals so you can't use sniffing software on another Mac to determine if EFI is making outbound connections.
Also Apple has turned off the Airports blinking light, or if you like the blinking, it blinks all the time without any regard to if there is a transmission going over it or not.
To add further insult, new wired keyboard from Apple require software installed, firmware in the keyboard can record your keystrokes.
The pieces to a fully secure, fully monitored, computing system is slowly being lowered into place.
In fact the iSight camera can be turned on remotely without the green light appearing for covert surveillance.
Apple has hired NSA expert David Rice to lead it's computer security team, you KNOW the NSA has backdoors
on the Internet
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/04/70619
in Windows
http://slashdot.org/story/99/09/03/0940241/nsa-backdoor-creates-security-hole-in -windows
Do you really think the Mac has been ignored?
It just works better in EFI that's all.

Update question - Tiger to Leopard

Hi all,
I'm posting a message on behalf of my parents who run a graphic design business. Their office has two Macs that were upgraded to Leopard from two retail DVDs quite a while ago now. However, for a while they've also had their own MacBook Pro for partly personal, partly business use. This was an end-of-the-line model, and so still had Tiger, even though it was new.
Now, I know in the business environment, each Mac needs its own Leopard DVD. One of their Mac desktops is broken and there are no plans to repair it. I want to update their MacBook Pro from Tiger to Leopard using one of their Leopard retail DVDs.
I'm aware that technically they'd have to pay to repair the broken Mac just to uninstall it's Leopard, but as it's broken and won't be fixed, that's not so much my concern. My question is, is there any form of registering once the OS is installed? Or could you, if for example you owned lots of Macs, buy the appropriate number of Leopard DVDs so you have all the licenses, but use just one DVD to install it on all of them? I wouldn't want to do anything against the license agreement if a DVD is 'tied' to a Mac after installing the update for it.
Apologies for the long-winded post! Responses greatly appreciated! (And apologies if this is a bit of a no-brainer!) I'm hoping to do this for them this evening.
Don't mind the models listed below - they're my personal Macs.

Ed85 wrote:
Hi there!
Thank you all for your responses! Much appreciated : )
It is pretty much as I thought, although I'm confused since my parents told me they're pretty sure the third party Mac support company they use registered things over the phone, but I'll ask them again since they might be the confused ones.
I know you can just pop in the DVD and you have a nice upgraded OS within an hour or two, but would you recommend backing up their files first on a DVD or something? I know the DVD just replaces the OS and nothing else (I wouldn't be doing a clean install to wipe the HD) but just to be sure.
Geez, isn't it funny how, even though I've used Macs for ages through university, STILL these little questions crop up in my head - polluted from having previously used that convoluted Windows haha. Ah well - hopefully time will heal it!
They may have registered the computer, but the OS X DVDs have no serial numbers to enter or any real way of tracking the license for the DVD. You definitely want to backup the data just in case something goes wrong. Ideally, you'd have a bootable backup, created using CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! which you could use in case the upgrade goes horribly wrong.
~Lyssa

Mountian Lion Updating Question

Hey All!
I own a early 2011 13' Macbook Pro. I started downloading Mountian Lion and upon reading some reviews have decided to postpone installing it until an update is released that fixes some bugs. My question is, If I leave the install in the launchpad (just don't install), when I go to install it after the update, will it install with the newest version? Or will I have to install the old version of Mountian Lion then use software update.
Thanks guys!

It will install the current version. You would then use the App Store to update it.
EDIT:
Copy the installer to your Downloads folder for safe keeping. You can also make a USB flash drive installer;
Make Your Own Mountain/Lion Installer
1. After downloading Mountain/Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Mountain/Lion application. After Mountain/Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Mountain/Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash drive size.
3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
Double-click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount it on your Desktop.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.

Macbook update

A few months back i downloaded a update for my wireless to upgrade to Wireless n for my Macbook, it cost me $1.99 but it worked. I guess my question is I recently had my hard drive replaced and I wondering if I had to reinstall it, or was it a firmware update that does not need to be re-done. How ca I tell if its already installed?

Here is how you can see if your airport is already N enabler:
Do you need the AirPort Extreme 802.11n Enabler?
Before purchasing the 802.11n Enabler software, please check to make sure that your Mac does not already have the 802.11n enabler already installed.
Open Network Utility (found in the Applications > Utilities folder)
Under the Info Tab, choose Network Interface (en1)
In the section "Model: Wireless Network Adapter," if it says (802.11a/b/g/n), you already have the 802.11n enabler installed. If it says (802.11a/b/g), you do not have the 802.11n enabler installed.
Taken from:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=CAE 40073&fnode=home/shopmac/mac_accessories/airportwireless&nplm=D4141ZM/A
Good Luck.

How often does macbook update their products?

I know this might be a silly and some of you may be thinking "I have no clue!", but I was wondering how often mac seems to be updating their products. Since I am seriously considering a mackbook, since reading all of your wonderful reviews to my previous post, I am thinking if I should wait on the macbook until Christmas comes along in case a new product(s) emerges?If ya'll could please leave some feedback that would be great!Ya'll have been a wonderful help!

I asked a similar question not long ago. Turns out you cannot speculate about future Apple products on this forum; against terms of use. If you would like to ask such questions, a good forum to join is appleinsider(dot)com or macrumors(dot)com.

T41 2373-2FG running XP Pro - BIOS update question

Hi community,
Tried to update BIOS/Embedded Controller to versions 3.23/3.04 proposed by System Update
(TVSU 3.14.0024). History shows both installed.
However, going into the BIOS settings, I still see BIOS v. 3.04a (1RETC4WW)-2004-04-22 / Embedded Controller 3.01a.
I used to get diskette versions from IBM servers to update. Is this still the best and/or only method to update? BIOS cannot be flashed on a T41?
Thanks for your help.
woofy1

Hi woofy1,
Have you tried updating it by downloading the BIOS from download page?:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46258#bios
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Maliha
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My MacBook has question marks on all folders and won't run ANY program. Help!

A week ago I was editing some photographs in Photoshop CS 5 extended. My computer has been running slow for a while so I thought that I would finish these files and then clear it of some photos since I know I've recently uploaded several gbs onto it.
The next day it was frozen. I had to shut it down and restart. It came on and now every folder has a question mark on it and none of the programs will open. They just bounce up and down and then the menu bar says Application not responding.
I have no idea what I need to do. I was going to update to Lion but I'm unsure if that's what I should do or if it needs some TLC from the apple store.
Help?

A professional will image your drive and attempt a bit by bit file recovery method directly from the drive itself.
You see when you delete something, it's not quite erased yet, but the space the file took is available to be overwritten, so it's only a matter of time before that occurs and the file is really gone.
So they will recover what they can, and then restore your machine and it's software and return the recovered files.
The TimeMachine is certainly going to assist, good thing you got it.
The trick is to hire someone and quit using the computer until they rescue you, show you in person how to rescue yourself .
Good Luck

Mid-2013 Macbook Air: question about the battery life

First of all, I'm sorry if these questions have been already asked, I've looked around and I've seen some answers, but none that fit my specific case.
I have had this computer since December (Macbook Air, 13'', Mid-2013), I've been using it for a month now. At the beginning, I used to use it until my battery was low (between 10 and 20%) and then charge it. Then I learnt that it's better to keep it plugged as much as possible (I have read this in other discussions and on the Apple page). The problem is that my battery is no longer a 100% of its capacity according to Cococnut Battery. It started with 99%, then back to 100%, then 98, 97... and now it varies from 97 to 98 (right now it says that my computer's current capacity is 6948 mAH). I don't know if this is normal, or if this is caused by the use I used to give to my macbook air at the beginning or by any other thing. I also have 19 loadcycles already. Besides, I have noticed that sometimes it jumps form 100% to 99% of battery pretty fast when I don't have it plugged, and I'm not sure if that happened before.
This is my first time dealing with a macbook and I don't know how these things are supposed to work, and I'm worried my battery might have any kind of problem and that's why itdoesn't have full capacity anymore, since I've been using it for only a month.
Also, sometimes it takes a little while to shut down. It usually takes 2 seconds, but sometimes it takes longer, maybe 20 seconds (first the screen turn white, then the loading icon appears and then it finally shuts down). Is this normal too for macbook airs?
Thanks for the help!

Those are only averages, for purposes of the battery 97 98 99 and 100 are the 'same thing'........theyre all estimates.
Normal on shut down, sometimes you can see a few seconds, sometimes 10, 15 seconds shut down.....depends on what and HOW much its shutting down before poweroff.   Normal.
ON BATTERY USE:
Keep it plugged in when near a socket so you keep the charging cycles down on your LiPo (lithium polymer) cells / battery, but not plugged in all the time. When not being used for several hours, turn it off.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
"Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time."
General rule to remember of Lithium batteries is:
Never drain them LOW & dont always/often store them HIGH
While cycle count is commonly seen to be the “miles” on your Lithium Ion pack cell in your Macbook, which they are, this distinction is not a fine line at all, and it is a big misconception to “count charge cycles”
*A person who has, for example, 300 charge cycles on their battery and is recharging at say 50-60% remaining of a 100% charge has better battery usage and care than another person who has 300 charge cycles at say 15% remaining on a 100% charge.
DoD (depth of discharge) is far more important on the wear and tear on your Macbook battery than any mere charge cycle count. *There is no set “mile” or wear from a charge cycle in general OR in specific.    As such, contrary to popular conception, counting cycles is not conclusive whatsoever, rather the amount of deep DoD on an averaged scale of its use and charging conditions.
                          (as a very rough analogy would be 20,000 hard miles put on a car vs. 80,000 good miles being something similar)
*Contrary to some myths out there, there is protection circuitry in your Macbook and therefore you cannot overcharge it when plugged in and already fully charged
*However if you don’t plan on using it for a few hours, turn it OFF (plugged in or otherwise) ..*You don’t want your Macbook both always plugged in AND in sleep mode       (When portable devices are charging and in the on or sleep position, the current that is drawn through the device is called the parasitic load and will alter the dynamics of charge cycle. Battery manufacturers advise against parasitic loading because it induces mini-cycles.)
Keeping batteries connected to a charger ensures that periodic "top-ups" do very minor but continuous damage to individual cells, hence Apples recommendation above:   “Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time”, …this is because “Li-ion degrades fastest at high state-of-charge”.
                    This is also the same reason new Apple notebooks are packaged with 50% charges and not 100%.
LiPo (lithium polymer, same as in your Macbook) batteries do not need conditioning. However...
A lot of battery experts call the use of Lithium cells the "80% Rule" ...meaning use 80% of the charge or so, then recharge them for longer overall life.
Never let your Macbook go into shutdown and safe mode from loss of power, you can corrupt files that way, and the batteries do not like it.
The only quantified abuse seen to Lithium cells are instances when often the cells are repeatedly drained very low…. key word being "often"
Contrary to what some might say, Lithium batteries have an "ideal" break in period. First ten cycles or so, don't discharge down past 40% of the battery's capacity. Same way you don’t take a new car out and speed and rev the engine hard first 100 or so miles.
Proper treatment is still important. Just because LiPo batteries don’t need conditioning in general, does NOT mean they dont have an ideal use / recharge environment. Anything can be abused even if it doesn’t need conditioning.
From Apple on batteries:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
Storing your MacBook
If you are going to store your MacBook away for an extended period of time, keep it in a cool location (room temperature roughly 22° C or about 72° F). Make certain you have at least a 50% charge on the internal battery of your Macbook if you plan on storing it away for a few months; recharge your battery to 50% or so every six months roughly if being stored away. If you live in a humid environment, keep your Macbook stored in its zippered case to prevent infiltration of humidity on the internals of your Macbook which could lead to corrosion.
Considerations:
Your battery is subject to chemical aging even if not in use. A Lithium battery is aging as soon as its made, regardless.
In a perfect (although impractical) situation, your lithium battery is best idealized swinging back and forth between 20 and 85% SOC (state of charge) roughly.
Further still how you discharge the battery is far more important than how it is either charged or stored short term, and more important long term that cycle counts.
Ultimately counting charge cycles is of little importance. Abuse in discharging (foremost), charging, and storing the battery and how it affects battery chemistry is important and not the ‘odometer’ reading, or cycle counts on the battery.
Everything boils down to battery chemistry long term, and not an arbitrary number, or cycle count.
Keep your macbook plugged in when near a socket since in the near end of long-term life, this is beneficial to the battery.
Peace

New MacBook Air: questions about how to network (AirPlay, Time Capsule, Apple TV, etc)

Hi guys,
I am the new owner of a MacBook Air 13" and I've decided to upgrade my home network. Can one of you please help me identify the additional products I need to purchase in order to achieve my desired goals?
Here is what I want to do:
* I want to have a large, local, networked hard disk where I can store thousands of photos (iPhoto library) - looks like time capsule or possibly Airport Extreme would be good here
* I want to access this iPhoto library from my MBA, MBP, and iPad 2. The photos will not be stored locally on any of these devices. Is this possible, and would I experience significant slowness due to this setup? Basically i want a local cloud with massive storage.
* I could also be tempted to store my iPhoto library in Dropbox but I wonder if the laptops etc would support this? Also this much storage could get pricey.
* I would like to stream music from services like Pandora and Spotify to my home theater system, which has all kinds of optical / coponent connections (Denon receiver). Ideally I'd like to do this from any of my devices including iPad and even iPhone. I do not use iTunes.
* I would like to stream content from my devices to my TV including photos and videos, as well as basic mirroring functionality. Given I currently stream Netflix etc through Xbox this is the least important of all my desires. My tv has things like hdmi connections.
So guys do you think I can do this? Particularly the iPhoto part. Im really looking for a seamless experience in accessing my photos from any laptop.
Any tips on exactly what products I need to buy would be greatly appreciated.

Pappasbike, welcome to the discussions!
"Now my confusion comes from reading about setting the TC in bridge mode."
"The TC is only a foot or two way from the AEBS"
Last item first....if the TC is this close, it might make more sense to connect the two devices together with an ethernet cable. (Always use ethernet connections when possible for faster speeds and more reliable connections.) You would connect one end of the ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports on the Extreme and the other to the WAN port on the Time Capsule.
Bridge Mode....You only want one router doing DHCP and NAT and that is being done by the Extreme according to your post. Since the Time Capsule is also a router, you would want to configure it in Bridge Mode so that you will avoid IP conflicts and double NAT errors on your network. Do this as follows:
Open Airport Utility and click on Manual Setup for the Time Capsule.
Click on the Internet icon at the top of the pane.
Now look for the "Connection Sharing" setting near the bottom of the pane. Select "Off (Bridge Mode)
Click Update to save your new settings.

Flash Player installation and update questions and answers

How do I verify that I have the latest version of Flash Player?
If you receive a message that tells you that Flash Player is out of date or a new version of Flash Player is available, you can verify this by visiting the Flash Player Help page with your browser.
Simply click the "Check Now" button and you'll be presented with a short message and detailed information regarding your Flash Player installation.
Where should I download the latest version of Flash Player?
Because malware authors will often employ misleading tactics to make malware look like something you should trust, it's important to get your Flash Player updates directly from Adobe.
Please verify that your Flash Player downloads and updates come from only the adobe.com or macromedia.com domains. You can always download the latest version of Flash Player directly from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
I've selected the automatic update option in Flash Player, why do I continue to get update notifications?
Periodically, users are presented with the Flash Player update dialog notifying them that a new version of Flash Player is available for download from adobe.com.
The automatic update mechanism is used for some updates, security patches that address zero-day vulnerabilities and when users, who have selected to be updated automatically, have not updated within 45 days after a regularly scheduled update release of Flash Player.
What should I expect when I receive notification that Flash Player has an update available?
When a major update to Flash Player becomes available you will be presented with a Flash Player update dialog
After reviewing new features, pressing the Download button will open your default browser and load the Install Adobe Flash Player page.
Clicking the "Update now" or "Install Now" button will then take you to the next page which will start the download process and give instructions for completing the Flash Player install.
Finally, once the installation is complete your browser will display a page confirming a successful installation.
If you encounter installation problems, we recommend you review our Windows and Mac OS installation help documents. Further questions and information can be found on the Flash Player installation forums.
Why does Adobe Flash Player installer include the option to download additional software?
Adobe offsets the ongoing development costs of Flash Player, which is made available for free, by offering users the option to download select software from Adobe partners.
What options do I have when installing or updating Flash Player?
You have a few different options available when updating Flash Player. We recommend that you choose "Allow Adobe to install updates (recommended)" when initially setting up Flash Player
or by going into the Flash Player control panel and choosing this option in the Advanced tab.
Once selected, most updates will occur in the background without requiring any interaction. For those regularly scheduled major update releases, you will be presented with an update notification dialog
If you decide not to update, you will receive an automatic update within 45 days if you have the "Allow Adobe to install updates" option selected. Please note that when this update occurs, only Flash Player will be installed.
If you want to be notified about every Flash Player update, select "Notify me to install updates" when initially installing Flash Player or from the Advanced tab in the Flash Player control panel.
Finally, if you'd prefer not to receive any updates, select "Never check for updates (not recommended)". We do not recommend this option as we believe keeping your system up to date improves both security and stability when using Flash Player.
For network Administrators we offer additional update options, including the ability to host your own internal Flash Player update server. Please see our Flash Player distribution page and Flash Player Administrator guide for details.

Sunil, I just want to verify you are pointing me to the link under "Progress bar hangs during download / Unable to connect to server / Unable to download metafile."
If yes, then that is the file I originally downloaded based on a March post I saw here.
I just tried it again, and it (by "it" I mean the Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers from download.macromedia.com) installed 11.6.
After the installation process completed, the dialog box notified me it was version 11.6, and when I went back to, the "find version" page, 11.6 was confirmed.
I did not download the exe for Internet Explorer, as I almost never use that browser.

Acrobat 9.5.2 update questions

Nov. 15, 2012 - As Adobe sends there update notices, I updated yesterday morning and lost all functionality. Couldn't open a PDF, kept getting messages that my license had expired. Called Customer Support and after an hour on the phone, we uninstalled my Acrobat 9.0 Standard (download version) and then reinstalled it from my Adobe Order History online.
Then was told to update with 9.5.1 (not 9.5.2 which was what the upgrade was yesterday). Now, 9.51. will not install because of a message that reads: "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by Windows Installer because the program to be upgraded is missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program.
This is case no. 183809469 - a few questions regarding the install this morning:
Also, I was instructed to download Acrobat to my desktop (???), then it of course installed in my Programs Folder. Now I have a new 334 mb Adobe folder on my desktop and a new 884 mb folder under Programs, which I believe is new 9.0 program (its dated today). Can I delete the one on the desktop now?
Also have an original 334mb folder for Acrobat 9.0 on my C:/drive. which is from my 2009 install. Can I delete this now?

I hope you did not delete all the download files. If nothing else you should store a copy on a CD or DVD to archive the files. You can then also record the software key in case you need to do future installs. Do not expect for the download to be available in years to come, so you need to have the archive in case you have issues requiring a reinstall.
When the update from the Help menu does not do the job, you can download them from the web site provided. Be aware that most of the updates are not cummulative and you will need to install them in order.

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