Ready? Good, now simply click on “Install 3 Items” (or whatever number of items comprises your update) and hop up to get a cuppa tea… Whether you’re on Windows or a Mac, having no running apps is just a smart idea. Before we proceed I have to give you a handy trouble avoidance tip for all operating system updates: quit all of the other apps you have running before you begin to install the update. It’ll look to see if there’s anything new for your computer and configuration…Īnd you might be lucky and get multiple updates, or you might just see the Mac OS X 10.6.6 update:Ĭurious what’s actually going to be updated? Click on “Show Details”, as I always do:Īh, there we go. To accomplish that, simply go to the Apple menu on the top left corner of your screen and choose “Software Update…”: You can wait for your Mac to tell you that there’s new software or, as it appears you’re a bit impatient to check it out, you can force a system update. No worries, turns out that there’s a Mac OS X update, 10.6.6, that basically is the Mac App Store download and all necessary helper apps. So you want to install and get started with the Mac App Store. But it’s okay, I know that’s just a figure of speech. Okay, admit it, if the new Mac App Store did show up magically on your desktop, you’d be a bit freaked out, wouldn’t you? I mean, that sounds more like spyware or a virus in that case.
