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Thursday 29 March 2012

Types Of Software Updation

There are three main types of software updates you can perform.

Major System Updates

Major System Updates include Mac OS X Full Version Updates (10.3 to 10.4, 10.4 to 10.5, etc.) and QuickTime Full Version Updates (6.x to 7.x,) etc. These updates add and improve functionality to your computer but it may require more RAM, more disk space, and/or a faster processor than your current system has. by using this updates Your computer can perform better than the earlier.


Updates for Minor System

Updates for Minor System include Mac OS X point releases (10.4.9 to 10.4.10), Mac OS X Security Updates, QuickTime point releases (7.1.3 to 7.2), Java, Air Port, and related Apple components. There is almost all of them are available through the online and there is typically no cost for these updates.

Updates for Application

Updates for Application also include major new versions (iTunes 6.x to 7.x) and minor point releases (iTunes 7.4.1. to 7.4.2). As with System Updates, new versions typically introduce many new features and capabilities. And these are available with low cost on the internet.


Advantages of Online Software Updates

There are several companies that provide regular updates of their software and any user who is using the particular software will be able to download the information from the internet and then update the existing software. This is done because there are several advantages for the user. Some of the uses of the software updates are here.

1.    Protection from security problem - The main advantage is that the person who is updating the software will be able to prevent any security problems. There is a number of software that may have some bugs in them. This is the main reason for the software updates.  The online update protects the computer from this kind of problems.

2.    New features can be added -   The software updates will help to add the new features to the existing software, without the need to remove the older version and then updating or installing the newer one. Though there are times when some software needs to be removed before installing again, it happens only when a lot of information has changed. By using these types of software updates you can add new and extra feature.

3.    Protection from viruses- This update will protect the computer of the user from various viruses too. There are times when viruses can attack specific software to break the code. In these situations, the software updates are able to prevent such malicious attacks and save user data and other information.





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