Software Update icon
Maintainer:	Apple Computer
Latest release:	2.0 / October 31st, 2005
OS:	Mac OS X
Genre:	System Utility
License:	Proprietary
Website:	http://www.apple.com/macosx/

Software Update is a software tool by Apple Computer that install the latest version of Apple software on computers running Mac OS X (there was also a Software update tool for classic Mac OS). It is part of the CoreServices in OS X, found at /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app. Software update can be set to check for updates daily, weekly, monthly, or not at all; in addition it can download Mac OS X Packages (the same type used by Installer) to be installed at a later date and maintains a history of installed updates. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Software_Update. ... Software maintenance is one of the activities in software engineering, and is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Jump to: navigation, search Apple Computer, Inc. ... A software release is to create a new version of the system or program and release it to the user community. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mac OS X is an operating system designed and developed by Apple Computer for use on their current line of Macintosh computers. ... A software genre is a classification of software by its common function, type or topic. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... Jump to: navigation, search Proprietary indicates that a party exercises private ownership, control or use over an item of property, usually to the exclusion of other parties. ... Jump to: navigation, search The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... A programming tool is a program or application that software developers use to create, debug, or maintain other programs and applications. ... Jump to: navigation, search Apple Computer, Inc. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mac OS X is an operating system designed and developed by Apple Computer for use on their current line of Macintosh computers. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is a range of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Computer for the Macintosh computers. ... Jump to: navigation, search CoreServices are a set of Mac OS X APIs that architecturally are underneath Carbon and Cocoa. ... Installer is an application included in Mac OS X which extracts and installs files out of . ...