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As hinted at earlier this week, Apple has now released Mac OS X 10.6.8, the eighth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The update offers a number of fixes implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.7 in late March.
The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

- Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion
- Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit
- Improve support for IPv6
- Improve VPN reliability
- Identify and remove known variants of Mac Defender

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4561.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.
The public release is the same Build 10K540 that was seeded to developers one week ago.

Direct links for the various downloads on Apple's support pages include:

Mac OS X 10.6.8 Updatehttp://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combohttp://support.apple.com/kb/DL1402
Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 Updatehttp://support.apple.com/kb/DL1405
Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 Update Combo
Security Update 2011-004 (Leopard)
Security Update 2011-004 (Leopard Server)
Server Admin Tools 10.6.8

This updating doesn't have anything interesting in it. Only a few bugs and support issues being fixed. We can only wait until July when Lion comes out. :biggrin:

 
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