Security & Privacy

Apple today released updates for Mac OS X Lion, iOS, the Apple TV, as well as iWork applications, iPhoto and more. Many of these updates include security fixes, and the total number of bugs patched is certainly a record for Apple.

Security Update 2011-006 includes fixes for both Mac OS X 10.6.8 and Lion (as part of the Mac OS X 10.7.2 update), patching more than 60 bugs.

The iOS 5 Software Update fixes dozens of security issues.

The Safari 5.1.1 update, included with the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 update, and available separately for Snow Leopard, patches dozens of bugs.

The Apple TV Software Update 4.4 patches a half-dozen bugs, and updates to Pages and Numbers for iOS patch even more bugs.

And updates to Pages and Numbers for iOS fix even more bugs.

This is a bumper crop for Apple, requiring users to download a number of very large updates. But with all these security fixes, Mac and iOS users can certainly sleep better tonight.

More information about these updates will be posted to Apple’s security updates page.