Apple Fixes Several Bugs in its First Mac OS X Lion Update

Technology giant Apple has released its first update to its Mac OS X Lion software that fixes, among others, certain bugs over playing videos in Safari and improves reliability of Wi-Fi connections.

Apple rolled software updates for the new MacBook Air and Mac Mini that Apple refreshed last month, another for all other machines running the new operating system.

Apple's latest software update for Mac OS X Lion comes four weeks after its release and fixes the following:

* Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari

* Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out

* Improve reliability of Wi-Fi connections

* Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion

* Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion

* Resolve an issue in which an admin user account could be missing after upgrading to OS X Lion

* Resolve an issue where MacBook Air may boot up when MagSafe Adapter is attached

* Resolve an issue causing intermittent display flickering on MacBook Air

* Resolve an issue that causes the SD card slot in Mac mini to run at reduced speed with SD and SDHC media

Mac OS X 10.7.1 is available on a USB drive for $69.

There are three ways to update to Lion Server v10.7.1:

Software Update installation

Choose Software Update from the Apple menu. When Software Updates states "Your software is up to date," you can be sure that all available updates have been installed.

Standalone installer

If you want to download and manually install the update, an installer is available from Apple Support Downloads. This is a useful option if you need to update multiple computers but only want to download the update once.

Remote installation

If you need to install the update on a remote server, you can do so using the Server Admin application or the software update command-line tool.

Apple released Mac OS X Lion on July 20, and it was downloadable on the Mac App Store for $29.99. Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) is the eighth and current major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. Apple reported over one million Lion sales on the first day of its release.

Mac OS X Lion, which is a 4GB download, came with more than 250 new features, including mission control, full screen apps, picture-in-picture zoom, international braille tables in a wide range of languages, iPhoto faces, FaceTime calling from the address book, and social networking incorporated into the address book.

Apple claims the Mac OS X Lion is the world's most advanced desktop operating system.