1 00:00:00,661 --> 00:00:04,276 Apple releases security patches on a regular bases 2 00:00:04,334 --> 00:00:08,560 and to find the details of the security issues related to the patches, 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,760 have a look at the Apple security updates page, 4 00:00:11,781 --> 00:00:13,672 which you can see here in front of you. 5 00:00:13,781 --> 00:00:14,843 If we scroll down, 6 00:00:16,770 --> 00:00:19,591 we can see the latest issues and security updates. 7 00:00:19,592 --> 00:00:20,727 Let's click on this one. 8 00:00:24,909 --> 00:00:29,345 You can look up on mitre.org or the national vulnerability database 9 00:00:29,425 --> 00:00:31,410 for more details as usual. 10 00:00:33,512 --> 00:00:37,003 It will give you an idea of the criticality and if you want to install it, 11 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:40,676 but generally, you want to just install all security updates 12 00:00:40,778 --> 00:00:43,920 unless you have some special reason why you don't want to. 13 00:00:44,996 --> 00:00:48,363 OS X is able to download and install updates 14 00:00:48,407 --> 00:00:52,778 for the operating system and the Apple App Store apps. 15 00:00:52,923 --> 00:00:56,690 You can set this up for automatic updates 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,567 and this is done this way. 17 00:00:58,763 --> 00:00:59,763 If you go here, 18 00:01:00,690 --> 00:01:02,036 System Preferences, 19 00:01:04,952 --> 00:01:05,952 App Store, 20 00:01:06,647 --> 00:01:09,556 and here you can see the settings for automatic updates. 21 00:01:09,850 --> 00:01:11,825 Here you have automatic updates. 22 00:01:11,876 --> 00:01:14,880 That obviously needs to be checked to do the updates. 23 00:01:15,127 --> 00:01:17,272 This will download them in the back ground 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,356 and you'll be notified when they're ready to be installed. 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,363 Click this if you want to install the app updates automatically. 26 00:01:27,512 --> 00:01:31,432 Click this if you want to install the OS X operating system 27 00:01:31,527 --> 00:01:32,938 updates automatically. 28 00:01:33,112 --> 00:01:36,567 Here you can select to install the system data files 29 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:39,876 and security updates and obviously you definitely 30 00:01:39,934 --> 00:01:41,403 want this one to be selected. 31 00:01:41,527 --> 00:01:44,741 You can click here to check for the latest updates. 32 00:01:49,163 --> 00:01:51,367 Here we can see an update is required, 33 00:01:52,269 --> 00:01:54,901 and that provides the details of the update. 34 00:01:56,349 --> 00:01:59,089 You can see here, it says security content of the update. 35 00:01:59,090 --> 00:02:02,494 If we click here we can see the security content of this update, 36 00:02:04,603 --> 00:02:05,603 which is there. 37 00:02:06,581 --> 00:02:10,974 These are the latest options for Yosemite and El Capitan, 38 00:02:11,010 --> 00:02:12,552 but in prior versions of OS X, 39 00:02:12,836 --> 00:02:15,047 these settings won't look like this, 40 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,465 and I don't believe automatic downloading and installing 41 00:02:18,487 --> 00:02:21,163 of updates is available in all prior versions. 42 00:02:21,367 --> 00:02:24,603 And you may not be able to select for security updates as well 43 00:02:24,618 --> 00:02:26,843 like you can here and with Microsoft. 44 00:02:27,192 --> 00:02:29,396 If you only want to install security updates, 45 00:02:29,541 --> 00:02:32,240 then you can of course deselect these 46 00:02:32,349 --> 00:02:34,676 and just have it install the security updates. 47 00:02:35,287 --> 00:02:37,883 Any other app that you have downloaded and installed 48 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:41,636 not from Apple or the App store is not updated 49 00:02:41,789 --> 00:02:43,396 as part of these settings. 50 00:02:43,512 --> 00:02:45,840 You'll need to update these manually 51 00:02:45,905 --> 00:02:48,501 or you can try a tool called MacUpdate, 52 00:02:48,901 --> 00:02:49,629 which is here. 53 00:02:49,832 --> 00:02:52,392 This is an app that you download and install. 54 00:02:52,843 --> 00:02:55,360 Think of it as a bit like another App Store 55 00:02:55,469 --> 00:02:57,789 that has non-App Store apps in it. 56 00:02:57,927 --> 00:03:00,581 It will detect what software is out of date 57 00:03:00,676 --> 00:03:03,600 and allow you to download and install the latest version. 58 00:03:03,694 --> 00:03:07,374 I found it to work okay. It does have a few bugs here and there, 59 00:03:07,505 --> 00:03:10,487 and will show the same app twice sometimes. 60 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,472 I haven't found a better alternative though. 61 00:03:12,589 --> 00:03:15,818 And it is pretty good at keeping the rest of your apps 62 00:03:15,927 --> 00:03:18,014 up to date with the latest versions. 63 00:03:18,218 --> 00:03:20,690 Let me play this quick video so you can get a good idea. 64 00:03:21,141 --> 00:03:23,243 [Video Starts] 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,334 Macupdate.com has long been the best destination 66 00:03:26,421 --> 00:03:27,970 for discovering Mac apps. 67 00:03:28,094 --> 00:03:30,683 And the all new MacUpdate Desktop 6 68 00:03:30,741 --> 00:03:32,741 takes that experience to a new level 69 00:03:32,785 --> 00:03:35,767 with unmatched simplicity for installing and updating 70 00:03:35,803 --> 00:03:38,218 all of your apps with just one click. 71 00:03:38,581 --> 00:03:42,334 Installing iOS apps on your iPhone is always familiar and easy, 72 00:03:42,443 --> 00:03:44,210 but it's not so simple on a Mac. 73 00:03:44,436 --> 00:03:48,189 Disk images, compressed files, and different installation requirements 74 00:03:48,269 --> 00:03:52,087 can leave new users confused and pro-users inconvenienced. 75 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,796 MacUpdate Desktop 6 eliminates these hassles. 76 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:59,047 When you discover an app on macupdate.com 77 00:03:59,170 --> 00:04:03,650 just click Install and Mac Update Desktop 6 takes care of the rest. 78 00:04:03,912 --> 00:04:05,280 When the app is ready for use, 79 00:04:05,432 --> 00:04:09,534 simply toggle the MacUpdate Desktop menu bar item and you're ready to go. 80 00:04:10,189 --> 00:04:14,000 You can install as many apps as you want under desktop's fremium model. 81 00:04:14,465 --> 00:04:18,589 The convenience of one-click app installs also extends to keeping your Mac apps 82 00:04:18,661 --> 00:04:19,869 up-to-date as well. 83 00:04:20,225 --> 00:04:22,967 Just click the Update button on any outdated app 84 00:04:23,207 --> 00:04:25,840 and Mac Update Desktop takes care of the rest, 85 00:04:25,912 --> 00:04:29,832 ensuring you're always taking advantage of the latest features and improvements. 86 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:33,490 MacUpdate is changing the way that Mac users discover 87 00:04:33,541 --> 00:04:34,923 and install Mac apps. 88 00:04:35,309 --> 00:04:37,898 Download the MacUpdate Desktop 6 today 89 00:04:38,232 --> 00:04:41,192 and experience the new intuitive way of installing 90 00:04:41,570 --> 00:04:43,141 and updating your Mac apps. 91 00:04:43,229 --> 00:04:45,607 [Video Ends] 92 00:04:46,545 --> 00:04:50,043 If you are, as I'm sure you probably are, as you're doing this course, 93 00:04:50,116 --> 00:04:53,760 going to install extra power tools onto OS X 94 00:04:53,941 --> 00:04:56,225 because Apple hasn't included them, 95 00:04:56,283 --> 00:04:58,247 then I recommend you install Brew. 96 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,661 Brew is the missing package manager for OS X. 97 00:05:02,894 --> 00:05:05,796 If you use this it means you can also update 98 00:05:06,123 --> 00:05:09,927 and upgrade those packages via the Brew tool. 99 00:05:10,138 --> 00:05:12,698 If you copy and paste this 100 00:05:16,494 --> 00:05:17,494 into your terminal, 101 00:05:36,094 --> 00:05:37,254 there you go, it's installed. 102 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,727 You will need admin privileges in order to install it though. 103 00:05:42,967 --> 00:05:44,116 If type brew help, 104 00:05:44,327 --> 00:05:47,687 that will help you on how to use it or man brew. 105 00:05:50,865 --> 00:05:52,501 I'll show you a quick few commands. 106 00:05:54,669 --> 00:05:57,287 This will search for the package nmap. 107 00:05:58,407 --> 00:05:59,407 You can do, 108 00:06:02,247 --> 00:06:03,629 this will install nmap. 109 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,327 So that's nmap installed. 110 00:06:12,894 --> 00:06:15,840 There we go, and nmap's there, how quick and easy was that? 111 00:06:17,912 --> 00:06:18,912 Brew update, 112 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,701 this checks if it's up to date. 113 00:06:26,407 --> 00:06:29,105 You can find out if any of the packages are outdated. 114 00:06:33,563 --> 00:06:36,436 You can upgrade any package that needs upgrading, 115 00:06:37,745 --> 00:06:41,723 or you can specify a particular package that needs upgrading. 116 00:06:43,338 --> 00:06:46,232 You can see nmap is up-to-date. 117 00:06:48,545 --> 00:06:51,425 And this will show you the packages that you have installed. 118 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,167 You can see that we've also got open SSL 119 00:06:54,218 --> 00:06:56,865 installed as well because that came with nmap. 120 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,414 So there you go, that's Brew.