June 1st Apple released a patch for the May 26, 2020 release of 10.15.5 on the same link as 10.15.5.
October 7, 2019 Apple released Mac OS 10.15, Catalina. The biggest change in many years, it no longer supports 32 bit applications, which the System Profiler/Report Application report found in Apple menu -> About This Mac will tell you if you have. Below is an image from that program showing how 64bit applications stand out:
64 bit applications are the new norm. Apple has been toying with 64 bit since before the release of Intel, with the G4 Altivec processing unit, and with using the Core2Duo for expanding to 802.11n wireless, and many different components. Until now, it hasn't restricted access to 32 bit applications on the operating system.A handy utility to discover if your software will run in Catalina is Go64 from St. Clair software
10.13.5 was an update that had many changes over 10.13.4, and introduced an update procedure that was very different from its predecessors. During the cycle of boots, of which there are about 5, one included a firmware update on the iMac 11,3 and numerous times the screen would blank out in the middle of it showing the update progress bar being midway, and only a minute remaining. Lastly, when it was done, on a computer with a login at startup, the 'setting up your Mac' non-modal dialog that typically appears when you first install an operating system shows up, acting as if an erase and install had just been performed. The operative words here are Don't Panic! If you shut down in the middle of an update, you can lock yourself out of your computer. It may take an hour.Sierra was released September 20, 2016
Lastly, if you download the combo update, it may be too big to install on its own if your space is low, and won't warn you until after it tries to configure the update. At least it will keep things unchanged if that happens and tell you to use the App Store instead.
Adapter - Video, Audio, & Image Converter | Miro Video Converter - Convert Video for Mobile |
Adium - Instant Messaging Application | MplayerX - Media Player |
Adobe Reader X - PDF Reader | NeoOffice - Suite: Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation |
AIM - Instant Messaging Application | NetNewsWire - RSS & Atom Newsreader |
Air Video Server - Video Steaming to Mobile Devices | NetSpot - WiFi Survey & Analysis Tool |
Alfred - Quick Launcher | Nook for Mac - Ebook Reader |
Audacity - Audio Recording, Editing & Mixing | Notational Velocity - Manage Notes |
Avira Free Mac Security - Antivirus/Anti-malware | OmmWriter - Text Editor Hides Tools & Has Music |
Bean - Fast and Lean Word Processor | OnyX - Mac OS X System Maintenance Utility |
Bitdefender Virus Scanner - Malware & Identity Theft | ooVoo - Internet Video Phone Conferencing* |
Caffeine - Powerful Plain Text Editor | OpenOffice - Suite: Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation |
calibre - Ebook Management System | Opera - Web Browser |
Capture Me - Capture Screens, Movies, and Sound | Pacifist - Opens Mac OS .pkg & .dmg images, etc. |
CCleaner - Hard Drive Optimization & Cleaning | Pencil - Animation Drawing Tool |
Chandler - Email, Calendar and Contacts Manager | PhotoRescue - Recover Images on Memory Cards |
Chicken of the VNC - Fast VNC Client | PhotoStickies - Place Collage of Pictures on Desktop |
ClamXav - Virus Checker | Picasa - Organize, Edit and Share Photos |
Clementine - Music Player and Organizer | Picture Collage Maker Lite - Photo Collage Editor |
CloudApp - Drag and Drop File to Share | Plex - Catalog Media in Libraries and Play |
Cyberduck - FTP Browser | Quicksilver - Keyboard based App Launcher |
Dashlane - Secure Autofill For Online Purchases | Rili - Simple Small Calendar |
Debut - Video Capture | Safari - Web Browser |
Default Folder - Smartens open and save dialog box | Scribus - Page Layout Program |
Dia - Program to Draw Flow Diagrams | Simple Comic - Comic Viewer |
Dockdrop - Drag and Drop Files to Share | Skim - Read and Annotate PDFs |
Dropbox - Online File Synchronization | Skype - Internet Phone |
Evernote - Manages Notes and Clippings | Smart Converter - Efficient Video Converter |
Evom - Convert Videos | Stuffit Expander - Decompresses Many Files Formats |
Firefox - Web Browser | TeamViewer - Remote Connect with Macs & PCs |
Flux - Adapt screen brightness & color to the time of day | TextWrangler - Powerful Plain Text Editor |
FreeMind - Make Mind Map Spider Diagrams | The Unarchiver - Decompresses Most File Formats |
GIMP - Image Editing | Thunderbird - Email Reader from Mozilla |
Google Chrome - Web Browser | TNEFs Enough - Opens winmail.dat Files |
Google SketchUp - 3D Modeling | Transmission - BitTorrent Client |
Grand Perspective - Visually displays file sizes | TrueCrypt - Disk Encryption |
Gruml - Google Newsfeed Reader | TubeSock - Grabs YouTube Videos |
Handbrake - Convert Video Sources to MP-4 | Vienna - RSS & Atom Newsreader |
iBackup - Backup/Restore Utility | VirtualBox - Runs Windows & Other OSs |
Inkscape - Vector Graphics Editor (lines & shapes) | VLC media player - Multimedia Player & Streamer |
Jing - Screen Capture Stills and Videos | Vuze - Torrent Downloader |
Jumpcut - Clipboard History Archive | Wunderlist - Task Manager with Cloud Syncing |
Keka - File Compression & Archiving | XBMC - Media Center Tool |
Kindle Reader - Read Kindle Books | Xee - Image Viewing and Management |
Kiwi - Twitter Client with Themes | XMind - Make Mind Map Spider Diagrams |
LastPass for Safari - Password Manager | XnConvert - Batch Image Converter and Resizer |
LogMeIn Free - View & Control Remote Mac | xTorrent - Torrent Downloader |
Miro - Music and Video Player | * only program not Mountain Lion or Lion compatible. |
More Information: Read Me First.rtfM@LVBest Free Mac Software DVD.pdf
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Versions: 10.2 Jaguar, 10.3 Panther, 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks. 10.10 Yosemite.
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* Installation: To install a program you must do one of the following:
*.dmg files are disk images which must be opened to install software.
**.pkg and other “Installer” files also must be opened to install software.
***Application files or folders which must be dragged to the Applications Folder.
More Information: Read Me First.rtf2015 M@LV Best Free Mac Gems DVD.pdf
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