Get Your Mac Ready For The New, Improved Daylight Savings Time
That’s right, Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow this year (March 11, 2007). In a bid to conserve energy and possibly get people used to year round DST and longer, lighter days all the time, US officials have moved DST ahead three weeks in the Spring of 2007, and pushed the end date back to extend the time change. Computers, software, machines and gadgets that have automatic DST selected will need to be prepared for the change, as they can’t take it into account on their own.
As usual, Apple has thought of this possibility If you are running Tiger, the latest updates to 10.4.5 and up will automatically fix the issue for your computer. If you live in a zone that was too late to adopt the changes to be included, Apple has even created a special software fix for you, the 10.4.8 DST Update. Are you a Panther user? NEver fear, Apple has your back with this update specifically for Panther. If you are running 10.0 - 10.3 you can go to an outside source for your update here.
If you use Office for Mac, you need this patch (for Office 2004) or this one (for older Office for Mac versions) in addition to your operating system update. Don’t forget to check the home pages of your other software! They also could need an update, and their web site support sections are the best place to check.
Author: Leslie Poston, © 2007, All Rights Reserved
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March 9th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
[...] And don’t forget to read this morning’s post about Daylight Savings Time updates for your Mac here. [...]
March 9th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
[...] Oh! Don’t forget to go to DST tomorrow! I even wrote about how to get your Macs up to DST speed with the new schedule over here. [...]