Today Apple released its first update to Mac OS X Lion: 10.7.1. You can read a little about it on Apples site. If youre on Lion already, this update is a must. Here, 10.7.1 runs in glorious silence, quite a difference from my Macs "roaring" (get it? Lion? Roaring?) fans under the initial 10.7.0. Thats a big plus.
Its likely that Apple was working on this update even before Lions initial availability, which means that much of 10.7.1s improvements is stuff that Apple already knew about. And that means that bugs that were found after Lions release could still be present-- but Id expect a lot of them to be fixed in 10.7.2.
If youre on 10.7, Step One is be absolutely positive that you have a current backup. You can go to Time Machines menu and tell it to "Back Up Now" (thats what I did). Step Two is get 10.7.1 via Software Update under the Apple menu. Step Three is restart, which the Installer will insist upon. You might get some disk activity and fan noise immediately after the restart, but it ought to go away in time. You can restart again after that and from then on it ought to be smooth sailing.
You can probably tell that I am not keen on Lion. I prefer Snow Leopard for several reasons, some of which I will write about someday soon. But, if youre already on Lion, youll be happier after installing the 10.7.1 update. Just be sure you have that backup, just in case.
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