Computer Services
Macintosh OS 10.3
and the New Daylight Saving
Time Law
Synopsis:
Apple has released a DST patch for their OS 10.3 operating system as part of
their standard software update service.
If your Mac is connected to the University's network and has automatic software
updates enabled, your computer probably already has the DST update installed.
Verification:
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to verify the installation of the OS 10.3
DST patch. It does require OS 10.3.9, so if you are running 10.3.8 or
earlier, you should assume that your computer does not have the DST patch, but
having 10.3.9 doesn't guarantee that you do have the DST patch.
Click here to see what version of
OS 10.3 you're running.
One way to be reasonably certain that the DST patch is installed on your OS
10.3 Mac is to manually run the Apple Updater and install all the updates it
finds. If your computer needs the DST patch, it will be included in the
files the Updater finds.
Procedure:
- Choose Software Update from the Apple menu.
- In the Software Update window, select the items you want to
install, then click install.
- Enter an administrator account name and password.
- After the update is complete, restart the computer if required.
- Repeat these steps to see if more updates are now available. Because some software updates are prerequisites for others, you may need to repeat these steps several times to complete the software update sequence.
These steps were copied from the following Apple web page:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106704.