Apple Fixes iPhone Security Problems with System Update

Apple has released the first system software update for the iPhone. This takes care of a number of security problems and bugs.

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The company recommends installing it immediately.

What’s New

Most of the changes in iPhone 1.0.1 Update are to this smartphone’s Safari web browser. It includes fixes for some of this application’s best-publicized security homes.

A complete listing of the improvements in this software update can be found on Apple’s web site.

Installation

The iPhone 1.0.1 Update must be installed through the iTunes application. It will not appear on the Apple Support Downloads web site.

iTunes automatically checks Apple’s update server on a weekly. When an update is detected, it will download it. Users also have the option of manually requesting the update with the "Check for Updates" button or menu choice in iTunes.

The next time the iPhone is docked, iTunes will present the user with the option to install the update.

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