You’ve been hankering for this.

Late Wednesday, Apple released its Mac OS X 10.7.4 update. The update, a 693 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes:

- Resolve an issue in which the “Reopen windows when logging back in” setting is always enabled.

- Improve compatibility with certain British third-party USB keyboards.

- Addresses permission issues that may be caused if you use the Get Info inspector function “Apply to enclosed items…” on your home directory. For more information, see this article.

- Improve Internet sharing of PPPoE connections.

- Improve using a proxy auto-configuration (PAC) file.

- Address an issue that may prevent files from being saved to an SMB server.

- Improve printing to an SMB print queue.

- Improve performance when connecting to a WebDAV server.

- Enable automatic login for NIS accounts.

- Include RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras.

- Improve the reliability of binding and logging into Active Directory accounts.

- The OS X Lion v10.7.4 Update includes Safari 5.1.6, which contains stability improvements.

The Mac OS X 10.7.4 updater requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS x 10.7 or later.

If you’ve tried the new operating system and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.

On Tuesday, Microsoft released its Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.2 update. The update, a 110 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features:

- This update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.

Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.2 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later to install and run and for the Service Pack 1 updater to have been previously installed.

The company also released version 12.3.3 of its Microsoft Office 2008 suite for Mac. The update, a 217.9 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and features:

- The update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.

Microsoft Office 2008 12.3.3 requires Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the update and have anything to report back, let us know.

On Wednesday, software company Delicious Monster released version 2.7.8 of the shareware favorite, Delicious Library. Delicious Monster allows Macs with webcams to scan the bar codes of any book, movie, music CD or video game, then creates an archive based on background information from the Internet. Additional features help keep the library organized and reseller’s tools allow for items to be quickly posted for sale online.

The new version, a 16.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

- Fixed memory use on iTunes shelves (which could occasionally exhaust memory, slow machine, and then crash).

- Fixed incorrect shortcut keys shown in item action menu.

- Added extra mappings between Delicious Library’s item types and Amazon’s product types. For example, manually adding “Tools” in Germany now works.

Delicious Library 2.7.8 retails for US$40 and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

Not that iOS 5.1 wasn’t perfect, but there’s always room for a few bugs fixes.

Per Mac|Life, Apple released iOS 5.1.1 on Monday. The update offers the following fixes and changes:

- Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut.

- Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G and 3G networks.

- Fixes bugs that affected AirPlay video playback in some circumstances.

- Improved reliability for syncing Safari bookmarks and Reading List.

- Fixes an issue where ‘Unable to purchase’ alert could be displayed after successful purchase.

Users can install iOS 5.1.1 using the over-the-air Software Update from your device Settings, or by plugging into iTunes and downloading it from there. As always, recommends devices are plugged into a power source while installing.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback whatsoever, please let us know in the comments.

Late Thursday, Adobe released Flash Player 11.2.202.235 for Mac OS X, a 10.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new version contains a series of currently-unlisted fixes and changes.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.

On Thursday, shareware developer Maintain released version 5.2 of CocktailCocktail (Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 3 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features:

- Major improvements to the scheduler.

- Added ability to automatically purge inactive memory.

- Fixed compatibility issues with Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.

- Fixed compatibility issues Firefox 12.

- Improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure.

- Updated Automator actions.

Cocktail 5.2 retails for a US$19.00 shareware registration fee and requires Mac OS X 10.7 or later to install and run.

Updates: they’re a good thing.

Late Tuesday, Dropbox released version 1.4.2 of its cloud-based storage client for Mac OS X. The new version, a 20.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

- Fixed performance problem when syncing a lot of files.

Dropbox 1.4.2 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.

Let’s face it: updates never hurt.

Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Skype has released version 4.0 of its app for iPad and iPhone. The new version lets you pre-position your video preview as you like, provides automatic restarts crashes and offers improved accessibility and overall stability along with some minor UI improvements and bug fixes.

The version change can be found for both Skype for iPhone/iPod touch and Skype for iPad.

Skype 4.0 for iOS requires iOS 4.3 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 18.0.1025.168 for the Mac. The new version, a 35.4 megabyte download, offers the following changes:

- Security and bug fixes.

Google Chrome 18.0.1025.168 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.

Mozilla.org, creators of the Firefox web browser, has just released version 12.0.1 of Thunderbird, its free e-mail client. The new program, an 34.4 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and new features:

- Fix various issues relating to new mail notifications and filtering on POP3 based accounts.

- Fixes an occasional startup crash seen in TB 12.0.

- Fixes an issue with corrrupted message bodies when using move mail.

Thunderbird 3.1.3 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve played with the new version and have any feedback, positive or negative, let us know.