Sorry for being unclear...
  1. I've heard of updates that were released only via Software Update, but this is the first one I've actually bumped heads with; I'm wondering why it has been released in this manner?
  2. iLifeSupport902-9.0.4.dist does not run in the d/l'ed format, apparently because it cannot find the two packages it is supposed to install; is the lack of a free-standing updater maybe the result of this potentially confusing format?
  3. I don't recall ever running across an Apple update that was not accompanied by at least minimal release notes; is this instance as unusual as I think it is?
Thanks for the link to the flat-package article (which I remember perusing when it was published), but I'm not certain of its applicability to this post.


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