by , 4:35 PM EDT, March 13th, 2007

Apple, Inc. announced on Tuesday the release of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and security update 2007-003. "The Software Update utility will present the update that applies to your system configuration. Only one is needed, either Mac OS X v10.4.9 or Security Update 2007-003," Apple said.

The update is immediately available via the Software Update in System Preferences. The stand alone updates can also be downloaded from Apple's download site. The Combo update for PPC is 163 MB and the Intel Combo update is 310 MB.

More information is available on the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update page.