I ran the ‘Software Update’ application on my MacBook Pro, which was previously running 10.6.7. I hadn’t run it in a few days, but the update was around 475 MB. the combo updater, which is designed for multiple versions of OS X, is 1.01 GB to download.

If you want to see the full release notes, they are in the box below.

The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

• Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion
• Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit
• Improve support for IPv6
• Improve VPN reliability
• Identify and remove known variants of Mac Defender

I find the easiest way to get my update is to hit Command-Space and type ‘Software Update.’ Again, the update isn’t that big if you keep your Mac up to date. If you prefer to get the combo updater, you can grab that here.

Many analysts are looking at the first bullet in the changes list and seeing that this update means that OS X Snow Leopard is coming to a close. It wouldn’t be surprising if that were the case, however. OS X Lion is due out next month, and its time for Snow Leopard’s regin to end.

Another important update in this patch is the line regarding MacDefender. As the first major Mac security threat, its important for Apple to develop a good strategy for dealing with such threats. As a Mac user, I am happy to see them putting this update.

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The aim of this post is explorer the ways in which we can enable or disable swap partitions it is assumed that you have already swap partition created during the Ubuntu Linux installation.

Method 1:

We can use Gparted partition manager to enable or disable a swap partition. If Gparted is not installed in your Ubuntu Linux then use the following command below to install it.

1: sudo apt-get install gparted

This will install the Gparted partition editor which you can access from System>>Administration>>Partition Editor

The Gparted will now display all the available partitions in the hard disk that is selected. In this case we have a 14.99GB hard disk that has got a swap partition of 682.42MB.

To enable the Swap partition:

To enable the swap partitions right click on the swap partition and then select the Swapon’ option to enable the swap partition.

To disable the Swap partition:

To disable the swap partitions right click on the swap partition and then select the Swapoff’ option to disable the swap partition.

Method 2:

In this method we shall discuss the enabling and disabling swap partition from terminal.

To enable the Swap partition:

To enable all the swap partitions on your computer you can use the following command.

1: sudo swapon a

If you would like to enable the swap partition for a particular partition then you can use the following command:

1: sudo swapon U <uuid>

To find the UUID of all the partitions use this command:

1: sudo blkid

In our example the UUID of our swap partition is 39be8652-da3d-4ad0-b11a-adb6c2ba3586 so the command will look like:

1: sudo swapon U 39be8652-da3d-4ad0-b11a-adb6c2ba3586

To disable the Swap partition:

To disable all the swap partitions on your computer you can use the following command.

1: sudo swapoff

If you would like to disable the swap partition for a particular partition then you can use the following command:

1: sudo swapoff U <uuid&gt

In our example the UUID of our swap partition is 39be8652-da3d-4ad0-b11a-adb6c2ba3586 so the command will look like:

1: sudo swapoff U 39be8652-da3d-4ad0-b11a-adb6c2ba3586

That’s it you can enable or disable swap partition either using the Gparted GUI or using the command line.

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