It has been a busy, busy week for Mac, iOS and application updates. Without counting all of the variations, a dozen updates are available for users to sort through. Who needs to install what? Step inside for the details.

First of all, Lion users can get both Safari 5.1.1 and Security Update 2011-006 simply by installing Mac OS X 10.7.2 Update — one and done. In other words, these stand alone updates are targeted at OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users.

Here’s what ya get:

Safari 5.1.1 (download)
— Address issues that could cause hangs and excessive memory usage
— Improve stability when using Find, dragging tabs, manage extensions
— Improve netflix.com, etc stability that use the Silverlight plug-in
— Improve stability when zooming on Google maps
— Address issue that prevents Asian character input via Flash
— Address an issue that could cause History items to appear incorrectly
— Address an issue that could cause cleared Reading List items to appear
— Improve printing from Safari
— Address an issue that could prevent the Google Safe Browsing Service from updating
— Versions for OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7.2 Lion, Windows
— Security content of this update

Security Update 2011-006 for Snow Leopard (download)
— Recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X
— Security content in this update
— Security Update 2011-006 Server for Snow Leopard (download)

As mentioned, there are plenty of updates to go around:
— What’s new in iTunes 10.5
— What’s new in Mac OS X 10.7.2