If you install these programs on your Mac and later use Migration Assistant to transfer your data to a new Mac, you will likely find that these apps no longer open on the new Mac, crashing on launch instead. What happened? As , “Final Cut Studio (2009) and Logic Studio (2009) install a newer version of the ProKit framework, which the Mac OS X 10.5 Migration Assistant does not migrate.” Oops. Fortunately, the fix is simple: Go to Software Update and install the that should appear there.

This is just the latest in a string of similar issues that can and often do result from using Migration Assistant. Almost the exact same . And, as I noted several weeks ago, because the latest version of the iLife Media Browser does not migrate. The solution here is to install the latest .

Also (12.2.0). As is typical, you install it via the Microsoft AutoUpdate application. While installing the update will not result in any of the Office applications failing to launch, Microsoft confirms that .

The problem primarily occurs with documents saved in the XML format. As this is the default format used by all Office 2008 applications (Word .docx, Excel .xlsx, and PowerPoint .pptx or .ppsx), this is hardly a trivial matter. However, as Microsoft further explains, the symptom occurs only with XML documents that attempt to “abide by an interpretation of the ISO29500 Office Open XML (OOXML) standard” (see for more on exactly what this means).

The specific symptom is that, when you try open any of the affected documents, an error message pops up claiming that: “You may have to download the latest updates for Office for Mac.” As you’ve just installed the latest update, something clearly seems amiss. Still, Microsoft advises checking again for a possible update. (Perhaps the company is working on one right now.)