The update addresses a few issues including the Wifi issues we’ve been hearing much about.  It also appears to incorporate the recent Migration Assistant update.  It is available via Software Update and weighs in at a paltry 17.4MB on our rig.

The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:

– Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari – Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out – Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections – Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4764.

The Mac App store still lists Lion at 10.7 so it isn’t clear if new updaters will always have to do additional updates.  We’re also left wondering if this update fixes the “video performance after a sleep” that new Lion Mac users have been reporting.

Update: Interesting there is a direct link (here) for New Mac Mini and MacBook Air users (68MB) which updates a few more issues (below):

  • Address an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when playing a video in Safari

  • Resolve an issue that may cause system audio to stop working when using HDMI or optical audio out

  • Improve the reliability of Wi-Fi connections

  • Resolve an issue that prevents transfer of your data, settings, and compatible applications to a new Mac running OS X Lion

  • Resolve an issue where MacBook Air may boot up when MagSafe Adapter is attached

  • Resolve an issue causing intermittent display flickering on MacBook Air

  • Resolve an issue that causes the SD card slot in Mac mini to run at reduced speed with SD and SDHC media

  • Apple seeds new build of OS X Lion 10.7.2 and iCloud for Mac to developers (9to5mac.com)

  • Apple releases updated version of Mac OS X 10.6.8 with bug fixes (9to5mac.com)

  • OS X Lion loses compatibility with some network-attached storage drives (9to5mac.com)

  • Apple MacBook Air Core i5 Dual 1.6GHz 12″ Laptop for $920 + free shipping (9to5toys.com)

  • Apple threatening to leave Intel behind for next MacBook Air (A6?) (9to5mac.com)