Update, patch | Acrobat, Reader 10.x | Windows, Mac OS

This page is intended for enterprise IT. The easiest way for end users to update Acrobat or Reader is to choose Help > Check For Updates. 

For IT-centric information about 9.x and earlier products, see Update, patch | Acrobat, Reader 7.x - 9.x | Windows.

• Windows: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/
• Mac OS: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/10.x/

10.x products introduce cumulative updates, so it's never necessary to install more than two updates to get to the latest version.

• Windows
  • Acrobat updates are always MSPs. Quarterlies are cumulative to the base release.
  • Reader updates are usually MSPs, but can be an MSI or EXE file depending on the download source and release type. Quarterlies are cumulative to the last released MSI (for example, 10.1). MSIs are full installers. 
• Mac OS
  • Mac OS updates are a .PKG installer contained in a .DMG. Acrobat and Reader updates are a .PKG installer contained in a .DMG. For the English version of Reader, a full installer is also available.

Note: For details about various types of deployments (ARD, AIP, GPO, SCCM, and so on), see the Enterprise Administration Guide available from the enterprise portal.

• Acrobat (Formula = Base release + latest quarterly + latest out of cycle patch)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.7 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.5 (Q) > 10.1.6 (OOC)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.5 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.4 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.3 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.2 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.1 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.1 (Q) > 10.0.3 (OOC)
  • Unacceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.0 (Q) > 10.1.7 (Q)
• Reader (Formula = last MSI + latest quarterly + latest out of cycle patch)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.7 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.5 (Q) > 10.1.6 (OOC)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.5 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.4 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.3 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.2 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 (Q MSI) > 10.1.1 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.1 (Q)
    
  • Unacceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.1 (Q) > 10.1.7 (Q)

EXE files are chained Reader installers. Home users primarily use these installers. Enterprise admins typically install MSP and MSI files from the enterprise download site at ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/.

• Acrobat (Formula = Base release + any quarterly (preferably none) + latest quarterly + latest out of cycle patch)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.7 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.5 (Q) > 10.1.6 (OOC)
    
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.5 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.4 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.3 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.2 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.1.1 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.1 (Q) > 10.0.3 (OOC)
  • Unacceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.3 (OOC)
• Reader (Formula = Base Release + any quarterly (preferably none) + latest quarterly + latest out of cycle patch)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.7 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.5 (Q) > 10.1.6 (OOC)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.5 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.4 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.3 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.2 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.1.0 > 10.1.1 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.1 (Q) > 10.1.2 (Q)
  • Acceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.1 > 10.0.3 (OOC) > 10.1.0 (Q)
  • Unacceptable: 10.0.0 > 10.0.2 (OOC) > 10.0.3 (OOC)

The "Tier_<some number>" identifies the installer language in the filename as follows:

• Tier 1: English, French, German, and Japanese (Reader only: MUI Reader)
• Tier 2: Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian
• Tier 3: Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, and Korean
• Tier 4: Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Turkish, Czech, Hungarian, and Polish (Windows only: Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, [Reader only: Catalan, Basque])

Some installers indicate their language support with Language IDs. For example, en_US is an English installer. For a full list of language IDs, see the Enterprise Administration Guide on the enterprise portal.