Security Update 2004-09-16

I didnt think iChat needed a patch, to me it works fine.

No info yet as far as what the update fixes.

Shouldn't this have just been an iChat update?

the knowledge base info link only tells about the 9/7 update. What's new in this. Isn't Apple having a lot of these lately? What gives?

Wow, Mac users get more frequent security patches than Windows does. Sweet!

i dont get it

y does macrumors need to post these security updates on their homepage. it could at least be on p. 2. Maybe cause they dont have enough rumors anymore... hint hint macrumors

I'm sick of all these security updates. Can't everyone just leave everyone else alone? Let's unlock our front doors and simplify computing.

Yes, but that's ok because:

Abstract said:

Wow, Mac users get more frequent security patches than Windows does. Sweet!

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That's ok because they actually work.

Fixes FTP bug

Whoo Hoo! Installed and the ftpd bug is fixed. If I can just keep the flames from shooting out of the optical drive door, this would be a perfect update.

It must be a Security month.

iChat Update

Wow, iChat feels so much snappier!

After updating my dual 2.5 didn't restart...

Had to manual shut down then restart...

hmmmmmm

Great, now where's that iPod mini software update?

Werent there rumors of an iPod mini software update a couple of weeks ago? Where is it, Apple?

spikymohawks said:

y does macrumors need to post these security updates on their homepage. it could at least be on p. 2. Maybe cause they dont have enough rumors anymore... hint hint macrumors

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Go back to the home page and look at the macrumors icon at the top of the page, under it, it says 'news and rumors you care about'

This article would be in the NEWS category

invaLPsion said:

After updating my dual 2.5 didn't restart...

Had to manual shut down then restart...

hmmmmmm

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Mine didn't say it needed a restart, so why restart?

Prior to the security update, it was possible to launch applications by clicking on an FTP link; for example, if you clicked on ftp:///Applications/iTunes.app, it would launch iTunes. This no longer occurs.

Trekkie said:

Mine didn't say it needed a restart, so why restart?

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Hm, mine did say restart.

Interesting about the FTP link thing. Was this the entire reason for the update? I don't understand what the security risk is.

Trekkie said:

Mine didn't say it needed a restart, so why restart?

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Going for uptime? It did say to restart. I ran permissions afterwards and it found a few things.

spikymohawks said:

y does macrumors need to post these security updates on their homepage. it could at least be on p. 2. Maybe cause they dont have enough rumors anymore... hint hint macrumors

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Software updates are a big deal, and I appreciate it being on the front page. If you haven't noticed, Macrumors is a community, and being such, it is a forum for many topics. There is not a censor in place to limit things only to "rumors".

Restart?!?

Get your act together Apple. An iChat patch does not require a restart.

Personally, I won't be installing this until the webpage says what the heck it's all about..

Tuttle said:

Restart?!?

Get your act together Apple. An iChat patch does not require a restart.

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Uh, I think they know when their updates require a restart or not.

LimeLite said:

Uh, I think they know when their updated require a restart or not.

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Wrong.

There is no excuse for userland patches to require a system restart. A logout, maybe.

Tuttle said:

There is no excuse for userland patches to require a system restart. A logout, maybe.

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Well then how about a reality check? Security updates modify the core resources of OS X, and if you just quit the installer, rather than restart, parts of the OS with information about the resources stored from before the update will attempt to read information from the modified resources, potentially causing conflicts and/or kernel panics. A restart clears out the pre-modified information from RAM with the updated information. I think that's what generally happens...if not, then somebody correct me.