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Apple Releases Security Update 2007-004

juanster said:
i did a search with software update and it did not find the update, i went tinto the apple website and try to download it from there and it did but when i tried to instal it it says that my volume does not meet the requirements for the update :confused: what the .... what is that supposed to mean? anyideas someone can help me? my macbook wa son all day long could it be that it downloaded it and itnstalle don its own? if so any way i can check? and if not? hw come i can t install the update?
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What version of OS X are you using? If you are using 10.4.8 or below, you don't need the update. It won't show in s/w update, and I'm not surprised that it would prevent you from installing it if you d/l'd from Apple's website.
 
VanNess said:
What version of OS X are you using? If you are using 10.4.8 or below, you don't need the update. It won't show in s/w update, and I'm not surprised that it would prevent you from installing it if you d/l'd from Apple's website.
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Actually I'd wager that you're still vulnerable to the exploits. Upgrade to 10.4.9, then install the patch.
 
cyzor said:
I was on the right user for each of the updates on their respected machine so I'm not sure how I could be using a wrong user directory.
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Reboot your machine one more time, and try repairing permissions or resetting the PRAM if that doesn't work.
 
VanNess said:
Kind of interesting that this update is for 10.4.9 only. I'm still running 10.4.8, so, apparently, no security update needed for me.

Makes me wonder if they rushed 10.4.9 out the door a little too soon.
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10.4.9 is your security update.
 
ok I need some serious help. I did the update,every looks fine.

now my macbook core2duo won't cool down. its running with only core2duo temp at 51%. and my temp won't drop below 153%f. not good.I logged out still nothing. the fan is at 6000rpm constant.


anyclues. going to try to restart
 
Multimedia said:
Since you're new here, you may not know thie kind of restart after applying some updates is not unusual. :) Always need patience when you apply any updates that require a reboot. :)
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It could be that the update needs to change something that can only be changed when the system is not running. So the sequence is: You start the update. Part 1 of the update is installed. The updater tells the system that on the next reboot, not the system should be started, but part two of the updater. You reboot. When the Mac starts again, part two of the updater runs, and it reboots the machine automatically.

VanNess said:
Kind of interesting that this update is for 10.4.9 only. I'm still running 10.4.8, so, apparently, no security update needed for me.

Makes me wonder if they rushed 10.4.9 out the door a little too soon.
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You are wondering wrong. The list of fixes is all in components that have been there for ages, so all problems that get fixed are present in 10.4.8 as well.

Most likely Apple wants you to upgrade to 10.4.9 first. Otherwise Apple has to make sure that the security update works with 10.4.8, and they have to make sure that an upgrade to 10.4.9 works on a system with 10.4.8 with this security update installed. And all for no good purpose at all, just because you don't want to install 10.4.9. And this update seems to be a more difficult one anyway, one that required two reboots on many machines. Apple surely doesn't want to introduce any complications into that process.

flir67 said:
ok I need some serious help. I did the update,every looks fine.

now my macbook core2duo won't cool down. its running with only core2duo temp at 51%. and my temp won't drop below 153%f. not good.I logged out still nothing. the fan is at 6000rpm constant.


anyclues. going to try to restart
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The strange thing is: The only people having problems with temperature and fan speed seem to be those that have all these little utilities installed, and everyone else is fine. I have the impression that trying to solve a problem might actually be causing a problem here.
 
Slow boot time...

manu chao said:
Restart took very long. Stayed for a few minutes at the grey screen with the Apple logo, then went black again, started again (on its own) and continued to start up in a more normal fashion.
I had logged out and back in just before running software update.

(MBP 2.33, 160 GB, 2 GB, installed the Aperture 1.5.3 update at the same time).
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Absolutly... Mine did that too... About 3 mins on the grey screen. I almost thought my MBP broke!

:)
 
fwhh said:
My MBP17" C2D crashed while rebooting after installing the update... After the second reboot and a long wait it was back on again. :-(
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Almost same on my MBP15. But in my case, OSX does not come back. :-(
After booting from external disk, the internal disk still looked ok.
It looks I need OS re-install.
 
Several Rosetta apps (Adobe CS2, MS Office) apps stopped working

Could be a coincidence but as of today (the day after SU installation) no Adobe CS 2 app (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat) nor Word or Excel will start up. The last time I used Word or Excel is about two days ago.

At least two PPC apps still run (Camino, Drop Drawsers).

Edit: Another restart got them working again.
 
Multimedia said:
My repair permissions is going crazy with changes. Can't believe how many.

Second pass none. Restart Required :eek: :( No Thanks. I'll wait 'til I have a break I can afford to reboot in. I wish Safari had a memory for all the windows and tabs that are open so you could restart it from where you left it last. Is that in Leopard's Safari anyone know?
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I expect that the long delay in starting up is the system repairing permissions. If you don't restart and repair permissions after installing the update, I suspect that Disk Utility will chuck out all kinds of repairs. That's because they would usually get fixed when you startup next time. Which is why Apple says you should restart your computer immediately :)
 
thanks for all the suggestions but I opt'ed to re-install the OS on the macbook. not quite sure what the situation is with it, but this is the second time something similar to this has happened in it's 4 month usage. having my itunes folder emptied unexpectedly doesn't help with much either.

i'll re-post again after updating the system.
 
Elijahg said:
I expect that the long delay in starting up is the system repairing permissions. If you don't restart and repair permissions after installing the update, I suspect that Disk Utility will chuck out all kinds of repairs.
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Not that one again...

With every update, the system gets a list of files to install, and a list of which permissions each file should have. In very early updaters, the updater sometimes got things wrong, and some files wouldn't have the permissions they were supposed to have. "Repair permissions" goes through that list of permissions again, and checks that each file has the permission it is supposed to have, and fixes it if needed.

The only time that a file installed by the updater would have the wrong permissions is if the updater made a mistake. Newer updaters (any updaters written in the last three years) don't make these mistakes anymore. And even if they did, then "Repair permission" could make exactly the same mistake, because both the updater and "Repair permission" take exactly the same list of files and permissions.

(Permissions are just ten bits or so that the file system keeps for every file. There is one bit each that allow the owner of the file to read the file, write to the file, or execute the file. And another three bits for the group that the owner belongs to, and another three bits for everyone else, and a few others. It's nothing that could "break" and be repaired, the only thing that "repair permissions" can do is check the permissions against a list which file should have which permissions).
 
just about to download now..

as a note, all Intel Macs reboot twice when doing security updates and what not :)
 
johnee said:
When I buy my SR mbp in june :)p), will I have to install a boatload of updates or will the version of 10.4.9 that comes with it be a new build which has them all rolled in?
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It'll depend. When I bought my iMac I had to download a load of updates. It all happened within 20 minutes of turning it on though (both downloading and installation) so it's no sweat.
 
Well I downloaded the update last night. This last process was the longest I've ever gone through, but no worries in the end, it all worked fine. Even the disk permissions were all in order and all apps opened. I did get a slight glitch in iChat (had to click more than once to select different IM windows), but it didn't last long. I'm still going through my other applications to see if anything isn't operating properly, but as far as I can see it's all golden.
 
mattydodgy said:
Absolutly... Mine did that too... About 3 mins on the grey screen. I almost thought my MBP broke!

:)
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Same thing happened to me too. 2 minutes hang on the first reboot (thought it crashed), then another reboot loading everything in its usual swift manner. The fans on my MB started acting up as soon as it loaded in the fan extension. I hope they fixed the AirPort compatibility issues. I can't test it now or I'd risk having no internet for an hour. -_-
 
Worked fine for me on my C2D MBP. Did the double restart thing, but working fine as far as I can tell. Only thing is the fans are running non-stop, but I'm running Seti@home which is using 100% of both cores so that might be it.
 
Who's that, charging over the plains, faster than a speeding bullet....?
Why, its 10.4.10...to the rescue!
 
VanNess said:
What version of OS X are you using? If you are using 10.4.8 or below, you don't need the update. It won't show in s/w update, and I'm not surprised that it would prevent you from installing it if you d/l'd from Apple's website.
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nopes i ve got 10.4.9 and it still is not seeing it.. i wonder what this could be
 
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