Apple Releases Security Update 2010-001 for Snow Leopard and Leopard

[xlii]

did you download bootcamp Update 3.1 for Windows 32 bit from here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL996
or the 64 bit from here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL979
the Apple Vista unmount before Win7 is here http://support.apple.com/kb/DL977

these have to be installed other than by Software Update in Mac OS
I'll not be doing this just at the moment

Thanks, I was just expecting it to show up in Software Update.

 

[MacGuffin]

So, when a routine security update instantly trashes my OSs ability to, well, simply work like it should I think comparing that experience to the common unpleasant Windows user experience is not uncalled for.

Good as Macs generally are, you really don't want to run OS X patches without first gauging the risk via this forum and, less propagandistically, MacFixit.

The dirty little secret is that maintenance != Software Update.

 

[Vmaatta]

luckily there's only a few people reporting problems. My 2006 MacBook Pro running 10.6.2 , fully patched , lovingly maintained has suffered a difficult to recover from crash, due absolutely only to this security update. My latest repair attempt with my SL upgrade disk successfully repairs permissions, successfully completes disk first aid repair but when I try and install SL 10.6 , I get the comment
"Mac OS X can't be installed this computer" it further explains that
"this disc requires that Mac OS X 10.5 or later is already installed on your computer" , helpfully there is the option "if you wish to restore the system from a Time Machine backup - click restore"

so it seems that the security update 2010-001 has rendered the MBP totally system-less

My TM backup for this MBP (I have 8 MBP's) is around 3 months old, and I need to know more about the wording "if you wish to restore the system" as I'd very much like to keep my current user data. I'll finish to write my paper - due next wednesday - on my desktop iMac (as yet unpatched!) then either restore 10.4 from my original system disk, update to 10.5, then back to SL 10.6.2 , or I might try the Time Machine.

eitherway , it shows that although my MacBook worked normally great & all my many other shiny pieces of fruit work great !!! don't patch before a significant deliverable!!, (without having a todays TM image and user data backed up on MemStick & another machine). I haven't tried FireWire target disk on my 'trashed MBP' , that would likely be the fastest way back to my data, but happily I kept the parallel working documents on the different systems. (the document will eventually earn my company around 700k euros)

I agree that a backup is always a good idea.

For me no problems on my Mac Pro ’09 and just installed on the MBP ´06 just fine.

 

[hoojamaflip]

Problems buying stuff

Is anyone having problems with any e-commerce sites?

I had an issue with 123-reg that i think is down to the update to OpenSSL and the SSL re-negotiation being disabled.

Their site indicated there had been a problem, but the site took the cash and didn't register the domains.

It also happened with a paypal payment and I think this also might possibly happen with any of the "Verified by VISA" or Mastercard verification processes.

Just for info: It happened in both safari and firefox. The problem was with the site's payment processing.

Just interested if anyone else is seeing any of these issues.

Cheers,
Tim

 

[Kebabselector]

50% success rate.


The MacBook is fine, the Mini is no longer booting. Just got the spinning disk.

Time for the SL dvd then.

Fixed a lot of disk permissions and still not booting. FFS

mmmm, according to verbose boot mode the System bootstrapper has crashed: Trace/BPT trap. Bollox

Just a thought for those with deadish Mac after this update, have any of you installed WD Smartware? (software that comes bundled with new WD My Books - the one where you cannot delete the annoying VCD).

Phew, a quick reinstall seems to have done the trick, everything is back (though I've got to download 10.6.2 again )

 

[mzd]

odd that this update didn't prompt for a password. every install/update has so far except this one.

 

[scuzy]

this made my canon scanner no longer scan. keeps saying cannot communicated with driver. scanner works fine via vmware fusion in windows. this freaken blows. i have a canon 8600F

 

[leomac08]

great.