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Security Update 2004-09-30

well this is alot of updates lately. Oh well we probably be better off with these tho. :)
 
MacFan26 said:
It's the 5th? As far as I know, it's Monday the 4th. But, yeah, if they released it today, why didn't they just call it the 10-4 update?
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Well according to my calander it's the 5th, but then again I'm about 17 hours ahead of you, damn time zones ;)
 
Either way, it's not September 30 anymore anywhere in the world. We have seen updates released early (as in dated in the future) so we know their dating isn't the most accurate.
 
I've installed the update and went to repair permissions as usual. When I tried, it failed!

I thought, WTF. The error said Disk Utility had lost connection with the Disk Management Utility and to restart Disk Utility.

I did several times, even rebooted the machine.

Must....Repair.......Permissions..... :(

Anybody got a clue about this?
 
iMac G5 fine with update..

versus my Windows XP box that forgot all peripherals, driver reinstalls required, and crashed on every major security update-- so happy to be m$ free!!

.. btw is windows media player reliable on OS X? I'd rather avoid MS totally having broken free after too many decades.
 
keysersoze said:
I've installed the update and went to repair permissions as usual. When I tried, it failed!

I thought, WTF. The error said Disk Utility had lost connection with the Disk Management Utility and to restart Disk Utility.

I did several times, even rebooted the machine.

Must....Repair.......Permissions..... :(

Anybody got a clue about this?
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Try repairing from the CD-ROM.
 
Jetson said:
I installed the security update and everything works fine. In fact I've never had any problems after installing Apple updates. Some of you guys must have your Macs seriously tricked-out to always be complaining about problems :)
izzle22 said:
Same Here! I just don't understand all these problems. I've had Macs most of my life and I always install updates and never had any problems or glitches!
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As with me. I just installed on my cube and everything is fine. :D
 
Ahhhh! Isn't it sweet how all our security updates come right to us, without having to go searching for them or hearing about them from a friend of a friend? Has anyone run a Windows update recently? What a joke! Thank God for Apple's initiative to make even updating your software a breeze! Plus the connection is blazing fast.
 
ASP272 said:
Has anyone run a Windows update recently? What a joke!
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Actually, I'd say "yes", but the real answer is "no".

Windows Update runs automatically, and I occasionally get a pop-up from the system tray when I log in that says "New updates have been downloaded. Click here to install."

Why is this a joke? What are you doing wrong?

(and, when I download manually I typically get about 1 mega-byte per second from the Windows download servers....)
 
Why is this a joke? What are you doing wrong
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Obviously MS has made improvements. It's been a while since I've run an update for my Mother-in-law or dark-side, non computer savvy friends. Personally, I avoid Windows like the plaque. I prefer a crash free environment in my computing life. :)
 
RealDeal said:
versus my Windows XP box that forgot all peripherals, driver reinstalls required, and crashed on every major security update-- so happy to be m$ free!!

.. btw is windows media player reliable on OS X? I'd rather avoid MS totally having broken free after too many decades.
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Windows Media Player works fine generally, but doesn't handle DRM-protected content. There are also utilities to convert WMA files to other formats, if you're interested. Check VersionTracker.

Welcome aboard the Mac platform. It's never too late to *enjoy* using your computer. :)
 
ASP272 said:
Personally, I avoid Windows like the plaque.
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Personally, I avoid the plaque by flossing....


ASP272 said:
I prefer a crash free environment in my computing life.
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Me too.

Code: 
Q:\tests>psinfo \\aiden-dual3ghz

System information for \\aiden-dual3ghz:
Uptime:                    65 days 14 hours 38 minutes 6 seconds
Kernel version:            Microsoft Windows XP, Multiprocessor Free
Product type:              Professional
Product version:           5.1
 
Anyone Else Having Trouble with Pathfinder?

Hi, everyone, I've lurked for a while, but wanted to check whether anyone else is having trouble with Pathfinder, so here is post numero uno.

Edit: Went to Cocaotech forums and solved the problem.

Put me in the group with no problems with this Update.

Pete.

BTW, great forums, guys.
 
izzle22 said:
Same Here! I just don't understand all these problems. I've had Macs most of my life and I always install updates and never had any problems or glitches!
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Every single Apple update has been great for me, with the notable exception of OS X versions 10.3.2 and 10.3.3, which totally broke iTunes (I had all my music on an external FireWire drive, and due to the FireWire "fixes" in these updates, iTunes would periodically "skip," which was infuriating). It wasn't until I reverted to 10.3.1 (and 10.3.4 came out) that I could use iTunes again. Since, I've been a bit wary of updates.
 
titaniumducky said:
Actually, it did seem to fix a problem I had where the Applications and Macintosh HD folders kept scrambling their icons.
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I had that problem too recently, icons of applications, files and custom folder icons got scrambled or exchanged. Always managed to reassign them but it was getting annoying. It started two weeks ago, before I had installed all the September security and Java updates, I had just installed a new hard drive about a month ago. When I think back it started after I had the Powerbook on a couple of flights, maybe the X-rays flipped over a couple of bits, I had it in sleep while being X-rayed.

Had the same problem before with 10.3.2. But maybe it also just the reboot that's fixing it.
 
good catch

Rower_CPU said:
Enjoying a patch-free environment there, too, Aiden? ;)
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Actually, that system is running the final release candidate of SP2 - haven't installed the final yet.

(Version "5.1" is XP, any service pack. "5.0" is Win2000, "5.2" is Windows 2003.)
 
(raistlin:~)% uptime
07:34:59 up 78 days, 11:43, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.04, 0.01

Last hardware upgrade on my linux server (another pair of mirrored drives). I do enjoy being able to update without rebooting... (except for kernel issues)

That being said, I really do enjoy my new Mac. :D
 
just installed the security update and so far so good (crossing fingers). Recently, there has been a lot of updates, but far less than M$ releases.
 
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