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Security Update 2005-007 Released

Update killed my new iBook!!!!!!

After installing this update on my brand new iBook both Safari and Mail refuse to start, and have folders as icons. Can not connect to another Mac says it is missing a component when ever you try to mount a drive/folder. Odd thing happoned after installing this update upon restarting the progress bar froze about 80% of the way through.... Thanks for the update Apple!!!!! Good thing this is a new iBook not much on it. Now on to reinstalling :mad:
 
bostonMAC said:
After installing this update on my brand new iBook both Safari and Mail refuse to start, and have folders as icons. Can not connect to another Mac says it is missing a component when ever you try to mount a drive/folder. Odd thing happoned after installing this update upon restarting the progress bar froze about 80% of the way through.... Thanks for the update Apple!!!!! Good thing this is a new iBook not much on it. Now on to reinstalling :mad:
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Same thing here. I am literally erasing and reinstalling everything. It literally DECIMATED my PowerBook. DECIMATED.
 
After security update

My safari wont open it says that current version of safari (v412.2.2) is not supported??? what is this mean???
anyone help...
thanks
 
bostonMAC said:
After installing this update on my brand new iBook both Safari and Mail refuse to start, and have folders as icons.
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StarbucksSam and bostonMAC: Applications are folders, but are normally treated otherwise to give a pleasant appearance. That's why you can control-click on an application and select "Show Package Contents", which really means "'fess up and show me the folder I know is there." So your applications may not have been trashed, and the Finder was merely confused about the fact that they were applications.

However, as long as your personal settings, bookmarks, e-mail, etc. are intact (safely inside your home folder), reinstalling the applications will probably be just as effective as figuring out steps to unconfuse the Finder.
 
StarbucksSam said:
Big problems. It totally deleted Safari and Mail... it turned them in to FOLDERS that I couldn't go in to. Also, it deleted most of my icons and everything is all blank.

I'm using INTERNET EXPLORER.
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Applications that turn into blank folders or icons are usually symptomatic of moving Apple applications (in this case Safari and Mail) out of the Applications folder and into some other location. Apple's installers expect Apple applications and utilities (and their support files, if any) to be located in their original default installation location. If they are not, bad bad things can occur in software updates, like that which you describe.

If that is the case, move Safari and Mail back into the Applications folder (hopefully, you didn't move or fool with any other webkit files they may rely on), download the security update and reapply it. All should be well again.

In any event, for what it's worth to anyone reading this, never move Apple applications. Use aliases instead if you want them in another folder.
 
Fixed my Sherlock Problem

Kind of weird here lately that Shelock would not log in and would keep cycling languages sometime in Kanji (Japanes or Chnese or Korean) Spanish what ever and would not show any info. Then started loosing channels. Was going to take it in to the 'ol Appel store but no worries now all is fine. Repopulated channels and everything now works again.

GO APPLE!!!

Beat the heck out of my old PC!!!

Love my Mac mini
 
My Apple apps were all in the right places. That wasn't the only thing that was wrong, though - it deleted a lot of icons and mixed things up. The trash can literally looked like automator. It was very VERY disconcerting. And then there were folders that would not respond and all of these different kinds of folders that were like... not normal... like you couldn't move anything in our out of them.

I am wiping my hard drive right now and installing 10.3 again. Then I have to find my Tiger disks. Oy vey.
 
This I do know.... But

Doctor Q said:
StarbucksSam and bostonMAC: Applications are folders, but are normally treated otherwise to give a pleasant appearance. That's why you can control-click on an application and select "Show Package Contents", which really means "'fess up and show me the folder I know is there." So your applications may not have been trashed, and the Finder was merely confused about the fact that they were applications.

However, as long as your personal settings, bookmarks, e-mail, etc. are intact (safely inside your home folder), reinstalling the applications will probably be just as effective as figuring out steps to unconfuse the Finder.
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I realize that applications are just folders but after the update Safari and Mail refused to start, their icons where just folders. Their where a few other applications with corrupted or generic icons (they would launch though). Also I could not browse to any other computer on my network and when I manually typed in the computer address (afp://192.168.100.1) I received an error stating that I was missing some components. So this update did more than just mess up application icons.

On a good note I just reinstalled Mac OS X 10.4, and applied all the updated (including bravely / stupidly the new security update) and everything is fine. :) Now on to reinstalling all my applications and transferring 12GB of data back over. :(

Also both Safari and Mail where in the Applications folder...
 
Installed the update and everything works fine. No consolation I'm sure to those who have seen problems.

Before any update I always log out and back in, repair permissions and then restart. It may not all be necessary but if there is any problem with the system I feel it should show up/be corrected by this procedure. I used to also fsck the HD but nothing ever shows up so I got bored of that.
 
bostonMAC said:
After installing this update on my brand new iBook both Safari and Mail refuse to start, and have folders as icons.
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thanx for the warning! seems like my iBook got to wait for the update..
 
Safari not working now ...

I just installed the security update and Safari no longer launches. I just get a dialog saying "The application Safari quit unexpectedly."

I set up another user to see if it was my settings. Same problem.

What can I do?? I don't want to reinstall Tiger and all my apps - it's too much hassle!
 
njmac said:
12" rev b PB ==> no problem here. I can't tell if it feels quicker, but I feel safer.
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I hate when people say they "think" their system is quicker after an OSX update. I can never tell. It's all in people's heads or something. And then they change their reply from "Opening apps is faster," or "My system boots a bit faster," or "Safari is definitely faster," to something a bit less exciting, like "My system feels zippier," which we all know is bulls***. :eek:

Am I right?
 
DrK said:
I just installed the security update and Safari no longer launches. I just get a dialog saying "The application Safari quit unexpectedly."

I set up another user to see if it was my settings. Same problem.

What can I do?? I don't want to reinstall Tiger and all my apps - it's too much hassle!
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Have you got any third party apps installed?
 
DrK said:
I just installed the security update and Safari no longer launches. I just get a dialog saying "The application Safari quit unexpectedly."

I set up another user to see if it was my settings. Same problem.

What can I do?? I don't want to reinstall Tiger and all my apps - it's too much hassle!
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Suggestions:
repair permissions
check the hard drive (either boot the install CD and use the disk utility or boot and hold down command S and use fsck)
Sometimes just restarting helps.
Download the update and rerun it.

If you do an archive and install you don't have to reinstall your apps. It is pretty painless.
 
I have a problem...

This update pissed me off badly enough to register with the forums.
I logged onto my computer (eMac, 1.25ghz, 512mb). Logged on, booted Safari, Mail, iTunes, Adium. All fine. When I installed the security update, Safari, Mail and Software update no longer started. Adium no longer loads plugins. Upon reinstall, Safari still does not start. Upon reinstall of updater, everything is still broken. Upon repairing permissions, everything still remains broken.
I run 10.3.9, completely up to date. The system is pretty much unmodified, except I have it running Growl, but it's also broken.
I'm going to run the 10.3.9 updater again and update to Security Update 006. Hopefully this will fix my problem. I have no idea what exactly has gone wrong, but it looks like the Security Update from my standpoint.
 
StarbucksSam said:
It literally DECIMATED my PowerBook. DECIMATED.
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It literally didn't decimate your Powerbook - you didn't lose every tenth app after all.

Sorry to hear that you had problems for no apparent reason if your apps were all where they should be. Had you been using Tinkertool or any of the other OS X modding apps?
 
Why did we get 3 pages of very few complaints, and then we get a barrage of errors happening on Page 4 of this thread? :confused:

Anyway, I'm now going to wait. I have a backup HD, but even if I don't lose my data, I'm not going to reinstall all my software and play with all the settings again. I'm not going to spend any time doing all the necessary things to get this system running the way it is right now if waiting another few days means that I get a properly fixed security update.
 
hob said:
I had a problem. As my G5 shut down, the finder all went away, I was left with no mouse pointed and just my wallpaper. Had to manual shut down my system (i.e. with a sledgehammer). Upon restarting, apple chime chimed, but the screen remained blank. Left it for 2 minutes, no change. Reboot - screen blank for longer than normal, although that could've been my heart-pounding perception, but then everything was happy and normal.

This has been the worst catastrophy to befall my G5. :D
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melon monkey! thats been happening to, and i haven't installed this update yet! the PC guy in me wants to say this could be a virus. but hmmm?

i click shutdown, wait a while. everything fades out to blue. no mouse or dock or anything. wait... nothing happens. fan goes quiet. ive waited about 10 minutes and it wasn't working. had to bring out my sledgehammer here.

then the boot up! it just paused on a blank screen. fans screaming away... had to sledgehammer it again and it came on fine then.

HMM!
 
FWIW.

Applied on 2 iBooks, 1 PB, 1 PowerMac and to Tiger Server on a Mac Mini - all with no problems at all. 1 more iBook to go...
 
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