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Security Update 2006-003

So, anyone with an Intel iMac for whom this update didn't screw up everything?

I think it's time to make a major backup before installing.
 
plinden said:
So, anyone with an Intel iMac for whom this update didn't screw up everything?

I think it's time to make a major backup before installing.
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Worked fine for me. I installed the Front Row, Quicktime, and Security updates, restarted, and booted up with no problems. I'm running a 20" Intel iMac.
 
Todd H said:
Worked fine for me. I installed the Front Row, Quicktime, and Security updates, restarted, and booted up with no problems. I'm running a 20" Intel iMac.
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Same here.

In fact, Front Row is now a speed demon for me. I repaired permissions before and after the update.

From what I've read, it's the MBPs that are having the issues, as per usual.
 
I never went to 10.4.6 because there seemed to be so many issues. I am glad this is finally out...now I'll update!
 
pgwalsh said:
I know this isn't suppose to affect perfromance in anyway, but my 15" PB GUI feels faster. The computer seemed to boot up in less time as well. Could be in my head, but those were my initial thoughts.
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Everybody that thinks that these security updates are making their OS faster need to think again. Let me explain. As you install an update, you have to reboot your system. We mac users rarely do this so your swap files get bloated, thereby diminishing performance. Once you reboot all this is cleared and your system should be noticably faster!

So you could do this everyday if you want. The trick is rebooting, not installing security updates! :rolleyes:
 
plinden said:
So, anyone with an Intel iMac for whom this update didn't screw up everything?

I think it's time to make a major backup before installing.
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Worked fine for me - great to be finally able to get to movie trailers through Front Row. As one post above suggests, perhaps it depends what you have in your login items.
 
nagromme said:
I'm glad they're fixing these "potentials" before they become "actuals," but mostly I'm just dying to know. What is BOM?

I know it's something to do with extracting zips, but why the name BOM?

TIA for what will probably be some Unix trivia :)

PS, it's cool that the latest Flash Player is bundled right into the Apple update.
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BOM is Bill of Materials

You can use lsbom to extract the output of a BOM file included in a package (pkg) and view the actual installed contents.
 
What is particularly impressive is not only the amount of fixes implemented but also the level of depth in the kb article to give an idea of the process used to resolve the issue. The 2006-003 kb article is the most detailed one so far, these issues are nearly all related to OS X components and a few smaller fixes for newer opensource developments. Hopefully this is the start of much better security updates in the future. Top work! :)
 
What about PPC Macs?

I was just reading through this thread and though I saw lots of problems affecting the Intel Macs, I didn't see any references to the PPC ones yet, either way.

Is there anyone here who's tried it yet? I'm a bit weary now after all these bad things happening to the Intel systems.

By the way, I think it's ridiculous of Apple to only want to support these problems after a fresh re-install. I mean, THEY created the problem in the first place. They should find a more intelligent way of solving it. Especially when it affects so many people in the same way :mad:

I'm glad I didn't get AppleCare, I can do without this kind of support. I can come up with the 'Fresh Install' idea myself, thank you very much :) Only the hardware warranty extension would be cool though..
 
nagromme said:
Always remember:

1. No OS is ever perfect.

2. Therefore Mac OS X is not perfect.

3. Therefore Mac OS X is just as bad as Windows.

4. Therefore Windows is better than Mac OS X.

QED :)

Thought I'd save some time and sum that all up for anyone who needs it :)
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Horrible logic, and I'm not saying that as a Mac OS X defender.

1. No Operating System is ever perfect.
2. Mac X and Windows are Operating Systems
3. Mac X and Windows are not perfect.

3a. Viruses attack and exploit security in OS's.
3b. There are more Viruses for the Windows OS.
3c. There are more security issues in Windows.
 
Well, I am back here at work on the ol' G4 trying to see what else I can do to fix my MBP 2.Ghz. Here's what I have done so far:

1: Single-User Mode deleted my bootcache and user-added fonts.

2: Install Disk Permissions Fix, verified my hardware is ok.

3: Safe-mode dumped third-party widgets, startup items, and desktop files.

4: Reinstalled updates

5: Reinstalled 10.4.6

Even after all that, I still hang in the startup. Its never consistant, its either the grey screen, or the blue screen with the mouse, or the start up status bar that never fills or my desktop with only a spinning wheel and spotlight the only thing to show up.

In the words of Cartman: "Hey guys, I'm seriously getin' pissssed off in mhah!"
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idea_hamster said:
Clearly, with all the talk about how this update
deals with critical security flaws and how it
may conflict with start-up items,
we have lost touch with the true effect of updates
and the most important issue that this kind of release raises:

Uptime. :D
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Sir, you have a obsession with the weather.
 
No Problems For PPC Mac Quad

GekkePrutser said:
I was just reading through this thread and though I saw lots of problems affecting the Intel Macs, I didn't see any references to the PPC ones yet, either way.

Is there anyone here who's tried it yet? I'm a bit weary now after all these bad things happening to the Intel systems.

By the way, I think it's ridiculous of Apple to only want to support these problems after a fresh re-install. I mean, THEY created the problem in the first place. They should find a more intelligent way of solving it. Especially when it affects so many people in the same way :mad:

I'm glad I didn't get AppleCare, I can do without this kind of support. I can come up with the 'Fresh Install' idea myself, thank you very much :) Only the hardware warranty extension would be cool though..
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Can't tell any problems.
 
add me to the list of unbootable

Yeah, my intel imac wont boot after this update. just hangs on the blue screen. Finally just re-installed the whole OS (archive and install) rather than trouble shoot. After that the update ran fine though so in the end it was probably one of the simpler solutions.

good luck, but I would say hold off if you have an intel mac
 
mrkr said:
Yeah, my intel imac wont boot after this update. just hangs on the blue screen. Finally just re-installed the whole OS (archive and install) rather than trouble shoot. After that the update ran fine though so in the end it was probably one of the simpler solutions.

good luck, but I would say hold off if you have an intel mac
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Did you have Adobe CS2 installed? It seems like this is linked to having a non-booting iMac.
 
Caution

nagromme said:
Now I know! Even better trivia than I was hoping for :)

As you were...


I haven't yet gone to 10.4.6 and I don't see it either. Time to update!
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If you access a non-Apple server, particularly a Xinet volume, I advise strongly against upgrading to 10.4.6 It is a very problematic upgrade, and I am really hoping that 10.4.7 comes out soon and addresses these known issues with file permissions going wonky.
 
dr_lha said:
Did you have Adobe CS2 installed? It seems like this is linked to having a non-booting iMac.
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It seems to be more linked to having PPC applications in startup items. I've read on other forums that Microsoft database daemon also caused problems.

Does anyone have Palm Desktop and/or MS Office installed on their Intel Macs? Can you report on how the update went?
 
I had to reboot my powerbook 3 or 4 times to get airport working (it wasn't updating the keychain), but other than that it seems ok...
 
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