PowerPC people complaining?
LOL. This. That is exactly what's going on.
It's Rosetta. Probably not too high on the list of critical features.
This isn't even an OS issue. The issue is with users not upgrading their ancient software.
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Snow Leopard Security Update Kills PowerPC Apps Using Rosetta
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LOL. This. That is exactly what's going on.
It's Rosetta. Probably not too high on the list of critical features.
This isn't even an OS issue. The issue is with users not upgrading their ancient software.
PowerPC people complaining?
No, people using Rosetta on 10.6. But, I'm sure you feel superior even still.
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Curious why hasn't Apple taken this update down yet.
By something that mimics its namesake perfectly, lazy slow and unresponsive? Compared to a Snow Leopard which is agile, fast and stealth like.
Great evolution LTD
Super, those of us that need security in an OS and are stuck with the fundamental insecurity of Versions can just use FileVaul... Oh, wait.
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There's approximately 0 software companies in the world that achieve this level of perfection. I doubt Apple has regression tests for every single feature in their OS, for all possible edge cases. That's a pipe dream.
The closest you'll get to that level of perfection are the heavily regulated software industries like avionics software, where even the possibility of a safety impacting bug can never be tolerated. The downside to that model of software development is that it costs an absolute fortune and develops at a snail's pace.
Sure, but there's a difference between minor bugs and major show stoppers.
No one is asking for perfection, but shipping show stoppers is a big no-no in the industry. That's why they're called "show stoppers".
Then, they would be like Microsoft supporting ancient apps (Windows 1.0 apps) on Windows 7
Exactly AppleWorks? Move to iWork It can import AppleWorks documents
I was worried about upgrading to Lion after looking through System Profiler, I realized that basically all my PPC apps either where replaceable, or unused
I don't think Apple even tested Rosetta All the apps either have Universal versions, or have replacements
I already did. My Mac mini is running OS X 10.7 Lion.
However, I still have 10.6 Snow Leopard on an alternate startup drive solely for running Quicken once or twice a week. After applying the January 2012 security update, Quicken now crashes when I go to the File menu and try to open another data file.
My current workaround is to double-click the Quicken data file in Finder so I can limp along and do my tasks.
This is a showstopper and it never should have made it past QA.
Yeah, it doesn't work if your database has anything more than the basics.
That's pretty much what we're doing, but it requires massive, massive fixing. Basically, not much better than just manually copy-pasting everything.
I've never understood why this sort of translation is so hard, but apparently it is.
What PPC apps are people still running that can't be upgraded (serious question, not meant to be sarcastic)?
It seems to me that all main stream consumer apps have a Lion compatible version (e.g. Office). Also, if you're hardware-limited, can't install Lion, and absolutely must use a program (e.g. business apps) it's time to buy new hardware and migrate to newer software anyways. Maybe there are some scenarios I'm missing.
Yeah, I was going to bring this up. Small White Car, what is different that it can't go into the modern version?
Thanks for killing Quicken 2007
It's bad enough that Intuit is hosing Mac users, but now I can't import or export anything within Quicken 2007 because of an APPLE update??????? Not even giving Intuit a chance to come out with their patch in the Spring so it will work on Lion? I can't even export the info over to another software program without Quicken crashing. Thank goodness I hadn't done the security update on my laptop yet.
It's bad enough that Intuit is hosing Mac users, but now I can't import or export anything within Quicken 2007 because of an APPLE update??????? Not even giving Intuit a chance to come out with their patch in the Spring so it will work on Lion? I can't even export the info over to another software program without Quicken crashing. Thank goodness I hadn't done the security update on my laptop yet.
They already dropped support in Lion, so they are "staying nimble."
The problem is that they broke support in a minor security update, which shouldn't happen.
No, they would be like any company, that understand's it's better to not release updates that break functionality and call it an "update". Of course, Apple's "updates" usually work in this manner; this update, Final Cut Pro -> FCPX, iMovie HD -> iMovie 08 (I think)...
NTVDM is not so competant, and Microsoft dropped support for Win16 and other 16 bit sub-systems in WOW for 64 bit versions of Windows a long time ago.
ACT 6.0 which is ancient still runs on Windows 7 btw. Your problem your problems are from your change of software versions and not the OS.
This is bad, but hopefully they'll fix it.
Of course if you rely on, or even just really like any PPC apps this is why up to date back-ups (and preferably full system ones not just your files) are always a good idea... you never know who's going to mess up or when - all you can do is try to make sure it's not you!
Of course if you rely on, or even just really like any PPC apps this is why up to date back-ups (and preferably full system ones not just your files) are always a good idea... you never know who's going to mess up or when - all you can do is try to make sure it's not you!
I was lazy enough to skip this Snow Leopard update just because it required me to reboot. I had no idea it would snowball into this.
The suggested voodoo to get the Lion update installed was bad enough.
FTFY.
If it can be tested there needs to be a regression test case for it - simple as that. How else do you think Microsoft issues bazillion updates - every Tuesday for at least 3 different OS variants - without causing issues? It's the regression tests.
Point is this isn't really an edge case - this is testable functionality. PPC apps are still available and in use. If Apple had one major PPC app that had a launch test it would've been discovered and declared a show stopper.
Edge case would be someone using some obscure unpublished API in an app that is used by few. Making MS Office not work due to "Security Update" isn't. That's just carelessness.
What, you mean if someone has physical access to a Mac which is already logged in, they can get the files on it? You don't say!
That article even specifically states there's no new exploit being used, and the software to do this costs $1,000. Not much for the average user to worry about really.
And Stacraft/Warcraft/Diablo too.
But I wish Blizzard would just make these universal apps.
All right. Updates always break something or the other. It's no big deal. But so many issues these days with Apple is the reason I posted.
The guy who's stolen your MacBook probably doesn't give two ***** about what's stored on it regardless.