Apple Releases New Security Update 65
maradong writes "Apple released a new Security Update today. The 3.7 MB Update fixes problems in CUPS Printing, libxml2, Mail, and OpenSSL."
We are not a loved organization, but we are a respected one. -- John Fisher
Re:This is quick! (Score:1)
If this would be the case, iTunes would have at least been named in the list of apps/libs getting fixes.
Nevertheless the update installed flawless w/o problems.
Re:This is quick! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:This is quick! (Score:2, Informative)
So far, so good (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So far, so good (Score:1)
no way theres a link between Fairplay and this (Score:4, Informative)
Installed here with no problems on my 1.8 Dual.
CUPS of crap (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:3, Interesting)
Eric in Seattle
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:2, Funny)
Eric in Seattle
You know, posting your name and location kind of defeats the purpose of being an Anonymous Coward. ; )
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:3, Informative)
Two points.
One. Appletalk doesn't route on most routers by default, so if you have more than one subnet (and any company should) you're screwed.
Two. They may not detect AppleTalk but they'd detect the broadcast storms that AppleTalk creates.. and they'd be asking you if you're running some malware since you're spamming the sub
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:1)
re-read it, and thought i should clarify IP printing as a whole is fast and stable.. just doesn't work with certain printers with certain macs in certain circumstances i guess.
Re: AppleTalk chatter (Score:4, Informative)
This is often stated as Known Fact, but is it verifiably true? I was under the impression that each AppleTalk device sends a few small broadcast packets every N seconds, which might eat up a 230kbps Localtalk network pretty quickly, but should be negligible on 100Mbps ethernet. Especially since they generally don't cross routers, as you mention.
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:3, Insightful)
Hey, don't feel bad. CUPS sucks on all platforms. The first thing I have to do on my Linux box is uninstall CUPS and install the regular old lpr print system.
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:4, Informative)
Re:CUPS of crap (Score:3, Informative)
SystemGroup lp,admin
to the
OT Re:CUPS of crap (Score:1)
I read that as "I had a biotech of a time" for some reason...
Mac OSX based *nix (Score:1, Insightful)
"optimizing" (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:"optimizing" (Score:1)
Re:"optimizing" (Score:5, Informative)
update_prebinding tries to synchronize prebinding information for
libraries and executables when new files are added to a system. Prebind-
ing information is pre-calculated address information for libraries used
by a given executable or library. By pre-determining where a function in
another library is destined to be placed, the dynamic linker does not
have to resolve symbols at application startup time, and the application
can launch faster.
Re:"optimizing" (Score:5, Informative)
Yep, it's updating the prebinding on applications and frameworks. Prebinding is a performance enhancement in which the addresses of symbols in shared libraries are calculated ahead of time so that the dynamic linker doesn't have to do it every time an application is launched. This can reduce application launch time by 10-30% if the application links against a lot of shared libraries. Whenever a library is changed (such as in an update like this) then the prebinding has to be redone. The Installer automatically does this for you.
Note that if you install something w/o using Apple's Installer, and the prebinding on a file isn't updated, this is no big deal. When you launch the application, the dynamic linker will notice that the prebinding is wrong and will automatically update the prebinding. The first time you launch the application it will be a little bit slower than normal, but after that the prebinding will be there and improve the launch time.
Re:"optimizing" (Score:5, Funny)
Yes. Market Research has shown the switchers from Windows PCs don't trust software installations that proceed to quickly. The "Optimizing" loop will steadily decrease for as long as you own the machine to zero, at which point you will compare the time to a Windows machine and assume that Windows has steadily required more and more time and you are even more discouraged from switching back.
Re:"optimizing" (Score:4, Informative)
sudo upate_prebinding -root. check here [apple.com] for more info.
Re:"optimizing" (Score:1, Funny)
It's very important
No problems here (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No problems here (Score:5, Funny)
Boy, the 17" Aluminum Apple Notebooks are heavy enough. I can't imagine what an Aluminum-Lead one would be like.
Re:No problems here (Score:2)
You can take an estimate from this fine 17-pound Mac Portable [lowendmac.com]. It used a lead battery, so I guess it's safe to call it Plastic-Lead. Although it was often called Marketing-Disaster.
Updates to CUPS (Score:5, Funny)
--Stephen
Re:WHAT??? (Score:5, Funny)
That's how you troll kiddy.
all systems go (Score:2, Informative)
Working fine here.. (Score:5, Informative)
Also, if you're interested in running that update prebindings command sometime to get a better idea of what it does:
sudo -u root update_prebinding -verbose -root
Password: ********
And watch it scroll away.
Re:Working fine here.. (Score:2)
Trace/BPT trap
G3 450iMacDV - Still Churns and Burns (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:G3 450iMacDV - Still Churns and Burns (Score:1)
Er.. (assuming you mean windows PC *owners*)
PowerMac 9500 - Still Churns and Burns (Score:5, Interesting)
NarratorDan
Software update: my experience (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Software update: my experience (Score:1)
Re:Software update: my experience (Score:2)
Still, at least some software authors like the Poisoned team are integrating self update functionality into the software itself. ( And yeah, I know that can be a bad thing. )
Re:Software update: my experience (Score:2, Interesting)
used it back in the jaguar days, and can't find a negative point on it.
thought i don't really need it.
Renew (Score:3, Informative)
SteveM
Re:Renew (Score:2)
iBook G4 not so happy -- Finder dead (Score:3, Interesting)
Now, the Finder doesn't run on it's own. It has to be manually started from Well, that's that.
Suggestions from a Mac afficionado (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Suggestions from a Mac afficionado (Score:4, Funny)
Weird. Try "Update Permissions" in Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
What? You're an afficionado and you didn't suggest:
sudo diskutil repairPermissions
Shame on you!
Re:Suggestions from a Mac afficionado (Score:3, Funny)
lol
NarratorDan
Re: Correction (Score:2, Insightful)
OS X just happens to be the easiest to use when it works, which is the vast majority of the time. You obviously havent used OS X otherwise you'd realise this yourself.
I've used (and work with) various flavours of Linux, including Mandrake, and none are as easy to use as OS X, whoever is operating the system.
iMac RevA didn't work perfect (Score:2)