Odd change in Software Update behavior: please corroborate
Hi, I had just updated to QT 7.5 recently and I am experiencing new behavior with software update.
I typically run on a standard user account. I regularly check for software updates from this account by launching software update. It usually runs and tells me if there is anything that needs to be installed. If anything needs to be installed I usually do it through the admin account.
After installing QT 7.5 I saw new update for iMovie and iDVD. I activated software update to check. Now, the system prompts for the admin password and name before it shows the update list. I hit cancel and it shows the list as usual. I personally find this behavior a little annoying. It should only prompt for admin when I actually decide to hit the install button.
I have not tried this on my admin account.
Please try this out yourself and tell me whether you are getting the same behavior or not.
Ok, I did repair permissions, that didn't seem to do it. Using software update on the standard account still drew the prompt before the update list came up. However I tried using SU on the admin account and I did not get the same thing. Then I went back to the standard account and tried it again and the prompt went away.
Looks like SU tried to change something during the checking process but couldn't but when I ran it on the admin account it got changed automatically and now it doesn't seem to require the change now.
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