Security update fixed my last remaining problems!! Woo hoo!!

I ran the security update and now mysteriously all of my remaining issues I've had since updating to 10.4.9 went away. Great news indeed, just wondering if apple puts some system updates in with the security updates?
Here were the problems I was having still after massive amounts of troubleshooting after the 10.4.9 update. But hey, they are gone now!!!
• System freezing up several times a day
• Ichat continually loosing its connection
• certain apps crashing
I'm looking forward to 10.5, I know apple pushed it back, do they have a release date yet? Any word on Ilife 07 or are they skipping that one?
Brown.Recluse

10.5 - October. Don't know about iLife 07.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/ (bottom of page).
Steve

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btw - I really wish Apple would provide a warning to users that updates may cause problems to specific devices.
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Brittany,
It wouldn't hurt to do another Repair Permissions, but I'm not sure it would help, either...
I'll have to research to see if there's a way to undo security updates (I don't think there is, actually).
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Security Update 2012-001 Bricks Rosetta programs
Restore method.
#1 Backup your personal data off the machine.
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Obviously if you didn't make a recent backup before the update, your going to have to skip to Step #3.
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http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
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TimeMachine help here
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Make copies of your original Snow Leopard
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Learn how to make a bootable SL USB thumb drive
http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
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Unverified hacks
Note: You may see a "hack" for this issue floating around, it has had mixed results as people's software is different.
You may want to try it, but it's at your own risk. It has worked fast for some and not at all for others, hopefully over time it will work for all.
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You're Welcome Sue!
I forgot about some of the cool options in the Safari View contextual menu, so thanks to your previous post, I took a look.
I haven't been exploring my system enough lately!
And Thank You, for extending the courtesy, of awarding in  Discussions, as this is not a requirement, nor mandatory, but is much appreciated!
ali b

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