Security update has messed up my computer

installed and kept package for security update a few hours ago
then restarted and now the finder won't load, it just keeps refreshing there is no way to access any function to uninstall or do anything
restarts don't work completely unplugging doesn't work
i'm trying not to freak out

First, I want to thank everybody who wrote this weekend. I awarded helpful points but then it stopped giving me the option and I didn't want to award all the solved points to just one person so if you have suggestions I will follow up on that. (Thanks to whoever took the swear out of my subject line, although it expressed the feeling at the time--you don't think installing a security update is going to be the cause of a meltdown.)
Here is how it ended up. I created another boot drive on an external so I could backup the rest of my files/media and try things from there. I opened in safe mode and even there the finder didn't work. I ran disc utility and then Discwarrior. Rebuilt the directory, repaired permissions, tested the device. Both Discwarrior and Mac disc utility reported the drive is failing. After that, the finder never did return to operation so I did an archive and install, and then restored to 10.4.9. The finder came back, my settings were still there, all my music was stil connected, and so far I haven't had to input a serial number but I haven't tried all the applications yet. The disc is still failing however, and so I am not going to use that computer until I can clone that drive and replace it. Any cloning/ghosting help/links/suggestions would be appreciated.
Oh, one interesting discovery during this. Even though the Finder didn't work, software update came up yesterday and I found I could actually use Safari and that would semi-launch the Finder to get to system preferences (I even tried running Tinker Tool to try and relaunch the Finder with no luck of course). Couldn't launch any other applications though.
In all, I think the drive was going bad first--hard to say though because I wasn't having any issues up to the security update install. It's a good warning to others to do the precautionary steps that all of you suggested. I got too ccomfortable because in the 13 years of owning several Macs and then working with a couple dozen every day (for video editing) I never had a meltdown with the OS--to not see the Finder take hold is disturbing.
I am very happy I still have use of this drive, but I don't trust it and will be replacing it soon.
Thanks again. Can always count on good souls at Apple Discussions to give their best.

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Hi,
I am reposting this as a separate question as no one has answered my post from 2 days ago and I am getting desperate.
Ever since I downloaded the latest Apple security update two days ago for my OS Tiger, my wireless connection won't work, I am using a separate wireless stick (Sitecom) as Airport won't get me onto channel 13 here in Europe. I know I am connected to the Linksys router here, as the software of my wireless stick tells me this, but my Mail and Safari now tell me I am not connected to the Internet.
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Thank you very much indeed, BDAqua, if you are in Berlin in the next 2 months I will buy you an evening full of beers as a thank you!

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hey so the following is the crash reporter for software update
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 08:06:46.341 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [63]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 176
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 08:19:17.053 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [64]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 151
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 09:03:57.209 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 227
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 10:14:20.618 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 157
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-08 04:32:20.747 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [88]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 253
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-08 05:03:12.248 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [88]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 368
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
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Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 08:06:46.341 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [63]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 176
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 08:19:17.053 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [64]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 151
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 09:03:57.209 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 227
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-07 10:14:20.618 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 157
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-08 04:32:20.747 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [88]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 253
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 2006-11-08 05:03:12.248 +0900
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: WindowServer [88]
Version: 2.0.5 (2.0.5)
PID: 368
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Symbol not found: _ZNK3KJS9ObjectImp11hasPropertyEPNS9ExecStateEj
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
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Host Name: Hanna-Brews-Computer
Date/Time: 1970-01-01 23:40:00.023 +0100
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 3
Command: Finder
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Parent: WindowServer [67]
Version: 10.4 (10.4)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: Finder_FE
Source Version: 5270000
PID: 89
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Code[0]: 0x0000000a
Code[1]: 0x01050004
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b21830 CheckMapHeaderCommon + 0
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b17cc8 PrepareForkInstanceResourceInfo + 268
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b16c48 RMOpenResourceFileRef + 292
3 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x90e3b514 CFileBasedIconLoader::OpenResourceFile(FSRef const*, OpaqueMappedResourceFileRef**) + 136
4 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x90e2a3f8 CFileBasedIconLoader::FirstLoad(CIconStorageEntry*, unsigned long) + 328
5 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x90e28754 ISGetStorageRefFromLoader(CIconFamilyLoader*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long*) + 620
6 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x90e2a0a0 _ISGetStorageByIconFile + 136
7 ...ple.CoreServices.OSServices 0x90e367a0 _ISAddFSRefIconToImage + 116
8 com.apple.HIServices 0x9179c910 ISBuildBaseImage(FSRef const*, HFSUniStr255 const*, unsigned long*, FSCatalogInfo*, CustomBadgeResource*, unsigned long, unsigned char*, OpaqueISImageRef**) + 760
9 com.apple.HIServices 0x9179c4a0 GetImageForFSItem + 528
10 com.apple.HIServices 0x9179c164 GetIconRefFromFileInfo + 568
11 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a21b0 LockGetIconRefFromFileInfo(FSRef const&, unsigned long, unsigned short const*, unsigned long, FSCatalogInfo const*, unsigned long, OpaqueIconRef**, short*) + 108
12 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a2130 TMetaData::ReadIconRef(OpaqueIconRef*&, bool) const + 216
13 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a2044 THFSPlusRef::ReadIconRef(OpaqueIconRef*&, bool) const + 56
14 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a1fc4 THFSPlusStore::ReadIconRef(OpaqueIconRef*&) const + 76
15 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a1ed8 THFSPlusStore::GetIconRef(TPropertyReference&) const + 92
16 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92793714 THFSPlusStore::GetProperty(unsigned long, TPropertyReference&) const + 116
17 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92793398 TNode::GetProperty(unsigned long, TPropertyReference&, unsigned long long&) const + 1064
18 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x92792ef0 GetNodeProperty(OpaqueNodeRef const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long*, TPropertyReference&) + 160
19 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a1e64 GetNodePropertyAsIconRef + 40
20 com.apple.finder 0x0002aa9c 0x1000 + 170652
21 com.apple.finder 0x00026d30 0x1000 + 154928
22 com.apple.finder 0x00025924 0x1000 + 149796
23 com.apple.finder 0x0002a760 0x1000 + 169824
24 com.apple.finder 0x00020eb8 0x1000 + 130744
25 com.apple.finder 0x00020b14 0x1000 + 129812
26 com.apple.finder 0x0000f464 0x1000 + 58468
27 com.apple.finder 0x00012668 0x1000 + 71272
28 com.apple.finder 0x0000efb8 0x1000 + 57272
29 com.apple.finder 0x0000eeb4 0x1000 + 57012
30 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93120dd4 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 692
31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9312052c SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 372
32 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931203a8 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 40
33 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9314bb18 HIView::SendDraw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 396
34 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932abc1c HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char) + 548
35 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932abd3c HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char) + 836
36 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932abd3c HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char) + 836
37 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932abd3c HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char) + 836
38 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932ab99c HIView::DrawComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*) + 580
39 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x933c3ea8 FlushWindowObject(WindowData*, void**, unsigned char) + 548
40 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9313d7f0 FlushAllWindows() + 204
41 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9074a17c __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 352
42 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90749ea4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 244
43 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93121fc0 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
44 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931215cc ReceiveNextEventCommon + 244
45 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931668a0 AcquireNextEventInMode + 72
46 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93166690 RunApplicationEventLoop + 132
47 com.apple.finder 0x00009090 0x1000 + 32912
48 com.apple.finder 0x00005824 0x1000 + 18468
49 com.apple.finder 0x0000542c 0x1000 + 17452
50 com.apple.finder 0x000adfc8 0x1000 + 708552
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ca78 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c0c pthreadmutexlock + 508
2 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a8e98 TNode::HandleSyncRequest(__CFRunLoopTimer*, void*) + 56
3 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9278bb30 TFSNotificationTask::FSNotificationTaskProc(void*) + 144
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b387c8 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3b4 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ca78 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c0c pthreadmutexlock + 508
2 com.apple.HIServices 0x917aad3c UpdateIconRef + 48
3 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9279c23c THFSPlusStore::ResetIconRef() const + 60
4 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9279f184 THFSPlusStore::ReconcileModificationDate(THFSPlusStore const&) + 148
5 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9279e23c TNode::ReconcileSelf(THFSPlusStore const&) + 280
6 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a0828 TChildrenList::InsertOrUpdate(_gnu_cxx::__normaliterator<TNode**, std::vector<TNode*, std::allocator<TNode*> > >&, THFSPlusStore*) + 656
7 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a0584 TChildrenList::ReconcileChildInOrder(_gnu_cxx::__normaliterator<TNode**, std::vector<TNode*, std::allocator<TNode*> > >&, THFSPlusStore&) + 136
8 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a0474 THFSPlusStore::SynchronizeChildren(TChildrenList&) + 128
9 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x927a03a8 TNode::SynchronizeChildren() + 60
10 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9279fd1c TNode::ReconcileChildren(TNode::StSynchronize const&, bool) + 180
11 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9279d958 TNode::HandleSync(bool) + 348
12 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9278c42c TNodeSyncTask::SyncTaskProc(void*) + 360
13 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90b387c8 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
14 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3b4 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x90b21830 srr1: 0x0000d030 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0x28024222 xer: 0x00000006 lr: 0x90b17cc8 ctr: 0x9011f584
r0: 0x0000a49e r1: 0xbfffcfc0 r2: 0x0000a49e r3: 0x01050000
r4: 0x0000a49e r5: 0xa0afc578 r6: 0x00000000 r7: 0x00000001
r8: 0x00000000 r9: 0xffffffff r10: 0xffffffff r11: 0xa0afde60
r12: 0x9011f584 r13: 0x00000002 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0xbfffe354
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0xbfffe0b0 r19: 0x00000001
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0xbfffe470 r22: 0xbfffe850 r23: 0xa0e284f0
r24: 0xbfffd7d0 r25: 0x0000000d r26: 0x00000001 r27: 0x0118e4b0
r28: 0x00000065 r29: 0x01050000 r30: 0xffffffd9 r31: 0x90e2a2c0
Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x36efff com.apple.finder 10.4 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
0x4e8000 - 0x4eafff com.apple.textencoding.unicode 2.0 /System/Library/TextEncodings/Unicode Encodings.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Unicode Encodings
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe50fff dyld 43 /usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x901a6fff libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x901fe000 - 0x90202fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x90204000 - 0x90257fff com.apple.CoreText 1.0.0 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreText.framework/Versions/A/CoreText
0x90284000 - 0x90335fff ATS /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/ATS
0x90364000 - 0x9069cfff com.apple.CoreGraphics 1.256.0 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics
0x90727000 - 0x90800fff com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.4 (368) /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
0x90849000 - 0x90849fff com.apple.CoreServices 10.4 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
0x9084b000 - 0x9094dfff libicucore.A.dylib /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
0x909a7000 - 0x90a2bfff libobjc.A.dylib /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
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0x9454a000 - 0x94559fff libCGATS.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGATS.A.dylib
0x94561000 - 0x9456dfff libCSync.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCSync.A.dylib
0x945b2000 - 0x945c6fff libRIP.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libRIP.A.dylib
0x945cc000 - 0x9482efff com.apple.QuickTime 7.0.0 /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/Versions/A/QuickTime
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0x94c41000 - 0x94c47fff com.apple.filesync 3.0 (97) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileSync.framework/Versions/A/FileSync
sorry this is a load of gobaldy goop to me, ive no idea whats gone on, any help would be much much appreacited
Becca**

2009-001 Security Update Has Broken Printing From VMWare

Are Apple aware that their latest security patch has affected the ability to print from a guest OS in VMWare Fusion?
I've installed Adobe Reader 8 since the update, and that won't print too, though I can still print PDF's from Preview, perhaps the update has affected CUPS.
Since Apple recommend VMWare (quite rightly) in their online store, I hope that they feel an obligation to help solve this!
Message was edited by: Punter1

Dave Sawyer wrote:
It seems like you VMWare people have more problems than people using Parallels.
I have both
Me too!
in my experience Parallels is a lot more twitchy and problematic than VMWare.
I'm not sure about the definition of "twitchy" in this (or any) context.
That doesn't mean that VMWare is perfect; it's not by any means.
I've never seen any software that is prefect and without bugs. I want to sound fair and unbiased, but I can honestly say that I have never experienced any problem, of any kind, in Parallels. It has never failed me.
I cannot say the same for VMWare. I tried it, found numerous problems immediately. The 2.0 version seems better. It doesn't appear to make the Mac itself unstable, even when VMWare isn't running.
But I've found it to be much more stable than Parallels (either v. 3.x or v 4.x).
For all tasks where printing isn't required I assume
It is not my intention to turn this thread into yet another Parallels vs. VMWare flame war. I have seen a great deal of disinformation targeted at Parallels over the past couple of years. I have made it a personal goal to do my part to fight it whenever I get the chance. So that is why I seem a bit testy and defensive - because I am
Neither you nor the original poster have said anything derogatory towards Parallels. Both Parallels and VMWare are fine products. In this case, VMWare has a bug. That is unfortunate for them. I haven't installed the security update myself to see if Parallels is immune. But I'm guessing it is unaffected considering the level of trashing that Parallels gets even when they don't have bugs.
It is unfortunate that the original poster was misinformed about Apple recommending VMWare. Apple will help market just about any Mac software, but I don't think Apple would ever recommend any 3rd party product over another 3rd party product. They sell both VMWare and Parallels in the Apple Store.
I am sure that VMWare will find and fix this bug fairly shortly. I'm sure Apple will help them if they ask.
I am sure that Adobe Reader 8 will not be updated to fix its bug. Adobe Reader 8 is already obsolete. Adobe Reader 9 may not have the same issue. I can't say myself because I don't use Adobe software to read PDFs. I prefer Preview, Skim, or PDFClerkPro.

Please help! Security update has ruined my PowerBook!

I just did the latest security update, and now my Powerbook is dead. When it tries to boot up, I hear the Superdrive make a whirring noise and then nothing...no startup tone or anything else. It just sits there with a black screen and makes no noise. I have powered it down several times and then turned it back on...the same thing happens. What can I do? My whole life is on this computer, I can't afford to go a day without it.

ok, i ended up taking out the ram and trying to boot. with one piece of ram in it made the chime but wouldn't boot. then i put both back in and no chime. then i started swapping the positions out but no boot. finally, i put the ram back in the original locations and it booted up perfectly fine, recognizing the full 1GB of installed ram. i am so thankful that I was at least able to back up my files. any ideas on what is going on here?

New iPod update has messed up my Artist list!!!

I would greatly appreciate if anyone could help me out, as this problem is causing a great deal of annoyance & frustration. My iPod recently that there was a new update to download, which I did. However, once I did this, this has greatly messed up my Artist listings. For example, I had the Ozzy Osbourne "Prince Of Darkness" set on my iTunes. Disc 3 of this set is Ozzy with other artists, so the Artist name on these songs are written as Ozzy with Primus, Ozzy with Type O Negative, etc. I have it written as Artist Sort Name: Ozzy Osbourne and not listed as a compilation, so that it still lists under the name of Ozzy Osbourne in Artist List. Before the update download, everything was nicely organized under this one name. Now however, every different name (ie. ...with Primus, ...with Type O Negative) is now listed in Artists under Ozzy Osbourne. This is only one of many examples were this has occured, so as can be imagined, my Artist List is now greatly disorganized. It is very frustrating, especially since I have been spending a lot of time trying to organize my iPod. Can you please tell me how I can get things straight again. Thanks,
-Colin

enronceo wrote:
So I have been complaining about all the issues to Apple customer service, the community forums and calling Wacom and Photoshop and they all blame YOU!
Well we don't even know you, so why us? we are just users of Apple equipment, like you are, well maybe not quite like you are but you know what I mean.
Curb the attitude and describe your issues and someone may help.
Here's one to start with, the little grey wheel that went around and around while Mountain Lion and Mavericks got started has been replaced by an blue bar that gets longer. It's normal.

ITunes Update has messed up my Windows installation

I just opened iTunes to transfer some files across to an iPhone, and it prompted me to update iTunes, which I agreed to. Upon the update finishing it stated that a system restart was required in order to complete the process. However, after doing this CHKDSK thinks the C drive needs checking and goes through the full check. Upon this completing, the machine again restarts as expected, but Windows will then not boot. It gets to a certain stage of loading (Windows splash loading screen shows for a few seconds), then the PC restarts and gets itself stuck in a loop of trying to start. The only way I can get it to boot is to start in safe mode and then use system restore to get back to a previous configuration. I thought maybe something had gone wrong the first time, so I tried the whole process again, and again I've got the same problem.
Now I feel like the only way I'm going to get this to work is to wipe the machine and start again as something has obviously gone haywire with the hard disk after applying this update. As this is an iPhone, I don't have the luxury of using any other software for transfering files to and from it.
Has anybody else had a similar issue?

enronceo wrote:
So I have been complaining about all the issues to Apple customer service, the community forums and calling Wacom and Photoshop and they all blame YOU!
Well we don't even know you, so why us? we are just users of Apple equipment, like you are, well maybe not quite like you are but you know what I mean.
Curb the attitude and describe your issues and someone may help.
Here's one to start with, the little grey wheel that went around and around while Mountain Lion and Mavericks got started has been replaced by an blue bar that gets longer. It's normal.

The new update has messed up my iPad and iPhone both glitch and turn off now when you are playing games or reading

Both my iPhone and I pad are not communicating together. They are glitch. You can be in a game or surfing the web and all the sudden the screen goes black. I have lots of memory and space. I cleaned history thinking it could be it. I also restored iPad as new device. The update messed it up. Becoming very frustrated with apple products. Help please!

What update are you talking about? What iOS level are you running?

HT4623 IOS6 update has messed my phone up

i have completed a software update and it has complelty wiped my phone and will now not allow me to activate now either over wifi or connected to itunes tells me unable to activate at this time please try later or contact customer support. i have connected to i tunes and wil not allow any restore or updates as it does not give the option.
help please

OK, I suggest trying restoring and recovering. If those end up giving you the same "cannot activate" message, you should contact your cellular carrier. Here's how to do that:
Contact a mobile carrier

Maverick has messed up my computer. Slow scrolling in I photo. Bookmark icons are blue all the time and not marked with the company symbols. I cannot find out how to solve this.

I switched to Mavericks two weeks ago and have had nothing but troubles. Scrolling in I photo is slow and very inaccurate. When I click and drag a photo the ones above it all flicker, making it hard to find where to put it. My bookmarks bar Icons are all blue. Before they used to show the symbol for the company they represented. Now I click on one, it changes to what I want, then a few minutes of hour later, it goes back to the blue ball, which I hate. My font size is different with every page and I have to click Zoom in all the time. I tried adjusting it in Preferences in Advance settings on the right, but this does not solve the problem permanetly. I have one web page, a hockey one, which tries to load, then I get either a black page or a white one. Driving me nuts. I need some help. Been to Apple at the store, talked to them on the phone for four hours last week. Rebuilt the I photo library with no luck. Would appreciate any help. Please Thanks. I even keep a fan behind my computer to keep it cool, that is how much I look after this baby. Some say it might be Safari? Not sure. I have little computer experience, so please it you are kind enough to reply, do not use tech talk or short forms as I will not understand any of it.

Rick,
I have a few of your issues as well: 1) Safari popular icons are all bue making them very hard to distinguish from each other. 2) My font size is also different with each page / window. What I have been able to find out is that in the Maverick OS - Apple removed one size of display resolution 2048 x 1152. Whether this is the cause of my 27" screen clarity & font size issues, I do not know - but it seems like a contributing factor. Maybe help is on the way - maybe not. Cheers

Stupid updater has messed up my Illustrator! Help??

I'm on the Illustrator discussion board with this too, and still no help. Seems a few of us are experiencing difficulties with the Pathfinder feature in Illustrator after using the BAD updater everyone seems to hate so much.
What can I do? I've tried the prefs, permissions, create new user etc and it just doesn't help.
Of course, considering some of the things that seem to have happened to others, maybe I'm not so bad off. At least I still can use the &%$@ machine.
Is there any way to revert to "before updater"?!
thanks everyoe

Thanks for answering...I was just in the worst mood as you might imagine. There are a couple of us over in the Illustrator forums who are rather cheesed off about this.
I guess it was my bad about the updater, but after years and years of being spoon-fed everything by the IT dept at my old work (they'd DIE if we ever tried to do anything ourselves) I just got lazy.
One last question b/c you seem to know what you're talkin' bout, Willis is the "archive and install" anything like in Windows where you can just step back to your old OS version? Or will I have to back every dang thing up and reinstall it all?
Any help doing your fix suggestion would be GREAT. Thanks again

New update has messed up my playlists

I installed the new 10 OS software this morning which seemed fairly smooth. However, my music and playlists are all scrambled. Is there a simple way to reinstate them to the way they were please?
Cheers

What update are you talking about? What iOS level are you running?

Firefox has messed up my computer, does not open and will not be uninstalled. Tell me how to get rid. I've tried numerous options.

Nightmare and I've had enough. Throws up an error message EXCOM won't load. Cannot uninstall firefox in any way. Not from control panel , nor from helper.exe nor any other approach including cc cleaner uninstall. Firefox get your act together! This is no longer a viable browser more like a nasty virus.

Did you get the installer from Mozilla.org? If not, it could be altered.
'''[http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ Download Firefox Full Installer For All languages And Systems]''' {web link}
Save the file. Then;
Using your file browser, open the Programs folder on your computer.
'''Windows:''' C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)
'''Mac:''' Open the "Applications" folder.
'''Linux:''' Check your user manual.
Look for, and rename any Mozilla and Firefox folders by adding '''.old''' to them.
Now run the full installer.
'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/uninstall-firefox-from-your-computer Uninstall Firefox from your computer]''' {web link}

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