Security Update Question.

Hi all ---
Just curious which Security Update is best for my PB.
I'm on 10.3.9 and not sure if its the Panther client, or server update I need ? Will the download contain all items needed?
Grateful for any help & info --
cheers,
J.
PB 15/1.25 ghz/SD/80gig/768 RAM/ Mac OS X (10.3.9) Powermac G3

use Software Update to see what is available, but download from the Apple website, that way if your internet craps out during the download and update process it won't possibly cause you a problem.
Also you can archive and maintain the updates should you have to re-install the system, you won't have to download them again.

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Adobe Flash Security Update Question Version 9 and 10

How are you? So I was checking out a security website at the Washington Post when I came upon this article http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/02/adobeissues_security_updatef.html#comments
In the article it detailed that Adobe issued a security update for its Flash Player. This was on February 26, 2009.
Why were we unaware of this update? So I went to the link to find out what version of Flash did I have on my Macbook Pro, it was this: You have version 9,0,151,0 installed
I was unsure of whether to update to Flash 10, do you recommend updating to Flash 10, what are the pros and cons?
The article had a link if you wanted to keep Flash 9 but get the security update. So I tried to download and install the Flash 9 update. When I got to the install part it said it was unable to install, something of a preinstall failure, I did not write down the error message. Why is it not installing?
Is it because in the last Leopard security update this issue was resolved? Is that also the reason we were notified of this Adobe security update?
What other programs come preinstalled with Leopard or Safari that we need to check the security on our own????
Thanks for your time.

Yes, you should update your FlashPlayer. The latest version includes the security update but doesn't say so.
You should also ensure you have installed Apple's security update 2009-001.
The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.
Note that Adobe requires you to uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, as mentioned here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=1
using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.

Beware the Security Update - How I fixed my WIFI problem and a question

First of all I have read the "Latest Update from 21 January is A Disaster" thread and I basically agree with Andrew is Stuck so please don't feel the need repeat any of the stuff about it is not a bug in the update etc etc and I should have a Super Duper clone to hand etc etc . I have read that stuff. You are probably right but they should write on the Security Update info panel - "Be Careful this could really ruin your day".
I am ****** off and stressed out and I need to rant and I am not looking for that kind of lecture - even if it is partially or wholly true. I need to feel positive by warning people the way I wish I had been warned!
NB I am near the end of a professional dance tour as Musical Director running music on Logic on my MBP and it has been working fantastic - not a single glitch in 6 weeks. I would never upgrade my OS or Logic in the middle of job like this BUT Security Updates have always seem like something you should install because they will protect the Mac or protect against any new viruses etc. I have never had a problem with them before. (THAT ATTITUDE WILL NOW CHANGE!!!)
This update has caused a lot of people a lot of problems (check out this forum) and it has caused me more real world problems than anything I have downloaded and installed from anywhere in the last 3 years. Thus it has nothing to do with Security!!! HOw any people does a Security Uodate have to goose before it becomes an unsatisfactory Security Update?
This security update suddenly stopped my WIFI working and put me in a real hole.
(I am sure you don't care but I have a meeting tomorrow morning that I needed to do 3 hours of prep for including looking at VIDEO online. And the Security Update has just put paid to that. )
After 3 hours I have just got WIfi back- here's how:
I repaired permissions twice with Disk Utility - no joy. I found I could get online when I booted in Safe Mode (and I could get online with my Iphone on the same WIFi setup) so I knew it was not the router - though I did switch the router on and off a few times,
When I initially ran Repair permissions there was loads of things needing repair. I ran it again and 2 remained:
usr/share/derby it keeps trying to repair
and one of the package contents of the ARDAgent.app (System>Library>CoreServices>RemoteManagement>ARDAgent.app>Contents>MacOS>ARDAg ent) had a warning attached that it in the Disk Utility Repair Permissions report that it had been modified.
So I restored ARDAgent.app from a Time Machine Back up and replaced the offending file when in Safe Mode (Restart with Shift held down). - using Ctrl Click to open the ARDAgent.app package contents.
This seemed to sort it all out for me.
I guess people need to look in their Disk Utility Repair Permissions reports and see if any esoteric system files have been goosed by the update and see if they can get them back - although if you don't know what you are doing this could make things worse......
Anyway I DO have questions:
If this hadn't of worked:
1) Would reinstalling Snow Leopard from disks have upset my preferences, installs of Logic and Audio drivers and 3rd party application installs and the rest?
- the main stressor when this happens is not trying to lose the whole day.
2) Is there a way of just restoring the System from a Time Machine Backup or a SuperDuper clone or do you have to restore the whole state of the entire Hard Drive?
Best
Tommy Banana
PS I feel better now. Thanks for listening.

The fact that you saw no glitches while running Logic before applying the update means almost nothing because that uses only a small subset of system resources. Far more significant is that Safe Mode restored some missing functionality: because it disables non-essential items like user fonts, third party drivers, & so on, it points to problems in those areas.
Equally significant, the fact that there are relatively few reports of post-update problems among the several million Snow Leopard users points away from the update itself as the cause of your problems.
Separate & apart from that, it so happens that I'm a sound engineer/system designer/board operator with nearly 40 years of professional touring experience. FWIW, I never have & never will update the software of any system I must rely on professionally (whether it is running on a Mac, a PC, or dedicated hardware) unless & until I can thoroughly test it first and I have a trustworthy backup/recursion strategy to fall back on in case of problems.
I strongly suggest you learn from your unpleasant experience & do the same. I have had far fewer problems with Macs than with PC's, but nothing is 100% reliable to begin with. Changing the OS software part way through the tour is just asking for trouble, no matter how reliable that has been in the past. Even if the budget allows for nothing better than a stack of burned CD's & a couple of consumer grade CD players, no professional tour can afford to be without some fallback strategy in place. That should be self-evident & require no warning from Apple or anybody else.

Question regarding PowerShell script to Uninstall security updates in Windows 7/8

Hello Everyone,
I came across a great link on the Scriptcenter
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Uninstall-security-update-76f2dcb7 which has a PowerShell download that enables you to remove Microsoft updates from computers. When I download the zip files ->extract it, I have a
file called " UninstallHotFix.psm1 ".   So far so good. But where I am totally lost is in the directions to use this file.
Specifically:
Method 1:
Download the script and open the script file together with Notepad or any other script editor.
Scroll down to the end of the script file, and then add the example command which you want to run.
Save the file then run the script in PowerShell
I assume (1) refers to right clicking on "UninstallHotFix.psm1" and opening it with notepad?
If I want to run the following...   Uninstall-OSCHotfix -HotFixID KB2830290   do I just paste it at the end of notepad?
Do I save the file and attempt to run in powershell as a .psm1 file - or as a .ps1 file?
Lost in Space....
Adrian

Hi Adrian,
If the above doesn't help, I recommend posting questions about this item on the QandA tab of the script module:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Uninstall-security-update-76f2dcb7/view/Discussions#content
I'd recommend following the steps in Method 2 on the gallery item. As an overview:
1. Save the zip file into C:\Temp
2. Extract the zip to C:\Temp\UninstallHotFix(PowerShell)
3. Open a PS console and type the following:
Import-Module 'C:\Temp\UninstallHotFix(PowerShell)\UninstallHotFix(PowerShell)\UninstallHotFix.psm1'
You can verify that the module has been loaded by running Get-Module:
PS C:\> Get-Module
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Computer, Add-Content, Checkpoint
Script 0.0 UninstallHotFix {Uninstall-OSCHotfix, UninstallHotFix}
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Question Regarding Security Updates 2006-005 and 2006-006?

Okay I just noticed Apple Security Update 2006-005 and 2006-006 are available for download. Has anyone had any problems with these updates? I remember the Security Update 2006-001 was a nightmare for me -- Safari was broken after that update I had to do a complete OS reinstall then re-update to Mac OSZ 10.3.9 Panther and I only want to update if the likelihood of any problems occuring is very slim. Anyone running Mac OS X on PowerPC chips (i.e. using a PowerBook, an older iMac, Mac Mini, PowerMac etc) or on Intel chips (i.e. MacBook Pro, the new iMacs, new Mac Mini's etc) with Mac OS X Panther, Mac OS X Tiger etc having any problems with either update?

(10.3.9 Client) seems to have broken my CS2 Version Cue after loading Security Update 2006-006 via Software Update - 27MB or something.
Though afterwards all apps (Illustrator 12.0.1, Acrobat 7.0.8, PS 9.0.1 and InDesign 4.0.4) open and run fine, Version Cue disappeared from the Desktop Menu and System Preferences and says it's no longer installed, all this immediately after loading the Update and restarting.
Two restarts and a Repair Permissions haven't resolved the issue. I've downloaded the stand alone Update and have run that but without any luck. I'd had no history of any trouble with any Security Update prior to this, and have run good maintenance schedules.
I've not seen any other posts or related issues to mine, so maybe it's just my isolated event?

10.6.8 unusable after Security Update

I've talked to The AppleWorks group but without resolution: my iMac with 10.6.8 ran well until the latest Security Update (2012-001 vs. 1.1) Now AppleWorks won't run properly (under Rosetta). I can save nothing ("Unexpected error occurred #-51"). I can sometimes print but then AW hangs and requires Force Quit. Tried trashing prefs. etc., reinstalling AW, Applejack, etc. (I can Save docs, pics etc. in other apps.)
Unless someone knows what #-51 is and how to get rid of it, it seems I'll have to reinstall System Software. Do I:
1. Just reinstall from the supplied CD (10.6.6)
2. Erase the hard disc (factory setting) and reinstall and update to 10.6.8
3. I suppose there's no way I can do either without losing all my 'stuff'?
And what are the odds that AW will then run (after I presumably use Software Update which will include the Sec. Upd. above?)
I would really appreciate some help here because I'm getting desperate. Thanks.

Bernard Stay wrote:
I bought the iMac to take over from my ailing G4 and now I can't use even that.
I'm sorry you're going through this, and I wish I could help you. Unfortunately, your predicament was predictable: but I'll leave the rubbing of salt in the wound for later. Let's see what we can do hic et nunc.
(1)
A question: if I go the reinstall system software route can I repersonalise my 1) Mail by replacing user/library/Mail folder with the one from my backup drive? and 2) Firefox by replacing user/library/application support/Firefox folder also with the one from backup?
First, there are three basic and easy to remember rules for using a computer successfully. They are:
Back up.
Back up.
Back up some more.
If you have at least two full current, tested backups, then, basically, you can try anything. If it doesn't work, just wipe it all out and restore from backup.
Back to your question, this
<http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/ss/moving-apple-mail.htm>
should answer it; haven't tried it myself, but it looks alright. You could use basically the same procedure to migrate your mail to the new user account (thus bypassing the need to re-install the OS), but the ownership and permissions would be wrong, so, afterwards, you'd have to reset them as described here
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274>
Remember, whatever you do, if you have a full, current, tested backup (or preferably 2), you can always go back to it (too bad life isn't like that).
(2)
A few additional suggestions on troubleshooting the problem in your current user account.
(a)
You can use Activity Monitor to try to identify files AppleWorks uses and which you might have missed. With AW running, open AM, select AW in the processes list, open the Inspector, and go to Open Files and Ports. You can copy the list and paste in a text editor such as TextWrangler (not a word processor like MS Word); then, eliminate from the list anything which is not in your User folder. Just sorting the list should be enough to show you that.
For instance, if I do it for Pages, I discover that it has accessed two files I should never have considered:
<~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook-v22.abcddb>
<~/Library/Fonts/Cabin/Cabin-Regular.ttf>
Also, look at stuff in </private/var/> and search for anything with 'cache' in its name.
(2)
You can also try to use Spotlight to locate all AppleWorks files in your home folder. Due to Spotlight's many shortcomings this is more tedious and hit-and-miss, but it might help. Select your Home folder, call Spotlight with ⇧⌘F, and then construct a complex query which looks like this:
The string "kMDItemFSCreatorCode=BOBO" is case-sensitive, so you have to enter it exactly as it is. The "Raw Query" and other criteria are accessed from Other… in the "Kind" pop-up menu; if you don't see such a menu, the button to the right of "Save" will be a +, click on it.
BOBO is AppleWorks' creator code, so this query should find all docs in your home folder created by AppleWorks. The benighted Spotlight can't display or sort by path, so you'll have to take them one by one, but you can isolate some file you may have missed.
(3)
Finally, maybe it's time to consider abandoning AppleWorks altogether; it's been dead for 6 years now. Move all the files you've found with Spotlight query to one or more folders in </Users/Shared>, change permissions if needed, then open them from the new user account and save or export them in suitable exchange formats (PDF, RTF, CSV, etc). Then you can use them with iWork, or MS Office, or Open/Libre/NeoOffice or something else.

Report for InstallDate of Security Updates on a specific computer

Hello everyone!
There is a way to show the installation date of security updates installed on a specific computer ?
For listing all updates I found in ConfigMgr reports under "Software Updates - A. Compliance" a report: "Compliance 6 - Specific Computer" but the problem is that when is listed in web reports this doesn't contain a column with installation date. I tried
to modify it to add another column, but my knowledge in ms sql is very poor.
Can you help me to modify the code below and add the Install Date column for the security updates?
declare @RscID int;
select @RscID=ResourceID from v_R_System where ((Name0 = @MachineName) and (Active0 = 1));
select
catinfo.CategoryInstanceName as Vendor,
catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName as UpdateClassification,
ui.BulletinID as BulletinID,
ui.ArticleID as ArticleID,
ui.Title as Title,
Targeted=(case when ctm.ResourceID is not null then '*' else '' end),
Installed=(case when css.Status=3 then '*' else '' end),
IsRequired=(case when css.Status=2 then '*' else '' end),
Deadline=cdl.Deadline,
ui.CI_UniqueID as UniqueUpdateID,
ui.InfoURL as InformationURL
from v_UpdateComplianceStatus css
join v_UpdateInfo ui on ui.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
join v_CICategories_All catall on catall.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join v_CategoryInfo catinfo on catall.CategoryInstance_UniqueID = catinfo.CategoryInstance_UniqueID and catinfo.CategoryTypeName='Company'
join v_CICategories_All catall2 on catall2.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join v_CategoryInfo catinfo2 on catall2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID = catinfo2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID and catinfo2.CategoryTypeName='UpdateClassification'
left join v_CITargetedMachines ctm on ctm.CI_ID=css.CI_ID and ctm.ResourceID = @RscID
left join (
select atc.CI_ID, Deadline=min(a.EnforcementDeadline) from v_CIAssignment a
join v_CIAssignmentToCI atc on atc.AssignmentID=a.AssignmentID
group by atc.CI_ID) cdl on cdl.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
where css.ResourceID = @RscID
and ((css.Status=2) or (css.Status=3))
and (@Vendor = '' or catinfo.CategoryInstanceName = @Vendor)
and (@UpdateClass = '' or catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName = @UpdateClass)
order by catinfo.CategoryInstanceName, catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName, ui.ArticleID
And maybe you have some link to ms sql tutorials and links to the free sql editing tools.
Another question: Is possible to find when a sccm client comunicate for the first time with the server?(Different from the installation date)
Thanks in advance. Good day!

Emilian, not sure if you found an answer to this yet but I think this will give you what you need. LastStatusChangeTime is essentially the InstallDate if the patch was actually installed. If it was never installed, it will give you
the last time the update scan was run.
select
catinfo
.CategoryInstanceName
as Vendor,
catinfo2
.CategoryInstanceName
as UpdateClassification,
ui
.BulletinID
as BulletinID,
ui
.ArticleID
as ArticleID,
ui
.Title
as Title,
Targeted
=(case
when ctm.ResourceID
is
not
null
then
else
end),
Installed
=(case
when css.Status=3
then
else
end),
IsRequired
=(case
when css.Status=2
then
else
end),
UCSA
.LastStatusChangeTime,
Deadline
=cdl.Deadline,
ui
.CI_UniqueID
as UniqueUpdateID,
ui
.InfoURL
as InformationURL
from
v_UpdateComplianceStatus css
join
v_UpdateInfo ui on ui.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
join
v_CICategories_All catall on catall.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join
v_CategoryInfo catinfo on catall.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
= catinfo.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
and catinfo.CategoryTypeName='Company'
join
v_CICategories_All catall2 on catall2.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join
v_CategoryInfo catinfo2 on catall2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
= catinfo2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID
and catinfo2.CategoryTypeName='UpdateClassification'
left
join v_Update_ComplianceStatusAll UCSA
on css.CI_ID=UCSA.CI_ID
and css.ResourceID=UCSA.ResourceID
left
join v_CITargetedMachines ctm
on ctm.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
and ctm.ResourceID
= @RscID
left
join
select atc.CI_ID,
Deadline=min(a.EnforcementDeadline)
from v_CIAssignment a
join v_CIAssignmentToCI atc
on atc.AssignmentID=a.AssignmentID
group
by atc.CI_ID)
cdl on cdl.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
where
css.ResourceID
= @RscID
and
((css.Status=2)
or
(css.Status=3
and
(@Vendor
=
or catinfo.CategoryInstanceName
= @Vendor
and
(@UpdateClass
=
or catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName
= @UpdateClass
order
by catinfo.CategoryInstanceName,
catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName,
ui.ArticleID

Windows Vista 32 bit security updates

After lastest security updates from Microsoft for Vista, 32 bit, the PC checks for system errors and restores to point before updates. Tried doing one update at an time and again get system reset before updates.
Sometimes get no signal to TV and PC hangs and have to do a forced shutdown. Today get blue screen and message that Windows did not shut down normally press enter for start up Windows normally. Enter password and repeat. Also booted with emergency CD today and then get same results after diaganostics run: blue screen, start up Windows normally, repeat. Staring in safe mode did nothing either. Several days ago ran disk clean up. Defrag did not run because the drive was only 1% framented.
Started using an HDMI cable instead of VGA to TV about the same time this problem started and wonder if I should switch back to VGA. Do not believe that could be a problem unless there is somthing wrong with the HDMI port on video card.
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Hi Flustered,
You are having some issues!
Could you provide your PC's product number?
Well, you have to start troubleshooting somewhere, so I would restore the PC to a point prior to the potentially troublesome Microsoft updates and temporarily stop automatic updates.
I would also go back to VGA graphics and then run the PC and see if it stabilizes.
You are blue screening when running diagnostics? What diagnostics are you using? Have you ever been able to complete the diagnostic tests and obtain results without blue screening?
Jaco
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Macbook dies after 2008-005 security update: even hardware test not working

My Macbook no longer boots after installing security update 2008-005. Behaves as if HD is dead, AND as if boots from SuperDrive are broken too.
Sequence of events:
1. 10.5.4, Software Update notifies me of update.
2. I permit it. Immediately requires a reboot.
3. Go away for several hours.
4. Upon return, I notice the Leopard outer-space background.
5. Spinning beachball when I move the mouse.
6. Go away for several minutes.
7. Return. No change. Power down computer.
OK ... by now, you may be saying that it might still have been updating and I shouldn't have interrupted it.
But since then, the machine behaves not only like the disk is dead, but I can't even get a hardware test to run from DVD.
So, to continue.
8. Start machine again. Apple boot sound. Nothing on screen.
9. After a while, flashing "folder" icon with question mark.
Since then I've attempted to boot in safe mode, verbose mode, FireWire target disk mode (against a 10.4.x box), boot from original install disk, boot into hardware test mode from original install disk. None of these things worked. I've reset the PRAM.
The only diagnostic activity of all of these that has produced any different feedback is the PRAM reset (which sounded the Apple boot sound a second time). Everything else does not work. If the HD was dead, I could understand that none of the attempts to boot into FireWire target disk mode, or to boot from DVD and then expect to see the HD mount in some way, would work. But since it doesn't even boot the hardware test from the DVD, I'm really baffled. Any ideas? Thanks.

Well, my solution was to buy DiskWarrior and copy what I could (which was a lot, thankfully) to a FireWire external disk, then reinstall. DiskWarrior reports S.M.A.R.T. status OK, so I've gone with a fresh partition in Disk Utility and successfully installed 10.4 from the original DVDs.
Have also run Apple Hardware Test and had no problems, so I've decided to trust the drive in the short term.
Unfortunately, now, 10.5 upgrade disks won't finish and guess what ... a partial install of 10.5 breaks the 10.4! So, the machine has a recognizable startup disk but justs sits in a loop rebooting itself, presumably as it hits some inter-10.4/10.5 state and gives up.
Next up I tried to restore my 10.5 from a wired ethernet connection to my Time Capsule. Having never once been able to browse my backups in Time Machine under 10.5, I was somewhat surprised to find that the 10.5 Installer was happy to let me try a restore from the Time Capsule. It crunched away until it was happy that I had enough space on my new partition, and then did what seemed a pretty instantaneous restore. The Macbook reboots and ... can't see the startup disk.
Maybe my disk really is on the way out.

HP LaserJet 1018 no longer prints after security update

After installing the following updates on my HP Pavilion dv71023cl running Windows Vista:
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2817183)
Installation date: ‎4/‎12/‎2013 4:06 PM
Installation status: Successful
and a new driver for the 1018 from HP:
Hewlett-Packard - Printers - HP LaserJet 1018
Installation date: ‎4/‎21/‎2013 2:01 PM
Installation status: Successful
Update type: Optional
Hewlett-Packard Printers software update released in September, 2012
More information:
http://sysdev.microsoft.com/support/default.aspx
Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub
It appears I can no longer print from Internet Explorer 9.
Clicking on gear icon and selecting the Print item, shows the Microsoft XPS Document Writer is highlighted instead of the HP Laserjet 1018 as I expect. When I select the HP Laserjet 1018, the Print Button becomes grayed-out.
Attemping to print from Adobe Reader X also hangs the application.
However, printing is working when using Open Office.
I cannot recall if I attempted to print between the time these 2 updates were installed, so cannot determine which is the cause of the problem.
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Sounds like you've run into some printer issues since your most recent update. First I wold recommend removing the software and then going to the HP website and re installing the software from the direct driver downloads.
First if you use a USB cord, make sure to remove it (this is important). Do not plug it back in until the software directs you to. Then go through the Devices and Printers, Programs and Features and Device Manager folders and insure that all copies, files, and programs related to the printer are removed. Then as directed, restart the computer.
In the START menu type "%temp%" and press ENTER. Here I want you to press Ctrl+A and hit DELETE. Some of the files will not allow you to delete them, skip those files and delete the majority that allows it.
Download this file, and if optional use the Full-feature software.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=1814094
If that does not work I would try the PL6 drivers :
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=...
Install that and let me know the result!
Have a great day!
I hope you are having a wonderful week, and I hope that the weather where you are located is as beautiful there as it is here!
-Spencer

Browser compatibility with 10.6.8 and security update

Hi. I'm running Snow Leopard (v10.6.8) on a mid-2010 quad-core Mac Pro. According to Apple Support, Safari v5.1.10 (which I am running) is the recommended version for this OS. It works great except that every so often I get a warning about Safari not being able to verify the identity of the website "name" and I have to flush the DNS Cache using a Terminal command which I found online. When I was connected to the internet using Airport, the warning was popping up frequently but after switching to an ethernet connection it's much less of an issue. Is this something I'll just have to live with or is there anything else I can do?
My next question concerns the Security Update 2013-004 that Software Update displays as being an available update. I've read a little about it and it seems to apply mostly to the newer Mac operating systems. Should I just ignore it or will it be of any benefit to me? I don't want to download and install it if I don't really need it.
Lastly, is there a particular version of Firefox that anyone would recommend for 10.6.8? I think Firefox 18 was the first version that would work w/ Snow Leopard. How much higher should I go?

What is your objection to not simply upgrading OS X to Mavericks?
Upgrading to Mavericks
You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
    OS X Mavericks- System Requirements
    Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
     Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.

Sound gone after security update!

I just ran the latest security update (2006-2) on my wife's Intel Core Duo Mini and the sound device is no longer available. No start up chime. No sound what so ever. The volume level does not even appear in the menu bar and the volume keys on the keyboard do nothing.
The Sound pane (under the output tab) in System preferences says:
No output devices found
Is this a known issue with the update or has something gone wrong with the computer (it is only four days old).
Mac Mini Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.5)

One of the few settings that Mac OS X saves in the PRAM is the system volume. If you're system volume was set to mute when you shut down, you won't hear the chime at startup. But it was odd you couldn't change the volume with the keys or the menubar.
By resetting the PRAM, the system will forget if it's been muted, turned very low or very high and reset to the middle. Usually you hold all four keys down at the same time until you hear the startup chime for the third time and then let go. Thanks for sharing what you've found, someone else may come by with the same question.
-Doug

Mac Mini (intel) freezes after Security Update

On May 16th I downloaded and installed ´Security Update 2006-003 (Intel)´ on my Mac Mini. Since then I have been unable to have any other session with it than in "safe boot" mode.
Then, on May 18th, during one of these "safe" sessions, I also downloaded and tried to install ´Mac Mini SMC Firmware Update´, hoping that this could be the resolve. The initial behaviour changed slightly, but that was all.
When I now look for upgrades, I get the message that the latter is available for download, so it has obviously not been activated.
I have been keeping the ´box´on for days in case there was some process going on in the background that would resolve it, but in vain.
As something appears to have entered the machine with these updates, are there any way to reverse them and throw them out?
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks for your reply!
To adress your questions in sequence:
1 - After powering up, the grey Apple screen emerges, and shortly after the rotating wheel of bars starts going. Then the screen changes to blue, and the shield showing "Starting Mac OS X" has its blue ribbon rotating up towards 100%. Now, here things may change from time to time, sometimes it reaches 100%, sometimes not. But the next phase is the same; a shift to a dull blue-gray screen with nothing on it, which remains until I eventually give in and presses the power off button for some seconds. I even left it like this this for a day, to make sure nothing was going on behind, but in vain.
2 - I am not sure about your meaning "Since the computer operates normally in Safe mode....", I did not normally operate it in safe mode, it became a necessity after the download I mentioned. Tried to look in the suggested FAQ, but did not find anything I found relevant. (But then -being new to Macs - maybe I did just not understand it?)
3 - The Security update was the last of 7 updates that was downloaded from the Apple Support pages, the others being: QuickTime v7.1, Front Row Update v1.1.2, iDVD Update v.6.0.2, iWeb Update v1.1, iPhoto Update v6.0.3 and iMovie HD Update 6.0.2. As I said, I am new to the Apple structure, so I do not know if these softwares are regarded as third-party or not.
There is, however, as far as I can see, nothing that indicates that any type of panic with the core is declared during start-up, it just becomes incommunicado!
4 - Obviously, the most attractive option I can see is to follow your advices here. But the mentioning of specific versions of CD in conjunction with re-installatin alerts me somewhat. What I got with my Mac Mini are two CDs; ´Mac OS X Install Disc 1´ (Labelled Mac mini) and ´Mac OS X Install Disc 2´. Does this means that I am unable to do Archiving?
Finally, I have some other topics (Basically with QuickTime) with this Mac Mini as well, that was the reason I started looking for updates in the first place, that will become important again when I overcome this blow. But as I am looking around in the forums I become increasingly aware that there are lots of people experiencing similar problems to myself (Poor functioning of Airport, problems using flat-screens as monitor), and now this one. I mean to see a pattern, and that is that there are significant differences in functionallity between OS X for the "normal" processor and the one for Intel. How deep goes this difference? There is obviously softwares for OS X that cannot run on this machine, and how do I keep them out?
Hoping for some more helpful hints
Best Regards,
Ole
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hard drive unreadable after Security update

I installed the latest security update on my intel imac today and upon restart received the question mark folder icon. When restarting from the disc, it will not let me even verify the drive. AppleCare was unable to help. Any ideas? Is it just dead? Is data recovery even a possibility here?

"It will not let me verify the drive" means that I am unable to verify the drive.
Today, I installed the security update on my 24" intel imac, that I've owned since April. I restarted the machine. Up came the folder icon with the question mark. I restarted a second time and the same thing occurred. I then inserted the installer disc that came with the computer and I was able to start up the computer that way. Using the Disc Utility, I attempted to verify or repair the hard drive, but all those options were ghosted ("it will not let me verify the hard drive") Also, while there, I saw that the hard drive partitions were not recognized: there were two partitions (1: 500GB; 2: 198GB) but now it was registering a single drive at 698GB of 750.
I then called Apple support. We reset the PRAM. We did a hard drive test (restart holding "d") and that test produced no error. We then tried unplugging all peripherals, including the power supply, and letting it sit for a few moments. The imac restarted to the same results. Finally, the tech suggested attempting an archive install, which was not available as an option. Further, the install disc did not detect an available hard drive for installation, so the option to reinstall the OS was not an option, either.
The tech said my only option is to take it in for service, leaving me unable to work for four to five days (if I'm lucky), as they won't get to it until Monday, and even then they're backed up.

Installed todays security update, computer will not boot, down

I installed todays security update. now my G3 600mhz 14" iBook, running 10.3.9, will not boot.
I have had several symptoms throughout the day. A couple of times it sat there for about an hour with a blank screen. It came up several times with the message to type "mac-boot" ( I may be remembering the syntax wrong) I tried that, I also tried typing "shut-down" at that point.
Later it came up to my background screen bout would do nothing and go no further. Now it is siting there with a OS 9 folder icon in the middle of the screen and sometimes the icon alternates between a face and a question mark in the middle of the icon.

Robert,
I sympathize with your plight. I had a similar problem with my G4 AGP (Sawtooth). Like a dummy, I installed Security Update 2006-004. Upon reading posts about Apple updates on this board, it seem that the knlowledgeable ones wait until the unsuspecting ones walk on the landmines that Apple builds into the upgrades before trying it themselves.
I had exactly the same problems that you describe. Since I believe that my G4 has an extended warrantee, I called Apple Phone Support. The gentleman after listining to my plight, told me that he could not help me because my Mac was a "VINTAGE" model, no longer supported by Apple. How is that for an answer. I guess that now that Apple switched to Intel, all Motorola chips become "persona non-grata".
Anyway, I remember that something like this happened to me some years back with another "upgrade". I believe that basically, the problem is due to the fact that Apple does not make provisions for third party products installed in a Mac. Last time, it was the video card (ATI) that had to be removed in order for the upgrade to work. This time, I had to remove my 2 GHz. Giga Design CPU and put back the measly 400 MHz. Apple CPU. Then I was able to boot normally. I then re-installed the Giga drivers and everything went back to normal. Since I am getting old, and it is recommended for persons of my age to engage in mental exercises, I believe Apple is trying to help me by having my brain work overtime (not to mention the 5 terror-filled hours I spent to resolve the problem.
I suspect the update writes to or resets your PRAM or other non-volatile memory. Does your G3 iBook have any non-Apple components? If so, I suggest you remove it or them. Beyond that, I cannot help you, except to suggest that you reset the PRAM.
I now have transferred most of my data to a fast, trouble-free (relatively) PC. Since in the future, all Macs with have Intel chips, there will be no reason for me, after about 30+ "vintage" years to buy Apple. Of course, just as Apple touts that its OS can run on a PC, PC owners will (are already) running Mac OS on their PC.
Nick

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