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Apple Releases New Security Update
maradong writes "Apple released a new Security Update today. The 3.7 MB Update fixes problems in CUPS Printing, libxml2, Mail, and OpenSSL."
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Having thrown caution to the winds and installed the sucker the moment it appeared in Software Update, I'm pleased to say my G5 hasn't caught fire or gone careening out my 7th-storey window. Yet.
Does anybody know what is happening when it says "Optimizing the volume [...]"?
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.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
It set my dog on fire and moved me into a trailer park. Other than that, it works great for me on a 17" AlPb...
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Looks like Apple is finally listening to ESR. Way to take the initiative, Apple!
--Stephen
Did you ever notice that *nix doesn't even cover Linux?
You sad retarded fucker. Too bad you are poor and your mommy and daddy can't afford to get you even a cheap 12 inch iBook. Maybe someday if you can get a really good job by getting straight A's in your redneck podunk highschool (make sure you can read when you graduate) you'll be able to afford a Powerbook G4 1Ghz with a gig of ram and a superdrive. Until then, you'll be slumming with windows, the OS of poor people.
:)
That's how you troll kiddy.
You know, most PC technicians don't even know how to detect AppleTalk. There's a good chance that you could just turn it on and they'd never know that you'd violated a buzzword. :) AppleTalk really is still the best way to print on a Mac, although Rendezvous is catching up fast.
Eric in Seattle
You know, posting your name and location kind of defeats the purpose of being an Anonymous Coward. ; )
Suggestions from a Mac afficionado
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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!
Those who laugh at you for you having a Mac.. are the people who constantly call you to fix their PC.
He said Mac afficionado not command line afficionado, there is a clear difference. If it doesn't have a candy colored lickable button then it's no Mac.
lol
NarratorDan
"If you're not confused by quantum mechanics, you really don't understand it." - Niels Bohr
It's trying to set the volume at the maximum level that won't damage your ears or the speakers themselves. It does this by sending out minute pulses of sound and detecting small disturbances in the microphone input. If the disturbance is crackly, it's the speakers just about to give out. If it's a high-pitched squeal, it's your ears starting to ring. The procedure must vary the volume level of the pulses until it reaches one of these thresholds and then back it off every so slightly.
It's very important to go through this lengthy calibration procedure each time new software is installed, because it's possible that a new program isn't setup properly for the optimum volume levels on your system. You could destroy your entire system otherwise!