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Apple Releases New Security Update

Posted by pudge on from the i-am-so-secure-i-feel-nothing-at-all dept.

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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  1. So far, so good by speechpoet · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Re:"optimizing" by NaugaHunter · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. No problems here by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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    1. Re:No problems here by Bingo+Foo · · Score: 5, Funny
      it works great for me on a 17" AlPb...

      Boy, the 17" Aluminum Apple Notebooks are heavy enough. I can't imagine what an Aluminum-Lead one would be like.

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  4. Updates to CUPS by illuminatedwax · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like Apple is finally listening to ESR. Way to take the initiative, Apple!

    --Stephen

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  5. Re:WHAT??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. :)

  6. Re:CUPS of crap by shigelojoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    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. ; )

  7. Re:Suggestions from a Mac afficionado by 47Ronin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Suggestions from a Mac afficionado
    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!

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  8. Re:Suggestions from a Mac afficionado by narratorDan · · Score: 2, Funny

    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

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