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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. CUPS of crap by ickna · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder how "fixed" CUPS is now.. Out of the box, I had a biotch of a time setting up my new G5.. and I work in a print-production shop.. so CUPS and me are buddy-buddy. I had to add about eight printers in "advanced" mode, because we don't /get/ to use appletalk on the network. Kinda makes me miss Chooser..

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    1. Re:CUPS of crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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

    2. Re:CUPS of crap by Jesselovesscripts · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Your full of it. I've monitored our network traffice before and after turning appletalk on; only because IP printing was way to erratic. Works on some, not on others. Some can print, but only postscript errors. the traffic does increase slightly, however since everything we run is gigabit, i don't see how this is a problem. there has certainly been no noticable slowdown. TCP/IP printing doesn't use the network as much because it doesn't do anything but print the job. Appletalk will tell you when the printer is low on ink, if it's busy, and there is conformation of the job being sent, without having to go into a browser and entering in it's URL. novice users don't want that. i prefer the extra communication. some don't like it. but don't post cause you read on some bulletin board that appletalk is "chatty" and you think your a networking genius. and appletalk works fine on most routers, apart from linksys. it's a common protocal. especially in the advertising/printing fields.

  2. "optimizing" by gumbi+west · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does anybody know what is happening when it says "Optimizing the volume [...]"?

  3. Software update: my experience by BobWeiner · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I applied the software update on my Dual G5 -- things seem to be smooth afterward (well, at least nothing broke...). Now, if there only were a program that would automatically notify and allow me to automatically download updates for my other third-party apps...

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    1. Re:Software update: my experience by maradong · · Score: 2, Interesting

      there is a software called "renew" on the net.
      used it back in the jaguar days, and can't find a negative point on it.
      thought i don't really need it.

  4. iBook G4 not so happy -- Finder dead by bahamat · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Maybe useful for someone...I bought a shiny new iBook G4 yesterday, and installed all of the updates. Saw the Airport update and Security update today and installed them.

    Now, the Finder doesn't run on it's own. It has to be manually started from
    /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/M acOS/Finder
    Well, that's that.
  5. PowerMac 9500 - Still Churns and Burns by narratorDan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    With the help of a bit of software called XPostFacto, I have Panther running on my PowerMac 9500. Rock solid and pretty fast. Just goes to show that a good OS doesn't need top of the line hardware.

    NarratorDan

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