Comments on: Apple corrects patch trouble

Second Mac OS X security update in two weeks corrects problems introduced by earlier patch and fixes newly discovered flaws.

[CBSTV]

A Fast Response

I'm impressed how quickly Apple responds with their Security
Updates.

[Sboston]

Yes,

Good turn around time.

[wysiwyg22]

2 staged responses / Very Cool

I'm especially impressed that they released fixes in two stages. Stage one, just something to "Work" and prevent attackers from taking advantage once the flaw was publically released, then a second release as soon as a polished fix was in place.

Most software companies hardly get past stage one.

[catch23]

Apple apologists are unbelievable

Apple releases a ?fix? that doesn?t work, and you guys praise them?
Look, you can **** in a glass and call it Champaign while you toast one another on their wonderful deeds, but at the end of the day it was a total screw-up, both the original problem and the first fix. You same dumb idiots go off on MS when they pull this type of crap, so lets start believing that one set of standards is enough

[techguy83]

why are you even bothering?

No Apple Zealot is going to listen to you, or anyone else who offers logical or even empiracl data about a problem or downside to the Mac OSX system. You'll just get the usual hate messages and 'oh your just a ms fanboy/ms troll response'

So why even bother?

Its not like you'll ever change their minds or anything. :)

[J.G.]

'Preemptive' says it all

I'm satisfied. Even Mac-gasmic, JM. Most of the vulnerabilities
never applied to my OS X installation anyway. Squirrel Mail?
Please. I don't even use Mail mail. And, as the Apple spokesman
said (it should have been at the beginning of the article, not the
bottom) there was nothing exploitable.

Why the weird Wintel types want Mac users to be unhappy with our
systems is beyond me.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

Mac Envy

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Latest Patch

I just downloaded the latest OSX security patch last night for my G5 iMac. I tried to start my computer this morning and NOTHING. It's fried. I have to admit, no hackers will be on my system for quite awhile.

[rcrusoe]

I doubt if the patch caused your problem

I've installed it on six machines so far without incident.

[Sboston]

Nothing?

If nothing happend then I suggest you check to see if you cat pulled you plug out of the wall. :D

[lsawell]

I installed the latest patch and the reboot took me to the normanl grey screen with the apple logo. The little spinning wheel below it started spinning and has kept spinning for over 30 hours now. So much for protection
This Power Mac G4 has been running for 5 plus years with nothing like this happening after a patch. For all the folks that installed on 5 or 6 machines I am truly happy for you. But beleive me. YOUR DAY WILL COME.

[Bob Brinkman]

I know It's bad form to post external links

But this sums up the argument that is going to ensue way better then I could (requires sound)

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Why say it yourself when some one else said it better?

[Eric Westra]

Latest patch is pack of trouble

Security Update 2006-002 has had multiple, serious implications
for many OSX users. I've seen reports from missing desktop icons,
to unusable hyperlinks in mail and applications, to complete
system meltdowns.

Some security patch. I wonder if Apple's quality control is slipping.

[Earl Benser]

Can't be too bad....

... I just updated five OS X computers with no problems at all.

[benjiernmd]

free crap

Well, at least you won't be paying for the snafu that Apple made,
when other companies charge you for fixes that do not really work.
But then again, crap is a crap, free or not. Just choose the lesser
evil.

[lsawell]

27 hours ago I downloaded the latest Apple patch/update on my Power Mac G4. It went thru the process and went into restart mode. 30 hours later it's still on the grey page with the black apple siloette and the little thinking wheel is still going around and around. What's up with that? all attempts to recover have failed. The little wheel just keeps on spinning. Is it the eprom battery or a shot drive or what? Does anybody know how to recover from this problem?