Sorry, meant to say that new SecUpd for Snow is now about 0.08MB smaller in size than it was when first released, and seems to have fixed the Rosetta issue for me.
It looks as if my system configuration will remain as it is indefinitely since Lion is still too disruptive (and buggy)to use with most of my productive software. There is definitely a lag between Apple and many developers at this point in time.
BEWARE!
This security update makes all Rosetta-dependent (PPC) applications unusable. Applications crash on start, or crash when opening Open, Save, or Print dialogs.
If you still need PPC applications in Snow Leopard, do not install this update.
Think twice before using the solution above. I got it to work, but then I realized that this was altering my OS at the deepest level- and their is no uninstaller provided as of this writing. That could have ramifications when Apple releases a fix of their own: your system will then be left in an uncertain state.
If you can get by a few days without printing from Rosetta apps, or a fix for other issues you are having, it might be best to wait for the official fix.
My hats off to the folks who figured this out and made it available though. I wish I had the kind of chops to figure this out...
OMFG! I can't even get AppleWorks to start. It crashes on launch every time. This is inexcusable. I've been using AW for all my bookkeeping and written invoices for years and now...?
I have narrowed it down a bit. Any time AW tries to access a Save, Save As or Open file dialog it crashes. I had AW set to start with an Open file dialog (crashola!). I can now open my old documents, but not change them, open them from within the app, create new ones or save old ones under a different name!
This update broke my Silverfast version 6.6.2r5 scanning software on my Plustek OptikFilm 7600 slide scanner. Was scanning slides fine but the software no longer works after the update. AARRGGHH!
Whatever you do, DO NOT AGREE TO THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE! I did last week and boy, do I ever regret it. It messed up all of my SMARTboard files with .gifs. I couldn't open them or the program would crash. After hours of trying to figure out the solution, I restored my Mac with my Time Machine. Things are back to normal now. Wish I could give this a negative rating. Had to give it something to be able to post this comment!
I can't believe that I found someone else who has this problem. I spent several days with the smarttechnologies guys trying to figure this one out. All my moving icons/flash files were crashing my notebook files They finally tracked it down to the gifs. What exactly did you do when you used your timemachine to restore? I want to remove that security update completely. I'm noticing other strange things such as a complete shutdown of my system that has never happened before. I read that there are problems with crashes and reboots after installing this update. Please advise asap. I want to get rid of this now.
Hi Smartboard Teacher,
I restored my MacBook Pro to its pre-update condition with the Time-machine. Have you set up a time-machine with an external hard drive?
One more thing...Smart Technologies is working on a patch for this update. You may want to contact them in the future if you decide to upgrade again or move to Lion. :))
Good news: SMARTtech has created a patch to resolve these issues: http://smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Support/Download+Software/Software/SMART+software+patches/SMART+software+patches/SMART+software+patches+for+Mac
This Security Update 2011-006, on OS 10.6.8 made my external hard drive unreadable. It was plugged in and working when I updated my system (I use it with 2 partitions, 1 for Time Machine and 1 for manual back up) and after automatic reboot, the external drive was not recognized.
Is there anything I can do to restore my data ? Or has this happened to anybody else ?
I'm not sure how that could even be possible, but good luck (sorry I don't have more helpful advice). If you have a disk utility like TechTool Pro, Drive Genius, or DiskWarrior you should try one of those.
Don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but I am having issues with the firmware on the optical drive. Just had it replaced by Apple last week after the other one failed, so I am not sure if it is the exact model that came with my first-gen Unibody.
"Quit all open applications and try updating again. If the problem continues, contact Apple support."
There are no open applications and I quit any extraneous processes in Activity Monitor, tried again, and the same error.
I don't know what it did for my security but it seems to have screwed up the "enter" problem that was recently fixed in safari. I've moved over to firefox which is behaving normally
New Mac System 10.6.4-- Software update notified me of Security Update 2010-05, and I downloaded yesterday without remembering I had a flask disk in 1 of 4 USB ports. Now if I try a restart with the flash disk in 2 of the 4 ports (including the one it was in or the one with the printer connection), I get a blank grey screen. If the flash disk is in one of the other ports, no problem. If another flash disk is in any of the 4 ports, no problem. I have reinstalled the security update and reformatted the problem flash disk without success
I installed the update, restarted and came back to find the screen blinking blue, black with a curser, blue, black with a curser. I powered off and ran AppleJack on restart. It is still doing it. I have the verbose startup on and I can see that it is starting up, then the nebula picture appears and then it goes blue and starts cycling. I'm debating starting time machine recovery now, so it will do it while I sleep...or waiting to find a solution tomorrow when I get up. I'm to tired to troubleshhot at 4am.
I have exactly the same. I copy my posting on Apple Discussions here. Perhaps the additional information prompts someone to give a helpful tip.
After installing SU 2010-005 my Mac Pro (2006, 10.6.4) doesn't display the login screen anymore: it seems to hang in an endless loop before it reaches login state.
In the mean time I have tried the following:
1) reset PRAM -- no effect
2) Safe startup with shift key pressed -- halfway though the startup procedure the colourful background picture is shown for about 1-2 secs (without login window) and then reverts to the same endless loop
3) Restore from Time Machine, clean all font, internet, user and system caches. Installation of SU 2010-005 gives the same result unfortunately
I have used my current Mac Pro hardware configuration with a Dell 24" screen for several years without much of a problem (except the occasional hard disk failure).
Any good advice what I might do other than not installing the Security Update?
I had the same symptoms, but curiously on only one of 3 iMacs/MacBookPro that we have. What worked in the end for me was 1)doing a Time Machine restore and getting that working properly (import Mail, etc.); 2)starting from the Snow Leopard install disk and then installing Mac OS 10.6 over the existing 10.6.4. This was on a 2009 iMac. The install of 10.6 worked well and retained everything else perfectly (users, files, HD). I then applied a few rounds of Software Update, with restarts, and then lastly applied the Security Update 2010-005 using Software Update and final restart. Now all is well and everything works great again.
After installing Security Update 2010-002 on 10.5.8, Apache (Web Sharing) will no longer start. I have multiple sites configured and two support SSL. The following error is now logged when Apache is launched:
First of all, there's a post I ran across (somewhere) where an Apple developer stated that the "Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight" can be ignored (it's an overloaded/misused plist "key" Apple is using and it's supposed to disappear in 10.6 [and maybe it has]).
Secondly, Apple's Security Update 2010-02 breaks perl for some users. They're installing some old stuff -- again! They also did the same thing with the 2009-001 Security Update (bad dawg, Apple!).
See the following blog post on this topic: http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/mac-os-x-security-update-2009001-breaks-perl-cpan.html. Just replace 2009-01 with 2010-02 and consider that you'll download the CPAN module IO-125 instead of IO-123 and everything else is the same.
Just in case the URL didn't come through, above, you can find the blog by searching (via Google) for "Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 might break your Perl (CPAN)" ... enjoy (well, as much as you can "enjoy" having to fix things broken by updates -- DEFINITION: software updates - changing known problems for unknown problems!) #;-)
My dock no longer functions beyond getting the command balloons up. They don't respond and just hang there 'til I move my cursor to "Finder" in my top menu bar. Grrrrr
After installing 2008-008 this on my 10.4.11 PPC through software update my dock crashes every 5 seconds, almost anytime I click something and my mouse jumps from one place to another..
Anyone can help me out..?
After downloading the update, my dock disappears with each mouse click.
Programs are locking up and force quit doesn't work.
My cursor is jumping all over the screen.
Called Apple, I may have well just been talking to the idiots at Dell Tech. support. They act like you are an idiot because you are having a problem. And don't forget it's never the OS. It's my fault.
If anyone has suggestions, I would love to hear from you.
Meanwhile I am on Dell.com looking at the Notebooks. I am ready to ditch this Mac.
Anyone else experiencing repeated Safari crashes when loading PDFs? After the security update 2008-006 was installed on my G5 running OS X 10.4.11 with Safari 3.1.2, some embedded PDFs (viewed by clicking the link in Safari) cause the app to hang - the result of a kernel panic that requires a force quit. This is signaled by a grey screen and a spinning beachball.
The problem arises very frequently and is easily reproducible. Downloaded PDFs cause no problems. And if I command+click the link to open the PDF in a tab, and then wait for it to load in the background, I can then view it in Safari. And more, if I view it in the tab, and then go back to the other tab and click directly on the same link to view it, it will then load. If I click on a PDF link on the same site, though, it will likely hang.
It seems that clicking on a PDF in Safari that hasn't already loaded is what causes the hang. But because only some Safari-embedded PDFs cause the problem, I'm wondering if it's related to font handing, which is one of the supposed 15 issues that the update is meant to address. (I don't have the adobe plug-in, and prior to the update experienced zero problems with PDFs).
I have ruled out imputmanager conflicts and fixed permissions using Onyx and Disk Utility. My next step is to rebuild the font cache.
Regarding the "Your network settings have been changed by another application" pop-up window that won't go away:
I just had this problem, and here's how I fixed it. I do not know if the results are reproducible (and I don't want to have to find out ;-)
Click on the OK button in the error window, and VERY QUICKLY, before it pops up again, click anything within Network window to navigate further. (At this point, the pop-up stopped for me.) I then made a small change in the settings and saved. (I don't know making the small change was necessary.)
Applied update - OS hosed - will not boot - recommend cloning before applying update. Am now trying to restore from time machine backup from 2 days ago. 38GB w/250GB to go. what a PITA. Never happened to me with mac update, many times with Windows.
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Poetry reviewed on 10 May 2012
I'm using Snow Leopard.
Is this a bug or are we now forced to accept this as a feature like Lion users?
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I then had to restore my apps to the dock.
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Coolapic reviewed on 03 Feb 2012
Have a look under software update
It's a working fix for the Rosetta problem we are experiencing.
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It's now about 5MB smaller, and fixes the Rosetta issue.
Software Update for SecUpdate2012-001 v1.1 doesn't show up if the new SecUpd2012-001Snow is used.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1489
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Coolapic reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
If installed you won't be able to print anymore !
I happen to believe Apple broke 10.6.x printing (Rosetta) for the purpose of forcing us to move to 10.7.x
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Just download the zip file.
It's a quick fix by some Nebraska High School students, just until Apple addresses the problem.
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/17481645#17481645
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Yes, over 48 HOURS LATER THE UPDATE IS STILL AVAILABLE !
To me, that clearly shows that it's NOT A mistake nor a unvolontary bug !
Apple released THIS SHIT ON PURPOSE, and they continue screwing-up more people, trying to forrce them to 10.7 Lion...
What a bunch of SOBs'!
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Ronadam reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
This security update makes all Rosetta-dependent (PPC) applications unusable. Applications crash on start, or crash when opening Open, Save, or Print dialogs.
If you still need PPC applications in Snow Leopard, do not install this update.
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http://www.educate-it.org/content.php?130-Rosetta-Issue-after-Security-Update-2012-001
Just download the zip file.
It's a quick fix by some Nebraska High School students, just until Apple addresses the problem.
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This fix alters the OS at a deep level and may cause problems when Apple releases a fix of their own.
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Troydnlsn reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
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http://www.educate-it.org/content.php?130-Rosetta-Issue-after-Security-Update-2012-001
Just download the zip file.
It's a quick fix by some Nebraska High School students, just until Apple addresses the problem.
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If you can get by a few days without printing from Rosetta apps, or a fix for other issues you are having, it might be best to wait for the official fix.
My hats off to the folks who figured this out and made it available though. I wish I had the kind of chops to figure this out...
Sydricsrt4 reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
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http://www.educate-it.org/content.php?130-Rosetta-Issue-after-Security-Update-2012-001
Just download the zip file.
It's a quick fix by some Nebraska High School students, just until Apple addresses the problem.
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This fix alters the OS at a deep level and may cause problems when Apple releases a fix of their own.
Doug Wade reviewed on 02 Feb 2012
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running 10.6.8, namely Rampage Systems.
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http://www.educate-it.org/content.php?130-Rosetta-Issue-after-Security-Update-2012-001
Just download the zip file.
It's a quick fix by some Nebraska High School students, just until Apple addresses the problem.
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Sylvia Duckworth reviewed on 25 Oct 2011
Thanks!!!
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I restored my MacBook Pro to its pre-update condition with the Time-machine. Have you set up a time-machine with an external hard drive?
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CalliB reviewed on 17 Oct 2011
Is there anything I can do to restore my data ? Or has this happened to anybody else ?
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"Quit all open applications and try updating again. If the problem continues, contact Apple support."
There are no open applications and I quit any extraneous processes in Activity Monitor, tried again, and the same error.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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After installing SU 2010-005 my Mac Pro (2006, 10.6.4) doesn't display the login screen anymore: it seems to hang in an endless loop before it reaches login state.
In the mean time I have tried the following:
1) reset PRAM -- no effect
2) Safe startup with shift key pressed -- halfway though the startup procedure the colourful background picture is shown for about 1-2 secs (without login window) and then reverts to the same endless loop
3) Restore from Time Machine, clean all font, internet, user and system caches. Installation of SU 2010-005 gives the same result unfortunately
I have used my current Mac Pro hardware configuration with a Dell 24" screen for several years without much of a problem (except the occasional hard disk failure).
Any good advice what I might do other than not installing the Security Update?
Thanks,
Erik
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Hope this helps.
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2010-03-31 4:53:39 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
2010-03-31 4:53:41 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd[1954]) Exited with exit code: 1
I assume the "fixes" for OpenSSL are affecting the self-signed certificate for Apache. (grrrrr)
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First of all, there's a post I ran across (somewhere) where an Apple developer stated that the "Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight" can be ignored (it's an overloaded/misused plist "key" Apple is using and it's supposed to disappear in 10.6 [and maybe it has]).
Secondly, Apple's Security Update 2010-02 breaks perl for some users. They're installing some old stuff -- again! They also did the same thing with the 2009-001 Security Update (bad dawg, Apple!).
See the following blog post on this topic: http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/mac-os-x-security-update-2009001-breaks-perl-cpan.html. Just replace 2009-01 with 2010-02 and consider that you'll download the CPAN module IO-125 instead of IO-123 and everything else is the same.
Just in case the URL didn't come through, above, you can find the blog by searching (via Google) for "Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 might break your Perl (CPAN)" ... enjoy (well, as much as you can "enjoy" having to fix things broken by updates -- DEFINITION: software updates - changing known problems for unknown problems!) #;-)
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My dock no longer functions beyond getting the command balloons up. They don't respond and just hang there 'til I move my cursor to "Finder" in my top menu bar. Grrrrr
Yes, I did run a permissions repair.
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Tossed the Dock Prefs and .db file --- rebuilt the dock with my apps. works OK now
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Anyone can help me out..?
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After downloading the update, my dock disappears with each mouse click.
Programs are locking up and force quit doesn't work.
My cursor is jumping all over the screen.
Called Apple, I may have well just been talking to the idiots at Dell Tech. support. They act like you are an idiot because you are having a problem. And don't forget it's never the OS. It's my fault.
If anyone has suggestions, I would love to hear from you.
Meanwhile I am on Dell.com looking at the Notebooks. I am ready to ditch this Mac.
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The problem arises very frequently and is easily reproducible. Downloaded PDFs cause no problems. And if I command+click the link to open the PDF in a tab, and then wait for it to load in the background, I can then view it in Safari. And more, if I view it in the tab, and then go back to the other tab and click directly on the same link to view it, it will then load. If I click on a PDF link on the same site, though, it will likely hang.
It seems that clicking on a PDF in Safari that hasn't already loaded is what causes the hang. But because only some Safari-embedded PDFs cause the problem, I'm wondering if it's related to font handing, which is one of the supposed 15 issues that the update is meant to address. (I don't have the adobe plug-in, and prior to the update experienced zero problems with PDFs).
I have ruled out imputmanager conflicts and fixed permissions using Onyx and Disk Utility. My next step is to rebuild the font cache.
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I get the text:
"Your network preferences have been changed by another program"
ad infinitum.
I have to force System Controls to quit.
Another restart doesn't help.
Can't use System Control Network.
(Powerbook, PowerPC G3, 10.4.11)
As I use a German system the terms used may be not 100% exact.
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I run Applejack (in SUM mode) prior to any updates... install update, run Applejack again and restart
System Pref's - Network - and almost immediately a window pops up saying "Your network settings have been changed by another application"
Clicking 'OK' just pops it back up again. Have to quickly quit System Pref.'s after OK'ing the alert.
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"Your network preferences have been changed by another program"
ad infinitum.
Bad Apple
I just had this problem, and here's how I fixed it. I do not know if the results are reproducible (and I don't want to have to find out ;-)
Click on the OK button in the error window, and VERY QUICKLY, before it pops up again, click anything within Network window to navigate further. (At this point, the pop-up stopped for me.) I then made a small change in the settings and saved. (I don't know making the small change was necessary.)
Good luck!
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