SA22C Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Has anyone tried the new security update? Does it work with our installs, or does it break them? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchandamovie Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 same question here haha Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Well, I'm D'ling right now. If I dont' get an answer, I'll probably install it anyhow and find out... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Well, I'm on the other side and everything seems peachy. This update does include changes to loginwindow.app though, so that may cause crashes for some people. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emig647 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Did it cause problems for you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 You can download and update everything except the latest Mac OS X Update, unless you're following a guide which tells you to (as some do). Otherwise it will crush you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchandamovie Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 even the Airport Update? i heard it crashed the system for some people Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 even the Airport Update? i heard it crashed the system for some people I don't remember ever having an Airport update option so I can't comment on that. And anyway I don't have airport on my Hackintosh so wouldn't need to update it even if I did. I just know that I've updated everything except the OS X system update and not had a problem. BTW I only learned after I foolishly updated the OS X update a few months ago. So I guess I leaned from my mistakes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 So, just to confirm, it's safe to install Security Update 2007-004? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 So, just to confirm, it's safe to install Security Update 2007-004? When I run apple update I don't get an option to update Security Update 2007-004, which I'm assuming could mean I've already updated it. Is there a way to tell? Then I would be happy to let you all know. BTW i'm running 10.4.7. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunchandamovie Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Yes. Anothering confirmation it works. The "Airport Extreme Update 2007-002" was what I was referring to. I don't have airport either, but it just shows everytime i open up Software Update. Edit: Never mind. That also works too. it must have been a one time thing for me it wasn't working last installation (a.k.a. before clean install) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emig647 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Guys, just make sure you back up your loginwindow.app and restore it after this update. If you go to about this mac after updating without fixing loginwindow.app it will log you out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Guys, just make sure you back up your loginwindow.app and restore it after this update. If you go to about this mac after updating without fixing loginwindow.app it will log you out. Can you just please explain a little more there and just tell us how you do it? Thanks in advance. Anlunchandamovie, what did you mean by the "Never mind. That also works too."? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Can you just please explain a little more there and just tell us how you do it?Thanks in advance. Anlunchandamovie, what did you mean by the "Never mind. That also works too."? Quite simple really: sudo cp -R /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app /backup/ That's a command with tells it to copy the loginwindow.app to a folder called "backup" within the root of the drive. Or, another way would be to navigate to loginwindow.app within Finder, and copy / paste it to a backup folder. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emig647 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Do what sabr said above... and after you do the security update copy your loginwindow.app from your back folder back to /System/Library/CoreServices and replace the new one that this update does. Reboot, and you're all set. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Note that you may not have to use your old loginwindow.app. I didn't, it works just fine with the updated version. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Ok, I'm gonna do it. See you on the other side. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Quite simple really: sudo cp -R /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app /backup/ That's a command with tells it to copy the loginwindow.app to a folder called "backup" within the root of the drive. Or, another way would be to navigate to loginwindow.app within Finder, and copy / paste it to a backup folder. SABR, I'm just wondering how you can actually be able to use the backup if your login setup is messed up? Also if you can get into OS X to load how do you restore the backup? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Note that you may not have to use your old loginwindow.app. I didn't, it works just fine with the updated version. I second SA22C , take note if you update using Jas 10.4.9 combo update you dont have change loginwindow.app. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I second SA22C , take note if you update using Jas 10.4.9 combo update you dont have change loginwindow.app. I am also on 10.4.9, updated, and I didn't have to replace loginwindow either. However, it is generally good practise to do so, just in case. All is working perfect here! =========================== SABR, I'm just wondering how you can actually be able to use the backup if your login setup is messed up?Also if you can get into OS X to load how do you restore the backup? If the worst comes to the worst, you can boot with -s and enter these commands to replace loginwindow.app back to where it should be: sudo cp -R /backup/loginwindow.app /System/Library/CoreServices sudo diskutil repairPermissions / Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritz Carltn Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I am also on 10.4.9, updated, and I didn't have to replace loginwindow either. However, it is generally good practise to do so, just in case. All is working perfect here! =========================== If the worst comes to the worst, you can boot with -s and enter these commands to replace loginwindow.app back to where it should be: sudo cp -R /backup/loginwindow.app /System/Library/CoreServices sudo diskutil repairPermissions / Do you mean Security Update 2007-004? Did you do that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Do you mean Security Update 2007-004?Did you do that? Yes, the one which was released today. I do have one problem though. My memory is showing up as 0 MHz: But I'm sure this can be fixed. I'm going to try replacing loginwindow with my backup to see whether that fixes it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 If the worst comes to the worst, you can boot with -s and enter these commands to replace loginwindow.app back to where it should be: sudo cp -R /backup/loginwindow.app /System/Library/CoreServices sudo diskutil repairPermissions / Brilliant, I'll make a not of that somewhere for a just in case situation. Thanks I do have one problem though. My memory is showing up as 0 MHz: But I'm sure this can be fixed. I'm going to try replacing loginwindow with my backup to see whether that fixes it. So you got that change after the security update? Is your system any slower? Probably just another one of those many OS X misreading the system issues. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Brilliant, I'll make a not of that somewhere for a just in case situation.Thanks So you got that change after the security update? Is your system any slower? Probably just another one of those many OS X misreading the system issues. Ok, so I replaced loginwindow.app from within OS X and it fixed the memory speed issue. I would recommend to everyone that they backup their loginwindow.app and replace it, just to make sure everything is ok. System performance is just the same, boot time is around 15 seconds, everything is the same really. These are the steps I did to replace loginwindow.app (assuming it is stored in /backup): sudo rm -R /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app sudo cp -R /backup/loginwindow.app /System/Library/CoreServices/ diskutil repairPermissions / sudo reboot Hope that helps. P.S. All fixed: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleIIGuy Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Anybody test on AMD? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48935-new-security-update/#findComment-350333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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