Apple has released Security Update 2007-009 1.1 for Mac OS X which is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:
– Core Foundation
– CUPS
– Flash Player Plug-in
– Launch Services
– perl
– python
– Quick Look
– ruby
– Safari
– Samba
– Shockwave Plug-in
– Spin Tracer
Security Update 2007-009 1.1 is available via Software Update and also as standalone installers.
More info and download links:
• Security Update 2007-009 1.1 (Leopard 10.5.1) – 35.6MB
• Security Update 2007-009 1.1 (Tiger 10.4.11 Universal) – 27.4MB
• Security Update 2007-009 1.1 (Tiger 10.4.11 PPC) – 15.9MB
If Peterson were a nerd he would never have written:
“With continued reassurances from MDN that Macs are NOT subject to any security issues, bugs, worms, snakes, trojans, or other nasties…”
Every nerd knows that no system can ever be 100% secure. The fact that there is a huge difference in security between OS X and Windows doesn’t mean that the Mac is not subject to any security issues. Nerds, however, can see the value in having something that’s perhaps 90% secure vs something that’s maybe 10% secure. They recognize that the 90% secure system will stop more than 90% of hacker attempts to break in, where the 10% secure system will only stop the casual attempt.
gzero,
Wanta make it a threesome? The more the merrier. Ho Ho Ho !!!
Stacks are much worse than useless. “Useless” means without useful purpose. Stacks is a giant step backwards that removes a very useful feature of the Tiger Dock. Somebody at Apple really missed the boat on this one!
@ LorD1776
“Wanta make it a threesome?”
Well now this is getting interesting…
@ Peterson
Didn’t mean any harm, honestly. I was responding to the old, satirical luddite Peterson, and if that’s not you, then mea culpa. But calling the iPod/iPhone ‘cutesy’ is to miss the point. You have to look at where this stuff is going.
Every computer company (if they’re smart) wants to build a handheld, fully functional computer. That’s the next growth vector in this business. There is some growth left in desktops and laptops, but not much compared to what they’re going to sell when they’re smaller and everyone can afford one (or more).
Problem is, almost every handheld has been a screaming failure. Palm Pilots didn’t last long as stand-alone machines, and now phones are getting better, but none of them comes close to a real computer. I never bought a Pilot because I had to ask myself – when would I use this? What would I use it for? and I came up with very little.
But if you get people used to buying a cutesy music player by the hundreds of millions, you’ve slipped that new paradigm into their pockets much more easily. I don’t think many people would tell you that having thousands of songs and movies in your pocket is a bad thing. It’s an easy sell. Now add email, and web surfing, and it starts to get interesting. Apple is learning how to make a small computing device easy and slick to use and live with, and they are doing a fantastic job, especially considering what else is out there.
If this new tablet happens – an iPhone-like device that’s maybe 8 or 10 inches across, and can do most everything a real laptop can do – I’ll tell you right now that it’s going to launch a new form factor where tablet PCs have had only tepid acceptance at best.
ChrissyOne,
Uh, I meant that in an entirely platonic way. I guess I should have reread it for content and not just typos before I clicked ‘submit’.
You have a kinky mind. I like that.