Apple has released updates for both Quicktime and iTunes. The updates are for the software on both Windows and OS X.
The Quicktime patch is a security update that patches two vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious website to either run code on a computer or get infomation from a computer.
Apple also released an update to [...]
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In keeping with it’s “one-a-month” trend for then year so far, Apple has released Security Update 2007-05.
According to the Apple notification it contains updates to the following components:
bind
CarbonCore
CoreGraphics
crontabs
fetchmail
file
iChat
mDNSResponder
PPP
ruby
screen
texinfo
VPN
I applied the Universal version of the update to my iMac through software update without a problem. The update does require a reboot and on my iMac it [...]
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Apple released a patch called Pro Application Support 4.0. In typical Apple fashion they don’t feel the need to get into any detail, here’s the entire text of their bulletin.
About Pro Application Support 4.0
This update improves general user interface reliability for Apple’s professional applications and is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final [...]
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Mac users take note - It’s the second Tuesday of May and that means it’s patch day for Microsoft. Microsoft released 7 critical update bulletins. Three of them affect Office 2004 for Mac so if you’re a Office 2004 for Mac user read on along with just about every Windows user.
Two of the seven bulletins [...]
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I was greeted by this screen on my Intel iMac today.
The Quicktime update patches the “hack-a-mac” Quicktime vulnerability that was publicized on April 20th. It doesn’t really provide any detail but Apple has a support article on the patch.
The Airport Extreme Update 2007-003 description is succinct…
This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers and [...]
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Apple release a OS X security update today, 2007-004. Apple doesn’t have a fixed schedule but they’ve released one security update a month so far this year. The patch contains 25 updates for 19 categories, see the screenshot for the list.
I installed it on my 24″ iMac without incident. The shutdown and reboot took longer [...]
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