Filed under: Software Update
Security Update 2005-008
There's a new Security Update in the queue if you run Software Update: Security Update 2005-008, which is supposed to include: ImageIO, LibSystem, Mail, QuickDraw, Ruby, SecurityAgent and securityd. More info found here.A word of warning, though: Security Updates have been . . . problematic in the past for some people, and one of our readers, Sean, writes in with this warning about this update: "Got home today and saw a Security Update in Software Update. Went through it, told me to restart, and I did. When I logged in after the reboot, it asked me for my Keychain password for "System". I entered it, and it told me I was wrong. Tried again, same thing. Tried again, and now I've entered the "wrong" one too many times. I guess this update makes my system so secure that it is unusable :) Might want to warn TUAW users to hold off on the update, if this happens to anyone else."
Thanks, Sean, and good luck! UPDATE: Well, it worked fine for me and several other users in the comments. Also, there's an iPod updater too.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Joe Buchheit said 8:18PM on 9-22-2005
there is an ipod update too.
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Peter said 8:21PM on 9-22-2005
I just installed it. No problems here =)
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Penginkun said 8:34PM on 9-22-2005
Well, I plan to reinstall the system this weekend anyway, so if it messes things up I won't have to make special plans to fix it!
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Jim said 8:26PM on 9-22-2005
I installed it as well, no problems for me. Though, i have yet to have an update issue
Also, there is an Ipod update dated for tomorrow 9-23 which i also just installed.
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Penginkun said 8:42PM on 9-22-2005
Just installed it, and there doesn't seem to be any trouble because of it.
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LD said 8:53PM on 9-22-2005
I think the dude forgot his password.
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Chris said 9:04PM on 9-22-2005
I just updated and had the same problem Sean noted. After I logged into Tiger, a window popped up and asked for my system password. I entered it once and it said it was incorrect so I clicked cancel and everything appears to work fine.
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Tim O. said 9:10PM on 9-22-2005
It went without a hitch on my end... No noticeable difference.
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_Don said 9:45PM on 9-22-2005
Just ran the updater and had no problems.
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Jeff said 10:03PM on 9-22-2005
I updated the iPod shuffle with 1.1.2. When I open the iPod shuffle info in iTunes it has the option to put on "sound check." Does anyone know what this does?
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Kevin Ballard said 10:38PM on 9-22-2005
I'd like to point out that the password for the System keychain is *not* your login password. I have absolutely no clue what it is, but I know it's not your login password because I've tried viewing passwords in my System keychain (in Keychain Access) with no luck on 2 different computers, both of which I am the only user.
Now I'm off to go install the update.
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Craig said 11:04PM on 9-22-2005
I think your system password isn't set unless you specifically do so by opening NetInfo Manager and using the Security menu to "Enable Root User" or something like that.
I do it when I get a new Mac so its been a while since the last time I had to do it.
By the way no problems here after running the update.
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Sean Finn said 11:25PM on 9-22-2005
So it's just me that sucks? Man...... /cry
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Wheels said 12:05AM on 9-23-2005
Ok, what just happened to me, when I installed the security update, is really weird. Everything installed fine, and when I went to restart everything went through the motions of shutting down. The screen shut off and Monty hung in limbo. I finally had to force his power off and repower him to get him back. After 1 successful restart and one normal shut down, all seems well.
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Jack said 1:13AM on 9-23-2005
Everything was fine, but now there is some message about saying "Klaatu, Barrada, Nikto!" into the audio input if permissions are off.
And my machine's name is Gort? Please tell me I am not the only one.
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Vlad said 11:07AM on 9-23-2005
No troubles on my iBook with Panther 10.3.9. However, I was greeted by some jibberish about an updated version of keychain and whether airport should update to use the newer version. I hit update and it seems to work. *shrugs*
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Chris Clark said 1:39AM on 9-23-2005
Jeff: 'Sound Check' is a volume stabilizer in iTunes and other iPods that wasn't previously available for Shuffles. It tries (valiantly, but not always very successfully) to keep the mean volume of all your music roughly the same, so you don't have to turn the iPod down when 'that one really loud track' comes on.
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Cookiebear said 2:17AM on 9-23-2005
All fine here too.
Well - so far so good,.. ;-)
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Jordan Merrick said 5:45AM on 9-23-2005
Installed fine with no problem. Also seems to have fixed a problem I had when loading Mail, as the dock icon would become invisible for a minute or so after loading. It's stopped doing it now though...
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Macaday said 6:21AM on 9-23-2005
Fine on iMac G5, same 'problem' as others with System Password issue on Powerbook running connected by Airport Express. I noticed in the Details section that it was actualy an Airport password it wanted. I tried my PPA network password but it was incorrect. Cancelled it and all is fine. Heart-stopping moment there..!
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