Apple revs security updates to fix Safari crashing bug

If you already installed either Security Update 2007-009 or Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update for Windows, you may have noticed a wee bit of instability in Safari post-update. The behavior in question is euphemistically described by Apple as "an unexpected termination of the Safari application when browsing to certain web sites," or translated into English: Safari go boom now.

Fortunately, before heading out to celebrate Christmas with their long-suffering families, Apple security engineers cranked out 1.1 updates to both the recent security patches, available for download now. If your Safari experience hasn't been all it can be since the updates, try the new patch versions and see if they improve matters.

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If you already installed either Security Update 2007-009 or Safari 3 Beta 3.0.4 Security Update for Windows, you may have noticed a wee bit...

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Comico

I have installed the update an now my caps locl and num lock keys are reversed they are green all the time, and when I hit the caps lock tu turn off the green light lowcase is activated, this is really f... up

December 27 2007 at 10:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sam

wow..as soon as I read this post, Safari crashed.

December 23 2007 at 6:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John Larkin

Hi there
Just installed the update. The Jaiku badge on my site is no longer interactive.
John

December 23 2007 at 1:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

josh

Just be extra careful before installing this one... I got caught in the Setup Assistant loop from Hell on my iMac- thankfully I was able to open the previous article on how to escape the loop (Safe Mode) on my MacBook, and all is right in the world...

December 22 2007 at 5:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

RobD

I just installed the update on my MacBook Pro and it wouldn't shut down. All the icons on my desktop disappeared and I got an endless beach ball. I let it sit there for about an hour. I could hit the power button for a second and the Shut Down dialog would appear. I clicked shutdown but it still wouldn't.
I killed the power, but now on reboot I get the Mac OS X Setup Assistant.
I have been having tons of problems with Leopard on 3 different computers. Very disappointed recently with the decline in quality of Apple products.
I'm on my other Mac now. I did not install the update yet. I think I'll wait.

December 22 2007 at 2:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

madskoch

ha ha - great post

December 22 2007 at 1:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Orbberius

I've gotten so used to Safari crashing, it's almost a feature now.

December 22 2007 at 10:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Not to change subjects on you, but do you know when Apple will introduce the Intel 45nm Penryn chips to its MacBook Pro lineup?

December 22 2007 at 9:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scottie

Or use Camino.

December 22 2007 at 7:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply