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Mac OS X 10.5.5 Combo updater, Security Update for 10.4 now available
If you've been a If you are still running the slightly older OS, Tiger, then Apple has provided an update for you as well. The Security 2008-006 update allows you to stay as safe as your Leopard brethren. Security update 2008-006 is available for both PPC and Intel Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
You can download all of these updates by opening Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update) or by visiting Apple's download page.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Terrence said 11:44PM on 9-15-2008
mail is acting weird, seems almost as though is re-indexing my entire 10-20k of emails.
firefox 3 is a little sluggish right now, might be due to mail.
disappointing update. guess if they are going to update macbooks ( hopefully pros ) will be time to ditch my santa rosa =p
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Ed said 1:21AM on 9-16-2008
This update seems to have cured my display "flicker" problem.
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robogobo said 9:46AM on 9-16-2008
What display do you have? My 23" ACD has been flickering.
Ed said 2:37PM on 9-16-2008
13'' Macbook (2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)
Jon said 3:25AM on 9-16-2008
My iCal broke after this update. It wouldn't show any of my calendars, nor would it quit properly. I had to force quit it. I restored the older version with Time Machine, and it works again.
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djordje said 3:59AM on 9-16-2008
well, I installed it last night (mbp 2,2ghz 4gb ram) and everything went smooth.
impressions:
for the moment I see no difference. Everything's working as before, including iCal, Mail, and all other apps I use.
So, at least for me, it looks like non-harmfull update ;)
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Jash Sayani said 5:19AM on 9-16-2008
Downloading update......
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LuminousNerd said 7:38AM on 9-16-2008
I would not reccomend this update unless you want your computer to get seriously fubar.
First boot, booted into Finder, but no apps would launch. Their dock icons just bounce and then sit there, the app never launched. Safari, Firefox, Mail... Didn't seem to matter.
Reboot and Finder wouldn't even fully launch.
Reboot again and things seem to be working okay... Until I'm using safari and the whole machine just totally freezes up, unresponaive to anything.
Time to restore.
Reboot
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robogobo said 9:48AM on 9-16-2008
Time to repair permissions first.
LuminousNerd said 8:46AM on 9-16-2008
Why does this always happen to me?
My Time Machine drive, which backed up just fine yesterday, no longer mounts. It seems to be dead. Wouldn't be the first time, they already replaced it once.
Luckily, I booted back into 10.5.5 and was able to back up to my other drive. So though I won't be able to restore I can at least be sure my files are safe.
But I might not have to -- ever since this latest boot things have been working fine.
Odd.
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edoug said 9:32AM on 9-16-2008
Not having any of those problems! But I am seeing weirdness when composing html messages now in entourage 2008....
robogobo said 10:00AM on 9-16-2008
Looks good so far.
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robogobo said 10:27AM on 9-16-2008
Oh, I should add that I didn't go through Software Update and I used the Combo even though I was coming from 10.5.4. I think that's should be standard practice by now.
Eddie R said 10:05AM on 9-16-2008
Broke my Firewire mounting of 3rd generation iPod. Mounts with USB but not with Firewire. What gives? I know my iPod is behind the times; but come on, it's part of my backup scheme.
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Steve L said 10:50AM on 9-16-2008
X11 xterms now have beeps when backspacing a blank line and autocompletion tabs produces multiple results.
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Yosse said 11:16AM on 9-16-2008
amazing. 1 year and 5 major updates, and 10.5.5 still FORGETS custom views in folders. This is border line retarded. COME ON!
Also, safari turned unusable.. i have a 2.4 core 2 duo with 4gb RAM and it is SLOW. PAINFULLY SLOW.
Have deleted caches, repaired permissions, checked the file system and it sucks.
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Chris Tucker said 12:23PM on 9-16-2008
Installed 10.5.5 via Software Update. My old 1.42 Ghz Dual Processor MDD/FW800 is working just fine. No problems whatsoever. iCal works, Safari is just as speedy as ever, all the icons in the Dock launch their applications just fine.
No flicker on the 20" Apple Cinema (CRT) display (at 1600 X 1200) before the update, none now.
iTunes 8 & CoverSutra working as before, I.E., perfectly. Wireless connection stayed up without a hitch.
Heck, even my 22 year old Apple Extended Keyboard/Griffin iMate interface combo still works.
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Denzyl said 11:57AM on 9-16-2008
My DVI port is not working anymore after downloading the update. It's a DVI to VGA and I've tried different monitors, so while it recognizes the monitors connected it does not show a display on the monitor. It looks like the monitor does not recognize the Macbook Pro even though the MBP recognizes it.
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iGO said 12:30PM on 9-16-2008
I have two iMacs;
a 24" 3.06Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and
a 20" Intel Core Duo.
Both Rebooted twice, the second reboot taking place midway the first. Everything is working super fine and I see improvements throughout.
One obvious fix that was really a thorn in my side has to do with the fix bought on by the:
"Includes extensive graphics enhancements."
On my 3.06 with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS video card and 4GB of Ram, I should expect nothing less than spectacular graphics.
Well, whenever I would come out of a 'Sleep Display' state ( not a general machine sleep state), the desktop would flicker for a moment just before going full brightness. Was really irking me after paying $2200 for this machine. Did it from moment one and I thought, gosh.....My early 2006 iMac Core Duo doesn't do that!!!
After the update to 10.5.5, the flicker is gone. Instant full brightness comes on, when I move my mouse to turn on the display from a 'Sleep Display' state. Thank you !!
Also,
Apps are starting much quicker, the iMac boots up quicker and generally everything is better.
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Andrew said 2:44AM on 9-17-2008
Btw this update fixes the issues with Starcraft and Diablo 2, both now work again.
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