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Mac OS X v10.6.4 Released

The 10.6.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Notable Fixes and improvements

  • issue with unresponsive keyboard or trackpad
  • issue with some Adobe CS3 applications not launching
  • copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB shares
  • improved VPN connections
  • playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
  • issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
  • Parental Controls Time Limits for Open Directory or Active Directory users
  • display sleep  and speaker issues with MacBook Pro (Early 2010)
  • includes Safari 5.0
  • fixes and improvements to Aperture 3
  • RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras
  • pairing issues with Apple remotes

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2010
06/15
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Robert Wallace
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Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 2

Been kind of swamped with work lately that I didn’t notice the update to Java that Apple released. There is also a release for 10.5.

The update brings Java up to version 1.6.0_20 and weighs in at 81.7 MB. The update claims to fix the following:

Multiple vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_17

Description: Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Java 1.6.0_17, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. These issues are addressed by updating to Java version 1.6.0_20. Further information is available via the Sun Java website at http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/ReleaseNotes.html

Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user

Description: An out of bounds memory access issue exists in the handling of mediaLibImage objects. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. This issue is addressed by preventing Java applets from using the com.sun.medialib.mlib package. This issue only affects the Mac OS X implementation of Java. Credit to Marc Schoenefeld of University of Bamberg for reporting this issue.

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Description: A signedness issue exists in the handling of window drawing. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking. This issue only affects the Mac OS X implementation of Java. Credit to Jonathan Bringhurst of Northrop Grumman, and Jeffrey Czerniak for reporting this issue.

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2010
05/24
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Robert Wallace
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Boot Camp under VMWare Fusion

After playing around with Windows 7 under Boot Camp on my iMac I decided to give VMWare Fusion a try. I launched VMWare Fusion and was surprised that it had my Boot Camp partition listed in my Virtual Machine list. It went through a configuration stage which lasted about a minute and began to boot the virtual machine, boot time was much faster than running a traditional Virtual Machine and once I logged in it automatically started to load the VMWare Tools software.

Now I have the option to run my Boot Camp installation either by booting directly into the Windows 7 partition or run it as a Virtual Machine with VMWare Fusion. This gives me a lot of flexibility since I won’t need to restart and switch from OSX to Windows 7, I can now run them both at the same time. Unity (an option under VMWare Fusion) allows me to remove the desktop window and run any of the applications under Windows 7 as if they were installed on my OSX system.

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2009
10/31
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Robert Wallace
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Windows 7 on my iMac

I’m exited about writing this post using “Windows Live Writer” which means that I’ve been able to get Windows 7 running under Boot Camp on my iMac. I still much prefer using OSX than Windows, but this will allow me to code windows specific software on my iMac.

The speed is amazing even though my iMac is two years old, it’s even snappier than my brand new Dell at work (Optiplex 960). Apple has done a great job on getting Windows running on their hardware (I think it run better on Apple hardware then hardware meant for Microsoft products). Anyway, all of my drivers have been detected with no issues what so ever.

Next, I will try to get the Boot Camp/Windows 7 partition loaded into a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine. From what I’ve heard it runs pretty well since it’s using a partition instead of an image file.

One nice feature is being able to access all of my HFS disks directly from windows (read/write). I’ve had a few bad experiences in the past using my HFS drives on Windows boxes.

I will post any updates if I encounter any issues.

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2009
10/31
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