[G4] User Report on the new Security Update 2006-004 -

[Dave March]

I just installed the security update - no gliches, but
I'm not seeing a speed difference.  OTOH, I'm running
Tiger 4.7 on a Dual 867 MDD, so it's bound to respond
differently.  Plus, I've only had this machine for a
few weeks, so I'm not well attuned to its perfomance
quirks yet.

One thing I did notice after the first restart was
that the boot didn't reset the default browser back to
Safari against my wishes (that's a Tiger thing - they
seem to have decided recently that we mere users have
no business choosing for ourselves which browser to
set as our default), so I was happy at first.  But
after the second restart, it was back to its old
trick, so I'll still have to reset back to Firefox
after each boot.  Feh.

I can live without Dashboard calling the Mother Ship
every day, too, but I've already put a muzzle on that
little bit of Microsoftism.  There's a third party
System Preferences plugin -- "DashPrefs" I think --
that helps keep Dashboard on a short leash.

Otherwise, I don't have much to say about Tiger,
except that it seems to work okay so far.

:-/


--- Richard Ramsowr <r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> John
> 
> I found my clock after a second restart. But you are
> the first to put reason to the fact that I've got a
> real speed bump out of this security update and
> thats
> a good thing Thanks.
> 
> I'm currently running a Power PC G4 733 MHz
> QuickSilver with 1.5 GB of Ram using OS x (10.3.9).
> 
> I've also got software in the mail to upgrade to
> Tiger
> - so hopefully this weekend I'll start the prep work
> to make the move. Any ideas to make that change over
> run better are always welcome.
> 
> But the botom line is this old girl is running
> faster
> and acting a whole lot younger!
> 
> 
> Thanks again for your feedback...
> 
> Rick
>
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> 
> --- John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 08/02/06, keith_w <keith_w at dslextreme.com>
> wrote:
> > > Richard Ramsowr wrote:
> > >> Heads up folks...!
> > >>
> > >> On the good news side of things
> > >>
> > >> Is it me or has this new Security Update
> 2006-004
> > >> speed up my Power Mac G4 733 MHz (Quicksilver)
> > >> It sure has done something...
> > >>
> > >> On the nor so good news side of things-
> > >>
> > >> I've lost the use of my clock!
> > >> Guess I going to have to look in to it! Any
> > Ideals?
> > >
> > > Whose Security Update IS that? Microsoft?
> Mozilla?
> > SeaMonkey? Apple?
> > >
> > > If it's Apples, I did the update once, and lost
> > the use of my computer for
> > > several days while a couple of "expert" Apple
> > gurus straightened it all out
> > >again.
> > > Fooey on Security Updates!
> > 
> > Beta-tested the update and few if any problems
> were
> > reported-none dealing with
> > a lost clock. Sounds like you other problems that
> > the update uncovered. Since
> > most of the changes were to the AppleFileServer
> and
> > the WebKit, a speed bump
> > isn't unexpected.
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