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

[Richard Ramsowr]

Dave

If your into Firefox you might take a look at Camino
it's from the same family/company but built for Mac's
- it's nice - fees like Firefox but looks acts like
Mac. - Fast too!

I got a QS which is the one before MDD so a speed bump
for me was nice and thats a good thing!

rick
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--- Dave March <dkmnow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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> > Vintage
> > > Mac and random stuff:
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> > > 
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