Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared. Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, though, does create the rooted.txt, even if t…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 It seems that if you're running 10.4.0 or 10.4.1, you're 'safe' (notwithstanding the widget exploit). To which widget exploit are…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared. Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, thoug…

Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of those things? Apple can only lock things …

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of th…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 This is how I made it work on my system, although I used Xfile instead of the Finder. The key is that the substituted plist be in XM…

Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hal Itosis Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1? It's the same update as before, it just fixes a few bugs in the original upd…

Quote: Originally Posted by Hal Itosis Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1? I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break?

Quote: Originally Posted by rickey939 I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break? Presumably corrects bugs in update 2006-002. It fixes nothing new. Othe…

Maybe it just kills FrontRow anew...

Does anyone know what kind of content on the Weather Channel's site could cause Safari to crash? It happens very consistently on my wife's iBook. It is apparently something below…

No problems here. Try another user account.

You mean another user account on the iBook, right? (The Weather Channel lets you set up accounts as well.) I'll give it a shot. If it works well with another user account, what …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter You mean another user account on the iBook, right? (The Weather Channel lets you set up accounts as well.) I'll give it a shot. If it wor…

So how does one fix Safari's cache and/or preferences? The issue seems to be creeping into oddness with other sites' content.

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter So how does one fix Safari's cache and/or preferences? The issue seems to be creeping into oddness with other sites' content. From the…

msuper69, thanks a lot! I'll take a whack at it right away. Later...That seems to have done the trick, at least as far as The Weather Channel goofing things up goes. I renamed i…

I have a powerbook that started running very, very badly. I mean totally unusable. I made a new account on the same computer and it runs great again. I want my files from my oth…

Assuming you don't have any invisible files (and you wouldn't, unless you created them deliberately) then you should be able to just drag and drop from the old Home folder to the n…

OMG http://i-newswire.com/pr58954.html

dang

It's only on the newswire, but I can't confirm it anyplace else. Maybe it's bogus, I hope.

Ummmm... this better be false. Of course their little disclaimer at the bottom seems to tell me this could easily be a false story. "The information that is on or available throu…

I can't believe this crap...