| Apple Updates Snow Leopard, Repairs Flash Player Issue |
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| Written by Matt Zielinski | |||
| Friday, 25 September 2009 10:15 | |||
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My last blog referred to certain web connection issues being experienced by users who upgraded to Apple’s Snow Leopard. I have recently read that Apple has already issued an update to the OS, this time addressing a large amount of security and stability issues, including a critical Adobe Flash Player plug-in vulnerability that left Mac users susceptible to malicious attacks. The Snow Leopard update, which upgrades the Mac OS X operating system to version 10.6.1, is the first since its launch at the end of August. While Apple's Snow Leopard came with enhanced security features, the new Mac operating system initially came equipped with an older version of the Adobe Flash plug-in. This plug-in was prone to security issues. Apple's security update upgraded the Adobe Flash Player plug-in to version 10.0.32.18, which is Adobe's most current release. If exploited, hackers could use the Flash Player vulnerability to execute malicious code designed to take control of a user's computer, typically by using an infected Flash media file. Security experts are saying that the Flash Player patch was probably the most significant in the update. Many users have said that the Adobe Flash vulnerabilities in Snow Leopard underlined the need for Apple to find a way to resolve security issues between third-party applications and its operating system. In addition, the Snow Leopard update addressed compatibility issues with some wireless 3G modems and repaired other compatibility issues in which printer drivers might not appear properly in the Add Printer browser. The Apple update also addressed some problems with mail, including some glitches in auto account setup in Mail that prevent it from functioning properly, while resolving other issues when users send mail with certain SMTP servers. The update included an issue causing the DVD playback function to quit unexpectedly, addressed a problem in Motion 4 that caused it to be unresponsive, and resolved an issue in the Command-Option-T keyboard shortcut that would erroneously bring up the special characters menu in applications such as Mail and TextEdit. It is obviously nice to see that Apple does not waste time in resolving initial issues with their new OS.
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