Mac Security Update 2011-003

This is a surprise update against to Mac Defender malware, according to AppleInsider information. I had encountered this malware when I was gooling image of Shanghai Apple retail store. I got a fake web page. It displayed a warning message saying that my Mac was infected with a dialog window. No matter I clicked on cancel or OK button an download was done repeatedly. I think I followed instruction to disable auto-open when download in Safari preference, as a result, the download repeated.

I wrote several blogs on this issue in my Chinese blog with detail information at blog.creaders.net/chudq. I disarmed the package and the zip file with terminal commands.

Apple support web link for this update does seem any disclosure of the malware issue.



The following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...4,664
After	...2,036
Difference (A-B)	-2,628

ProKit Update 7.0

In the past weeks, I have been very busy with Chinese blogs, helped one of old friend, from China visiting Calgary, to buy a MacBookPro 13 and gave him a training, and spent some time doing my Melaleuca business. I have not got chance to check my updates so this update prompt me last night. As usual, I did record my HD spaces before and after. Here is the update snap-shot of the update.



The following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...747,272
After	...803,760
Difference (A-B)	56,488

iPhone 4.3.3 Update

This is the expected update for iPhone location issue. Apple releases this update to restrict location file saved on iPhone and there will be no more back up of the location file back to Mac. For me, I really do not concern any location information collected by iPhone, because I trust Apple doing this for better performance issue. As you can read the information about the fix, all it is about the cache. Without cache, the performance is not going to be better.







The following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...412
After	...717,196
Difference (A-B)	716,784

This space calculation may not be correct since I noticed several podcasts were also downloaded during the update process.

Snow Leopard Font Update 1.0

I saw this update last week but I did not have time to do it. Today the first thing is to get this update. I am always in sync with Mac OS update. Yesterday I had iChat with my friend and I found that his Mac does not have App Store. I told him that he must have a long list not updated yet. For most Mac users, I think the updates from Apple are very important and it is so simple to get updated. Keep in tune with Apple.

This update requires a reboot.



The following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...41,868
After	...38,604
Difference (A-B)	-3,264

iTunes 10.2.2 Update

Quickly I got this update: iTunes 10.2.2.



The following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...55,920
After	...30,384
Difference (A-B)	-25,536

Safari(5.0.5) and Security(2011-2) Update

It has been for quite while not seeing updates. Today I did the following two updates.





The following is the comparison of the used space difference between before and after:

Command: df -lak	Used(Kilobytes in 1024-blocks)
Before	...5,152
After	...59,868
Difference (A-B)	54,716

App from App Store on multiple Macs

Today I tried to purchase iLife 11 on my iMac 27. Actually I purchased this item about one month ago when I was on my iMac 24. On the web, some people say that you can install an app from App Store on more than one machines. I was not sure it is true. I tried to get it on my iMac 27 about 1 week time later after my initial purchase. I got a warning message saying to Buy app. I stopped there to avoid double charge.



I talked to Apple tech person when I was picking up my repaired iMac 24. I told him that I had purchased iLife11 from App Store and asked him if I could get it back. He told me that, if I cannot find it from my TM, I should be able to repurchase it from Apple Store without any charge.

"You can install the app up to 5 machines. If you get charge, just phone iTunes support line", he said with confidence. This is confirmation, at least from Apple people.

Today I went to App Store again on my iMac 27. After I pressed "Buy" button, I saw this message:



I am really happy with the App Store. It is a great news for Mac users.