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Safari 3.1.2 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 patches a WebKit vulnerability.

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11

One more thing.

Server Admin Tools 10.5.3 contain remote administration tools, documentation, and utilities that you can install on a computer other than your server. This version is required to administer Mac OS X Server version 10.5.3 from a remote Mac client.

Apple Intellect’s 30+ best free apps reminds us of the wealth of freeware for the Mac, many, like VLC, are best of class. The quality is far above the freeware available for PCs Such lists are useful for learning the variety of apps that are available. Often it is possible to find an app you never thought about.

With the 10 Mac apps worth buying, it is important to remember not buy the app just to have it, especially when there is a freeware app that does much the same.

The Adobe Reader 8.1.2 update addresses a number of customer workflow issues and security vulnerabilities while providing more stability.

The release notes list a number of resolved issues

ProKit 4.5 improves reliability for Apple’s professional applications and is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express, Aperture, Logic Studio and Logic Express.

The company patches the issue where files were deleted from the desktop, when ever the automatic update was utilized. As before, the patch disables the subject functionality. Only this time any possible activation is “permanently” disabled.

A patch (R5) for QuickBooks Pro 2006 for Mac and QuickBooks New User Edition 2006 for Mac is now available that resolves the product upgrade issues that came about over the last two weeks … Once the patch is downloaded, you will need to install it to make the patch effective. If you have manually disabled the upgrade mechanism already, we strongly urge you to apply the patch since a refresh of your preferences will recreate the issue. Installing the patch will permanently disable the upgrade mechanism so that the issue won’t occur again

There are different patches for QuickBooks Pro 2006, and for QuickBooks New User Edition 2006, both listed on the download page.

Why would one put their entire financial information in software so mismanaged. There is well tested open source routines for doing auto updates. Why does the bug exist at all?

A patch available Monday via standalone update still leaves QuickBooks vulnerable, if you run the software near a wireless hotspot. The patch had disabled the automatic update system, but it is reactivated when in range with a hotspot. Intuit states that they are working to resolve the issue and will have a patch available in the next few days. Users are urged not to run the program while within range of a wireless access point.

Computerworld is reporting a class action lawsuit:

Three businesses that lost data during the update snafu have filed a lawsuit against Intuit and have asked a federal judge to grant the case class-action status. The firms — Create-A-Card Inc. in New York, AGSJ Inc. in California and Philanthropic Focus LLC in Florida — charged Intuit with reacting slowly to news from users of the buggy update and said that they each had lost irreplaceable data.

According to Computerworld, Intuit has fixed the server that was causing the update problem. They are also working on how to recover the files deleted by the updater. More …

All the updates can be accessed via Software Update or by direct download  from one download page.

Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update (PPC or Intel; Update or Combo)

Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 Update (Universal or PPC; Update or Combo)

Security Update 2007-008 (10.3.9 Client and Server versions)

Soundtrack Pro 2.0.2

Server Admin Tools 10.4.11

Final Cut Pro 6.0.2

DVD Studio Pro 4.2.1

Motion 3.0.2

Color 1.0.2

Cinema Tools 4.0.1

Compressor 3.0.2

Pro Applications Update 2007-02

iPhoto 7.1.1

StuffIt Expander decodes the .sit and .sitx file formats. The Read Me file is recommend reading as it has important installation information but does not explain what’s new. Download page.

From the Read me:

If you are upgrading from a previous version:

• The “Drag and Drop” installation method will not remove any older versions of StuffIt. Please delete any older versions of StuffIt applications manually.

• If you have difficulties with any StuffIt 12 applications. Try deleting any older StuffIt preference files from the /Library/Preferences directory and your user’s ~/Library/Preference directory. StuffIt plist files are typically named com.stuffit.xxxxxxxx.plist where xxxxxxxx is the name of the application that uses the preference file.