Security Update 2010-001: MBP rendered virtually Useless
As requested on another thread, I am starting a new thread to explain the problems I am currently having with my 17" MBP after installing the Security Update 2010-001.
I installed the security update this morning, and rebooted the machine.
Startup was extremely slow. in the region of about 5-10 minutes with a consistent beachball untill startup has completed.
After startup, I could not launch any non-apple product so far. That includes:
Skype
Firefox
CaptureONE Pro
Photoshop CS3 or CS4
Microsoft office suite (word, excel, etc)
Some application would open, and then as soon as I try and open a file, it would crash (microsoft and Adobe Products) some would just bounce in the dock (skype, firefox) and some would start to open and then crash after the ID screen has been up for a few seconds.
My Wacom Tablet is not recognised and crashes (through USB) although my itunes and Ipod Touch seems to work fine (so it's not the USB drivers, per se)
I have not had any problems with this computer since my upgrade to snow leopard (10.6) and have had no indication that there are any system issues.
Incidently, I did a Disk Utility, Disk Verify and Permissions verify about a week ago to show somebody else and picked up no errors. After the security update, I did the verification of the disk and permissions again, and now it picks up errors.
The permission errors were fixed (all relating to flashplayer?) but I could not get the disk repair to do anything. I just received a note saying that the disk needs to be repaired by booting up with a startup disk... which I don't have (can one be made by another mac? can I download a startup image?)
I have searched for information about this update, and have found not a few issues, but nobody has an answer.
I also cannot quite see why a HD failure would allow the system to run, but only certain apps not to run. Logic (well, my logic) says that a re-install should clear any damaged files for that specific app?
I also just got a notice that my crash reporter has crashed 😀 - ironic
I installed the security update this morning, and rebooted the machine.
Startup was extremely slow. in the region of about 5-10 minutes with a consistent beachball untill startup has completed.
After startup, I could not launch any non-apple product so far. That includes:
Skype
Firefox
CaptureONE Pro
Photoshop CS3 or CS4
Microsoft office suite (word, excel, etc)
Some application would open, and then as soon as I try and open a file, it would crash (microsoft and Adobe Products) some would just bounce in the dock (skype, firefox) and some would start to open and then crash after the ID screen has been up for a few seconds.
My Wacom Tablet is not recognised and crashes (through USB) although my itunes and Ipod Touch seems to work fine (so it's not the USB drivers, per se)
I have not had any problems with this computer since my upgrade to snow leopard (10.6) and have had no indication that there are any system issues.
Incidently, I did a Disk Utility, Disk Verify and Permissions verify about a week ago to show somebody else and picked up no errors. After the security update, I did the verification of the disk and permissions again, and now it picks up errors.
The permission errors were fixed (all relating to flashplayer?) but I could not get the disk repair to do anything. I just received a note saying that the disk needs to be repaired by booting up with a startup disk... which I don't have (can one be made by another mac? can I download a startup image?)
I have searched for information about this update, and have found not a few issues, but nobody has an answer.
I also cannot quite see why a HD failure would allow the system to run, but only certain apps not to run. Logic (well, my logic) says that a re-install should clear any damaged files for that specific app?
I also just got a notice that my crash reporter has crashed 😀 - ironic
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
