after Security update 2012-001 cannot save any Office 2004 file

I have the same issue with Freehand files.

You mean the Apple Security Update 2012-001 correct (not "Office")? The update appears to have some serious consequences for applications running under Rosetta, such as Office 2004.

Stay tuned.

I'm having the same problem with Word.

I have same problems with Omnigraffle 3.2 and Omnigraffle Pro 4 - i can't start it. Good old PPC app.

4D v 2004 stopped printing - All I get is a blank Print dialog...

Quickbooks stops launching

Does anyone test these things anymore?? Or is everyone good working on iOs... seriously...

Greetings All;

I have an older version of Photoshop (v. 8.0) that no longer functions properlly since yesterday's Security Update.

I can open and modify existing files, but can't save the changes. I can create a new Photoshop file, but can't save it. The issue is the same on my MacBook Pro and MacPro Tower (both running 10.6.8).

Syd Rodocker

iTunes U Administrator

Tennessee State Department of Education

Tennessee's Electronic Learning Center

I am having the same problem with Word and Excel. It is exactly as you describe, all the way to having to use Force Quit to exit. I did find when I reopened the program that auto-recover had saved three-fourths of the work I had done, but when I went to save the auto-recovered version, the exact same thing happened - crash!

I also tried copying an older document, removing its contents and typing what I wanted to save, but this method didn't work either.

I hope someone who can do something about it is reading these!

Fortunately I have a steady ongoing time machine backup to an external drive... I have one from 11Pm last night... now in the process of restoring from that backup (using snow leopard install disk - one of the main screen menu items)

Wish me Luck!

p.s. If your issue is not time critical I assume Apple will get around to resolving this but perhaps this is one good way to force everyone to migrate to Lion??

Awful mess - good luck everyone...

All Office '04 apps work normally with the security update. Restore you bootable backup/clone or TM backup, reinstall the 10.6.8 COMBO v1.1 and latest Office update, repair permissions, and try again.

Office is not the only problem. Apple needs to provide a fix. I've got several Adobe applications as well. Haven't tried them, but an earlier post said his Photoshop was not working.

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We are having similar problems - no Save, no Print, no Quit available in Word 2004, TextEditPlus; kinky need to "ignore permissions on volume" for Finder to save to external drive. A real mess.

My Freehand MX using Rosetta crashes whenever I try to save, save as, export, import, bascially anything i do that uses a system dialog box!!!! My business has come to a halt because of this!!!!!!!!!!! Need help!!!!

Howdy,

Here is a fairly simple way you can restore you system and restore you applications functionality again, if you don't have a recent clone or good Time Machine backup that you can restore from.

- You first start by reinstalling your OS X 10.6.x, this will preserve all your user data, your applications, no worries there.

- Then install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 (links provided below)

- Make sure you're printers are showing up correctly in your system preferences, if not, re-add the printers

- Then finally, run the Apple Software Update (by pulling down the Apple Menu), and install any and all remaining updates, except do not then re-install the Security Update 2012-001. It is possible that you may have to reboot after installing some of the updates, and you may even need to run it a 2nd time to make sure that you've got all updates, except NOT the Security Update 2012-001.

Links for 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399

or the link to directly download this 1.09GB combo updater:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1399/en_US/MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg

Cheers,

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Also:

Apparently some are reporting that this causes the older PowerPC (PPC) applications that are supported in 10.6 via 'Rosetta' to crash upon attempting to open/save/print using any dialog box, or fail in other similar ways such as simply not printing or quitting, or freezing/hanging/crashing of the application.

You might wish to read:

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/snowleopard/index.html#d02feb2012

If you are unsure if you are still using PowerPC apps, if the application is currently running, look under the 'Activity Monitior' (in Applications -> Utilities), or alternatively you could check in the System Profiler, Applications. Check the column "Type".

Here is a fairly simple way you can restore you system and restore you applications functionality again, if you don't have a recent clone or good Time Machine backup that you can restore from. If you do, restore from your backup prior to having installed the Security Update 2012-001.

Time Machine restore: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427

If you are restoring a backup made by a Mac to the same Mac

With your backup drive connected, start up your Mac from the Lion recovery partition (Command-R at startup) or Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc. Then use the "Restore From Time Machine Backup" utility. Select the backup prior to your issues, and it will be restored back to the state it was in at that time.

Cheers,

Daniel Feldman

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UPDATE: no crashes, but did see loss of keyboard shortcuts and inability to Save As. See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3704759?answerId=17478269022#17478269022 for details.