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Be wary of Security Update 2010-005
@crarko - Hints like this should not pass administrative review. Not only is it advocating users to reduce their security by not installing the update, but the hint itself neither mentions a known problem or a known solution.
As another user pointed out, it is quite likely that there was a proxy or DNS issue - neither of which the OP mentioned as tried in the support forum post. Apple's own Internet troubleshooting workflow suggests the user check DNS settings as the second step. A simple web search would have returned this article. I do not think it is necessary or helpful to the community to mirror a highly user-specific thread from the Apple support forums on this site. This hint essentially says: "I don't know what went wrong, and I'm not sure why this other thing fixed it." This site has always been about hints - intelligent tweaks, undocumented options, and clever fixes. I think that to retain its usefulness, you should reject unknown problems with unknown solutions. That is the work of Apple's support forum. --- Easier location-based computing: with Airport Location, app for 10.6. It's an early Beta, so please report bugs! Edited on Sep 16, '10 10:37:43AM by Andrew J Freyer
Be wary of Security Update 2010-005
Actually, I did check the DNS entries, though I neglected to mention it. In fact, I went through each and every nook and cranny of the network preference pane and perfectly duplicated the settings on another computer I had which did have internet access. I even ran ipfw on the command line to make sure I hadn't manipulated my firewall recently. Nor did I have any proxy settings. I'm no noob when it comes to this stuff. I have a pretty sophisticated wireless network at home using WDS and I have various servers, such as web and mail servers.
Be wary of Security Update 2010-005
That is the kind of extra information that makes hints like this helpful - providing ALL the steps you took so that users who are having similar issues can try all of the possible solutions. Their issue may not be identical to yours. ---
Easier location-based computing: with Airport Location, app for 10.6. It's an early Beta, so please report bugs!
Be wary of Security Update 2010-005
Well, you've got valid points. I actually wondered whether or not my "hint" would get accepted due to the fact that I couldn't find the exact cause and the solution was rather heavy-handed. I wouldn't have begrudged it if it hadn't gotten posted, but at the same time, I wanted to help anyone else that happened to find themselves in my situation. This is the first time I'd even had to go to the apple store to resolve a software issue. Every other visit has been due to hardware issues. But I was at a dead end and I don't think I'd have thought of a combo-update. I'd always been able to avoid coming to that before. Edited on Sep 16, '10 12:21:32PM by robleach
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