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Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released Security Update 2006-002 v1.1: Apple released an updated version 1.1 of Security Update 2006-002. We reported on Security Update 2006-002 v1.0 on Tuesday's edition.

The new v1.1 update did not appear in our automatic Software Update application for Power PC or Intel Macs. However, the links to the original Security Update 2006-002 v1.0 no longer work and Apple posted new links for stand-alone updaters of version 1.1 separately for Power PC and Intel Macs as stand-alone "manual" updaters. Apple's information about the new updates does not reveal what makes v1.1 different from v1.0.

We downloaded the stand-alone files for v1.1 and ran them on our Power PC and Intel Macs. They installed and after the requisite reboot the version number shown in the Software Update "Installed Updates" tab did not change, i.e. it is still at v1.0. However, in the Library->Receipts folder of each Mac there is a receipt for 1.1 but not for v1.0.

We ran our Macs with the new Security Update 2006-002 v1.1 for several hours with no apparent ill effects. Why Apple has chosen to do this in this way is a mystery to us. Perhaps, the only thing changed was the installer which may not have worked properly on some configurations. [Update: Late today Apple posted the purpose on this Web page. It's to fix a problem with Safari being relocated from the Applications folder.] [Dana Baggett & Bill Fox]