Jeff Campbell
04-15-2010, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/14/apple_fixes_27_inch_imac_glitches_issues_mac_os_x_security_updates.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ty_updates.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple on Wednesday afternoon issued a number of updates, addressing high processor usage and other glitches in its 27-inch iMac, as well as various security updates for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1265227323.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>Not only did Apple release updates yesterday for the 27-inch iMac and for their Server Admin Tools, they also issued a patch to fix a security vulnerability that was identified by Charlie Miller in the annual <a href="http://cansecwest.com/" target="_blank">Pwn2Own contest</a>. The 27-inch iMac <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1031" target="_blank">"EFI FW Update 1.0"</a> update <em>"resolves an issue that sometimes caused high processor utilization while playing audio through the headphone output mini-jack, and resolves an issue that prevented the display backlight from turning on after powering on the iMac."</em> You can find more information about the security updates from <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4131" target="_blank">Apple's support page</a>.</p>