What are we supposed to do if our old MacBook only has lion?
Go down to the Apple store and fork over $2000 for a new one?
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Posted on 04/12/2015 6:27:05 PM PDT by Utilizer
Older versions left vulnerable.
Apple has fixed a major security hole that has been present in its OS X operating system since at least 2011.
The 10.10.3 update addresses the so-called "rootpipe" vulnerability, which allowed an attacker to gain the highest level of access to the computer without a password.
The vulnerability existed in checking XPC entitlements and meant a process may gain admin privileges without properly authenticating, Apple revealed.
The flaw was identified by TruSec security researcher Emil Kvarnhammer, who discovered the flaw last October and notified Apple's product security team the following day.
Kvarnhammer said a planned full disclosure date in January had to be postponed after Apple reported that a fix would require "a substantial amount of changes on their side".
Even now only the latest version of Mac OS X, Yosemite (10.10) has been fixed, leaving Mavericks and Mountain Lion users vulnerable to exploits based on the flaw.
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Well we know what at least one hour of Rush's Monday show will be about!
What are we supposed to do if our old MacBook only has lion?
You might try one of the previous versions of Linux Mint with the Cinnamon or Gnome desktop. Depending upon how much memory your machine has you might like that OS much better. I believe ver13 LTS (Long Term Support) might be compatible but you should probably look for yourself before committing.
What are we supposed to do if our old MacBook only has lion?
Go down to the Apple store and fork over $2000 for a new one?
(mandatory Crapple pic)
Be thankful it ain’t foot ball season as well
You might try one of the previous versions of Linux Mint with the Cinnamon or Gnome desktop. Depending upon how much memory your machine has you might like that OS much better.That's not a bad idea to salvage some life out of an old Mac, but I seriously doubt your average user is going to prefer any flavor of Linux over OS-X. Much as I rag on Apple for their overpriced products and their base of slavishly devoted, often irrational, fan-boys, they do have a really polished and nice OS.
I use Linux Mint every day in my software development job and I love it. It works exactly the way I need it to work and I’m able to deliver the work artifacts on time without annoying operating system issues. I have been a Linux user and programmer since 1996 and Mint is the best OS for laptop work IMHO. For server deployments it’s Redhat, Ubuntu, or zLinux for us. So I appreciate your recommendation to load Linux Mint, and i heartily second it.
You’d be surprised. The modern Gnome desktop, and the new Cinnamon are pointed more towards the eye-candy crowd, and I have indeed steered some clients away from the default mac OS’s they normally run and over to Linux because of the way the two desktops look. Plus, they really are for the most part plug-and-play, or turn-on-and-go, if you want to get literal about it.
Not to mention it’s all free along with the newer versions and security upgrades. Add to the fact that OS-X is a ‘nix-based OS and many versions of Linux are quite similar to what they already are familiar with on their machines. :)
Isn’t that headline a tad homophobic?
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I’m the messenger, not the writer mate.
That was a joke, or, more accurately, an attempt at one.
My fault. I forgot to add the smiley in the post. :)
Cheers!
“Well we know what at least one hour of Rush’s Monday show will be about!”
Someone on this had mentioned that Apple is paying Rush to push their products, but they OBVIOUSLY cannot disclose that publicly.
At first I didn’t believe him, then it made a lot sense to me considering how he just goes on and on about their products...
I actually recommend Mepis Linux for its wide range of machines and hardware it is compatible with, and its stability.
I run different versions depending upon the task each machine is set to though, and am running Mint with the KDE desktop on the main machines.
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Yeah right....as if that company in Seattle has ever supported anything they put out...XP ,Vista ,7 ????
Complain all you want but my Apple products continue to work while associates microsft stuff is dying from crapola viruses and malware all the time....plus my 4 year old Macair is doing very nicely compared to a bunch of the laptops out there (I have had and enjoyed this for four years with an i5 cpu and 4 Gb of ddr go ahead and price that out today for your windows machines and you will still be running 5 to 6 hundred)
And Linux is the operating system that developers like....not every one is a developer.Some folks are just tool users
The CEO of Apple is gay, so I guess the open backdoor is a “feature”.
OK, that one made Me LOL. *grin*
Thanks for the laugh -first one today! :)
You will note, now, that this is also called a “rootpipe” vulnerability.
*snicker*
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