Recent Updates: Problems and Fixes

As I was away for 3 days to refill my battery, Apple and third parties have released many updates. Hereafter is a summary:
- AirPort Extreme Update 2007-004:

This update is recommended for all Intel-based MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini computers and improves the reliability of AirPort connections.

It remains still unclear if this update fixes the Airport issue with MacBook when running on battery, or instability issue of wireless networking with iMac based on Atheros wireless chipset.
- Security Update 2007-007

Security Update 2007-007 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:
bzip2
CFNetwork
Core Audio
cscope
gnuzip
Kerberos
mDNSResponder
PDFKit
PHP
Quartz Composer
samba
WebKit
WebCore
Security Update 2007-006 has been incorporated into this security update.

It seems that Apple engineers tried to fix all bugs possible before going on holidays...
This update is available for OS X 10.3.9 (client and server) and 10.4.10 (client and server for both PPC and UB).
- Pro Application Support 4.0.1

This update improves general user interface reliability for Apple's professional applications and is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Final Cut Express HD, Soundtrack, Logic Pro and Logic Express.

It seems that the Pro Application support 4.0.1 is creating problems and making Apple Pro applications (Aperture, Motion, DVD Studio Pro) prone to quit unexpectedly when launched on Power Mac G5 Dual. On our forum, VoxMac is providing a work-around to come back to the previous version:

Problems identified with Aperture , Motion, Cinema Tools, DVD Studio Pro (last 3 being part of Final Cut Studio 1.5) when running on PM G5 2x2GHz.
To fix the problem, you will have to re-install the previous version from the ProAppRuntime.pkg package via Pacifist located in the hidden directory of the installation DVD: /Volumes/Final Cut Studio/Installer/Packages .
For Aperture, you will have to look for the hidden directory on Aperture DVD: /Volumes/Aperture/Packages

It is about time for Apple to stop releasing not fully certified updates, especially when it systematically affect PPC-based hardware. We recommend to wait before installing any new upgrade or at least to clone your system before performing such upgrade on Pro-oriented application.
- Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac:
The MBU released the beta 0.2 version of the Office Open XML File Format Converter. It allows Mac users to exchange MS Office files created with last Office PC, while waiting for the release of Mac Office 2008 (probably for Q1 2008).
For more information: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/...ConverterBeta_0_2.xml
- Missing Sync compatible with Windows Mobile 6
For those of you who need to synchronize their Windows- Mobile-based PDA or PocketPC with their Mac (as Apple has not implemented its iSync library yet), Missing Sync version 4.0 is released and add support for most Windows Mobile 6 handhelds. To know if your PDA or PocketPC is supported by the last release of Missing Sync: use the checking list. Of course, this tool has a price: US$40 or US$25 if you already own version 3.0. Till Apple decides to upgrade its synchronizing engine, this is the only way for users having MS WM6.0-based handhelds.