March 18, 2007 12:44 AM PDT

Mac OS X 10.4.9 Special Report: Files modified by this update

by CNET staff

Mac OS X 10.4.9 is a vast update affecting several Apple applications and a number of key system components. The following is a partial list of files modified (overwritten with new versions) by the update (an asterisk [*] indicates modification of multiple files in the given directory, or with a similar naming structure):

/Applications

Font Book.app
iCal.app
iChat.app
iSync.app
Preview.app

/Utilities

Activity Monitor.app
Bluetooth File Exchange.app
ColorSync Utility.app
Terminal.app

/Library

/Documents/gzip (a directory containing the documentation for the gzip file compression component)
/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin (the plug-in responsible for playing back embedded Flash content -- the subject of a security fix in this release)
/Modem Scripts/Apple External 56K Modem* (various files for performing dial-up duties with Apple's external USB modem)
/Printers/hp/* (here a number of files for driving Hewlett-Packard printers are modified)

/Private

/etc/mach_init.d (critical component that stores settings for establishing several system services at startup)
/var/db/dyld/update-prebinding-paths.txt (stores information about various frameworks that are modified in the "update prebinding" process, which can speed application launch times and resolve various document/application association issues. For more information on updating prebinding, see this article)

/sbin

fibreconfig (responsible for mounting Fibre Channel volumes)
fsck* (the disk repair utility accessed via the command fsck when booted in single-user mode [hold down the Command and S keys during startup to use single user mode]

/System/Library

/Automator/* (various Automator actions
/CFMSupport/DiscRecordingLib
/Components/AudioCodecs.component
/Components/CoreAudio.component

/System/Library/CoreServices

AppleFileServer.app
Bluetooth Setup Assistant.app
bluetoothlauncher
BluetoothUIServer.app
Conflict Resolver.app
CoreTypes.bundle
Crash Report.app
Dock.app
dotmacsyncclient
Finder.app
loginwindow.app
Menu Extras/Bluetooth.menu
Menu Extras/Sync.menu
MirrorAgent.app
Network Diagnostics.app
OBEXAgent.app
SecurityAgentPlugs/loginwindow.app
Software Update.app
syncuid.app
UserNotificationCenter.app
WindowServer

/System/Library/Extensions

AppleVADriver.bundle
PPPoE.ppp
IOI2CMaxim6690.kext
SMCMotionSensor.kext
ATIRadeon9700GA.plugin
Radius.ppp
IOI2CLM8x.kext
AppleSMC.kext
ATIRadeonX1000.kext
GeForceGA.plugin
IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
IOFireWireFamily.kext
ATIRadeon.kext
IOHIDFamily.kext
ATIRadeon9700.kext
GeForceFXGLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonGA.plugin
IOATAFamily.kext
GeForceVADriver.bundle
PPTP.ppp
AppleNDRV
ATINDRV.kext
AppleLSIFusionMPT.kext
IONetworkingFamily.kext
IOFireWireIP.kext
EAP-KRB.ppp
AppleHIDMouse.kext
AppleMCEDriver.kext
SoftRAID.kext
ATIRadeon8500DVDDriver.bundle
AppleMaxim6690.kext
PPPSerial.ppp
AppleSEP.kext
msdosfs.kext
GeForce.kext
AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
IOAudioFamily.kext
NVDANV40Hal.kext
IOHDIXController.kext
NVDAResman.kext
ATIRadeon8500.kext
AppleBacklight.kext
IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext
AppleAltiVecDVDDriver.bundle
IONDRVSupport.kext
AppleMIDIFWDriver.plugin
AppleACPIPlatform.kext
SM56KUSBAudioFamily.kext
IOI2CSMUSat.kext
AppleMLANAudio.kext
IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext
IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext
NVDANV30Hal.kext
EAP-TLS.ppp
AppleAirPort.kext
AppleSMUMonitor.kext
AppleIntelGMA950.kext
IOBluetoothFamily.kext
IOSerialFamily.kext
AppleIntelGMA950GA.plugin
ATIRadeon8500VADriver.bundle
L2TP.ppp
AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext
NVDANV10Hal.kext
AppleHWSensor.kext
GeForce2MXGLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeon8500GA.plugin
ATIRadeon9700VADriver.bundle
IOI2CMotionSensor.kext
AppleHDA.kext
AppleIntelGMA950GLDriver.bundle
DSACL.ppp
AppleLM7x.kext
NVDANV20Hal.kext
GeForce3GLDriver.bundle
AppleAD741x.kext
PPP.kext
AppleStorageDrivers.kext
ATIRadeonX1000GA.plugin
PMUMotionSensor.kext
AppleUSBAudio.kext
Apple16X50Serial.kext
AppleMaxim1989.kext
IOFireWireSBP2.kext
AppleKeyswitch.kext
ATIRadeon9700GLDriver.bundle
AppleSMBIOS.kext
AppleBMC.kext
ATIRadeonGLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX1000VADriver.bundle
IOI2CMaxim1989.kext
AppleUSBTopCase.kext
ATIRadeonX1000GLDriver.bundle
IOI2CLM7x.kext
AppleAHCIPort.kext
IOI2CAD741x.kext
IOAHCIFamily.kext
AppleLM8x.kext
ntfs.kext
ATIRadeon8500GLDriver.bundle
IOPCIFamily.kext
IOI2CMaxim1631.kext
IOUSBFamily.kext
AppleFWAudio.kext
DSAuth.ppp
ATIRadeon9700DVDDriver.bundle
IOI2CLM6x.kext
IPFirewall.kext
IOSCSIParallelFamily.kext
IOGraphicsFamily.kext
AppleIntelGMA950VADriver.bundle
ATIRadeonDVDDriver.bundle
udf.kext
System.kext
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext

/System/Library/Filesystems

msdos.fs
ntfs.fs
udf.fs

/System/Library/Frameworks

OpenGL.framework
DiscRecordingUI.framework
InstantMessage.framework
ApplicationServices.framework
DiscRecording.framework
IOBluetoothUI.framework
SyncServices.framework
IOBluetooth.framework
Security.framework
AudioToolbox.framework
WebKit.framework (used by Safari and other applications to render Web pages)
DirectoryService.framework
CoreServices.framework
System.framework
PCSC.framework
DVDPlayback.framework
CoreVideo.framework
CoreFoundation.framework
Carbon.framework
CoreData.framework
Quartz.framework
FWAUserLib.framework
Foundation.framework
QuartzCore.framework
Kernel.framework

/System/Library/Image Capture

/Devices/Type5Camera.app

/System/Library/PreferencePanes

Bluetooth.prefPane
Mac.prefPane
Network.prefPane
UniversalAccesPref.prefPane

/System/Library/Spotlight

Font.mdimporter

As with all significant updates, it is important to take note of which files are modified by Mac OS X 10.4.9 so that if a problem occurs after its installation, you can reasonably surmise whether or not there is a potential that the update was culpable. Pay particular attention to the kernel extensions (.kext) modified by this update -- located in /System/Library/Extensions. These integral components can have a significant effect on external device compatibility and can be the cause of kernel panics if incompatibility ensues.

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