Resolution of Mathematica 5.2 problem on G5 Macintosh Systems
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- Subject: [mg59741] Resolution of Mathematica 5.2 problem on G5 Macintosh Systems
- From: Wolfram Research <newsdesk at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:32:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
** Follow up to important notification for users of G5 Macintosh systems **
Between approximately 8 p.m. PDT on Monday, August 15 and
12 a.m. on Thursday, August 18 Apple was distributing Security
Update 2005-007 Version 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.4.2 (Tiger) through
their automatic Software Update mechanism.
Due to an error on the part of Apple, this update accidentally
omitted essential 64-bit system libraries, which prevented all
native 64-bit applications from running, and in particular
prevented Mathematica 5.2 from running on G5 systems.
Apple has now replaced the update on their download server with
Security Update 2005-007 Version 1.1.
This update includes the missing 64-bit libraries and completely
resolves the problem, allowing Mathematica 5.2 to run correctly.
If you are using Mathematica 5.2 on a G5 system, you should
install the new update, whether or not you installed the
defective one.
To install the update, choose the "Software Update..."
application from the Apple menu (far left of the menu bar). The
Software Update command will automatically check on the web for
new updates, and should list Security Update 2005-007 Version
1.1 as being available. Click the Install button to install the
update.
(The Software Update command is by default set to run
automatically every week; you need to run the command explicitly
to get the new update immediately.)
If you followed the instructions in our previous email to
temporarily disable the 64-bit capabilities of Mathematica, you
must now run the following commands in the Terminal application:
cd /Applications/Mathematica\ 5.2.app/Contents/MacOS
mv MathKernel.bak MathKernel
This will restore the backed-up copy of the Mathematica kernel,
returning Mathematica to full 64-bit functionality.
We regret the inconvenience caused by this problem, and
appreciate the around-the-clock efforts of Apple management and
staff to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
Sincerely,
The Technical Support Team
Wolfram Research, Inc.