Comments on: Mac OS X runs deleted applications

By: Time Machine Hacks | Rick Tech

Time Machine Hacks | Rick Tech — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:21:22 +0000

[...] world. But it still has it’s problems. BTW, make sure Leopard is upgraded to 10.5.2, some major security flaws were [...]

By: tewha.net : Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug

tewha.net : Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:53:04 +0000

[...] claims to have fixed the issue where applications could run automatically out of a Time Machine backup. Look for CVE-2008-0038 in Apple’s About the security content of Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security [...]

By: Steven Fisher

Steven Fisher — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:34:18 +0000

Sweeeeeeet! My first CVE.

By: Steve Folly

Steve Folly — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:02:33 +0000

Heh! Finally – one of the ’security’ fixes in 10.5.2 is for Launch Services:

“Description: Launch Services is an API to open applications or their document files or URLs in a way similar to the Finder or the Dock. Users expect that uninstalling an application from their system will prevent it from being launched. However, when an application has been uninstalled from the system, Launch Services may allow it to be launched if it is present in a Time Machine backup. This update addresses the issue by not allowing applications to be launched directly from a Time Machine backup. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.5. Credit to Steven Fisher of Discovery Software Ltd. and Ian Coutier for reporting this issue.”

Sounds like they listened to you!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:51:02 +0000

Is there a similar thing going on with fonts?

I’ve got dozens of fonts turned off in Font Book, but my applications are seeing everthing that’s installed, even the ones that are turned off.

By: Pain in my ass

Pain in my ass — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:50:42 +0000

I find this particularly annoying because since installing Leopard, I have run two versions of TextMate at different times. I couldnt figure out why I then had two instances of textmate in my dock one day. Turns out an old ruby document I had opened launched the old version of TextMate sitting on my backup drive from a backup that ran a few weeks earlier. Pain in my ass.

By: dot unplanned » This Is Dumb

dot unplanned » This Is Dumb — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:07:40 +0000

[...] is neat but also kind of stupid” bug I’ve come across. The other one is the “Time Machine resurrects apps you deleted” [...]

By: autoexec.bat

autoexec.bat — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:04:25 +0000

yeah, but still – if i do not delete all backups of updatet app, they still show up in ” open with..” menu. In case when say, i have a new app, which do not know yet – what app to use to open file, I have to use “open with..” and face 5 identical versions of QuickTime player

By: Steven Fisher

Steven Fisher — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:27:58 +0000

You’re probably okay with not deleting IF you’re updating to a newer version and don’t plan on removing the newer version. All things being equal, Launch Services will prefer a newer version of an application if one is available.

By: autoexec.bat

autoexec.bat — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:49:36 +0000

Thanks! that helped. A little bit annoying tho, to go and delete all backups, every time there is VLC or Quicktime update…

Downloaded today Apples system update to 10.5.1 – this issue still not touched.