wow... while your find is sad, scary and dangerous, I am VERY glad you found this ! Why did none ever test this ?

I'm gonna submit it on Digg, hoping it hits the frontpage and reaches Apple PR, so they can release a Software Update. If they do so, I hope someone will run this check again ! (I can't , as I have no external drive for time machine)

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Or file a bug report with Apple... whatever works for you.

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Ummm... you really should not report an issue that you cannot yourself confirm.

Until the original poster posts specific error messages and procedures, I am skeptical that they are in fact seeing something other than what they reported. My backup is perfect, though I did get messages out of diff that took investigation to see that diff was somehow confused.

I've installed a couple dozen applications from DMG files, for example, with no errors. Please wait until there are multiple confirmations of an issue before you try to smear it all over front pages of other sites -- without even confirming it yourself.

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Well, I tested it and confirmed it. It wasn't hard.
Regardless of diff's flaws, it's still easy to find files that have changed but not backed up.

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that was sarcasm right? are you kidding me?

That is the most irresponsible knee-jerk reaction to a preliminary, unconfirmed minor issue i've ever seen.

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