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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.1.4

Posted by pudge on from the me-first dept.

terbor writes "Networking, security, and authoring support seem to be the biggest improvements found in this update released this afternoon. Not available for download yet, but it can be found in your Software Update panel." I would have posted this sooner, but I had to download it first. :-)

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  1. Re:Just Installed by Gogo+Dodo · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are some minimal release notes. There are extensive release notes for a developer's point of view in the TechNotes Library, but they are only up to 10.1.3.

  2. Re:Clamshell mode fixed? by Silas · · Score: 3, Informative
    Can anyone confirm or deny that the bug with the not being able to use a TiBook 667 with JUST an external monitor, and the lid closed has been fixed?

    I was on the phone with Apple Care today and, while solving an unrelated problem, indicated my frustration about this issue. The tech explained it was a thermal/design issue - the system would get too hot and possibly cause damage to components. The fact that this was still the party line on the day of the OS update would indicate that the lid will stay open for a while.

  3. Re:Just Installed by dhovis · · Score: 5, Informative
    Huh?
    Update 10.1.4 delivers improved networking, security, and additional disc recording device support. Specific enhancements include:

    Disc Recording Devices:

    • Updated and new support for Fast 10 SCSI drives, including the Pioneer 201 drive.
    • Expanded support for SmartDisk, EZQuest, and LaCie disc recording devices.

    Networking Improvements:

    • Dial-up connections over PPP are more reliable and system responsiveness has been improved.
    • Significant improvement to file searching on local and remote volumes.
    • Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) services can be browsed on networks with 3Com routers.

    Security Update:

    • BSD-based TCP/IP connections now check and block broadcast or multicast IP destination addresses.

    Seems pretty clear to me from a end user perspective. This is what Software Update told me.

    What sad times when "it didn't break anything" is what passes for a good review.

    This is a bugfix release. It seems to only fix a few obscure bugs and most users shouldn't notice any difference. "It didn't break anything" is the best review possible for this kind of release.

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  4. update broke system folder... by Juanvaldes · · Score: 2, Informative

    I have a dual 450 G4 and after I updated the system lost track of my system folder. I restarted again holding down option (for those of you new to the mac OS holding down option will let you select which drive/partition to boot off of, I have X on one and 9 on the other as backup) and gave X another shot and it worked that time. just fair warning.