Mac OS X 10.1.5 Update Available

krugdm writes "The Mac OS X 10.1.5 update which was hinted at in the MS Office update changelog is now available through Software Update. From the updater: 'Update 10.1.5 delivers enhancements which improve the reliability of Mac OS X applications, delivers improved networking, security, support for PC Card serial communication devices, and expanded peripheral device support.'"

Comments

Nothing about finder!

[xtal]

No mention of updates to the slow-ass finder. Finder as an application is so slow, with large numbers of files and directories it's effectively useless. This isn't too bad, as I usually use the shell. When an application necessitates me using the finder though, it's infuriatingly slow compared to windows explorer.

I'm beginning to get annoyed, I've had my Tibook for a long time now (8 months?) and this issue still hasn't been addressed.

And yes, I run the maintenance files. That does nada. We'll see if there's any improvements tomorrow, but no mention either.

Re:Nothing about finder!

[jchristopher]

Um... no. In other words, it's fast - unless you're organizationally challenged, and keep every file you've ever worked on in a single folder. If you're going to be dumb, you have to be patient.

Whatever, man.

I love how Mac users will defend the platform to the death, even when they're wrong.

Mom - "Uh, why is this iMac so slow?"

MacDude - "You're doing it wrong. It's only slow because you put so much stuff in a single folder".

Mom - "but I like to put all my jazz MP3s together, all my Rock MP3s together... shouldn't I be allowed to?"

MacDude - "No, Steve says it's the user's fault, not a problem with the OS".

Mom - "Okay..." (Switches to PC, where you can put as many files as you want in a folder without it slowing down).

Look, clearly there is a problem with the Finder! Instead of blaming it on the user, why don't you lobby Apple to fix it?

It's ridiculous that a user should have to organize their folders in a certain way just to keep the system moving at a decent speed, and the fact that ANYONE would defend Apple with regards to this issue just shows how far Mac people will go to prop up the platform, even when it's clear that the problem is being caused by Apple!

Re:Nothing about finder!

[bsartist]

Instead of blaming it on the user, why don't you lobby Apple to fix it?

Honestly? I haven't seen the problem. I've heard other people complain about it, but I simply haven't seen it. This is not Steve's, my neighbor's, or my cat's opinion, it's my own, based on my own personal experience, using my Mac daily to make a living.

For one thing, I organize my files, instead of dumping them all into a single folder. Having inherited the maintenance task on web sites where there were literally tens of thousands of files dumped into a single folder, I recognize the value of organization. If your MP3 player requires you to keep all your Jazz files in a folder in order to display them that way, I'd suggest getting a better MP3 player.

For another thing, very, very little of the time I spend using my Mac is spent in the Finder. Like most people who use a computer, I spend my time getting work done, not shuffling files around. If all you do all day is dump a few thousand files into a folder, scroll the window back and forth and move the files around, what are you complaining about? Are you angry because you can't waste your time more efficiently?

If you want to complain, please, complain about real issues that really matter. Ask Apple why the eMac can't be ordered with a DVD-ROM. Ask them why the Finder no longer has labels. Ask them why DVD-RAM disks are read-only in OS/X. Ask them why their RAM is so damned expensive. Ask them why the the iMac only supports mirroring, when the video card it uses is capable of driving two monitors. Ask them why, even though FireWire works great to transfer video from my camcorder in iMovie, I can't use it to download photos from the same device in iPhoto.

I'm no fan boy - far from it. I'll be the first to admit that there are serious issues that need to be addressed. But by constantly whining about trivial non-issues that are easily avoided with the barest minimum of thought and rarely cause problems in the real world, you're helping to divert people's attention from the problems that actually matter.

Re:Nothing about finder!

[bsartist]

I'd like to know how, exactly, this is flamebait.

Aside from a few vocal, attention-starved whiners who have nothing better to do than move files around and scroll Finder windows back and forth all day, most of the people who have made an honest attempt at using it, have found OS/X's performance to be acceptable for getting Real Work done. It's not perfect, of course - nothing is. But the amount of whining that some people do over trivial issues is pathetic and annoying - thus, flamebait.

Re:Intel?

[foobar104]

The source of this questioning is probably the Darwin 1.4.1 ISO image for x86 that's available....

Sure, Darwin has been available for IA-32 for a long time. But Darwin isn't OS X. The question remains, why would anybody think Apple would port their flagship operating system-- meaning OS X, not Darwin-- to a different architecture? Isn't that kind of like asking when Tivo is going to port their software to Replay TV's hardware?

Re:Intel?

[Anonymous Coward]

I know someone on the Apple board of directors who told me over a year ago that the G5 is ready to go, but the demand for the G4 has been so strong that they won't release the G5... yet.

Perhaps he was just blowning wind up my shorts, but I don't think so. Steve is a smart businessman (especially since NeXT taught him a thing or two) Be ready. It's coming. I expected it a macworld in January, but MWNYC is coming up, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him announce this wonderous piece of silicon.

Re:Quartz AA in Carbon apps?

[foobar104]

i say my rosary to OmniWeb. It (almost) makes my iBook have orgasms. Definatly my first choice for a while.

i'll be damned if i'm going to pay for it, though.

I don't mean to make fun, but I'll be damned if this isn't the perfect Slashdot comment. "Loved your software. Use it every day. I'll never pay you for it, ever."

Sheesh. Some of us make our living writing and selling software, you know. You could be just a little more tactful.