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Apple Releases Disc Recording Update 1.0
micah_lanier writes "From Software Update: The Disc Recording Update delivers additional iTunes and Finder support for a number of LaCie, EZquest, and Iomega CD-R devices. For a specific list of supported devices, visit the Apple CD-R Compatibility site."
It's also available via software update panel in the preferences application.
Surprisingly, it does not require a reboot.
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
I was wrong, rebooting is required - for whatever reason, I wasn't warned that a reboot would be required before I installed the patch.
Whatever...
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
Rebooting is required to load the drivers into kernel space. Say you have an unsupported drive - to save memory and not cause trouble burning is disabled in finder, etc. We want to detect our newly supported drive and then we can enable such things - could probably do it on the fly, but it's always good to reboot if one's ego can handle it.
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
-E. W. Dijkstra
I wasn't warned that a reboot would be required before I installed the patch.
Did for me, I think you just glossed over it...
I really like Software Update. It just plain works. I'm installing the Disc recording Update as I write this, I can't wait to see if it will finally allow me to burn iso's I get from various places, not just Mac specific iso's. I can't seem to burn FreeBSD iso's using desktop software (DiskCopy), is there anything in Fink I can install into X that allows for full-featured burning on a SuperDrive? I haven't looked yet (yep, I'm a lazy bastard).
--- Think of it as evolution in action ---
I don't really think there's much to comment on. When I purchased my CD-RW, I printed out the compatability page and brought it shopping. If it wasn't on the list, I didn't even consider it. I'd bet most Mac users follow this pattern and thus, not a lot of unsupported hardware in the field.
Besides, what could be more exciting for end users than device drivers?
I'm using a LaCie SCSI burner, with zero problems. Infact, it doesn't work under OS9 without Toast, but under OS X it performs flawlessly.
I don't know how or why, but it works great for me.
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Not at my Mac at the moment. But normally when a reboot is required a little blue icon of the Apple power key is shown next to the update, denoting that installation requires a reboot.
Any time an update is displayed with a left-pointing-triangle-in-a-circle next to it it requires a reboot.
-- thinkyhead software and media
I mean, who doesn't regularly check software update manually anyway?? but maybe I'm mental because I'm used to looking after loads of big servers and I check for security updates daily. what would be good would be a discussion of what has changed. I use Toast - will this update affect me?