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Mac OS X 10.2.1 Released
benh57 writes "Via Software Update: 'The 10.2.1 Update delivers enhancements and improvements to the following applications, technologies and components: Mail, Image Capture, Help Viewer, graphics, printing, networking, Rendezvous, Kerberos, USB, FireWire, SCSI device compatibility and includes additional Digital Hub peripheral device support.' Full details available in the KB Article that was previously leaked (not yet back up, currently)." Also separately available via Software Update is iTunes 3.0.1.
The readme still isn't available, but Mac OS Rumors has the KB article that was previously available :
Enhancements Delivered with this update
Disc Burning Enhancements
* Improves compatibility of burned CDs with Microsoft Windows.
* Addresses a situation that could result in a failure when burning a disc using iTunes 3 and a high burn speed.
* Addresses an issue in which Disk Utility could inaccurately report "problems" when scanning a disc that was burned with iTunes or in the Finder.
* Adds support for various third-party disc burners, including: TDK VeloCD 241032FP and 241040F, MCE Technologies Lucid-24 24x10x24x Portable FireWire CDRW Drive, LaCie PocketCDRW 24x10x24 U&I, EZQuest Boa CDR/w 48x12x48 FireWire, Formac cdrw 40x10x40 and cdrw 48x10x40.
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
* Decreases the amount of time Final Cut Pro takes to open, and improves iMovie compatibility when a Sony DVMC-DA1 media converter is connected to the computer.
* Improves iMovie compatibility with Canopus ADVC-100 media converter. * Improves compatibility with certain (SCSI-based) scanners.
* Improves compatibility of Image Capture with Epson DS (TWAIN).
* Improves results when scanning in grayscale or black-and-white with Image Capture and Epson UI.
* Enhances reliability when hot-swapping a FireWire-based camera on certain iMacs using Final Cut Pro.
* Addresses a potential issue in which a USB keyboard or mouse is not recognized or able to wake the computer after having been connected to or disconnected from an external USB hub while the computer is in sleep.
Networking and Mail Enhancements
* Addresses a situation in which certain Internet service providers (ISPs) may not accept outgoing email (SMTP) from computers using NAT and a ".local" hostname (which may be assigned by Rendezvous).
* Addresses a situation in which, if the connection fails when transferring email to your computer via your network or an Internet connection, all mail not transferred is lost.
* Improves Mac OS X Server performance in heavy AFP client load situations.
* Improves Mac OS X Server reliability when a Mac OS 9 client attempts a scheduled AFP connection.
* Resolves a potential issue in which Mail could fail to import mail messages from Eudora as expected.
Printing Enhancements
* Addresses a potential situation in which Print Center would unexpectedly quit when using St. Claire Software's Default Folder X.
* Improves compatibility with HP LaserJet 4V and HP LaserJet 4MV printers.
* Reduces occurrences of a potential "busy; source EIO (ATALK)" alert message when printing using AppleTalk via CUPS.
* Addresses an issue when printing via CUPS in which the second queued print job would automatically start if the first print job was stopped.
* Addresses a potential "error -1" message in Print Center when adding a third-party USB printer.
* Includes various other CUPS-related printing enhancements.
Other Enhancements
* Improves potential situations in which a Web page's graphics could take an unexpectedly long time to appear in a browser window.
* Improves compatibility with Microsoft Entourage.
* Reduces likelihood of a potential "ticking hard drive" symptom that could be caused by IOAudio errors regularly being written to the system.log file.
* Addresses a potential issue in which Mac Help may not be available following an erase-installation.
* Improves compatibility of the Universal Access Zoom feature with some iBook computers.
* Addresses a potential situation in which no video may appear after waking certain iBook computers that are connected to an external display or presentation device.
* Addresses a situation in which a Classic application may fail to produce sound after waking from sleep.
* Addresses a potential situation in which AppleTalk may not be available in the Classic environment after waking from sleep.
* Addresses various potential kernel panic situations.
All movements for social change begin as missions, evolve into businesses, and end up as rackets.
Actually, Apple has been using the major.minor.teeny versioning system for a while.
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Check out this article on system 7.5.5
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=
I worked in ISP tech support during the System 7.x.x and Open Transport 1.x.x days. It was a nighmare explaining the versioning system to users... "No no no, 7.1.1 is not '7.11'. 7.1.1 is an OLDER version then 7.5.
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
I beleive it originated in MacOS 6.x. There was never a MacOS 6.1, but there were MacOS 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.5, and 6.0.8, as far as I can remember.
It was probably the most used in the 7.1 series tho. As far as I can remember, there was 7.0.0-7.0.1, 7.1.0-7.1.2, 7.5.0-7.5.5, and 7.6.0-7.6.1.
So yeah, it has nothing to do with free/open software. In fact, my Macintosh IIci, bought in 1989 for $5000 (!), came with 6.0.3.
Software Update defaults to checking weekly for an update, so a lot of people might not have found out about it for a few days at least. This update has been rumored for 2-3 days now, and I for one found out it was finally released because of this article.
/. readers except those who choose to read the Apple section.
Besides, the article is in the Apple section, so it's not bothering any
All movements for social change begin as missions, evolve into businesses, and end up as rackets.
I agree, and the wierd thing is, when I went into Software Update to have it check for these updates, it was off on both of the computers I just updated to 10.2. It was always on by default before with 'weekly' checking, and I didn't turn it off - so I might not have know until I saw news about it, or had I decided to check my software update at some point and realized it was disabled....
You probably didn't have the Mail application at the root level of the Applications folder (/Applications/Mail.app) before installing the update. Never move Apple installed applications from their original path!
prebinding now happens at launch of the executable if it needs it so for most Apps after installing needs one launch to reprebind the functions together and it will make it faster to launch the second time.