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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.
I installed that puppy right away, instead of after the usual cautious waiting period, because I've been having such troubling difficulties with 10.2 (far fewer panics than 10.1.x, but a tendency for USB-connected outboard-DAC audio from iTunes to lose sync and get into a chronic stuttering mode, and uselessness of 39160-connected SCSI drives).
I haven't had a chance yet to test for the previous difficulties, but a brand-new booboo emerged when I rebooted after the upgrade: a volume I have on an ACARD 6880M (a two-disk hardware mirror) is being mounted twice. It looks (on very preliminary investigation) as if maybe one volume being seen is the mirror, and the other is one of the underlying disks of the mirror; but maybe I'm seeing both underlying disks and not the mirror. Either way, it kind of bites, and I think I'm going to have to run explicitly on a single disk until this is resolved.
Maybe it's my fault -- somewhere in there I loaded up the version 1.3 kext from ACARD in place of the (dated earlier, but numbered later) 1.4 version which came with Jagwire. Or maybe nobody ever tests mirroring, because all the kids want to do is stripe. Sigh.
The 0.0.0 versioning is great. It's very easy to understand that the last number only refers to patches. In Windows, you'll see something like 10.1 build 3F42 or some such. Try explaining hexadecimal to a user when you're just trying to determine what version of an app they have. Also, if you're running 10.1.5, you know you've got 10.1 that's been patched multiple times ... that's a good solid system. Similarly, many people probably waited for 10.2.1 before installing 10.2 at all. It's easier than "10.2 Service Pack 1".
iTunes 3.0.1 also came out today. It's very plain to an iTunes 3.0.0 user that updating to 3.0.1 won't add any new features, but will just fix a few bugs or improve performance.
My guess is that the iTunes package possibly contains the updated CD burning package for the system.
Time for some tasty Shiner Bock!