Mac OS X 10.2.4 Is Out

J. Ventura writes "Mac OS X Update 10.2.4 has been relased. The 10.2.4 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, services and technologies: Address Book, Classic compatibility, Finder, FireWire, Graphics, OpenGL, and Sherlock. It includes AFP and Windows file service improvements, as well as audio, disc recording, graphics, and printing improvements." Get it via Software Update.

Comments

Watch your network settings...

[cespi]

Installing 10.2.4 screwed my network settings. I have my Network preferences panel set to "Manually" configure, but after the upgrade, OS X lost it's memory. The panel still showed the settings correctly, and I repeatedly hit "Apply," but it would not set the parameters.

I had to resort to ifconfig, route, and hand editing /etc/resolv.conf

Thanks Apple!

Don't forget...

[mgaiman]

After the update, it is probably a good idea to fix your permissions (which can be done via the Disk Utility).

Re:Don't forget...

[wtmcgee]

definately. this usually makes a huge difference, because things just seem to get screwed up from time to time after big software updates. i don't know enough about all that to know *why* they get screwy, but i do know the first thing i do after a OS update is permission repair.

obviously, if you want to be super 31337, you can just type sudo diskutil repairpermissions / in console.

Much faster

[Rouxfus]

I was about to switch back to Eudora, which I'd been using since 1994. I gave Mail a try for the last couple of months because of the Junk mail filter, but I was starting to wonder if Eudora and Spam Sieve wouldn't give me my speedy email back. Mail was slow changing from email to email.

10.2.4 seems to have fixed the problem - much snappier performance in Mail, and NetNewsWire (going from headline to headline was sometimes sluggish.)

No problems on the update that I've noticed so far...

Re:Yay!

[asparagus]

Forgot to inclue the KB article.

10.2.4 fixes:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n107362

Changes in httpd.conf

[MonsterChicharo]

The update replaced Apache's httpd.conf and saved the old version as httpd.conf.applesaved. The problem is that the new httpd.conf has the PHP module commented out, and apparently the PHP module is not included. Anyone else having this problem or my installation that is broken?

short list of bugs?

[cpeterso]

I've always been impressed that Apple's patches for Mac OS X fix such a short list of not-too-serious bugs. Microsoft's Windows service packs, on the other hand, often fix hundreds of serious bugs. And Windows service packs seem to get increasingly unstable in later service packs.

It now includes Apple's mod_rendezvous

[Anonymous Coward]

Check out my HOWTO for enabling PHP (written for newbies) and some (scarce) info on Apple's mod_rendezvous.

Re:Mac OS 10.2.4

[Twirlip of the Mists]

Finder is now Cocoa

Oh, boy. Here we go again. Raise your hand if you're unclear on what Cocoa and Carbon mean. Okay, now pay attention:

[localhost:~] twirlip% otool -L Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Carbon.framework
QuickTime.framework
PowerPlant.framework
DesktopServicesPriv.framework
URLMount.framework
DiskArbitration.framework
DiskImages.framework
CoreFoundation.framework
IOKit.framework
SystemConfiguration.framework
Security.framework
libSystem.B.dylib

Re:Java still old

[Twirlip of the Mists]

Apple's Java 1.4.1 is in developer preview now. If you want it, you can get yourself an ADC account-- they're free; sign up here-- and go to the "Download Software" area of the ADC site.

Java 1.4.1 is at developer preview 8 right now, so it's not Sir Crashalot or anything, but it's not finished, either. No lifeguard on duty; swim at your own risk.

Re:What about laptop power management???

[brass1]

Try resetting the PMU. You'll have to reset the time, but it seems to correct a large number of problems with power management.

Re:Mail bug

[itwerx]

It's actually pretty easy to do if you have your own domain and have a bunch of dummy accounts setup so you can "send as" each one. Whenever you make a new one you have to put in the correct mail server info (so it will send) and it will default to the settings it already knows about from the original account.
It's easy enough to change to something bogus for the username (since one never needs to collect through more than one account, only send) but if you forget you're hosed! The only way to undo your mistake is to backup the mail folder, do your delete and then restore it...
A minor annoyance once one is aware of it but a bit of a pisser the first time.

Re:Mail bug

[Onan]

There's a much easier way to send mail from multiple addresses: in the account config, specify as many addresses as you like, comma-separated. They'll all appear in the account pop-up menu at compose time, using the first by default.

It's quite useful, though I can't imagine how anyone's expected to figure out that it's there. And still not quite as flexible as being able to just edit the From: field directly, of course.

10.2.4 startup panic FIX

[punka]

Those of you that installed Apple's preview IP over Firewire drivers back in the day might have the same problem I did:

Kernel panic upon reboot.

Apparently they broke the kext's support in 'updating firewire'

Just reboot holding down apple-s , that'll drop you into single-user mode, run the obligatory /sbin/fsck -y then /sbin/mount -uw /
then get rid of the FirewireIP kext by
mv /System/Library/Extensions/IOFireWireIP.kext/ /
Trash it or do what you will with it after you successfully reboot.
Hope this helps!

Re:10.2.4 broke the Linksys WPC54G AirPort2.kext h

[nsayer]

Well, that didn't take long.

The procedure to get your WPC54G to work with Apple's AirPort2 driver is a little more advanced now (it involves patching the driver), but it once again works.

here is where you can get the details.