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Mac OS X 10.2.4 Is Out

Posted by pudge on from the going-live-with-this-as-soon-as-i-finish-downloading dept.

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.

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  1. Don't forget... by mgaiman · · Score: 5, Informative

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

    1. Re:Don't forget... by wtmcgee · · Score: 5, Informative

      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.

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  2. Much faster by Rouxfus · · Score: 5, Informative
    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...

  3. It now includes Apple's mod_rendezvous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  4. Re:Java still old by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

    --

    I write in my journal
  5. Re:Mail bug by Onan · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

  6. 10.2.4 startup panic FIX by punka · · Score: 5, Informative

    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!