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Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update, Take Two

Posted by michael on from the do-you-feel-lucky? dept.

javaxman writes "OS X users will find Mac OS X Update version 10.2.8 is available via 'Software Update'. If you did not install the previous 10.2.8 update, the size of the new update is 40.6MB. If you installed the previous update, the size of the new update is small, ~680K... if you can connect to the network, that is. Clearly you get different downloads depending on what you did with the previous 10.2.8 update. Apple Knowledge Base article 25524 has the details. It looks very familiar. I'm installing mine right away, how about you?"

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  1. This doesn't fix the crashing for me by RalphBNumbers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This may fix the ethernet problem, I don't know, it didn't affect me, but there were other problems with 10.2.8, www.MacFixIt.com made a fairly extensive list.

    This definitely does not fix the crashing problem. (on my beige G3)
    It can happen at any time, and is sometimes mistaken as an inability to wake from sleep, but you can get it to happen reliably by trying to repair permissions.
    It outputs the following, then shuts down the display, and needs to be hard-restarted.

    2003-10-03 17:36:12 -0400 - Repair of privileges has started
    We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util. New permissions are 33261
    Permissions differ on ./System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util, should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are -rwsr-xr-x
    Owner and group corrected on ./System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util
    Perm issions corrected on ./System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util
    Grou p differs on ./private/var/run/utmp, should be 0, group is 1
    Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/run/utmp
    Permissions corrected on ./private/var/run/utmp

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    1. Re:This doesn't fix the crashing for me by MoneyT · · Score: 2, Interesting

      No problems here, have you tried booting from another disk and repairing permissions that way?

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  2. G5 version of 10.2.8 is out... by BobWeiner · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...but not showing up in the Software Update. Odd, because Apple has this page on the G5 10.2.8 update. Has anyone else been able to download the G5 version of 10.2.8 using the Software Update?

    Bob

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  3. Re:Just installed it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Amazing. A Mac user discovers that REBOOTING his machine makes it faster. Will wonders never cease?

    OS X is a little weird. If you have too little RAM--if you swap, in other words--rebooting makes your machine faster because it cleans out fragmented memory pages. If you have enough (i.e., too much) RAM, rebooting actually slows you down because with tons of RAM you can end up caching most of your applications in RAM even when they're not running.

    I have a gig of RAM in my G4, and it gets faster and faster as I use it.

  4. Battery life is back! by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't want to start a holy war here, but I was really scared that 10.2.8 ate my battery life for good. I'm so happy to see the familiar 4h+ is back (battery is about a year old; iBook 800 12").

  5. Seems to be okay this time by capmilk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No more transparent dock - but other than that everything seems to be just fine.

  6. Battery Timer Weirdness by Eharley · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I just installed the latest update on my 12" Powerbook and wanted to see what exactly they'd done with the battery timer. I was really pissed when my battery life was halved (literally, I timed it), instead of just the indicator lying to me as Apple swore.

    Right now, as I type this post, my battery is at 96% charge and the timer is widly fluctuating starting at 8:35, then 5:35, then 4:45, now 4:10, back to 3:42, and again at 3:59.

    What I really liked about 10.2.6 was that the battery timer was really accurate for some reason. I have read many posts here and on other Macintosh websites that say the battery timer is never to be trusted, but I just couldn't believe them.

    Back to 4:02.

  7. Battery life completely gone now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    OK I'm taking Apple to small claims court now no matter what their response. 2 weeks ago I installed 10.2.8 and it shredded my iBook's battery time down to an hour or less. It took nearly 10 phonecalls back and forwards between apple, my applecentre and I to get Apple to give me ANY kind of solution. Even then it was just a fax to tell me they won't do anything unless the battery doesn't work after an update "in the coming days".

    Now it's here, my battery gets 20 minutes, and Apple are still denying responsibility.

  8. Lot of Security Fixes by dimmu · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Looks like most of the update is Security Fixes in 3rd party software (openssl/openssh/sendmail) instead of a lot of bug fixes and some backports from 10.3.

    Hopefully 10.3 goes gold quickly :)

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  9. Re:anyone know... by natefanaro · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think they changed the brushed metal look at the top. It looks spotty now. I compared it to iTunes and it just doesn't look right. Anyone else notice this?