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Mac OS X Update 10.3.1 Available
Milanek writes "Mac OS X Update 10.3.1 is available via Software Update. It includes both security updates and it should also address problems with FireWire 800 drives." Apple recommends that you update your firmware updates for your FireWire / Oxford 922 / firmware 1.02 drives, even with the fixes in 10.3.1. The update also includes fixes for printing, WebDAV, and FileVault.
TiVo writes "SecureMac is reporting that Panther's FileVault does not securely delete the files after encryption." Anyone know if this is fixed in 10.3.1?
I don't have a FireWire 800 drive nor do I use FileVault, so I doubt I'll benefit much from any of the improvements, but it's just too much not to install the latest OS X update. :)
Unfortunately, it hasn't fixed the one bug I've been experiencing so far, which is with certain pop-up menu widgets. If it has a text-entry box and a pop-up widget, the menu will pop up for a split second and then go away, even if I keep the mouse depressed. This does not happen with normal pop-up widgets.
Odd.
From my limited experience with FileVault, it securely deletes files... The problem is that it does it to files you need, when you don't ask it to. Or at least it did to me, when it nuked my entire keychain and nearly required a reinstall to repair. I have since turned it off.
/very/ hesitant to reenable filevault.
It is said that this update fixes bugs with Filevault, and I have installed it, but i am still
Besides, It would be better to enable it by folder (any folder) instead of simply the home dir. I would love to just encrypt my documents dir and leave my music available. That would make more sense, and probably speed things up as well.
Yeah... like recently a friend with a brand new Windows XP notebook brought it round to use my DSL to download some files...
... ... Oh no, still no internet.
I plugged it into the network, and loaded up IE... *nothing*, IE reports no internet connection.
Hmm, that should'nt happen, I'll go take a look in the Internet configuration options...
Ah, there's the problem, silly XP didn't/doesn't detect it has a network now, I'll just go to the LAN settings and change them... there we go, Accept>OK.
Type in an address...
Weird says I, that should have worked. Went and ran through the Internet Connection Wizard...
Yes I want to connect to the internet via a network, Yes it's a home network, Yes I'd rather like you to find the settings automatically.
WINDOWS XP WIZARD: "Windows XP is setting up your internet configuration, please wait"
(Window with animation of computer sliding down a wire toward another computer)
Still waiting...
Still waiting...
Still waiting (now taken a few minutes
WINDOWS XP WIZARD: "The Windows Internet Configuration Wizard has now successfully set up your internet settings (I'm ever so clever)."
ME: "Joy! At last!"
WINDOWS XP WIZARD: "But first of all, Windows XP needs to restart before these new settings take effect"
FFS - this is the LATEST operating system from MS, and I am REBOOTING to get it to access the internet from a HOME NETWORK!?!?!?!?
I couldn't believe it... My PowerBook on the other hand, I took it out of the box, it was already charged, and I powered it up, and it found the (wireless) network instantly, I had internet access straight away. (And the PC was connected with CAT 5 to the Router, so it didn't even need to bother with the added complexity of wireless). Sigh... I remember XP being bad... but I really actually gave it more credit than that.
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Anyone else seen this?