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Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update available

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-updates dept.

iumacboy writes "Apple has released the Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update (not yet active), weighing in at 38.2MB and available via Software Update. According to Apple: 'The 10.3.2 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and is recommended for all users. Key enhancements include: Improved file sharing and directory services for mixed Mac and PC networks, more robust printing to PostScript printers, improved font management, updated Mail and Address Book applications, new ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers, FileVault, FireWire 800, WebDAV and USB Printing. Improvements from Update 10.3.1 previous standalone security updates." Also, Apple released Battery Update 1.1 for some of the newer portable Macs.

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  1. Apple is slipping... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two updates that require rebooting on the same day! Bah, I haven't reboot my mac so much since the days it asked (quit) (resume).

    It never did print out my resume.

  2. For those new to this... by WasterDave · · Score: 4, Funny

    The art is to leave it a few days then check macfixit.com for fallout.

    As an aside, I can never tell if Apple's QA procedures for these releases are crap, or if it's just that the Apple using community are noisy bastards as soon as something doesn't work.

    Anyway, leave it a few days. 10.2.7 says so.

    Dave

    --
    I write a blog now, you should be afraid.
    1. Re:For those new to this... by usr122122121 · · Score: 5, Funny
      The art is to leave it a few days then check macfixit.com for fallout.
      SHHH!!! Now all the victims *cough*, I mean, "early adopters" won't be posting any feedback on MacFixit.

      Great job.

      Amazing how similar this is to walking through the woods - you want a tall person in front of you to catch all the spider webs ;-)

      --

      -braxton
    2. Re:For those new to this... by macmurph · · Score: 4, Funny


      >>The art is to leave it a few days then check macfixit.com for fallout.

      >SHHH!!! Now all the victims *cough*, I mean, "early >adopters" won't be posting any feedback on MacFixit.

      >Great job.

      If something does go seriously wrong, they won't be posting any feedback anyway... ;-)

  3. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep. We're all richer (that's why we can afford it) and smarter (that's why we're richer and why we bought Apples) than you.

  4. Uh... by rixstep · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever I read

    'delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability'

    I realise they're not going to tell me anything.

    Why can't they mix up the language just a bit, up their credibility?

  5. Sensationalism by usr122122121 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm really disappointed in the lack of sensationalist responses to this story. When I installed:
    • My PowerBook instantaneously caught fire, despite the other reports of increased fan activity
    • As soon as I extinguished the flames, iTunes started downloading and playing all the pop "music" available from iTMS. Charged to my visa, of course.
    • The volume selector somehow moved all the way to full power, and was no longer controllable.
    • My "Documents" folder was instantly transformed into a FileVault archive to which I didn't have the password.
    • IE reclaimed "default browser" status, and began popping up Shockwave porn ads all over the place, much to the dismay of the elderly folks in the room.
    Oh, whoops, it installed just great. You go ahead and try now ;-)
    --

    -braxton
    1. Re:Sensationalism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      No QT update?

      I updated my Wallstreet and now there is a commercial splash for the new Al 17" on boot between the grey screen and the blue screen.
      \\\

      Also, my cat threw up.

  6. omg, like no way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't belive it. Release of the 2.6 kernel, release of RotK, and now the 10.3.2 update? Pinch me, I must be dreaming. It will certainly be a merry Christmas for geeks everywhere.

    Perhaps we are living in some kind of golden age.

  7. Re:No. Only the poor ones. by sinistral · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup, definitely the most useless part of my computer. Especially since I can get faster speeds dialing up with my cell phone.

  8. Re:Fasten seat belts by prockcore · · Score: 2, Funny

    Video screams (both LCD and CRT)...QT smokes...external FW800 drives perform as they should...life's good.

    You know I had a boss who screamed and smoked, and life wasn't good.