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Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update available
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.
The update seems to make the fan kick in at a lower CPU temperature on my 12" PowerBook. I don't know about other models. I'm guessing this is a good thing, because I wouldn't want my baby overheating!
I'm downloading the update right now. I hope this helps with browsing smb. It was so easy to find smb shares in Jaguar, but in Panther I have to know the server address and share name. Also I woud like to start using FileVault...I'm going to wait a little longer before I enable FileVault.
"DRM is like violence: if it doesn't work, use more."
Interesting that the battery update is for the 12" iBook and not the 14" iBook. I just ordered a 12" iBook from Yellow Dog Linux (which, btw, are shipping the X video driver for their Linux on Friday), so I will be installing these updates this weekend.
This is the Constitution.This is the Constitution under the Bush administration. Any questions?
That's a big update. Are all Mac users on Broadband or what?
Perhaps that's because 1.1.1 isn't part of this update?
Software Update is still plugging away in the background for me - and I'm posting this comment from Safari 1.1.1 on 10.3.1 - Go figure...
Well I was hoping this update was going to make browsing networks better, try again. I am at home right now and I have a WinXP machine with a couple of shares. The finder saw the WinXP machine, which it never used to do. Double clicking on the WinXP machine's icon brought up a message "The alias Rainier could not be opened, because the original item could not be found" (I name my computers after Cascade volcanos). Clicking okay on the dialog would not close the dialog. I relaunched the finder and tried connecting via the "Connect to server" menu item. It took 2 minutes to connect, made the finder unresponsive, and made the dock unresponsive. A quick alt-cmd-esc, relauch the finder and everything is okay.
It might be wise to wait a few days....
"DRM is like violence: if it doesn't work, use more."
Of course, I read neither. Did anyone? Can we get a copy posted here, and a little analysis?
Please help metamoderate.
I can't find this documented anywhere, but they fixed Terminal.app as well! When 10.3 came out, they removed the "Use option key as meta key" checkbox from the Terminal Window settings. They've re-added in in 10.3.2! Now I can have multiple windows open in BitchX again and alt/option+# between them again! Praise jobs for restored functionality!
This update hauls digital ass.... Run XBench and see for yourself.
Video screams (both LCD and CRT)...QT smokes...external FW800 drives perform as they should...life's good.
This must be a precursor for something big at MacWorld in January, 'cause it's fast! (Cube, iBook, TiBook & Dual 1.25 G4 all working great)
Thanks Apple!
When I upgraded to 10.3 it broke my iDisk access behind my corporate firewall. Happy to report that this update fixes it. Thank you Apple!
Yes, I'm having problems with this latest update. In fact, I'm in the process of reloading my 12" powerbook as I type this. What happened? Well, I was working on another computer and I wanted to hear this Delerium song called "Truly", it's really good. So, I turned to my 12" powerbook, plugged in an external 1394 drive, not firewire 800, and almost instantly got a kernel panic. I'm not sure at what point the installer was at, it was behind my mail.app that i was taking notes in. I rebooted and the poor thing just wouldn't boot up. It'd bring up some of the network services, like ftp, but it didn't bring up ssh. It never got to a gui either. Repairing the disk and permissions didn't help. This is only the second kernel panic I've gotten since i bought this kick ass, best laptop I've ever had last Feb, but damn, the last one just required a reboot and disk check! At least OS X automatically imports your system prefs when you reload a new system on the old HDD, unlike trying to import your prefs in windows after reloading right over the top. XP on my inspiron took a whole day to reload and get back to custom settings. Oh, there's the chime of my installer rebooting, looks like everything's back up and running now. Hmm..... took about 15 minutes, sweeeet. =D But man wtf was up with that? Time to try it again...
ya ya i know-running the latest & greatest on a 7 year old machine aint that bright, and i certainly know that 10.3 is not supported on the Gossamer. but xpostfacto managed to launch it and i had been happily running Panther for a month. the 10.3.1 update worked fine but this latest one did me in. upon reboot i got the "grey screen of death", which seems to be video card related. re-install required :/
ps: the reinstall worked great even with all the ram [512 mb], cards [usb, radeon, and asante NIC], hard drives [total of 3], and scsi drives [cdrom and yamaha burner] still attached. props to xpostfacto and the power of beige.