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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.
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.
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!
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.
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Installed and booted no problem. Ran Verify Disk Permission and it didn't report any problems
I did notice that 'browsing' for network volumes now results in the mounted network volumes also showing up on the desktop.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Despite not being mentioned in the release notes, Safari was also updated to v1.1.1. However, the only difference I can see is that the title attribute now shows up as a tooltip (which is a good thing, granted). Dave Hyatt's weblog lists many other changes post-v1.1, but in my tests they didn't make it in to v1.1.1. Such a shame.
That's a big update. Are all Mac users on Broadband or what?
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.
I totally agree on the Network Browsing in Panther, the interface has changed(to worse), locks up often, and attaching to a domain or workgroup requires changing Netinfo.
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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."
Yeah... after I enabled filevault (back before 7B85 was even officially released!) and had to sell my soul to get it disabled and my data back out of a shambles (I have backups, but that thing corrupted everything), I'm also going to wait until enabling filevault.
--Bennett Prescott
Former Lord Of Packets
Of course, I read neither. Did anyone? Can we get a copy posted here, and a little analysis?
Please help metamoderate.
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?
- 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
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!
The update seems to break 3rd party kernel extensions. The update unloaded all of my kexts and prevents them from being reloaded. This breaks uControl and SideTrack. Only bug found so far on deploying to a PowerBook G4 15" (Gigabit Ethernet) and a PowerMacintosh G4 450 (Sawtooth).
For anyone wondering if this update fixed the the numerous video card problems that came with 10.3.0-10.3.1 the answer is a resounding YES!
:)
I can personally verify that the xclaim vr pro is once again working and the rage 128 continues to work. I've also read on the apple discussion boards that this update fixes the nasty 256 MB problem with certain nvidia cards. All in all it seems to restore functionality of all the video cards that were suppose to be supported in 10.3 to begin with.
yay, I am back to two monitor goodness!
For those who were curious and hopeful (I was so hopeful I went and early adopted this update :-) ), Mail.app still does not check IMAP folders other than your primary inbox when automatically checking or when 'Get New Mail' is used. You still have to 'Synchronize' or go 'Offline' and 'Online' again to force it to check.
(Note that this is with Fastmail IMAP, though I don't think that it makes a difference).
Sigh - it's back to choosing between easy and automatic mail checking and automatic filtering.
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!
Awesome. Just a note, for users of the iBook SE (FireWire) that had issues because 10.3.1 wouldn't let them change their displays ColorSync profile resulting in a horridly oversaturated image, it's been fixed now.
No more booting into classic to launch it's monitor control panel and switching it from there. Good times, glad to know that Apple does occasionally listen.
- Sherman
I got 50 minutes better battery life, now its 4:02 instead of 3:12.
With the big update everything feels alot snappier This is a good update unlike some bad ones, i'm running a 1.25Ghz PB with a GB of RAM.
Jonathanjk.com
Boot up time for me is the exact same or so small I can't tell the difference.
iPhoto, iTunes and the rest of the iApps load alot quicker.
Able to find all our windows server and connect to it.
All items in the dock only bounce about twice now.
OpenGL effects in iTunes now run at 30 FPS almost constantly now. Before the highest it would go would be 28 FPS and it wouldn't even stay there very long.
The sleep light now tends to not breath as deeply when and in sleep mode. It also has dimmed abit as well.
Can't tell you about the fan or email yet. My email server won't authinecate and I haven't got off my PB long enough to allow it cool down to test the fan.
Very good update.
Well done, Apple, for fixing the driver issue that prevented this combination from working in earlier releases of 10.3.
you had me at #!
The 56K modem is alive and well on most Macs sold today.
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.
I was a bit paniced when you mentioned it. (I don't use RDC a lot, but when I need it, I really need it.) But my RDC seems to be fine after the 10.3.2 update.
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The Java 1.4.1 update was released on November 19th. More to be read in Apple's Knowledgebase.
Yup, definitely the most useless part of my computer. Especially since I can get faster speeds dialing up with my cell phone.
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...