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Mac OS X 10.3.4 Released
sizemoresr writes "The 10.3.4 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 Mac (AFP), UNIX (NFS), PPTP, and wireless networks; improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers; improved disc burning and recording functionality; iPods connected via USB 2.0 are now recognized by iTunes and iSync; additional FireWire audio and USB device compatibility; updated Address Book, Mail, Safari, Stickies, and QuickTime applications; improved compatibility for third party applications; previous standalone security updates."
Good luck with that. By nature, they are a company that no longer believes in open disclosure as they used to... :(
For what it's worth, Safari now reports itself as version 1.2.2 (v125.7).
Didn't you get the customer service brainwashing^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H education. You never say 'hole' or 'bug' to a customer. I remember one time I was in a meeting about an application and how it would relate to the firewall that I was administering. I mentioned that some pinholes would be need to be opened for the specific ports. After that meeting my project manager lectured me that "Don't ever say pinhole to the customer, it's an access point." I mentioned that it was one of the terms we used to describe opening very fine access in a firewall. He replied that I should never say 'hole' to the customer when refering to security. So we would just say 'rule' in the meeting and use the word 'hole' for other descriptors.
"And now you shall learn the secret of boot to the head"
Why doesn't another company...take an Open Source structure, and charge for a nice ass desktop environment.
Every commercial product (think Star-Office, Spam-Assassin, etc.) that has an OSS back-end is doing exactly that...
Well, it really seems to improve compatibility with my M-Audio Firewire 410 audio card. It now connects immediately, where before I had to try at least twice most of the time. Also the preferences are saved more reliably it seems, where before you needed to be lucky and do some odd standby/reboot combinations for preferences to be saved...
Thanks Apple!
Bitten Apples are still better than dirty Windows...
Nope, at least this one still works for me...
Bitten Apples are still better than dirty Windows...
Addresses an issue in which scheduled items, such as automated backups or Software Update checks, may not work if the computer is asleep at the scheduled time. With this update, the schedule will run once the computer wakes from sleep.
What about the periodic scripts (daily, weekly, monthly)? Is anacron now unnecessary?
zach
and I bet it's a result of this.
This algorithm completely transforms the feel of Safari over DSL and modem connections. Page content usually comes screaming in at the 250ms mark, and if the page isn't quite ready at the 250ms, it's usually ready shortly after (at the 300-500ms mark). In the rare cases where you have nothing to display, you wait until the 1 second mark still. This algorithm makes "white flashing" quite rare (you'll typically only see it on a very slow site that is taking a long time to give you data), and it makes Safari feel orders of magnitude faster on slower network connections.
Because Safari waits for a minimum threshold (and waits to schedule until the threshold is exceeded, benchmarks won't be adversely affected as long as you typically beat the minimum threshold. Otherwise the overall page load speed will degrade slightly in real-world usage, but I believe that to be well-worth the decrease in the time required to show displayable content.
Dammit, my Ibook is actually on and plugged into the network at home, but the lid is closed, so it ignores me.
Why can't they make it wake up on ssh connections somehow?
...installed without any issue on both Dual G5 and single processor G5 systems. Initial impressions -- my Dual G5 system does appear to run snappier -- GUI response even better than it was in 10.3.3 -- no doubt the result of the improved video drivers in the update. No problems with the update whatsoever -- the update downloaded in a few minutes with a broadband condition.
The PC Weenies: 11 Years of Online Tech 'Too
Damn, Safari is fast!!!!
Updated on Cube - against better judgement, for better firewire drive compatibility - and all seems well...
I think, therefore I am...I think.
Alot of the comments so far have been "I hope the exploit was fixed." But was anyone actually hit by the exploit in a malicious manner. Granted, its something that should be patched, but what has the demand for it been like? Other than the example links floating around, I havn't really seen it anywhere else.
That said, it would probably be okay if you kept the load low. You can check out Screen Spanning Doctor, which, in addition to enabling dual-head support on some iBooks, will allow you to run the iBook with the lid shut in OS X. Be warned! The dual-head hack only works for some iBooks, and can damage others, so check the compatibility list.
It sounds like Apple isn't going to retire the 'Version 10' on their current MacOS version anytime soon. Will they indefinitely release .dot versions? It's not a negative question, nor is it necessarily a bad thing for them to do so.
NetBSD is still at version 1 (1.6.2 is the latest I am running) and Solaris has been at version 2 through all the versions (2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, etc.) for years, even though they call 2.8 Solaris 8.
Just an interesting thing to ponder. There's enough difference between the initial MacOS X release and the current release that they should definitely have different version numbers.
resigned
This is a real show stopper for me since I often generate tables from a web database and need to paste the results into excel.
What is worse, this was fixed in a much earlier version of Safari and was then broken again and has remained so ever since.
I have used the Bug button to report this many times but apparently these go unread....sigh... time to start explorer up yet again.
I installed the update, and my desktop directory decided to digest its contents. It's now completely empty.
By reading this you acknowledge that you have read it.
There were two users logged in at the time (via Fast User Switching), myself and a non-admin user. Apple may not have tested the upgrade in that situation, so I'd advise running the upgrade with only a single user logged in.
I've only been an MacOS X user for about two years now. But, all my previous upgrades have worked well. This upgrade installed fine on my Cube, but my PowerBook didn't like it at all.
My Cube installed the patch, and gave me the dialog box asking me to reboot. My PowerBook installed it, and at some point near the end of the install (maybe the "Optimizing Volume" step) it froze the machine, with the message saying "You need to reset this machine. Hold down the power button for several seconds." So, I did that and it rebooted to the login screen. When I entered my password it dropped me to the Darwin text console login screen. If I entered a password there, it denied my login and brought be back to the GUI login screen.
After monkeying with that a while, I copied my data off the machine by booting it in firewire disk mode. Then I reinstalled OS X from the restore disk. When I ran software update and tried to install it again, I got the same system freeze and reset machine message (it happened at 97% of the optimizing volume step). Fortunately, this time it rebooted fine. But, my confidence in OS X has gone down quite a bit now.