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Apple Releases 10.3.5
derphilipp writes "Apple just released 10.3.5 via software update.
On the list of changes were - among others - new graphic card drivers, support for reading filesystems and a better samba support. Its size is 43 MB and its available via softwareupdate. Happy updating." Update: 08/09 22:46 GMT by T : EverLurking writes to note that Apple has also released the 5.3MB "'Security Update 2004-08-09' for OS 10.3.4 (along with OS Update 10.3.5) via software update that patches the security hole in the libpng libraries that could crash applications opening up malformed PNG images."
I think most people will find this update list a bit more informative than the story submitter gave:
- Improved support for NTFS formatted volumes
- Improved reliability for user logins and mounting of home directories in a networked environment
- Updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
- Improved Bluetooth compatibility for Apple Wireless Keyboard/Mouse and Bluetooth phones
- Additional FireWire and USB device compatibility
- Improved font management
- Updated Mail and Image Capture applications
- Improved compatibility for third party applications
- Previous standalone security updates
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=257 91
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Enhancements
These are some of the enhancements included with the Mac OS X 10.3.5 Update.
Bluetooth enhancements
Bluetooth FIle Exchange now works better with Bluetooth-capable Hewlett-Packard printers.
Resolves an issue in which an application that's performing an asynchronous Bluetooth operation could quit unexpectedly, if the computer went to sleep before the data transfer was complete and the "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" preference setting was disabled.
Addresses an issue in which Bluetooth File Exchange could unexpectedly quit if you tried to copy several files but one or more of them already existed at the target location.
Networking, Internet enhancements
If you had difficulties connecting to the Internet with a Comcast cable modem and your account uses DHCP configuration (as opposed to PPPoE), then this update can help you connect more easily. If it doesn't, contact Comcast for further assistance. (An example of this issue would be that your computer can't get an IP address when connected to the cable modem, and your Network preferences are set to configure via DHCP.)
Improves the way Safari handles certain kinds of GIFs, including ones that could cause Safari to quit unexpectedly. Reintroduces shorter server pathnames; the overall limit remains 89 characters, but now only 24 characters (instead of 39 with Mac OS X 10.3 through 10.3.4) are reserved for the beginning of the pathname. More...
Other enhancements
Image Capture can now import MPEG-4 movies (.MP4) from compatible digital cameras.
Resolves a potential data loss issue after renaming a Mail mailbox file.
Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.3.4 in which Installer might unexpectedly quit when installing software that has a Japanese name.
Corrects an issue in which analog speakers connected to a PowerBook or iBook during sleep sometimes didn't produce sound after waking the computer.
Resolves an issue with Mac OS X 10.3.4 in which the internal microphones of some iBook (Dual USB) computers would not be available to applications or Sound preferences.
Allows the "Attach" button of Eudora version 6.0 and 6.0.1 to work as expected.
Improves support for NTFS-formatted volumes.
Updates the libpng (Portable Network Graphics) component.
Includes recent Security Updates.
It seems iSync still doesn't recognize my Nokia 7610. I was hoping 10.3.5 would fix that.
I'm posting this from my updated Powerbook G4, so I assume it went OK and didn't break anything. I can't vouch for any spectacular performance boosts or anything, but I'm gonna throw everything I have at it right now and see if anything's broken. Hopefully it won't, like, explode or anything.
Just installed it. Automatically changed my monitor's resolution from 1280 x 1024 to 1600 x 1200! I decided to trust it.
Just installed it on my iMac DV+ 450 and saw some changes so far. First, Darwin was upgraded to version 7.5.0. Then, if you go to the system preferences, a new row (Other) is added with an icon labelled "Hardware". For me, it shows infos about the CPU and let me choose if I want to desactivate the L2 cache (combobox with "512KB" or "None"). Safari was upgraded too, now running as 1.2.3 (v125.9). That's about it for now...
Actually, it is part of the OS X update, according to the knowledge base article. The separate security patch is probably for people who want the security fix without the risk of a brand new system update that hasn't been widely tested yet.
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And with the 10.3.5 server the server tools are updated to 10.3.5 :) If they are installed on your machine, client or server re-run software update to find the server tools ready to install.
-S
It is said that a child learns wisdom from the parent,
but the truly wise parent learns joy from the child
Read some of the links to the Apple notes above. Basically the size is dependent on what security updates have already been installed on your computer. Additionally, if you went via Software Update instead of the standalone installer, you might need to go back to Sofftware Update as it mentions some of the packages need other packages installed first, and so might appear afterwards.
:)
See here for details about "delta updates" through Software Update, and here for details about the 10.3.5 update specifically.
Now to actually update my machine
Well I updated, hopefully this will fix the problems I had after 3.4, I always thought of going back to 3.3 but was always just to lazy. Anyway 3.5 seems to be running well, I noticed it seems to take more RAM on launch. not a big deal I still have a good couple hundred of megs left, but Activity monitor shows more than a quarter on start up of my memory is being used, before it looked like an exact quarter. Strange. I'm glad they fixed the problem with Safari it crashed a bit much for my taste a while ago. Haven't had the problem recently though. Don't think it broke anything yet. Fireworks still seems to work so I'm thankful :)
Apparently the download size can vary: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=257 99.
Having multiple macs, I guess this means I can't reuse the package. Darn.
How did you write them? If you didn't use the BugReporter, chances are that their engineers will never see it.
Anyone know just what the NTFS improvements are? ALso, are there any Samba improvements (for instance, Windows 2003 Server connectivity out of the box?).
The full support for USB iPods with iTunes sounds like good news to me.
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