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Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update Brings Welcome Fixes
jetpack writes to make sure we're aware that Apple's OS X 10.5.2 update is available and that it contains plenty of improvements and fixes that users have been asking for. Macworld enumerates some of the big ones, saying that the update "shows Apple listens to users" (sometimes). A couple of the new features simply restore Tiger (10.4) capabilities that Leopard (10.5) had inexplicably withdrawn. You can now shut off the much-maligned transparency of the menu bar, and organize your Dock stacks hierarchically and display them as folders. And Apple has provided welcome access to common Time Machine functions in the menu bar.
I've read its possible to get it to work, but it doesn't work out of the box with a standard VNC client.
You're still completely wrong. GO INTO THE PREFERENCES. ENABLE VNC. ENTER A PASSWORD. CONNECT WITH A VNC CLIENT. WOW. LOOK AT THAT, PRESTO AMAZO.
It has been that way for *YEARS*. The post you're linking to refers to the *APPLE RDC PROTOCOL*. *****NOT APPLE'S VNC SERVER*****.
So your solution to software bugs is to reinstall the OS? It sounds to me like you have spent too much time maintaining Windows machines.
No, jackass. You're not qualified/experienced enough to do advanced troubleshooting, so it's a waste of your employer's time to have you spend hours futzing around on Google- especially since such a problem is extremely uncommon. If it's corrupted software, it'll be fixed with a reinstall, and restoring from Time Machine is quick and painless. If it's bad hardware, it'll still show up on a fresh install. If you try to get the machine serviced, Apple's first question will be, "so did you reinstall the OS from scratch?".
Maybe stupid college kids like yourself would be wise to listen to people who have not only been in your shoes, but spent 10 years getting wiser. Start reinstalling today, and the problem has a 50% chance of being fixed by 5pm. Keep going at your "whine on the intertubes" strategy, and you'll have a 100% chance of it still being broken.
PS:Ubuntu sucks. Everyone we upgraded had massive problems with network cards, graphics adapters, and printer issues. Not a single 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5 upgrade I have performed has gone sour, and I've done *hundreds.*
Please help metamoderate.