Apple has posted the standalone Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update Combo Installer online. It weighs in at 97MB and delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, utilities, services, and technologies: Audio, Address Book, AppleScript, Bluetooth, Classic compatibility, Disk Copy, Disk Utility, Finder, Graphics, Help Viewer, iChat, Image Capture, IP Firewall, Kerberos, Mail, OpenGL, Print Center, Rendezvous, Safari, and Sherlock.
The update includes improvements to AFP, LDAP, Web services, dial up connections over PPP, and Windows file services, as well as audio, disc recording, and printing improvements and FireWire, PC Card, SCSI and USB device compatibility enhancements. The update also provides updated security services and includes the latest Security Updates.
Interestingly, Mac OS X 10.2.6 is not supported with this Combo Update according to Apple’s notes. This update is intended for Mac OS X 10.2 or later, is not for G5 systems, and is not compatible with 10.2.6.
More info and download link here.
Uhmm,
I used the COMBO and I was with 10.2.6
Worked flawlessly (and I do not have teh quirks Apple Discussions abounds)
BS – that crap update has left a lot of people with dead Macs, including myself.
It was bad, and they pulled the thing. God, I’m glad I have full backups!
Still no problems on my 14″ G3 800Mhz iBook. Though there are other reports that Apple has removed the updater as well as Software update function… Check out http://www.MacMinute.com or http://www.MacNN.com for more details…
Obviously there were some issues because it was pulled, but most people didn’t end up with dead Macs because of it. Mine is just fine afterwards.
Apple officially says now it was pulled due to some ethernet issues with PowerMac G4s only. So it’s not a huge problem.
There seem to be a couple issues.
There is a battery life/battery life reporting issue on power books (I haven’t seen anyone complain about ibooks).
The ethernet issue is the biggie. Apparently some ethernet cards in old Power Mac G4s have an Intel gigabit ethernet controller on them. This chip don’t like 10.2.8. Some Power Mac G4s don’t have this chip, this is why some people aren’t having the problem.
There is also an issue with printing from Acrobat 6.0 Pro, but this is likely just a minor bug in Acrobat and probably will be patched by Adobe to handle whatever broke with 10.2.8.
I would like to say, cut the folks at Cupertino some slack. They are busting there humps coming out with state of the art hardware, a new version of the most state of the art OS, and lots of cool apps (iLife stuff, iChat AV, etc.) and cool services (.mac, iTunes music store) all at once. I’m sure they’ll have everything running all hunky-dory real soon
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