Apple has pulled the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Updater off their site today because some Power Mac G4 machine users found issues with their Ethernet networks. It has also been removed from the Software Update System Preferences pane.
“‘We have temporarily removed the Mac OS X v10.2.8 software update while we resolve an issue affecting Ethernet networking on a small number of Power Mac G4 desktop systems,’ the company said in a statement provided to CNET News.com. ‘We anticipate that the issue will be resolved soon,'” Ina Fried reports for CNET News.com.
Full article here.
So when it comes back, will they call it 10.2.9?
It’s like Microsoft!!! Except that MS would just leave the questionable patch there and maybe fix it… eventually… or maybe not…
…but only after someone had created a worm to exploit the flaw…
It even took out my eMac and lost my airport printer sharing data. Fortunately, I fixed it with my iBook from an Apple forum. A guy named Andrew found a fix and posted it. Thank you Andrew.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@124.wnfxa0XYfoJ.5@.5999d9d9
I had lost my airport connection as well but I solved it by re-newing DHCP leasing a couple of times and restarting ethernet en1 rom the terminal.
What I dislike most if that I lost 50% of my battery life with 10.2.8
Right now I’m running OSX ver. 10.2.3.
“Why!?” you ask… to me it feels the fastest and smoothest. I had 10.2.6 before I partitioned my hard drive, and had some problems with the RAM filling up, and not emptying after applications were quit. This required a restart about every 1-2 hours, to keep the system from slowing down to a crawl.
It seems every time a system update is released, it fixes or enhances some features, but introduces several new problems.
So, I’m sticking with 10.2.3 (until Panther is released)
No problems with the update, running Airport extreme with Cube
I am taking back on the battery problem. Looks like it is only time-left to be wrongly reported. Actual life time seems to be roughly the same ~3hrs
installed 10.2.8 yesterday on three macs (imac800, powerbook g4/867, g3/350), system runs smoothly so far on all three, no probs.
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networking is also fine and some bugs in safari have been worked out. i am glad i obtained the combo upgrade, it’s on cd now. i’ll wait, though, before i install it on our quicksilver g4
my feeling is: whatever there may be wrong with this update, it’s only minor. and 10.2.6 had its little irksome probs as well.
have a good day
hagar
It is installed and working fine on my iBook 900 with 640MB RAM. No issues with AirPort, Wired Ethernet, or battery life.
What always makes me curious is how different people with the same machines can have different results with the update. I mean, we all click the “Install” button the same way in Software Update.
-Zack
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I believe Apple finds no problem on their basline machines while usrs with lots of third party little hacksie programs discover bumps and quirks. On the Readme for 10.2.8 Apple warns that external changes might be source of problems and to disable all add-ons to the system before the update.
Anyway, there is now a tech paper on the issue from Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107669
Update was a sucsess I actually see a bit better battery life on my 12″ 867mhz Powerbook.
Hey, who need hackers to exploit flaws, we got Apple. Thanks guys and gals! Much appreciated!
My PB12 867 is suffering a bit of battery confusion. I don’t think it’s using power any faster, but the calibration is well off. I’ve just reset the Power Manager chip and drained the battery, and am now fully charging to see if the problem gets cured. Ethernet is fine, as are Airport and Bluetooth.
I updated my G3 PB 333Mhz and it works fine with OS X 10.2.8. Wireless and all. Even Office X…
Try using the latest MS OS and latest version of Office on a 5 year old wintel machine.
Good job trying to get it out and good job addressing the
apparent problem.
10.2.8 on my stock 15″FP iMac (nothing attached or networked) works without a hiccup. When it rebooted from the upgrade, it did take awhile to redraw the desktop. I ran Disk Repair to fix permissions immediately afterwards. Further reboots/restarts are as quick as usual.
I like the combined Keyboard/Mouse pref. The Bluetooth tab makes you want to run out and pick one up just to see the battery meters light up! …perhaps next paycheck. The new sofa can wait.
The problems with 10.2.8 and Apple’s recall of it is miniscule compared to most of the Windows upgrades. “Chit happens”, and Apple is handling it well.
My friend, a professional programmer – super geek, his 1 year old HP has been down for over a week due to mysterious hard drive BIOS problems, as he tries to save the data on it. He says that this isn’t uncommon, and that Macs probably have the same problems. He doesn’t believe me when I tell him he is wrong. He doesn’t know of anyone that can help him with this specific problem other than what he has already done.
Did I mention that I love each and every Mac Genius?
Keep up the great work, Apple!
What I really like with this web site of yours is that posters still find a way to do some PC / Microsoft bashing while commenting on an article describing a pure Apple snafu.
Definitely it is time-left wrong. It took one FULL hr to go from 1:07 to 47 mins left. The battery time-left has been oscillating up and down in the meanwhile.
uhmm take that back: time left back to 0:52 while writing this.
Well, I can live with that: I’ll sho % rather then time: that seems to be consistent instead.
By battery-time-left thing is screwed up, and my fan seems noticably louder on by TiBook 1ghz. Anyone else notice the fan thing?
10.2.8 is working great on TiBook and my PowerMac. No problems. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to update my wife’s iBook before the update was pulled.
I’ve been running 10.2.8 without a hitch. However, if you want to downgrade, see my Downgrading from the Mac �OS X 10.2.8 Update to Mac OS X 10.2.6 FAQ for step-by-step instructions.