“Rumor has it that Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update, a forthcoming maintenance release for Apple Computer’s Mac OS X 10.3 ‘Panther’ operating system, has been declared gold master,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider. “The 25.5MB update will sport several key enhancements that will fortify the Panther operating system. Some of these enhancements include improved AFP support for saving documents with long file names, better FireWire device compatibility, and a revised version of OpenGL with updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers.
“Developers also say the update will improve compatibility for third party applications and bundle an updated Preview application. An official release of the software is now imminent, they added,” Marsal reports.
Full article here.
[UPDATE: Fixed typo in headline, 1:20pm ET]
“Pamther”? Is that a Mac OS X cooking spray?
Oh, a new release named PaMther….. interesting MDN.
good. 10.3.6 has been pretty flaky. It’s the first OS X update since 10.0 that’s not been up to snuff–a pretty good track record, to be sure.
I think you might have forgot about 10.2.8…
I guess you’ve repressed the horror that was 10.2.8
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I hope this fixes the FireWire issue. 10.3.6 caused loss of data on my drives.
For the record, I have never had a lick of trouble with any of the OS X upgrades and I’ve applied all that were released.
10.3.6 has been OK. The horrible one was 10.3.2 though for me – horrendous startup times and truly appalling performance. I reformatted just to get rid of it, it was that bad.
Ironically, I found the original 10.2.8 to be one of the better updates on my old G3 iBook.
I really hope they will sort out the Finder List updating – it’s driving me nuts! Save any file and the Finder ignores it until (and not until) you click back onto the desktop… then it has a little think about it… then you see 2 versions of the saved file listing before the whole list jumps around and re-orders itself. How many times have I clicked on, and opened, the wrong file whilst all this nonsense it taking place?? OS 9 Finder used to update instantly on-the-fly…. POOR!
10.3.6 has worked fine for me too. A friend with a B&W G3 hasn’t been so lucky. He lost total internet connectivity plus a whole lot of other things (I think even the paint was faded on the eastern side of his house
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I want the new software to fix the sweaty track pad isue, because it is harder to move the mouse with a sweaty track pad.
What about Longhorn? when is it due?
My copy of Diablo 2 would not work properly in full screen mode after I updated to 10.3.6
It would jump between dropping frames to unexpected acceleration making gameplay very jarring. Switching to window mode was fine but no optimal.
Never had a problem with any update on my G3 iBook 500 or my G4 iMac. I’ve installed all update as soon as they come out.
Macgambit – You can also switch to software rendering mode (which is what running in Window mode does anyway) – and this will stop the framerate fits in Diablo II.
Wouldn’t the OS’s performance also be affected on what the hardware is, no matter how great the OS build is?
I have never had an update problem:
1) Repair Permissions
2) Update
3) Repair Permissions
It is a longer process, but a worry free one.
Even better:
1) Repair Permissions
2) Combo Update
3) Repair Permissions
10.3.6 was a bugger on both of my machines until I ran the combo updater.
My 1GHz eMac has run like a champ since day one�until I installed the 10.3.6 update. Haven’t seen so many spinning balls since Jaguar. Not to mention the day my boot drive disappeared! It came back, though. I was on the verge of reverting to 10.3.5, but will now give 10.3.7 a try.
I’m surprised that Apple is releasing this update only a few weeks after the release of 10.3.6. Looks like they may have gotten the message that 10.3.6 is a bit of a turkey.
Good, hopefully it will fix my wake from sleep problem when I have my external KB/Mouse/Monitor plugged in.
“family” – even MDN is now nagging me to finish my Christmas shopping. I KNOW, OKAY!!!!
How come everyone is always repairing permissions all the time? I never do, and have no problems either (when I check them on a dull moment). Permissions don’t change spontanously, so what is it that you people do to your Macs?!?
I hope they fixed the network configuration tool. On my system, I have an Airport card connecting to a Netgear router with WEP enabled (security strength issues aside). Although I can specify the WEP key in the Internet Connection application, I can’t enter a WEP key in the network configuration screen because it doesn’t support entering WEP keys (only takes 8 characters). Strange, eh!
The last update enhanced the usability of WEP/WPA/other in the Internet Connection app, but forgot about the network configuration screen. This is a grave omission on behalf of Apple. I tried notifying them on their support site, but I don’t think anyone listened. Everytime my laptop wakes up from sleep, I have to manually connect to my network (partly because one of my neighbors is causing extreme interference). If the automatic “join specific network” worked, it wouldn’t be so irritating.
It’s up and ready for download.
Downloading as I type.