Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update which delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It is available via Software Update or as a standalone installer (see links below) and includes fixes for:

• file sharing using AFP and SMB/CIFS network file services
• single sign-on authentication and reliable access to Active Directory servers
• autologin for managed user accounts
• AirPort and wireless access
• Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
• Finder updates including finding on Kind and using Slideshow
• synchronizing your iDisk with .Mac
• installation reliability
• managing Dashboard widgets
• Address Book, Automator, iCal, iChat, Mail, Safari, and Stickies applications
• compatibility with third party applications and devices

For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n301722

For detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798

35 Comments

  1. everything is snappier, but tiger cache cleaner no longer works. i was going to us it to repair disk permissions after running the update. i get “this application cannot run on this system. (1042). email northern softworks, hopefully they’ll jump on this quick, cause i was just about to purchase a registration and no longer us it in demo mode.

  2. Re: Ejecting internal drive.

    CMND-E doesn’t work either. The only way I’ve been able to do it at all is via Disk Utility. Went 1 step beyond that and wrote an Applescript to get D.U. to eject, and THAT barely works (takes about 20 secs, then ejects, then an error msg saying it couldn’t eject).

    And no, I don’t have any porn on it. It’s my backup drive, and for added security the ONLY time that drive is mounted is during the nightly auto backup.

    For any external drives the Eject methods already mentioned all work normal as before. This issue is only with internal drives.

  3. What’s the point of having a Widgets icon in the Widget Bar and a text button above the bar that says, Manage Widgets… They both have the same function: To bring up the widget manager. I say that one of the two would be sufficient. I would just kill the icon because it takes up shelf space,

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