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
same here, Novis – have to wait for the widget update…
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.
The iPhoto bug isn’t fixed. Bummer. C’mon Apple. Don’t you read your own discussion pages?
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx13@177.AZzVaimJRFQ.1@.68aebc62/196
iPhoto Bug:
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Topic: iPhoto is making changes that I don’t ask it to…
Scottie that’s a lond Discussion!
I’ve noticed this bug too, very very annoying 🙁
Sorry, LONG discussion.
MW: latter
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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.
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,
If you have a Hewlett Packard scanner, and you also would like to actually scan with it, DON’T INSTALL 10.4.2. No scanner software from HP will work anymore.
Did this break Saft for anyone else? My Safari freezes on open if I have Saft in, and I miss it already (whine, whine).