Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update which is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:
• login and authentication in a variety of network environments
• file access and byte range locking with AFP file sharing
• network access when using proxy server automatic configuration files
• connecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec
• using Bluetooth wireless devices
• searching iWork ’06 and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlight
• saving Word documents automatically when using a network home directory
• creating Automator workflows for iPhoto 6
• synchronizing contacts and calendars to .Mac and mobile phones
• mounting and unmounting iDisk volumes
• compatibility with third party applications and devices
• previous standalone security updates
Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update is available via Software Update and also as standalone installers:
• The delta update installer updates Mac OS X 10.4.5 to 10.4.6.
• The combo update installer updates Mac OS X 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, and 10.4.5 to 10.4.6.
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Hey, is this what Steve Jobs meant by saying that the 30 year anniversary was coming up on Aprail 1st?!
Wow! This is great. I was expecting more, Stevie, but I’ll take what I can get!
Server update also released.
MW: “believe”
Don’t forget new camera’s support (such as Nikon’s D200) in Aperture and iPhoto.
I just want this to fix my 3rd party dual layer DVD burner firmware from being corrupt all the damn time!!!
Happy Birthday to me….er, Apple!
sweet, 0.0.1 closer to Leopard…
Crap, got the model of my phone wrong in that first post. I have a Nokia 6230, which is now supported.
I have waited 18 months for this to be included
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Think we’ll really see 0.0.3 more revisions between now and Leopard?
Sweet, hopefully this fixes my Safari crashing problem when using a proxy auto config script!
Fingers crossed. (Posting a message on MDN would usually do it)
any issues so far?
Weird that it restarts twice.. some firmware update included?
Poop, auto proxy config script still crashes Safari. Back to manual proxy config for me… Not the end of the world, just would be nice if it worked.
Also, the image bug reported on MDN a few days ago where certain jpeg images can crash Safari, Finder, Preview, etc. hasn’t been fixed either.
But it feels Snappier™!
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Oh, and when you repair permissions now, no exceptions come up, it just says permissions repair completed (unless you have actual permissions problems of course). No more false positives.
uh-oh..Combo updater links gets me Page Not found! (5:31 PM EDT)
Firmware update probably to the built in Bluetooth stuff.
ok..went throught the Downloads section: here’s the link for the Combo *PPC* 10.4.6 updater:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1046comboforppc.html
For the Intel combo:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1046comboforintel.html
Note:
If you use iSync, you should perform a full sync with your devices before installing this update. Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update includes a later version of iSync with several improvements. For more information and before-you-install steps, see iSync 2.2: Read before updating to Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later, or before first sync.
(from Apple’s about this update page.)
I heard from other posts that dock magnification stopped working. Can anyone confirm this. I’m not ready to install just yet.
re:dimplemonkey
I dragged the cursor over the docked icons and sure enough magnification was not happening. However, by increasing/decreasing the size of the dock items using the dock’s size bar (between app section and Trash) maginification came back.
Dock magnification works on both of my computers, so hopefully that was a localized issue…
Nope. Dock magnification still works, but rebooting after install is weird indeed. It restarts twice before giving you your login screen. After that everything’s fine.
*update: just read the extended release notes and it says this: “With the Mac OS X 10.4.6 system software update, PowerPC-based Macs will restart twice, instead of once, after the initial installation.”
Remember the Drunken Blog thing about Finder, Preview , Safari, etc crashing on certain types of data? Anybody checked it out yet?
Hey anyone else notice that running a permission repair now doesn’t show all the “we are using special permissions” crap which makes it hard to actually see if anything was wrong? Now it only lets us know if anything is amiss in permissions. Super ha!!!
dock magnification works fine for me, updated an hour ago.
the dual boot thing had me worrier also. Plus… the first rendering of the desktop took about 8 minutes, I thought it hung up.
I’ve rebooted twice now, no problems.