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.
At this update rate Apple is going to run out of numbers before it’s ready to release X.5. Unless, of course, they move UP the release from mid 2007 to late 2006. Wouldn’t THAT be a killer!!!!
For the rest of us stuck without broadband…
It’d be really, REALLY nice if we could get these updates on CD from the retail Apple Stores.
I’d happily PAY Apple $15 for updates on CD. Apple would make at least $12 on the deal, and it’d save users hours of d/l time. How about it?
RevNeal, umm…. the release date for Leopard (10.5) is November ’06. Right on schedule! Perhaps you were thinking of Vista (not an Apple product).
thinband, actually you CAN get these updates at any Apple store. Just go in and mention you are on dial-up, and the staff will download it and put it on a CD for you for FREE!! They will do this with any software found in http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ or ask nicely and they’ll download and burn just about anything else you can legally get for free.
If the Apple Store is busy, it is OKAY to bring in your own CD-RW (or flash drive, iPod,or any other storage device) and do it yourself on any Mac in the store. They do not mind!
Hey my apple drop down menu is messed up. Only when I have no programs open. If a program is open the menue displays normally. Is this happening to anyone else?
How many iMACs does Apple have to sell in order to call it a success ? ( in 1st quarter of 2006 )
1million?
2?
3?
We can bet that californians are into luxury stuff, they are likely to be purchasing iMACs,
what other states? New york? maybe?
I think the luxury-addicts in california themselves could give enough iMAC sales to APPLE.
Safari Crash Problem:
10.4.6 doesn’t fix this problem.
I’m glad to see the iSync compatible phones updated. been waiting on some of these to be made compatible, like the PEBL and the RAZR variations.
the reboot took forever and a day, as usual after system wide updates… but the really weird part was after doing a ‘repair permissions’ right after, there was not One repaired. coolio, I guess.
Hey my apple drop down menu is messed up. Only when I have no programs open. If a program is open the menu displays normally. Is this happening to anyone else?
Someone try it please and let me know?
“At this update rate Apple is going to run out of numbers before it’s ready to release X.5. Unless, of course, they move UP the release from mid 2007 to late 2006. Wouldn’t THAT be a killer!!!!”
They can’t run out of numbers. It isn’t decimal. 1.4.9 would be followed by 1.4.10 and 1.4.11 and 1.4.12…
my safari never crashes, i dont know what you guys smoking, pot? heroin? cacaine? what are you guys smoking, i want to know please.
Andy C…
You shouldn’t repair permissions except to fix permissions-related issues.
Safari does crash lately – none of us are smoking a damn thing.
“…the release date for Leopard (10.5) is November ’06.”
What site are you reading?? Steve said at WWDC 05 that Leopard would be released between late 2006 and early 2007.
45.3Megs- PPC
108Megs Intel – quite the whopper
Macnut222,
November 2006 IS late 2006.
Hey Tiger feels snapper to me now… spotlight is faster… just makes me purr..
so far so good except iDisk
Uploading an 8 MB file took roughly 15 minutes (cable broadband) with the usual and useless “File Copied. Closing Please wait” message for feedback.
Ejecting the iDisk is still slow alas.
So If I do a fresh install of OS X Tiger on my system this combo update will INCLUDE ALL PREVIOUS UPDATES AS WELL?
Need to know…Newbie here
my razr v3c used to sync up with isync and transfer the calendars. now with this update, it says its disabled. thanks apple.
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You certainly win the minimalist of the year award, but that’s beside the fact. Yes, if you just did a clean install of OS X, then download the combo update from Apple’s website and run it. Your system will then be 10.4.6.
Sorry, upon closer squint, it is “~”, not “-“.
(see what I mean)
smoke cigs:“my safari never crashes, i dont know what you guys smoking, pot? heroin? cacaine? what are you guys smoking, i want to know please.
<u>smoke cigs (or anyone else reading this post):</u>
CLICK THIS LINK TO THE RELATED MDN STORY FIRST
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK BELOW UNLESS YOU WANT TO CRASH SAFARI. IF YOU ARE USING AN ALTERNATIVE BROWSER SUCH AS FIREFOX OR CAMINO, THE IMAGE WILL DISPLAY PROPERLY. DO NOT – I REPEAT DO NOT DRAG THE IMAGE TO YOUR DESKTOP OR DOCK. WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE IMAGE DATA, IT WILL ALSO CRASH PREVIEW AND MAIL AS WELL AS SAFARI
THE IMAGE IN THIS LINK WILL CRASH SAFARI, MAIL, AND PREVIEW. FOR MASOCHISTS ONLY!
Thanks Cubert. Much appreciated!
For those with Safari crashes, the cause is the new Flash Player. The updated Flash Player was released on 3/30/06.
Here is the uninstaller for the bad version.
I was playing Call Of Duty, right after I updated and the system rebooted, and the cooling fan started, as usual. But after I finished playing, ejected the DVD, after a few minutes, the fan was still spinning, and continued for almost an hour, until I restarted the machine. Now it has stopped.
Can anyone confirm that issue? I guess the fan starts, and when the computer is already cooled down, it continues to spin.
I use a Mac mini, PowerPC.
</i>”For those with Safari crashes, the cause is the new Flash Player. The updated Flash Player was released on 3/30/06.”</i>
Is Adobe aware of this, or is that a rhetoical question?
The new update was supposed to address security issues. Where can I find the last version. Do they have an archives section? Thanks.
The version I linked in my previous comments is the new version. Adobe is aware of it and fixed the problems with the 3/30/2006 update.
“The version I linked in my previous comments is the new version. Adobe is aware of it and fixed the problems with the 3/30/2006 update.”
Misunderstood your post. Thanks………
If that info about the Flash Player was not from someone at MDN, then MDN if you are reading this – a new thread/story about this would put a lot of minds at ease.
Flash is Macromedia, not Adobe.
Adobe acquired Macromedia in December 2005 Mr. Smarty Pants.
That site still crashes after installing the new Flash player…
what site r u referring to? I was refering to a issue with Safari crashing.
I’ve always found permissions for a repair with the finder. Now I can’t find permissions on 10.3.9. Also, I just got an iBook G$ for my daughter in college. Where do I find permissions in the iBook. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
So far this update has cleared up my hives, waxed my cat, booted twice, made me a sandwich, tabbed my cron, permissed my repairs, and crashed the General Lee.
MikeR: Run Disk Utility in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder. Choose Repair Permissions.
Ampar: Thank you very much, I appreciate it!
Updated to 10.4.6 on my trusty iBook 800 MHz dual-USB with stock 30GB 4200 RPM drive and 640 MB RAM/32 MB VRAM — initially, the desktop and finder actions were sluggish — menus would pull down slowly, taking seconds to render fully — Safari was goopy and slow with several tabs open — normally would function fine under 10.4.5. Quit Safari in preparation to reboot, and suddenly Finder became responsive again — restarted Safari without rebooting, and Safari was finally fuctioning correctly, with sluggishness gone.
Overall, Safari and Firefox seem snappier and a bit more responsive, and browser screens seem to build a bit faster (using broadband connection) — actually watched an online tech show broadcasted in H.264 format –normally, this sort of stuff stutters badly, usually making it unwatchable on this older G3 machine — this time, however, some minor stuttering of video on occasion, running at between 5-10 frames/sec (my guess) but audio was perfect and never missed a beat — overall, video was very watchable without being annoying — hmmmm — quite good for this old technology.
Going to try out the Cisco VPN fixes in the next couple of days.
UPDATE: Have lost DHCP server/port sharing of iBook — usually, I use the iBook’s dial-up modem connection to establish internet connectivity, then go to the sharing control panel and share the iBook’s modem connection to other computers that are connected to the iBook through to Ethernet — normally works very well on previous versions of Tiger — iBook is supposed to provide private network addressing of 192.168.2.x to other Ethernet connected computers via its DHCP server — can’t get any of the other computers on the Ethernet network to see a 192.168.2.x address coming from iBook — wonder what Apple has changed in 10.4.6 — ports blocked or some such that I need to reconfigure?
Niffy
“Updated to 10.4.6 on my trusty iBook 800 MHz dual-USB with stock 30GB 4200 RPM drive and 640 MB RAM/32 MB VRAM — initially, the desktop and finder actions were sluggish — menus would pull down slowly, taking seconds to render fully — Safari was goopy and slow with several tabs open — normally would function fine under 10.4.5. Quit Safari in preparation to reboot, and suddenly Finder became responsive again — restarted Safari without rebooting, and Safari was finally fuctioning correctly, with sluggishness gone.”
Possibly was the sluggishness due to Spotlight indexing? This frequently happens right after an OS update. Was the disc spinning like mad?
updated to 10.4.6
Having issues with firewire connected devices, ipod and external hard drive. Neither show up or work. would freeze OSX about 10 in. i’ve disconnected both and have no issues. Phone call to lacie in the morning?