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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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.
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