Apple Offers Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update 457
An anonymous reader writes "MacNN reports: 'Apple has released Mac OS X 10.3.7 via the Software Update utility. Key enhancements include improved AFP support for saving documents with long file names, improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers, improved FireWire device compatibility, updated Preview application, and improved compatibility for third party applications. The 10.3.7 update is recommended for all users of Mac OS X 10.3 'Panther.' It also includes all previous standalone security updates.'"
Good news for iBook, Powerbook owners (Score:5, Informative)
so far so good... (Score:4, Informative)
Also a patch for server (Score:4, Informative)
And I must say, it was painful beta on this one
Installed... (Score:5, Informative)
No such thing this time, and I think. I feel. I believe that the system is a bit, just a tiny bit snappier in writing to the screen. I'm on a newish Powerbook.
Disconnet Firewire Harddrives (Score:5, Informative)
Apple's release notes [apple.com] say to disconnect firewire drives prior to installing.
From the notes:
If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted.
SteveM
Re:Wonder if this'll help World of Warcraft (Score:5, Informative)
DP 2.5 G5 6800 Nvidia and UT 2004 (Score:4, Informative)
I ran UT 2004 on my DP 2.5 G5 w/ 6800 Nvidia. WOW. Its like playing on "slomo 2" without using the cheat. Much faster. FPS averaging around 110 with everthing turned on to max.
Re:All the right fixes? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Graphic drivers? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Graphic drivers? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Better not install it yet (Score:5, Informative)
Of course, it could be worse. I love SP2 for the fact that as soon as somebody installs it I can immediately shut off Norton "Internet Security" also known as Norton never works right, Norton constantly breaks itself on updates, Norton randomly decides to block port 80 and 25, and - oh by the way - Norton doesn't offer tech support so have fun supporting our product ISPs!
Not that I hate Norton or anything
Re:Screen Spanning Doctor (Score:3, Informative)
Re:um, how about SMB browsing fix? (Score:3, Informative)
This sounds promising:
Re:Install script is still stupidly written (Score:2, Informative)
$ export COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL=1
The Quicktime dialogue box will be blocked.
Re:How good is OS X, really? (Score:2, Informative)
I'm an old school Mac user (print shop graphics since '88) and when OS X hit the scene, I was really looking forward to living my life at the command line, becoming an über hacker, since all my years of troubleshooting skills would need to be relearned. Only problem is, there's nothing to do.
Sure, in the early days (10.0.4) I was using unsupported machines (603 and 604e clones with G3 upgrades) so some trickery (thank you, Ryan Rempel!) was required to get it to install. But once installed (and I've since moved to a G4 tower), there's just nothing to do. It really is true: everything Just Works(TM), which in my case, has been something of a disappointment.
I've seen one kernel panic in the past two years, and that happened at the end of the install process for one of the 10.3 point upgrades. The machine booted fine after that, so I don't even really count it. I spend at least as much time using XP at work as I do using this thing at home, and even though my well specced office PC has ~5 times the clock speed, my Mac is *much* harder to bog down or destabilize.
Also, OpenOffice has been surprisingly good since I started using it recently. In addition to that, I recommend two additional apps for a new Mac user: A $25 app called Little Snitch [obdev.com] for more fine grained control over IPFW, and a freeware app called Desktop Manager [sourceforge.net] that gives you a totally freaking awesome virtual desktop implementation with mind bending eye candy.
In a way, it was actually easier ten years ago to convince people... all you had to do was point out that Macs cost four times as much, but we still bought 'em. Now that they're comparably priced, that argument doesn't work anymore. Ain't that a bitch? Well, no. Otherwise I'd still be using my old dual 604e [lowendmac.com] tower.
Re:Better not install it yet (Score:3, Informative)
Re:How good is OS X, really? (Score:5, Informative)
OS X just works. (Almost - I've seen occasional issues with the CUPS subsystem in older releases that needed either a reboot or a manual daemon restart to fix. But almost.)
Ease of connecting wifi is one example. To get this powerbook to connect to a netgear AP with WPA was trivial. It just worked. Trying the same connection from an XP laptop was a nightmare of driver upgrades and obscure hex strings.
The GUI isn't perfect, but it's better than Windows, KDE or Gnome, IMO. (Even if you prefer KDE or Gnome you'll probably still consider the GUI quite workable).
And it's a BSD box under the covers, with a decent X server, and lots of (good) development software bundled with the system.
The downside is that while the software that's available tends to be really good there isn't quite the vast range of software you'll see under windows (particularly games).
I've had two major hardware failures on my powerbook (both fairly normal laptoppy failures - HD started getting flaky and the smart charge circuit in the battery went bad). My laptop gets around 12x7 usage, so no big surprise. Under the AppleCare contract, though, they fixed 'em both (HD was out to be repaired for 4 or 5 days, battery was a no questions swap in the store). That's about the same failure rate I've seen with Dell and Sony laptops - but trying to get Dell or Sony to support them (or even sell spare parts) was an exercise in futility.
So, while it's not as Truly Perfect as the Apple True Believers will try and tell you, it is a damn fine system. I have a range of systems that I use (Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac) but both the laptop and my main desktop are Macs by choice.
Re:PearPC (Score:3, Informative)
You'll get decent performance for not much money.
Re:Graphic drivers? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:um, how about SMB browsing fix? (Score:3, Informative)
Still need the Blizzard WoW update (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Extra extra(?) (Score:3, Informative)
Re:PearPC (Score:1, Informative)
PC - $
Win2K - $$
OS X - $
VMware - $$$$
Holy trustfund baby, it appears someone's out of touch with the economic situation.
Re:Disconnet Firewire Harddrives (Score:1, Informative)
tech support is fun
snappy systems (Score:4, Informative)
;-)
Just updated. (Score:2, Informative)
I did the usual, repair permissions, run Disk Utility's Repair, disconnected the FW400 (911 Chipset) drive which I was worried about, updated, restarted, and ran permissions fix again.
No real problems so far, outside of getting the spinning beach ball at login twice. Outside of that, everything seems consistently faster. Safari loaded before it even got to its second bounce and now it absolutely screaming fast at loading.
REMEMBER TO DISCONNECT ANY AND ALL FIREWIRE DRIVES BEFORE UPDATING.
Anyways, so far, so good.
Software update via shell (Score:5, Informative)
You *still* can't update a system via ssh.
What are you talking about? That's been around since at least 2002. man softwareupdate and read up on it.