RSSApple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.9
By Ed Oswald | Published March 13, 2007, 5:11 PM
Apple on Tuesday released what is likely to be its final update to Mac OS 10.4 "Tiger" before it releases Leopard this spring. Included in the patch are fixes for .Mac, Bluetooth, Mac OS X's standard productivity applications, networking, and printing, among other issues.
The Cupertino, Calif. company has repeatedly pointed to a spring 2007 release date for the next update to Mac OS X. As with past releases of its operating system, Apple has stuck to a pretty much monthly patch schedule with major releases coming about once every 12 to 18 months.
10.4.9 covers a variety of issues across .Mac, Bluetooth, iChat, iCal and iSync, networking and modem, problems, printing, third-party applications, its Aperture photo editing software, and other miscellaneous fixes.
In .Mac, various syncing issues have been remedied, and a change was made to the way the service handles updates to the online address books. Authorization would now be required if the user wishes to change a large amount of data.
Issues with Kensington PilotMouse Mini mice when used with a MacBook after returning from sleep, as well as other wake-from-sleep issues with various other devices have been remedied. Printing issues including excessively large temporary files produced by third-party printers were fixed.
The 10.4.9 update is heavy on networking and modem fixes. Patches for performance, added support for WPA2 encryption, system crashes, and various Rosetta-related problems are included.
Rosetta fixes for problems using LEGO StarWars, Adobe InDesign, H&R Block TaxCut, Big Business' Big Business 5.1.0 are included, along with a patch for OpenType font display problems.
Apple has included the daylight savings time update in 10.4.9, although it had been released separately in February.
Other fixes in Mac OS X 10.4.9: DVDs with tracks longer than three hours should now play correctly; validation of disk images has been improved; and all recent Apple security updates have been included.
just read this http://news.com.com/Stud...100-1002_3-6169956.html
According to Cnet, Windows has fewest security holes than the other OS's but Windows has been hit with the higher risk ones and that's why windows is bulnerable to everything
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wrong spot...
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Funny how different headlines can convey different messages. Here is the headline CNET used:
"Apple megapatch plugs 45 security holes"
http://news.com.com/Appl...66971.html?tag=nefd.top
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They (Apple) even improve their OS to help 3rd party software run more smoothly.
As opposed to MS Vista who purposely blocks vendors (most notably AntiVirus software) from running software on their OS.
No brainer.
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So how many AV apps have total access to the kernel in MacOSX?
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Microsoft didn't purposely block anyone. Remember all the other antivirus programs worked perfectly fine, but Symantec started crying because they wanted low level access. The better for their shoddy programs to take over your system I suppose. Also Microsoft gave in and opened it up to them if you'll recall.
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zero :D
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Lego star wars? is that the first one? well good for Apple for patching. I knew they weren't perfect! All the ruse given to windows for patching and they do monthly patching now too...
their 12-18 month update which I would call a service pack (and is free for windows users btw), Apple makes you pay for! But you are happy to do that because Apple is not the big evil corporation that dominates the world! So what benefit was it for Apple to use regular PC hardware? so you could run windows and linux in a little corner? hah. thats funny. its seems their switch to intel platform has been a benefit to Microsoft too...
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Only a moron could think anything man made could be perfect, the facts are you haven't had a feature update in the 7 year Xp cycle so why you pay. Most mac users also own window boxes so honestly we are the only ones truly able to make an objective comparison. Honestly, this is about freedom i can freely run whatever i choose because my os allows me too. As i am posting this in Safari, and editing a website in Rapidweaver I am also running office 2007 side by side in coherence mode with parallels all on my beautiful 24 inch screen with power to spare. Can you do that? I'm not a hater of windows i just simply demand the best.
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Freedom huh? Like the freedom to build your own computer.
"As i am posting this in Safari, and editing a website in Rapidweaver I am also running office 2007 side by side in coherence mode with parallels all on my beautiful 24 inch screen with power to spare. Can you do that?"
Ummm, not specifically the same programs, but yeah. I'm posting this with Firefox while editing a webpage with Dreamweaver and spell checking with Office 2007 (yes, I know Dreamweaver spell checks, but not on the fly like Word) with VMware running Fedora and XP (I have Vista Ultimate) on the second screen of my duel screen computer (that I built).
I like the freedom to build and upgrade my computer however I want. I like to slowly upgrade my computer without having to buy a completely new computer every once in a while. Then I sell my old parts on eBay. Can your Mac do that?
Edited: I've never really bought a computer from a company. I started from a computer that I got free around 1996 (a 386, 16MHz, 2mb ram and a 60 megabyte hard drive) and just kept upgrading from then. Although I also had an 8088 with 2-5 1/2" floppies (no hard drive) and a 286... I didn't upgrade those.
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yeah, I run ubuntu at home. open office. no I'm not objective. xp came out in 2002, btw, and by my math, thats 5 years. since it is 2007 and Vista is out... XP sp1 brought the first firewall and a better version in sp2. yeah, the interface is the same, but you can actually change much of that.
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with MAC, just the company itself has this arrogant halo surrounding them and some of their users.
I made a comment about apple computer though, not users- except for the snip about having to pay for updates. Apple gives the impression that they are perfect compared to pc. it was not a personal attack, but an attack of Apple computer of north america.
anyway, they have always made owning an apple an iconic thing, and to pay more to be in an "elite group" of users is good- for Apple.
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I love how Mac users talk about freedom and choice when it is their OS X that refuses to run on anything but Mac hardware, not standard PC hardware that refuses to run OS X.
Also, what, you think multi-tasking is unique to OS X? Maybe for Macs it is ;)
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"As i am posting this in Safari, and editing a website in Rapidweaver I am also running office 2007 side by side in coherence mode with parallels all on my beautiful 24 inch screen with power to spare. Can you do that?"
No, and I don't want to do that, I'd rather be doing something interesting. However I'm with you on the "Build Your Own PC" 100%.
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Hey, I totally dig the update. It is great to see Apple still kick out timely fixes for most things.
OS X ain't perfect, but it is a really solid OS (I mean come on - it's using UNIX as its foundation - how can that be bad) and I am glad to see how well it holds up against the competition.
Yeah, Finder is wonky (Thank goodness for muCommander Beta 3) but it really is a boon to productivity. Couple it with the newest version of Parallels and you can run Linux, Win and OS X all at the same time.
All I have to do now is see about finding the 10.4.9 patch as a separate DMG download so I don't have to go all Software Update happy...
Thanks, Apple, for keepin' it real. :)
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This is pretty pathetic, even when your hating on the Mac it feels like admiration, you guys have turned into a bunch of cry baby whiny little biaches. My Mac does work all the time, there are no practical exploits only therotecal, I don't have 114,000 viruses after me and life is beautiful.
I will let you in on a little inside secret, after the updates our machines actually run better, who would ever thought to make an os that gets better over time. What a concept. Oh and i do run vista in itty bitty window in the corner right where it belongs.
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Rock solid and totally useless. Kind of like a wart on your butt and a Mac user. Go away..shoo fly shoo.
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"This is pretty pathetic, even when your hating on the Mac it feels like admiration, you guys have turned into a bunch of cry baby whiny little biaches."
Thats for sure. You guys whine about an OS that you "say" you care nothing about yet it gets your panties in a twist...
Does it irk you that much? haha
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Typical fanboi troll... way to further the ignorant PC user stereotype.
Ignorance is bliss isn't it Natrunner...
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shoo fly? How original. Did you get that from my post when I nailed ya last time for being a forum troll?
Trolling again huh? You must have no life...
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I am always amazed with this guy I work with who buys every overpriced and totally proprietary Apple product that comes along. Always praising his Jobs god ignoring the lack of Mac software and the fact that Apple dropped pc from their name. Troll, maybe, but I do speak the truth and cannot comprehend the blindness of Mac users.
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A distinct lack of commercials for these "fixes" and "patches" featuring edgy and groovy Mac geek dressed in a hospital gown I'm sure.
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Like there is a distinct lack of Windows geeks wandering around in battered plate mail with Trojans attacking them? ;)
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Would love to see that on TV, sounds like a pleasant change.
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nice joke...but everyone already knows that windows needs to be patched constantly, the point he was making it seemed was that mac enthusiasts treat mac like it works all the time never has any problems is above security vulnerabilities and touts it all over its mac vs pc commercials.
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Yeah, it is a bit misleading. Linux, Mac, pretty much any software program has vulnerabilities. The key difference between Windows and Mac is not the number of vulnerabilities, but the number of exploits using those vulnerabilities. Mac/Linux viruses or exploits are still very much a rarity.
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