Filed under: Software Update
10.4.3 available now via Software Update
Run Software Update now to grab 10.4.3, weighing in at a whopping 97MBs. According to Software Update, this update includes fixes for: "AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP network file services, AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access, Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support, disc recording when creating and burning media, .Mac sync services, Spotlight indexing and searching, Dashboard widgets: Dictionary, Flight Tracker, Stickies, and Unit Converter, Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, and Safari applications, Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Update, compatibility with third party applications and devices, and previous standalone security updates."
More info can be found here. Lock and load.
Thanks, meatmcguffin!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
anthony said 2:57AM on 11-01-2005
First Gen Dual 2Ghz 3GB Ram - most things are working fine, Front row is dead (need to look into the Applescript change they made) Biggest issue is that the fans like to kick in at full speed for a second or two sort of randomly.
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anthony said 3:26AM on 11-01-2005
Thanks Dumbo and Marenta! Posted before I read all the comments here :) Now i have to check out some hack i read for getting the DVD player to work.
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Michael said 8:18AM on 11-01-2005
I'm having the same problem as #25. My junk mail filtering is no longer working since the update. Haven't tested much of anything else yet.
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Michael said 8:42AM on 11-01-2005
Fixed the problem with mail. Deleted the plug-in Mailtag and all works fine now.
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mwb said 9:00AM on 11-01-2005
Was delighted to see it at 52M, and was blown away when it d/l in about a minute....The new fiber to the house service obviously worked.
As for the update, my music machine, an old blue and white, cannot see anything FireWire......save a connected iPod. 60G of music and its backup are somewhere in the binary ether. ARGHGGGGGGGGGH!
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sam said 12:53AM on 11-06-2005
can't you just re-install / re-copy FrontRow files after upgrading?
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Justin said 10:45PM on 11-02-2005
I have a powerbook g4 15in 1.5 superdrive. I downloaded the 97 front row still works fine for me. how odd
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Patrick said 10:46AM on 11-01-2005
SAFT has been updated to be compatible with the new version of Safari.
http://haoli.dnsalias.com
also: disabling mailtags plugin does indeed solve all the mail issues i mentioned earlier. let's hope they'll come up with an update soon.
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Tim O. said 6:11PM on 11-01-2005
It's the weirdest thing. I ran software update, and it won't work! It gave me the standard "Software Update doesnt have any new software for your computer at this time." I hate having to use the stand-alone installer, but I guess I have to.
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redfood said 2:37AM on 11-02-2005
Safari is crashing so much on me it is now unusable. (And no, I don't have Saft or anything plugin like that installed. And yes, I did "reset" safari, deleted icon caches, repaired permissions, used a stand alone updater, and performed the suggested voodoo rituals.)
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rick said 11:49AM on 11-02-2005
Well.. Mine keeled over and it just gets a nice blue screen and gets stuck -- That was after the installer crapped out in the middle.. Once that happened, I couldn't re-run the software updater anymore so I rebooted.. Now I can only boot into single user mode but can't get the networking going (all devices are marked as inactive) so I can't run "softwareupdate" via the commandline.. I might just have to reinstall.. Eww..
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Ashley Easter said 3:26PM on 11-02-2005
For Front Row hackers out there:
tell application "System Events"
tell application "Front Row" to activate
key code 53 using {command down}
delay 0.0
key code 53
end tell
Works that little bit faster, found this idea over at digg.com
Hopefully there'll be a legit version out soon, I'd pay a few bucks for it. Cool that it works with my BLuetooth Phone via Salling CLicker too!
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Marcello said 9:59AM on 11-02-2005
If you are using Eyehome 1.6, you will undoubtedly notice that the application will crash after installing this Tiger update. Elgato Technical Support confirmed that Apple is aware of the issue but did not implement a fix in time for the release of the OS update.
If you are experiencing this, you need to roll back to Eyehome 1.5.
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Will Dinyes said 5:30PM on 11-02-2005
Anyone else notice configd going berserk after this update? Any time I load an RSS feed in Safari that has images associated with it, configd spikes up to 80% CPU, and the page just never loads. Unfortunately, I noticed this while trying to load TUAW's feed.
Thought maybe the AirPort update would handle it . . . I guess not.
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Wry Cooter said 2:34PM on 11-04-2005
it seems to have munged up screen redraw in SketchUp.
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David Monteith said 11:02AM on 12-07-2005
Bought family pack os 10.4. updated all our system to 10.4.3 all is fine except for the ibook:
Machine Name: iBook
Machine Model: PowerBook4,3
CPU Type: PowerPC 750 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 700 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 256 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.3.6f2
this one won't boot after upgrade to 10.4.3.
I resorted to clean install and machine runs fine without upgrade. Won't boot with, any thoughts?
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Matt Beal said 10:14PM on 12-28-2005
I updated to 10.4.3 around the time when the update was first available. Since then, the visual effects on the desktop (dock effects, minimizing/maximizing windows, ect.) have been getting bogged down. The dock will freeze mid-"genie" and windows will freeze half out of the dock. Clicking around on different apps that are open or on the desktop icons usually unjam the machine, but I have no idea what happened to cause this. I have a new powerbook g4, 1.5ghz processor, 512 mb of ram with an 80g hd. I've run disk utility countless times with no effect. Processing power is unaffected and other than this minor annoyance the update has made most things run faster. I'm very new at this and have never really delved into the os. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Matt
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Scott McNulty said 4:25PM on 10-31-2005
It was only 53 megs for me, but it does say in the KB article that it will be of differing sizes for folks.
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Andrew Witte said 4:30PM on 10-31-2005
"X11 windows no longer stay in the background after selecting the X11 application from the Dock or with Application Switcher."
YEEESSSSS!!!!!!!
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meatmcguffin said 4:32PM on 10-31-2005
thats weird. my powerbook and mac mini are both patched up to date but 10.4.3 on the 'book is 97mb and the mini says 57mb. Any idea what accounts for the 40mb difference?
oh, and anyone wanna test it out first.......?
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