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Apple Posts Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update
Apple pushed out the expected Mac OS X 10.4.7 update this afternoon. Software Update shows the following brief description of what this update changes and/or fixes:
The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies. It includes fixes for:
- preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections
- saving Adobe and Quark documents to AFP mounted volumes
- Bluetooth file transfers, pairing and connecting to a Bluetooth mouse, and syncing to mobile phones
- audio playback in QuickTime, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack applications
- ensuring icons are spaced correctly when viewed on desktop
- determining the space required to burn folders
- iChat audio and video connectivity, creating chat rooms when using AIM
- importing files into Keynote 3
- PDF workflows when using iCal and iPhoto
- reliable use of Automator actions within workflows
- importing and removing fonts in Font Book
- syncing addresses, bookmarks, calendar events and files to .Mac
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous standalone security updates
More detailed information can be found in the associated technical support document.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
switchtoamac said 4:40PM on 6-27-2006
Finally!!!
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Joseph Matt said 4:47PM on 6-27-2006
39.8 Mb for my 15" PB 1.67ghz (June 2005). I've installed all other updates up to this.
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Rob Roark said 4:51PM on 6-27-2006
64.9 megs for my core solo mini, which until this one, was fully updated. Still not a peep about the random occurrence of my proc table filling up and requiring a reboot before i can open any files/apps.
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digitalintrigue said 4:53PM on 6-27-2006
Secondary click (right click) via two fingers on trackpad/button click now supported on the 15.4" MacBook Pro
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Terry Jarrell said 4:56PM on 6-27-2006
133MB for my MacBook 2.0. Kind of surprised at the size, but it does appear to be a substantial update so we'll see how it goes!
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mrtotes said 5:03PM on 6-27-2006
Darn it, I've got to 4.85Gb on my 5Gb ADSL limit this month (The first time I've ever got close!!!) I guess my Macs will have to wait until the weekend for this update!
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mrtotes said 5:05PM on 6-27-2006
Oh and only 39.8Mb for an iMac G4 20" with 10.4.6
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Matt said 5:07PM on 6-27-2006
Setup Assistant launched for me after restarting, it has not done this with a 10.4.x update before. Anyone else noticed that?
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lak said 5:10PM on 6-27-2006
Right clicking on pad on my MBP 15... nice
133 for me
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LeeB said 5:10PM on 6-27-2006
It was 133MB for my MacBook 2.0 also. I notice Safari is now 2.0.4 - apart form that I've not really been looking or noticed anything else so far.
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Stefan said 5:15PM on 6-27-2006
Does it effect the Screen Spanning Doctor for a iBook G4?
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Solipsism said 5:18PM on 6-27-2006
#8, Matt,
It looks like the update removed the .AppleSetupDone file located at /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
I'm curious why this would happen, and have never seen this before with 10.4.x update.
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Silver said 5:21PM on 6-27-2006
..sigh.. So much for the "enhanced OpenGL with 10.4.6 or 10.4.7" rumors.
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Berylium said 5:32PM on 6-27-2006
Silver,
According to tigerclaw in the World of Warcraft Mac Tech Support Forum:
"There is some new functionality in 10.4.7 for Intel (new GL extension that WoW 1.11 uses).
If you have an Intel Mac, and by chance you have received an "internal prefs" file from us on email, you should remove it from your home/library/preferences folder. This will free up the WoW client to use the new GL extension."
Plus, there are new ATI and nVidia drivers. So there are at least some improvements, though nothing sweeping it seems.
-Berylium
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Ashton Tibbittt said 5:33PM on 6-27-2006
uummmmm, I already saw this update on the Macs during the Crabtree Valley Mall Apple Store opening. I tried to send a tip to TUAW but they ignored me as always. I was 6th in line w00t!!
I didn't have time to play around with the Macs though as I had been there already for 3-4 hours before the store opened....
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Gerald Buckley said 5:42PM on 6-27-2006
Server updated to 10.4.7 as well. Don't know if you had noticed that yet or not...
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Silver said 5:57PM on 6-27-2006
"There is some new functionality in 10.4.7 for Intel (new GL extension that WoW 1.11 uses)."
Nice, that's what I was looking for. Let's hope we start to see some gaming performance parity between Windows and OS X Universal games.
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skewbiedoo said 6:20PM on 6-27-2006
can anyone give me a hardware reason for why the two-fingered scrolling powerbooks (and ibooks) haven't been graced with a two-fingered right click option?
i'm a little bitter about this - are the track pads on the 2005 PBs and MBPs actually different, or are we just being traditionalists over in cupertino?
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Brian said 6:38PM on 6-27-2006
The big change for me is now my MacBook Pro will now wake from sleep imediately. It used to be that it would take quite a while when I opened the screen.
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Angelo Ashmore said 6:53PM on 6-27-2006
I just updated, and now my Quicksilver Triggers for iTunes won't work :(
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