Filed under: OS, Software Update, Apple
OS X 10.4.8 released
Once again it is time to fire up Software Update and slurp down the latest version of OS X 10.4. 10.4.8 addresses the following issues:
- connecting to wireless networks using the EAP-FAST protocol
- Apple USB modem reliability
- using OpenType fonts in Microsoft Word
- compatibility with 3rd party USB hubs
- scanner performance
- RAW camera support
- printing documents with Asian language names
- performance of the Translation widget
- broadband network performance
- security updates
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
MikeCP said 3:13PM on 9-29-2006
Booooring.
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Jay said 3:17PM on 9-29-2006
Actually it takes quite a while to install on a MacBook Pro but after everything finished just fine it seems to really speed up the whole system.
Cheers
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Iggy said 3:24PM on 9-29-2006
PPC update 32mb, intel update 211mb. Weird, must've been some funky stuff in the intel build to need 180mb more.
jay, its not because the reboot cleared your page files is it? haha
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Query said 3:24PM on 9-29-2006
Finally they update that widget.. It was quicker to use Google translator than that. ^_^
And hey, it may not be much, but it's one step closer to Leopard.
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Quix said 3:36PM on 9-29-2006
Bah, where's the multithreaded OpenGL we've been waiting for????
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Tony said 3:42PM on 9-29-2006
MikeCP: I agree. Your "comments" certainly are...
For me, the two biggies are fixing the OpenType font issue in Word, and RAW image support for the Konica Minolta 7D.
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marc cardwell said 3:55PM on 9-29-2006
anybody else seeing the TINY type in column view? and there's an option to NOT see finder icon in column view. is this brand new to 10.4.8?
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ZylogZ80 said 3:58PM on 9-29-2006
Great, now MAudio is two revisions behind. Sigh.... I'll never be able to record on my Mac Pro at this rate.
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Charlie said 4:12PM on 9-29-2006
Option to not show finder icon has been around for a while. Column view type size is still configurable for me.
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tony said 4:30PM on 9-29-2006
My MacPro will not restart after the update!
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Adam W said 4:35PM on 9-29-2006
Test builds of this claimed kernel panics when a machine was running the cisco VPN client, anyone know the status of that?
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andrew said 4:35PM on 9-29-2006
Aperture 1.5 update is also available after 10.4.8 install.
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Robert Steele said 4:38PM on 9-29-2006
It took about 15min for the system to download, installed, reboot and back up and running. 2ghz 2Gb Ram Macbook
I've noticed that Photoshop keeps erroring when I want to do different things.
Maybe rosetta updated a bit, but this is odd
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Luigi said 4:41PM on 9-29-2006
The first bootup for my Macbook was long, but now its fine.
Is it me or do the non-brushed metal windows look...sorta different?
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qwest94 said 4:51PM on 9-29-2006
Adam W: I am running 10.4.8, the Cisco VPN client and Parallels and have had no problems.
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Adam W said 4:54PM on 9-29-2006
qwest94 : Thanks for chimin in, that reassures me greatly. I assumed they would address this after the test builds showed the problem, but I wanted to make sure. (This is my production box, gotta be careful. Will probably still give it a day or two.)
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John from Buffalo said 5:25PM on 9-29-2006
Iggy ... USB modem drivers, and iSight drivers. *snicker*
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Mark D. said 5:33PM on 9-29-2006
From the full release notes: "Improves the accuracy of Rosetta numerics and addresses Altivec translation issues on Intel-based Macs."
So, anyone had any time to try some PowerPC apps? I'm interested in if those corrections were preformance ones or just tweaks.
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Mark S said 5:44PM on 9-29-2006
No problems on my iMac G5!
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Luigi said 6:09PM on 9-29-2006
Mark...
I just opened up Word...In 3 seconds.
Before it was about 19. I timed it.
One thing to note is I opened word once after the update, and it was the same. Now, 30min. later, its 600% faster...
Wow.
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