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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.9 update for Intel and PowerPC Macs
Fire up Software Update boys and girls, for Mac OS X 10.4.9 is upon us. This update includes "general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes or compatibility updates for the following applications and technologies":- RAW camera support
- Handling of large or malformed images that could cause crashes
- Image capture performance
- Mouse scrolling and keyboard shortcuts
- Font handling
- Playback quality, and bookmarks in DVD Player
- USB video conferencing cameras for use with iChat
- Bluetooth devices
- Browsing AFP servers
- Apple USB Modem
- Windows-created digital certificates
- Open and Print dialogs in applications that use Rosetta on Intel-based Macs
- Time zone and daylight saving for 2006 and 2007
- Security updates
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Ed said 4:35PM on 3-13-2007
next up... 10.5!!!!
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Tim Kimberl said 4:33PM on 3-13-2007
iPhoto 6.0.6 update aswell ;)
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mnerd said 9:42PM on 3-13-2007
The most interesting thing to me is the now naitive support for usb web cams in ichat? I'll have to check once i get home.
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Deb said 5:59PM on 3-13-2007
This update took forever and now my fans are running like jet engines - seriously, I've never heard fans sound this loud.......okay, the fan has finally subsided, but it ran continuously for just about 2 full minutes.
Went into disk utility and ran permissions - everything fine (fingers crossed, knocking on wood).
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phi said 5:21PM on 3-13-2007
I love it that they put in PAN Bluetooth networking. Now I can finally get to the internet via my T-mobile Dash!
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Marc said 5:29PM on 3-13-2007
So, Apple did kill the iSight Cam... at least, that is what I understand from adding USB cams support to iChat.
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Josh said 5:37PM on 3-13-2007
Beware of 10.4.9!!
It comes with added bugs for me. There seems to be some kind of problem with the window placement routines. Look at what it's doing to my system windows
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http://homepage.mac.com/jmmo20/.Pictures/exchange/flaw2.png
http://homepage.mac.com/jmmo20/.Pictures/exchange/flaw3.png
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Peter said 5:47PM on 3-13-2007
Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro here... updated fine.
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Nick said 5:58PM on 3-13-2007
Hmmm, it seems to have broken my 2nd gen shuffle! It won't mount or charge at all! It flicks it's orange light 3 times (which isn't listed on the 'Status Light Indicator' page at apple.com.au. Looks like I have to try to restore it...
Other than that, my 40gb 4G iPod works fine, as does everything else.
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matt said 6:16PM on 3-13-2007
With this update, Quicktime Pro full screen no longer has the cool window zooming (there's just a jump from windowed to full screen), LAME!
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I See Connections Everywhere... said 6:25PM on 3-13-2007
To any of you intrepid upgraders out there:
If you have upgraded the Airport card in a MacBook (Core Duo) with the MacPro "n" card AND installed this 10.4.9 OS update, do you still retain the "n" functionality? There was a single report by an ADC member on another site a couple of weeks ago that installed the BETA 10.4.9 and said that he lost the "n" functionality.
Before I upgrade, I want to make sure this was either an anomoly or something related to it still being in BETA.
Anyone with this specific situation taken the plunge yet? Please provide feedback when you have it.
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Magnus said 3:55AM on 3-14-2007
"With this update, Quicktime Pro full screen no longer has the cool window zooming (there's just a jump from windowed to full screen), LAME!"
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About time, that extremly pointless animation never did anyone anything good!
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Daniel said 6:46PM on 3-13-2007
@#9 - My Quicktime windows still use the zoom effect to go from one size to another - have you tried another file format in Quicktime and/or repairing permissions?
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artifex said 6:46PM on 3-13-2007
I noticed after the last QT security patch, I could no longer Preview MP3s in Finder's file info popup. Does this return that functionality? I really hate loading iTunes if I just want to hear one song, and I'm lazy and don't want to use open with, either :)
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Peter Andrén said 3:00PM on 3-14-2007
Cant start with 10.4.9 installed. Donwnloaded and installed and i just get the grey screen with the apple then its stuck...
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matt said 6:52PM on 3-13-2007
Oops, ignore my last comment, I guess I was just the filetype, as all others work.
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Gareth Burleigh said 7:01PM on 3-13-2007
All updated on G4 mini, and CD MBP no problems whatsoever
G
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grantmestrength said 7:29PM on 3-13-2007
I See Connections Everywhere...
I have updated my MBP with the Extreme N card, and run the OS update.
It still reports a/b/g/n in Network Adaptor.
One thing: after sleep, my MacBookPro woke up with a seriously derranged screen display. It eventually sorted itself out. Glitch with new graphics drivers?
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bass0 said 7:33PM on 3-13-2007
USB webcam support in iChat? Not on my G4 iBook.
How about the rest of you?
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opus said 7:40PM on 3-13-2007
Hmm... just updated and my screen is stuck white during startup. That's not good.
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