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10.5.4 is in Software Update Now!
Fire up Software Update - Mac OS X 10.5.4 is available NOW! According to the update KB article listed above, the update includes:
General
- Recent Apple security updates.
- Resolves an issue with saving and reopening Adobe Creative Suite 3 ?les on a remote server.
- Includes additional RAW image support for several cameras.
- Addresses an issue that may result in a partially installed X11 application.
- Improves L2TP VPN client reliability.
- Addresses AirPort reliability issues with 5GHz networks.
- Addresses AirPort issues that may result in slower performance in Logic Studio or MainStage.
- Improves overall iCal reliability for meeting requests, cancellation notices, delegation, and syncing with iPhone.
- Resolves an issue that prevents deleting an iCal event without notifying the creator.
- Addresses an issue in which events in all calendars affect availability. A checkbox now enables information-only calendars to be transparent from free/busy lookups.
- Resolves a UI issue preventing delegated calendars from showing up as a separate window.
- Addresses an issue with copying and pasting attendees from one event to another.
- Resolves an issue in which iCal may not delete events after a speci?ed time interval, even when set to do so in iCal preferences.
- Addresses an issue in which To Dos cannot be marked private.
- Addresses a potential performance issue when loading secure web pages.
- Resolves issues that may be encountered when accessing secure web pages with client certificates that reside on a smart card.
- Addresses an issue in which switching from a space with a Finder window keeps the Finder as the active application instead of the application residing in the destination space.
- Fixes an issue in which dragging an application from the list of application assignments in Spaces System Preferences does not assign the application to the desired space.
- Resolves an Exposé issue that may result in only a subset of windows being shown.
Thanks to eagle-eyed Louis and Alex for finding this first and letting TUAW know about it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
cian said 4:51PM on 6-30-2008
Somebody just had a tweet-gasm claiming that this is Snow Leopard.
I slapped them for getting me excited.
It ISN'T, is it?
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John Pernock said 4:58PM on 6-30-2008
where is the MacbookPro Graphics patch? I hate flickering windows on my 2 week old MBP
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IowaSuby said 5:33PM on 6-30-2008
I still don't understand how a company that controls both the OS and hardware has issues like this. My MBA has 6200 rpm problems sometimes, so I understand the frustration.
cian said 4:49PM on 6-30-2008
Somebody just had a tweet-gasm claiming that this is Snow Leopard.
I slapped them for getting me excited.
It ISN'T, is it?
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kurt said 4:51PM on 6-30-2008
No mention of the UI freeze bug when VRAM is stressed (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6602842). Pity. :(
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Ryan said 4:53PM on 6-30-2008
Does it fix this error? gah nope.
http://skitch.com/post_break/q4uq/picture-5
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Andrew said 4:56PM on 6-30-2008
This also doesnt appear to fix the issue with StarCraft that appeared under 10.5.3 either, i.e. still no 256 colour support. So far when trying to launch StarCraft it still closes almost immediately as it did before.
NB: This is on a core 2 duo Macbook Pro Merom processor, I mention it because not all Macs are affected, it seems to be those with certain Intel and Nvidia chips only.
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Rubbinz said 5:17PM on 6-30-2008
Weird, I thought they'd change the .Mac System Preference to MobileMe in this update. But they didn't. I wonder if that will change with another update as Mobile Me goes live.
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mrsteveman1 said 7:17PM on 6-30-2008
they can probably just release a "mobile me" support update and then roll it into the next point release.
Stu J said 5:29PM on 6-30-2008
I wonder when TUAW will update there iphone website to 10.5.4 to make it readable / usable etc...
;o)
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Gary said 5:41PM on 6-30-2008
Interesting that this is the first OS X in my recent memory that arrives ONLY via software update. I usually go to the Apple website and get the combo updater and download it manually but there are no such updaters to be found. Early days or new procedure? And why?
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Anderson said 5:43PM on 6-30-2008
The details of the contents of the update is much appreciated Apple (much better than the standard "Improves compatibility", etc."). I like to have some idea as to what I'm about to install on my computer and why.
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RazorD said 5:41PM on 6-30-2008
Well, this update killed my Macbook Pro! :( IT just hangs on the grey screen when you hit the power button..
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aanidaani said 6:09PM on 6-30-2008
Do you have any pref panes that use Application Enhancer installed? I've had issues with Application Enhancer on the newer releases of Leopard and I had to remove it to boot.
Frank said 5:54PM on 6-30-2008
Does it fix the issue where diablo 2 crashes on start up? I hope so, but I guess not since starcraft obviously still has problems..
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Steven Sande said 5:47PM on 6-30-2008
Gawrsh, I'm happy. I updated both my iMac and MacBook Air with no issues. Both are humming along nicely!
TUAW Steve
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Quadrant said 6:25PM on 6-30-2008
doesn't appear to fix the Apple Remote Desktop trojan issue, oh dear....
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brunerd said 11:42PM on 6-30-2008
Well it seems to have plugged hole on my iMac (Core Duo) and Mac Mini (Core 2 Duo)...
$ osascript -e 'tell application "ARDAgent" to do shell script "whoami"'
ARDAgent got an error: "whoami" doesn’t understand the do shell script message. (-1708)
Moustache said 5:52PM on 6-30-2008
I installed the update and it is now stalled at the
'Installing 3 items' stage -- it claims it is Running Installer Script but hasn't moved for close to ten minutes. How bad is it for force restart in the middle of an install like this?
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-wsn said 7:55PM on 6-30-2008
Hi
My wife's MB did the same thing, hung during installer screen. After waiting 30 min, I powered it off and on.
Came back with no issues running 10.5.4
My iMac24Alum updated with no problems and I did full TM backups on both, before I updated.
Cheers
-wsn