Mac OS 10.4.7 Update Soon?

MacRumors · May 31, 2006, 12:22 PM

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Appleinsider is reporting that developers were seeded an updated version of Mac OS 10.4.7 late last week. All major issues with the previous build appear to have been resolved, which indicate a release may be imminent.

Mac OS 10.4.7 will be the minor OS update by Apple and is expected to deliver bug fixes and enhancements to Mail, Safari, Aperture, Syncing and iChat. The current version, 10.4.6, was released on April 3, 2006.

kinless · 02:18 PM

No OS X series has ever ended on the same number

10.0.4
10.1.5
10.2.8
10.3.9
10.4.7?

Either stop here or press on to 10.4.10.

alienyouth211 · May 31, 2006, 12:26 PM

Maybe Mail won't be ugly anymore....

AvSRoCkCO1067 · May 31, 2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by alienyouth211

Maybe Mail won't be ugly anymore....

I don't really mind how mail looks...in fact, it looks a heck-of-a-lot better than Microsoft Outlook 2007...

bretm · May 31, 2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by alienyouth211

Maybe Mail won't be ugly anymore....

?? I think the 10.4.x mail is awesome. Hopefully Safari and other apps will follow suit. The got rid of the ridiculous "drawer" concept which was so un-Apple from day 1. All it did was not take advantage of useable space at the top and bottom. The new blue area that replaced it is much better use of space and more attractive. The icons are streamlined, and it took on the new interface lighter grey (non-brushed) look. Very nice. And it works better than 10.3 mail too of course.

dacloo · Jun 2, 2006, 05:13 PM

AMEN! I say AMEN!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bretm

?? I think the 10.4.x mail is awesome. Hopefully Safari and other apps will follow suit. The got rid of the ridiculous "drawer" concept which was so un-Apple from day 1. All it did was not take advantage of useable space at the top and bottom. The new blue area that replaced it is much better use of space and more attractive. The icons are streamlined, and it took on the new interface lighter grey (non-brushed) look. Very nice. And it works better than 10.3 mail too of course.

Paranoidmarvin · Jun 14, 2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bretm

?? I think the 10.4.x mail is awesome. Hopefully Safari and other apps will follow suit. The got rid of the ridiculous "drawer" concept which was so un-Apple from day 1. All it did was not take advantage of useable space at the top and bottom. The new blue area that replaced it is much better use of space and more attractive. The icons are streamlined, and it took on the new interface lighter grey (non-brushed) look. Very nice. And it works better than 10.3 mail too of course.

When I first got my Powerbook, it had Panther on it for about a month, then Tiger went on. The Panther mail client was lovely - and I went straight to thunderbird once I got Tiger.
More intergrated syncing for my Symbian 60 device would be good, perhaps RSS feeds or my email inbox?

JackSYi · Jun 23, 2006, 05:09 AM

Where is this upgrade? I am having a lot of problems with the sound in my new MacBook (kernel panics & volume control).

Evangelion · Jun 27, 2006, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bretm

?? I think the 10.4.x mail is awesome.

Problem with Mail is that it does not follow Apple's design-guidelines.

related to this: I REALLY recommend Ars Technica's OS X-reviews. John Siracusa knows what he's talking about

aranhamo · Jun 27, 2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Evangelion

Problem with Mail is that it does not follow Apple's design-guidelines.

If that's the only problem with Mail, then I'd say it's pretty good. Apple's human interface guidelines are not the Bible. Heck, to most people, even the Bible is not the Bible.

I've never confused the "Delete" button in Mail with the "Get Mail" button, and I think the Tiger look is a lot nicer than the Panther look.

Some_Big_Spoon · Jun 27, 2006, 03:37 PM

That ain't the only problem with Mail, but it's one of them. I find it slow, and not customizable enough. I've also has issues of it, or .Mac, losing mails that were clearly there, or sent. This is a topic for another thread, but yes, the GUI/design guidelines are wonky.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evangelion

Problem with Mail is that it does not follow Apple's design-guidelines.

related to this: I REALLY recommend Ars Technica's OS X-reviews. John Siracusa knows what he's talking about

IEatApples · May 31, 2006, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by alienyouth211

Maybe Mail won't be ugly anymore....

I wouldn't expect any visual changes until the "BIG ONE".

Kingsly · May 31, 2006, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by IEatApples

I wouldn't expect any visual changes until the "BIG ONE".

"Im coming to join you Elizabeth, ridin' all the way on 10.5!"

NinjaMonkey · May 31, 2006, 12:43 PM

I just hope 10.4.7 adds CoreImage support for my cameras RAW format. I'd love to give Apple some money for a copy of Aperture but it is useless to me if ORF files aren't supported.

jonharris200 · May 31, 2006, 12:50 PM

I wonder if with Leopard, we will somehow see the boundaries blurring between operating system and web browser, in a kind of Web 2.0 way.

sphereboy · May 31, 2006, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by alienyouth211

Maybe Mail won't be ugly anymore....

Mail looks fine.
What I really would like is a vertical display system. Something that along the lines of MS Outlook where you have 3 columns and your able to view a full email on one column. All these new widescreen monitors but Mail keeps using the age old 1 column 2 row look.

That would be a much welcome revision in my book. I'd even pay for it. Which will probably happen in Leopard.

daneoni · May 31, 2006, 02:17 PM

Slightly off topic but why can't they get rid of the brushed metal look in apps such as Safari, Address Book, Calender etc like they did with iTunes and the whole iLife suit of apps and replace them with Aqua. I think its way better looking

bretm · May 31, 2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by daneoni

Slightly off topic but why can't they get rid of the brushed metal look in apps such as Safari, Address Book, Calender etc like they did with iTunes and the whole iLife suit of apps and replace them with Aqua. I think its way better looking

Same reason the haven't ditched it in the finder I suppose. All new versions are taking on the new look. But lots of apps don't get updated totally until the os does or until iLife does (as you mentioned).

I've hated the brushed metal since day 1.

infectbda · May 31, 2006, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daneoni

Slightly off topic but why can't they get rid of the brushed metal look in apps such as Safari, Address Book, Calender etc like they did with iTunes and the whole iLife suit of apps and replace them with Aqua. I think its way better looking

You'll have to wait until 10.5 until brushed metal finally dies, at least for Apple apps. They have been moving away from it for awhile, but I'm guessing that 10.5 will finally kill metal in whatever apps are left.

brepublican · May 31, 2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by daneoni

Slightly off topic but why can't they get rid of the brushed metal look in apps such as Safari, Address Book, Calender etc like they did with iTunes and the whole iLife suit of apps and replace them with Aqua. I think its way better looking

*Gasp!* Get rid of brushed metal!??

BLASPHEMY!!1

mkrishnan · May 31, 2006, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kinless

Stop here.

*le sigh* Yes, that's exactly what Apple should do.

abscond · May 31, 2006, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kinless

10.0.4
10.1.5
10.2.8
10.3.9
10.4.7?

All that says to me is that there is more and more each time.

starflyer · May 31, 2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by abscond

All that says to me is that there is more and more each time.

I think your right...Dashboard...Spotlight...Exposé...

shadowmoses · May 31, 2006, 12:51 PM

These incremental updates are always welcome but they never amount to anything really noticeable, I very much doubt this will be the last update if anything Tiger will probably keep on going until 10.4.12///

ShadoW

Mac_Freak · May 31, 2006, 12:54 PM

Looks like Apple is almost done with tweaking Tiger, this update concentrates more on fixing bugs in apps than system itself.

May 31, 2006, 12:22 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Mac OS 10.4.7 Update Soon? http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif Appleinsider is reporting that developers were seeded an updated version of Mac OS 10.4.7 late last week. All major issues with the previous build appear to have been resolved, which indicate a release may be imminent. Mac OS 10.4.7 will be the minor OS update by Apple and is expected to deliver bug fixes and enhancements to Mail, Safari, Aperture, Syncing and iChat. The current version, 10.4.6, was released on April 3, 2006.

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kinless macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Juan Capistrano, California	Will this be the last one? No OS X series has ever ended on the same number 10.0.4 10.1.5 10.2.8 10.3.9 10.4.7? Either stop here or press on to 10.4.10. __________________ Joey's HomePage www.kinless.com Upgraded from 1998 Beige G3 to 2008 Mac Pro Last edited by kinless : May 31, 2006 at 02:18 PM.

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