Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2111) Seeded to Developers

MacRumors · 10:59 PM

Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2111) to developers tonight. The newest version of Tiger (10.4) promises fixes to a number of areas.

A number of fixes have been documented. Among those, include bugs wtih Sync Service Engine, rsync and extended attributes, .Mac Sync, Rosetta, USB Modem and caller ID, Bluetooth device pairing, USB modem busy tone detection, QC Engine, Core Graphics and HID Manager, PDFKit and MallocGuardEdges, and Automator Actions.

Meanwhile, Apple asks developers to stress certain areas for testing beyond those described in the bug fixes. These areas include Adobe Flash, bash, bind, Bonjour, Dashboard Widgets, FireWire, Fonts, gnutar, Graphics, and iChat Video Conferencing.

Apple last publicly updated Tiger (10.4.x) on September 29th, 2006.

[[ digg this ]]

Cassie · Dec 21, 2006, 08:51 PM

Wow, I was wrong (no surprise

) I thought they weren't going to release another version. But They actually did it. I wonder when it's released to the public?

evilgEEk · Dec 21, 2006, 08:52 PM

Well, it's good to see the last version of Tiger out the door. Now make room for Leopard at MWSF '07!!

Chundles · Dec 21, 2006, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by evilgEEk

Well, it's good to see the last version of Tiger out the door. Now make room for Leopard at MWSF '07!!

Heh... No.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cassie

Wow, I was wrong (no surprise

) I thought they weren't going to release another version. But They actually did it. I wonder when it's released to the public?

Most likely it'll be about a month till we see 10.4.9 in Software Update - so sometime after MWSF to allow any new hardware to speak to our current Macs.

fenixx · Dec 21, 2006, 09:02 PM

...eh... about to download...

...this where they break tiger so that we truly appreciate leopard.

mkrishnan · Dec 21, 2006, 09:04 PM

Oooh, rsync merits attention in a dot upgrade to OS X? Niiiice!

BRLawyer · Dec 22, 2006, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fenixx

...eh... about to download...

...this where they break tiger so that we truly appreciate leopard.

My only area of complaint for Tiger now is Safari, as it hangs for a while more often than before, when opening some pages...other than that, OS X is simply awesome.

FarmerBob · Dec 28, 2006, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fenixx

...eh... about to download...

...this where they break tiger so that we truly appreciate leopard.

They broke Tiger and I have been saying this for a long time (10.4.4 at least) in the Apple Discussion Groups and the posts have not been pulled.

So . . . .

MikeTheC · 11:15 PM

I'm glad that Apple's continuing to update Tiger. I don't really understand why anyone would have a problem with this.

rtdunham · Dec 21, 2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeTheC

...It's bad enough I have to deal with Spanish-speaking immigrant customers where I work: the last thing I want or need is to have the language shoved in my face while I'm trying to enjoy this web site.

so what group, exactly, DO you Gallifreyans get along with? Or tolerate? Must be lonely out there, compadre.

MikeTheC · Dec 21, 2006, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rtdunham

so what group, exactly, DO you Gallifreyans get along with? Or tolerate? Must be lonely out there, compadre.

Well, for the longest time outworlders were forbidden to visit Gallifrey proper, and throughout the millenia our alliances and partnerships flourished.

Then, someone got the bright idea to invite Daleks over for tea. They kept shouting "¡Usted será exterminado!" Oh well, now Gallifrey makes the Alderaan star system look like a picnic!

Lynxpro · Dec 26, 2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeTheC

Then, someone got the bright idea to invite Daleks over for tea. They kept shouting "¡Usted será exterminado!" Oh well, now Gallifrey makes the Alderaan star system look like a picnic!

Don't forget Krypton in that analysis too.

Besides, all the important stuff was moved to New Gallifrey eons ago. Even the Commode of Rassilon is in the Hall of Antiquities there. Of course, the smallest item on display in the collection is Keanu Reeves's brain. Neo indeed!

Lynxpro · Dec 26, 2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rtdunham

so what group, exactly, DO you Gallifreyans get along with? Or tolerate? Must be lonely out there, compadre.

Gallifreyans? Pfff....those are the commoners. Some of us are full-on Time Lords, thank you very much. Respect.

iMacZealot · 11:27 PM

To my memory, I remember 10.3.9 being released a few days after they announced the 10.4 shipping date. Now, I'm with Chundles. We'll probably see a 10.4.10. On the other hand, though, Apple seems to want devs to thoroughly review everything about 10.4.9. Nevertheless, I doubt we'll be using 10.4.9 until April (that's my guess when it comes out.)

EDIT: 10.3.9 was released on 4.15.06; 10.4.0 was released on 4.29.06.

Eraserhead · Dec 22, 2006, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by iMacZealot

To my memory, I remember 10.3.9 being released a few days after they announced the 10.4 shipping date. Now, I'm with Chundles. We'll probably see a 10.4.10. On the other hand, though, Apple seems to want devs to thoroughly review everything about 10.4.9. Nevertheless, I doubt we'll be using 10.4.9 until April (that's my guess when it comes out.)

EDIT: 10.3.9 was released on 4.15.06; 10.4.0 was released on 4.29.06.

I think we will see a 10.4.10, they like to release a final update close to shipping of the new OS to ensure compatability.
(as they did with 10.3.9 and 10.2.8) (see wikipedia articles for the OS X versions).

JFreak · Dec 22, 2006, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Eraserhead

I think we will see a 10.4.10

I sure hope so. That should put an end to the "10.x.9 is the last version so we will see the new OS sooooooon" whining. Until they do, people cannot understand that the release number is not a decimal number; or, that the "ten" can be omitted and thus say "the current Macintosh version is OSX 4.8" because the OSX and ten-dot mean exactly the same thing.

Sheesh, I'm so tired about this. Hopefully Apple puts this topic to rest just as they buried the "PowerBook G5 next tuesday" with the Intel announcement

richinspace · Dec 22, 2006, 06:16 AM

Any news about an upgrade of iSync with "m-router support" for Symbian phones via Bluetooth? This is desperately needed by all Sony-Ericsson P990 owners (and others).

Multimedia · Dec 22, 2006, 11:21 AM

I suppose the release of this final decimal point in the Tiger Zone will portend the arrival of Leopard no more than about another 3 months. So this release should happen sometime next month on the way to an early Spring release of our next good buddy complete with top secret surprises for all of us.

InfraredAD · Jan 3, 2007, 06:59 PM

$5 says we see the public release of this update at the MWSF 07 Keynote...

Sam0r · Jan 3, 2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by InfraredAD

$5 says we see the public release of this update at the MWSF 07 Keynote...

Yeah, to support the new products

Dec 21, 2006, 08:49 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2111) Seeded to Developers Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2111) to developers tonight. The newest version of Tiger (10.4) promises fixes to a number of areas. A number of fixes have been documented. Among those, include bugs wtih Sync Service Engine, rsync and extended attributes, .Mac Sync, Rosetta, USB Modem and caller ID, Bluetooth device pairing, USB modem busy tone detection, QC Engine, Core Graphics and HID Manager, PDFKit and MallocGuardEdges, and Automator Actions. Meanwhile, Apple asks developers to stress certain areas for testing beyond those described in the bug fixes. These areas include Adobe Flash, bash, bind, Bonjour, Dashboard Widgets, FireWire, Fonts, gnutar, Graphics, and iChat Video Conferencing. Apple last publicly updated Tiger (10.4.x) on September 29th, 2006. [[ digg this ]] Last edited by arn : Dec 21, 2006 at 10:59 PM.

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MikeTheC Guest Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gallifrey -- Capitol City, Prydonian Sector	I'm glad that Apple's continuing to update Tiger. I don't really understand why anyone would have a problem with this. Last edited by arn : Dec 21, 2006 at 11:15 PM. Reason: off-topic rant removed. not the place for it.

Dec 21, 2006, 08:52 PM	#3
evilgEEk macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho	Well, it's good to see the last version of Tiger out the door. Now make room for Leopard at MWSF '07!!

Dec 21, 2006, 11:04 PM	#14
iMacZealot macrumors 68020 Join Date: Mar 2005	To my memory, I remember 10.3.9 being released a few days after they announced the 10.4 shipping date. Now, I'm with Chundles. We'll probably see a 10.4.10. On the other hand, though, Apple seems to want devs to thoroughly review everything about 10.4.9. Nevertheless, I doubt we'll be using 10.4.9 until April (that's my guess when it comes out.) EDIT: 10.3.9 was released on 4.15.06; 10.4.0 was released on 4.29.06. __________________ imz Last edited by iMacZealot : Dec 21, 2006 at 11:27 PM. Reason: Corrected myself

Dec 22, 2006, 06:16 AM	#17
richinspace macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2005	M-router support for Symbian in new iSync? Any news about an upgrade of iSync with "m-router support" for Symbian phones via Bluetooth? This is desperately needed by all Sony-Ericsson P990 owners (and others).

Dec 22, 2006, 11:21 AM	#18
Multimedia Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Santa Cruz CA, Silicon Beach	Welcome To The Last Round Up Buckaroos I suppose the release of this final decimal point in the Tiger Zone will portend the arrival of Leopard no more than about another 3 months. So this release should happen sometime next month on the way to an early Spring release of our next good buddy complete with top secret surprises for all of us.

Jan 3, 2007, 06:59 PM	#19
InfraredAD macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2003	Re: Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P2111) Seeded to Developers $5 says we see the public release of this update at the MWSF 07 Keynote...

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