Mac OS X 10.3.3 (7F43) Seeded

MacRumors · Mar 13, 2004, 03:39 PM

Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.3.3 (7F43) to developers yesterday.

Major areas of change include Core OS, Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics and Imaginge, High Level ToolBox, Printing and USB.

Various fixes include:

- Prebinding performance fix
- Directory Services in large Active Directory installations performance improved
- NFS automounter now maintains connections in use
- Network browsing servers now mount on the Desktop and Sidebar
- AFP Authentication options are again available (Keychain for AFP now works again)
- Many other fixes

gandalf55 · Mar 13, 2004, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macrumors

Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.3.3 (7F43) to developers yesterday.

Major areas of change include Core OS, Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics and Imaginge, High Level ToolBox, Printing and USB.

Various fixes include:

- Prebinding performance fix
- Directory Services in large Active Directory installations performance improved
- NFS automounter now maintains connections in use
- Network browsing servers now mount on the Desktop and Sidebar
- AFP Authentication options are again available (Keychain for AFP now works again)
- Many other fixes

most excellent

MacBoy88 · Mar 13, 2004, 03:43 PM

Keep It Coming!

NNO-Stephen · Mar 13, 2004, 03:44 PM

release it already!!!

sorry, I got software update fever... I NEED MY MEDICINE!!!

AhmedFaisal · Mar 13, 2004, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Macrumors

- Network browsing servers now mount on the Desktop and Sidebar

Thank god! The way it was before with those shares not showing up on the desktop was so goddamn annoying, especially when it froze your Finder if the network drive you just browsed goes to sleep before properly disconnected....
Cheers,

Ahmed

ingenious · Mar 13, 2004, 04:01 PM

anyone know y its taking so long to release this? is this usual? I seem to remember that 10.2.5, .6, and .8 all came out in what seemed like the same month. Is it cuz of new G5 updates?

like PBs?

dashiel · Mar 13, 2004, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Calebj14

anyone know y its taking so long to release this? is this usual? I seem to remember that 10.2.5, .6, and .8 all came out in what seemed like the same month. Is it cuz of new G5 updates?

like PBs?

there was apparently a serious bug in one of the earlier releases that affected imacs. i assume/hope apple is being a bit more careful these days after the itunes/10.2.7(?)/itunes win mishaps.

there was actually a really good article a while back on the pros and cons of avie tevanian and what that meant for apple as he was promoted to a VP. the article implied that avie was a genius and very good at getting OS releases shipped on time and on a frequent basis, but his quality control wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

personally i'd rather wait another month and get something thoroughly tested than get something that would fry my hard drive.

swissmann · Mar 13, 2004, 04:51 PM

I just want them to get it right. I like 10.3 on the most part but I really don't like all the bugs. Please do it right and do it soon.

doutee · Mar 13, 2004, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dashiel

there was apparently a serious bug in one of the earlier releases that affected imacs. i assume/hope apple is being a bit more careful these days after the itunes/10.2.7(?)/itunes win mishaps.

there was actually a really good article a while back on the pros and cons of avie tevanian and what that meant for apple as he was promoted to a VP. the article implied that avie was a genius and very good at getting OS releases shipped on time and on a frequent basis, but his quality control wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

personally i'd rather wait another month and get something thoroughly tested than get something that would fry my hard drive.

gopher · Mar 13, 2004, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Calebj14

anyone know y its taking so long to release this? is this usual? I seem to remember that 10.2.5, .6, and .8 all came out in what seemed like the same month. Is it cuz of new G5 updates?

like PBs?

First off, the 10.2.6 update came out as an update to 10.2.5 because of a serious bug that caused kernel panics on numerous USB hubs. 10.2.8 didn't come out until 4 months later. 10.2.7 was only available to machines with built-in USB 2 support. Mind you there were two 10.2.8 releases, one that was released prior to their fixing some bugs with battery life and ethernet drop outs on G4 towers, and another 3 weeks later. One was called 6R65, the next 6R73. So Apple will release an update shortly after another if they find a bug they can solve easily. Obviously the Firewire bug has eluded them thus far.

Two places to go to if you want to report a bug:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
http://bugreporter.apple.com/ (free registration required)

Sherman · Mar 13, 2004, 05:44 PM

Oh thank god, that prebinding bug has been bugging me since 10.2

I'll spare you the details, but the prebinding service will eat up 100% of your CPU and tie up your hard disk clicking away, no idea what it's doing. You can kill the prebinding service, but that's usually not recommended, so a restart would be required. Yay for finally fixing that!

russed · Mar 13, 2004, 05:50 PM

well i hope it comes out before tuesday, im going home from uni for the holidays then and i will be without my nice 10Mbps connection for 5 weeks and only have a standard dial up instead

i dont fancy spending a week downloading it!

invaLPsion · Mar 13, 2004, 05:55 PM

If the update is released on tuesday I be we'll see powermacs on that day or a week after. I say this because numerous rumor sites are claiming that 10.3.3 is required for the 90nm G5 and many of the new features like XT graphics cards, 8x superdrives, and dual optical drives.

wrldwzrd89 · Mar 13, 2004, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gopher

Two places to go to if you want to report a bug:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
http://bugreporter.apple.com/ (free registration required)

Thanks for the link to Apple's Bug Reporter service. I added it to my bookmarks and plan to use it to report a bug in QuickTime related to MIDI playback. Anyway, back on topic, I'm looking forward to having the network share bugs fixed. Those have been driving me crazy! For example, if I'm connected to a Mac OS 9 machine while my computer goes to sleep, when it wakes up again, I get 5 disconnected messages. Why is this? Surely only one message is needed, not FIVE.

xenotek · Mar 13, 2004, 04:03 PM

I recently installed upwards of 700 fonts and suddenly neither safari, ichat, nor apple's mail would work for morer than a few seconds before crashing. I thought it might be the fonts, so I took them out and the iapps started to work properly again. Does Panther have a limit for the number of fonts displayed in a menu? They should really work this issue out in the next update.

crees! · Mar 13, 2004, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xenotek

I recently installed upwards of 700 fonts and suddenly neither safari, ichat, nor apple's mail would work for morer than a few seconds before crashing. I thought it might be the fonts, so I took them out and the iapps started to work properly again. Does Panther have a limit for the number of fonts displayed in a menu? They should really work this issue out in the next update.

How 'bout you send a feedback report to Apple telling them just that.

MacBoy88 · Mar 13, 2004, 04:15 PM

Any one know the Size of it now?

SoGood · Mar 13, 2004, 04:18 PM

C'mon, just get it out. In dying need of that speed boost to the OS...

doutee · Mar 13, 2004, 04:24 PM

Maybe it will be out this Tuesday. Let's hope soon

bousozoku · Mar 13, 2004, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SoGood

C'mon, just get it out. In dying need of that speed boost to the OS...

You mean, just get it right.

zigzag · Mar 13, 2004, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenotek

I recently installed upwards of 700 fonts and suddenly neither safari, ichat, nor apple's mail would work for morer than a few seconds before crashing. I thought it might be the fonts, so I took them out and the iapps started to work properly again. Does Panther have a limit for the number of fonts displayed in a menu? They should really work this issue out in the next update.

You have one or more corrupt font files, I had the same problem until I found the problem-causing font and deleted it.

sonyrules · Mar 13, 2004, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by xenotek

I recently installed upwards of 700 fonts and suddenly neither safari, ichat, nor apple's mail would work for morer than a few seconds before crashing. I thought it might be the fonts, so I took them out and the iapps started to work properly again. Does Panther have a limit for the number of fonts displayed in a menu? They should really work this issue out in the next update.

i have over a 1000 fonts and never had that problem, photoshop is a bit slow, but all my other apps work great. My 2 cents

Jr

rdowns · Mar 14, 2004, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sonyrules

i have over a 1000 fonts and never had that problem, photoshop is a bit slow, but all my other apps work great. My 2 cents

Jr

From MacAddict's April issue:

Reallocate PhotoShop's Memory:

...Adobe recommends using an often overlooked PhotoShop preference. PhotoShop>Preferences>Memory & Image Cache. In the dialog box that appears, look at the Memory Usage setting. By default, it's set at 50%. Adobe recommends increasing it to 75% (no higher).

beatle888 · Mar 14, 2004, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenotek

I recently installed upwards of 700 fonts and suddenly neither safari, ichat, nor apple's mail would work for morer than a few seconds before crashing. I thought it might be the fonts, so I took them out and the iapps started to work properly again. Does Panther have a limit for the number of fonts displayed in a menu? They should really work this issue out in the next update.

do you need all fonts loaded at once? we usually load fonts as needed.
suitcaseX will autiomatically load fonts when a doc needs to access them.
it taxes the system to have all fonts loaded at one time.

wordmunger · Mar 14, 2004, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by beatle888

do you need all fonts loaded at once? we usually load fonts as needed.
suitcaseX will autiomatically load fonts when a doc needs to access them.
it taxes the system to have all fonts loaded at one time.

This is different. FontBook will crash the system even if the fonts are not activated.

Mar 13, 2004, 03:39 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Mac OS X 10.3.3 (7F43) Seeded Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.3.3 (7F43) to developers yesterday. Major areas of change include Core OS, Carbon, Cocoa, Graphics and Imaginge, High Level ToolBox, Printing and USB. Various fixes include: - Prebinding performance fix - Directory Services in large Active Directory installations performance improved - NFS automounter now maintains connections in use - Network browsing servers now mount on the Desktop and Sidebar - AFP Authentication options are again available (Keychain for AFP now works again) - Many other fixes

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ingenious macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kansas, United States	so why the wait? anyone know y its taking so long to release this? is this usual? I seem to remember that 10.2.5, .6, and .8 all came out in what seemed like the same month. Is it cuz of new G5 updates? like PBs? __________________ Unibody 15.4" MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM 20" iMac G5 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM 1G iPod touch 32 GB, OS 3 blog \| Twitter \| No tea for me.

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Mar 13, 2004, 05:44 PM	#11
Sherman macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Berzerkeley	Oh thank god, that prebinding bug has been bugging me since 10.2 I'll spare you the details, but the prebinding service will eat up 100% of your CPU and tie up your hard disk clicking away, no idea what it's doing. You can kill the prebinding service, but that's usually not recommended, so a restart would be required. Yay for finally fixing that! __________________ Fox: You have just recieved the Amish Computer Virus. Since the Amish don't have computers, it is based on the honor system. Please delete all the files from your computer. Thank you for your cooperation.

Mar 13, 2004, 05:50 PM	#12
russed macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: London, England	well i hope it comes out before tuesday, im going home from uni for the holidays then and i will be without my nice 10Mbps connection for 5 weeks and only have a standard dial up instead i dont fancy spending a week downloading it! __________________ all the ducks are swimming in the water...

Mar 13, 2004, 05:55 PM	#13
invaLPsion macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Northlands	If the update is released on tuesday I be we'll see powermacs on that day or a week after. I say this because numerous rumor sites are claiming that 10.3.3 is required for the 90nm G5 and many of the new features like XT graphics cards, 8x superdrives, and dual optical drives. __________________ -A post is not a post without a ! Dual 2.5GHz Powermac G5; MacSkinz Etched G5 clear side panel(w/ bumperstickers), 17 inch KDS LCD, JBL Invaders

Mar 13, 2004, 04:03 PM	#15
xenotek macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ashland, OR	font limit? I recently installed upwards of 700 fonts and suddenly neither safari, ichat, nor apple's mail would work for morer than a few seconds before crashing. I thought it might be the fonts, so I took them out and the iapps started to work properly again. Does Panther have a limit for the number of fonts displayed in a menu? They should really work this issue out in the next update.

Mar 13, 2004, 04:15 PM	#17
MacBoy88 macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Illinois	size? Any one know the Size of it now? __________________ Black MacBook, 1st Gen. iPod Nano, 1st Gen. FOLD!

Mar 13, 2004, 04:18 PM	#18
SoGood macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2003	Get it out! C'mon, just get it out. In dying need of that speed boost to the OS...

Mar 13, 2004, 04:24 PM	#19
doutee macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Marquette Michigan	Hope it is out soon. Maybe it will be out this Tuesday. Let's hope soon

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