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From the update description:

This update offers many improvements, including the following, which apply to both Intel- and Power-PC-based Macs unless otherwise noted:

Printing

Adds support for CDSASSL (Common Data Security Architecture Secure Sockets Layer) printer connections.

Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.4.7 in which some documents containing some Chinese or Korean language characters might not print as expected.

Finder and Apple applications

Resolves an issue in which a Finder alert message with the buttons "Initialize", "Ignore", and "Eject" might not appear after connecting a partitioned FireWire hard drive.

Addresses a potential issue in which Preview may unexpectedly quit.

Improves reliability of iTunes syncing with certain iPod models.

Networking and modem

Resolves performance issues that could occur when connecting to a Comcast network.

Improves security by adding support for EAP-FAST for AirPort wireless authentication.

Improves Express Card behavior for portable Intel-based Macs.

Improves reliability for connections made in Ireland with an external Apple USB Modem.

Improves connection reliability for external Apple USB Modems when resuming an Internet connection after answering an incoming call.

A computer restart is no longer needed to restart nfsd.

Improves Apple File Sharing client performance by changing the default AFP WAN quantum size. More...

Windows File Sharing now generates only one process, avoiding an issue that could cause a Mac OS X computer to become unresponsive if it won a master browser election.

Improves reliability when faxing in France or Belgium via an external Apple USB Modem.

Third-party

Resolves an issue for Microsoft Word in which Word might stop responding when saving a file that uses certain OpenType fonts.

Adds RAW image decoding support for these cameras: Sony DSLR-A100, Nikon D2Xs, Fuji FinePix S2 Pro, Fuji FinePix S3 Pro (+Highlights) and Konica Minolta 7.

Resolves an issue in which thumbnails may appear blank when importing RAW images from a Canon 30D camera.

Resolves an issue for Microsoft PowerPoint in which the display resolution might not change as expected after switching from a PowerPoint presentation to a different application via Command-Tab.

Improves compatibility for Canon EOS Utility software after connecting a Canon EOS Kiss Digital camera to a PowerPC-based Mac.

Improves compatibility for the TV Tracker 2 Dashboard widget.

Other

Includes recent Apple security updates.

Improves the accuracy of Rosetta numerics and addresses Altivec translation issues on Intel-based Macs.

ColorSync matching no longer fails when using a V4 ICC profile in an application opened with Rosetta on an Intel-based Mac.

Addresses an issue in which some USB devices connected to a PCI card may not be recognized after starting up or waking the computer.

Resolves an issue in which external USB-based video cameras may not be available after quitting the application that is using it.

Reduces time needed to transfer data from a USB-based image scanner.

Improves responsiveness of the Translation Dashboard widget.

Addresses an issue in which text typed with the Hangul input method may not be visible while the Caps Lock key is active, on PowerPC-based Macs.

Adds support on Intel-based Macs for multiple cores to LAPACK and BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework; the maximum number of threads used by Accelerate BLAS routines is now limited by the environment variable VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS; addresses an issue with some complex BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework that were encountering an illegal instruction.
 
MacCurry said:
Ok. So now where's the Aperture 1.5 download? Its about the end of the week now. Get on the ball Apple!

Kinda funny - the one product they held a 90 minute dog-n-pony show for is the only application NOT updated so far this week. :D
 
1.5

Squonk said:
Kinda funny - the one product they held a 90 minute dog-n-pony show for is the only application NOT updated so far this week. :D

It appeared in Software Update this morning and when I tried to install it S/ware update crashed. When I went back in it was gone! Weird!
 
lamina said:
147mb for Intel
22.3mb for PPC

Must be rosetta updates

I'm not sure about that! I have noticed that every update for Intel is significantly larger than the PPC equivalent update.

It kind of makes you wonder if the compiled Intel code is a lot less efficient than the compiled PPC code. Maybe this bodes well for future updates to the Intel code. Possibly when Apple gets the compiler fully optimized to take advantage of Intel chipsets it will run even faster!;)
 
rodpascoe said:
It appeared in Software Update this morning and when I tried to install it S/ware update crashed. When I went back in it was gone! Weird!

That is weird indeed! I'm sure it'll be out shortly - maybe 1.5 requires something in 10.4.8?
 
Squonk said:
That is weird indeed! I'm sure it'll be out shortly - maybe 1.5 requires something in 10.4.8?

The RAW support they mentioned in the Aperture 1.5 demo and on the features page on their site is certainly OS based
 
Doctor Q said:
Any ideas what this might have been about?

Yeah really! I'm looking forward to upgrading tonight at home and seeing how much faster Safari will now be. I know, this joke has already been had... But for us Comcast users, maybe.... :p
 
Doctor Q said:
Any ideas what this might have been about?

I don't know any specifics, but I have had some issues with my home connection suddenly dropping out. It's been a relatively recent development. I've always had periodic outages where I ended up restarting both my modem and my AirPort Express in order to get things working, but the last few months have seen a number of dropouts where the connection just restores itself within a few minutes without any fixes being done by me.

I have no idea whether this has anything to do with it, but it's something I've noticed recently.
 
WildCowboy said:
I don't know any specifics, but I have had some issues with my home connection suddenly dropping out. It's been a relatively recent development. I've always had periodic outages where I ended up restarting both my modem and my AirPort Express in order to get things working, but the last few months have seen a number of dropouts where the connection just restores itself within a few minutes without any fixes being done by me.

I have no idea whether this has anything to do with it, but it's something I've noticed recently.

I've had the same experience with my comcast + Airport Extreme. But, an OS update would have nothing to do with that. I really cannot imagine what OS change will affect my comcast connection through a router... Maybe if I ran the Ethernet or USB right into my Mac this could make a difference.

:cool:
 
Kalns said:
Hmmm I wonder if this will fix the random shutdowns on my macbook?

No, it won't. The random shutdowns are caused by the heatpipe. It expands when hot and touches the logicboard, melting an insulation there and touch some circiuts. Once that isolation is gone, the power is going off when the heatpipe expands again. There was this update that made the fans kick in sooner (actually they're always kinda on for me) but if the insulation was melted already, it does not help.

I had my Macbook repaired, took almost 2 weeks, but they changed pretty much everything except the case, display and battery. The replacement heatpipes are custom made for the Macbooks and have a little more space above the logic board so they don't touch anymore. It's all covered by the standard waranty.
 
Doctor Q said:
Improves reliability for connections made in Ireland with an external Apple USB Modem.

What's different about dial-up connections here in Ireland from everywhere else, aside from being abysmally slow?
 
It's certainly update season!

Just updating the old PPC iMac - this little bunny is next.
 
Squonk said:
Kinda funny - the one product they held a 90 minute dog-n-pony show for is the only application NOT updated so far this week. :D

Notice that each of these updates are required for Aperture 1.5. I think Apple wants users to upgrade in this order because Aperture 1.5 required OSX 1.4.8 and the lastest iLife stuff.

Aperture depends on some core libraries that are inside Mac OSX so we see OSX updata before some of the Aperture updates. In this case because they added "iLife/iWork integration" as a new feature to Aperture it should be no surprize that the iLife/iWork had to be upgraded to support it
 
ChrisA said:
Notice that each of these updates are required for Aperture 1.5. I think Apple wants users to upgrade in this order because Aperture 1.5 required OSX 1.4.8 and the lastest iLife stuff.

Aperture depends on some core libraries that are inside Mac OSX so we see OSX updata before some of the Aperture updates. In this case because they added "iLife/iWork integration" as a new feature to Aperture it should be no surprize that the iLife/iWork had to be upgraded to support it

Makes sense. Thanks!
 
digitalbiker said:
I'm not sure about that! I have noticed that every update for Intel is significantly larger than the PPC equivalent update.

It kind of makes you wonder if the compiled Intel code is a lot less efficient than the compiled PPC code. Maybe this bodes well for future updates to the Intel code. Possibly when Apple gets the compiler fully optimized to take advantage of Intel chipsets it will run even faster!;)

Could be that they're still testing little bits and pieces of code to make sure what they're doing is correct and will work the best. Or it could just be the norm and we should expect the Intel updates to be larger than the PPC updates.

Well, another update from Apple that I'll need to do when I get home. I had a feeling that I should've brought my iBook to work today but I didn't. Damn.

I just remembered that I hope that this update fixes my print dialog bug. I doubt it will, though. It hasn't been fixed in the past...
 
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