10.4.8 Seeded

[bbrosemer]

True. I use iAlertu (googel it, it's free). It lets me lock my Macbook with the remote like I lock the car. Even makes the sound and takes a photo of you if you try to steal the computer (sudden motion sensor). So your computer is locked but the apps are still running.

You can switch users and leave the other users applications running, otherwise just make your computer have a password when the screen saver comes on.

 

[seashellz]

>> last update before Leopard?

I doubt it-I think we will see a 10.4.9-maybe even a first ever 10.4.10...

 

[mkrishnan]

lynx is the fasted browser period. Barely uses 1MB running, too.

Pssh...that's only because more can't read web addresses. All this "rendering" crap is for pansies. Give me straight code.

 

[seenew]

Why is the file size double on Intel compared to PPC?
When I update OSX, are some files overwritten, so it doesn't really take up 305MB, just 305MB minus what was overwritten? If not, this sucks. I'm running out of HDD space.

 

[bousozoku]

Why is the file size double on Intel compared to PPC?
When I update OSX, are some files overwritten, so it doesn't really take up 305MB, just 305MB minus what was overwritten? If not, this sucks. I'm running out of HDD space.

It's because PPC is RISC and Intel is RISC-ier.

It isn't likely to be all new. Some of it will replace files already on the system.

 

[brepublican]

it seems to me apple releases updates for the heck of it

login windows? image capture etc?

at least when microsoft updates its system is for something worth the cause
wow-the next update will be 400mb and it will be to fix issues with wallpapers issues nobody have.

All I can say is: Wow. Really?

>> last update before Leopard?

I doubt it-I think we will see a 10.4.9-maybe even a first ever 10.4.10...

I hope not, I want to see atleast a 4.9. Leopard isnt due for another half a year almost, and its inconcievable Apple won't realease atleast an update in the interim, if not two

 

[displaced]

All I can say is: Wow. Really?

No. The poster you were replying to was indulging in hyperbole.

Changes to the LoginWindow application can be quite important. Bear in mind that the LoginWindow app is essentially the gateway to your system. It's pretty much the first visible application which the user interacts with, and runs as a root process. LoginWindow fixes are welcome.

Image Capture? Well, that could cover the entire TWAIN imaging subsystem of OS X. Bear in mind that the easiest way for Apple to ask testers to look at these subsystems is to point them towards OS X's own built-in applications which use these subsystems.

The 'wallpaper' comment is simply obnoxious.

Microsoft's updates are released as individual updates, rather than these x.x.1 point-releases. Looking through my MS Security Bulletins mail folder (I'm a Windows network manager), today's gifts from Redmond include:

MS06-052 - Vulnerability in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Remote Code Execution (919007)

Now, how does an end-user figure out from that whether or not the update is important to them? Sure, Remote Code Execution sounds a bit scary, but 'Pragmatic General Multicast'?

My point is, don't underestimate the usefulness of Apple's updates, simply because they decide to couch their release notes in terms which a tester or end user would find appropriate. Microsoft tend to use engineering language to describe their updates even to end-users, partly because of their insistence on releasing updates individually rather than as any formal system update package.

Although I'm not a recipient of Apple seeds, I'd put money on the fact that these release notes are not the only source of information available to testers. They'll know what bugs on Apple's tracking system ('radar') are addressed within each general area mentioned in the release notes, complete with all the technical information they could need.

 

[lewion]

Has anyone seen significant changes in opengl area?? i'd like to know this.. thanks

 

[relimw]

Although I'm not a recipient of Apple seeds, I'd put money on the fact that these release notes are not the only source of information available to testers. They'll know what bugs on Apple's tracking system ('radar') are addressed within each general area mentioned in the release notes, complete with all the technical information they could need.

Ha!

Sorry, at least at the 'Select' ADC level, all you get is the release notes, no access to radar or much of anything else. Also there's no 'forum' or the like that you can openly discuss the build with Apple or other ADC members which has always been a sad state of affairs in my book. As far as the $$$premium members no idea what they have access to.