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Apple Pulls 10.2.8 Software Updater

So there will be a 10.2.9?

Besides, 10.2.8 runs flawlessly on my 1Ghz TiBook, while installing it seemed a bit complicated (download problems, knowledge base article not readable and so on...)
 
CRAP...I just installed it on two computers at school...I didn't wait for them to get done either. They were an eMac and an iMac... The teacher is going to freak out if something happens...:(
 
My mileage

Ti 400: Desktop icons all messed up. Ok for network and printing. Batterey lie halved! Seems slower to respond to dock, menus, etc.

G4 400 sawtooth
A OK no problems

B&W 350
A mess. Safari DOA, Word DOA, Entourage DOA, 5 kernal panics and no luck with Disk Warrior.

Pismo 500
no problems, seems fine and speedier.

eMac 800
Spinning ball forever, rebooted
Gray screen forver, overnight, reboote
Question mark of death, Diskwarrior does nto seehard drive

iMac 17 i gig
Installed and booted fine
icons messed up
Network trashed (and fixed)
\Slow as molassas

Now, these are all well maintained machines from home and work. All had 10.2.6 and were rather happy. Most are nearly identical in what they had on them (Office, net, some utilities, and data files) yet I got HUGE differences in how well the patch worked.

Very odd indeed.
 
I sur ehope the replacement for the 10.2.8 update will install on top of the 10.2.8 update they pulled.

While I don't have any problems with the system I updated, I'm wondering if it's possible to run into the problem later. Only time will tell.
 
dual 1.25 MDD Origional release

Works fineso far. I just initialized the drive and reinstalled everything on Sunday as a maintenance thing before I get really heavy into work on my thesis film.

10.2.8 better not cause me any problems.
 
I posted I updated my TiBook yesterday, but that was wrong. I was so tired I thought I did, but I just booted it up to update. :D I ended up holding off on it after I saw more and more people complaining... The two non essential computers I updated iMac 17" 1Ghz, and a indigo iMac are working fine...
 
Originally posted by Mr. MacPhisto
Well, I've been running 10.2.8 since this morning on my iBook 700 with Combo and have had no problems. I don't use an ethernet connection, but use AirPort for Wi-Fi, which is still functioning perfectly well. All the usual stuff I use is working great and the OS does appear to be a bit snappier. HDD access has gone down a bit too. I've also watched DVDs and burned from the combo without problem. Might be desktop specific problems.
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My iBook 700 is fine with 10.2.8 also. It does break Transparent Dock, so its back to the old ugly Dock for me.

I have not been looking for bugs though, YMMV.
 
Well, lets patch 10.2.8 tomorrow, but lets also call it 10.2.9.
Then next week we are all ready for Panther!!!

What a progress.
:p
 
Updated yesterday, and I, too, am having the battery time cut in half. iBok 800. Dang it, the wife just put it on eBay too! :(

Regards,
Gus
 
Are there any utilities that people have loaded that are experiencing problems? I ask because it seems like there's a ton of utilities that change "undocumented" features or "integrate" with existing features (like all the dock apps).

Just a thought...
 
Re: My mileage

Originally posted by seamuskrat
Ti 400: Desktop icons all messed up. Ok for network and printing. Batterey lie halved! Seems slower to respond to dock, menus, etc.

G4 400 sawtooth
A OK no problems

B&W 350
A mess. Safari DOA, Word DOA, Entourage DOA, 5 kernal panics and no luck with Disk Warrior.

Pismo 500
no problems, seems fine and speedier.

eMac 800
Spinning ball forever, rebooted
Gray screen forver, overnight, reboote
Question mark of death, Diskwarrior does nto seehard drive

iMac 17 i gig
Installed and booted fine
icons messed up
Network trashed (and fixed)
\Slow as molassas

Now, these are all well maintained machines from home and work. All had 10.2.6 and were rather happy. Most are nearly identical in what they had on them (Office, net, some utilities, and data files) yet I got HUGE differences in how well the patch worked.

Very odd indeed.
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(Digital Audio) G4/733

Froze on reboot from install with message:
/etc/master.password: no such file or directory
/etc/master.password: no such file or directory
sh-2.05a#

I managed to get it cleared up by running Disk Warrior from the CD and then repair permissions from OS X CD and then reset the password. On restart I held down the option key and was able to select the drive with 10.2.8 on it and things seem OK now.

The permissions repaired were in
system/library/filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util
and some others which seemed to be "the usual suspects".
 
for the newer 'books, charge the battery up to full, unplug, wait till system automaticallly goes to sleep due to lack of battery. Charge fully up again.

Simple…
 
Agreed.

I didn't have any problems but haven't done any Aqua-type hacks or mods to my system. I've got some additional *Nix services (named, postfix, pureftp) running, but nothing that would get in the way of the "normal" OS X system.

Cheers.

Originally posted by evilbert420
Are there any utilities that people have loaded that are experiencing problems? I ask because it seems like there's a ton of utilities that change "undocumented" features or "integrate" with existing features (like all the dock apps).

Just a thought...
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Originally posted by evilbert420
Are there any utilities that people have loaded that are experiencing problems? I ask because it seems like there's a ton of utilities that change "undocumented" features or "integrate" with existing features (like all the dock apps).

Just a thought...
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yeah. They work fine for me.

What I want to know is if these people have panther on their machines.
 
CD ejection problems

So the only problem I have had on my DP1.25, is that my CD-RW and my superdrives don't eject with the eject/opt-eject key (although if you wait 5 minutes they sometimes eject). Otherwise the update works well, and ethernet is quick, and wi-fi works as well.
 
However, Security Update 2003-06-09 shows up. Maybe that's an update I missed earlier. Maybe 10.2.8 goes nutso without patching the security first? [/B]
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I don't think so. I skipped the last 2 security updates and they disappeared from SU after I d/l'd 10.8.
 
10.2.8 woes :O(

Well I did the install last night and have had no end of boot problems (several attempts to boot) due to Network File System hang issues.

Also does not appear to work well with DAVE :O(

Let's just say I'm re-installing OSX now to 10.2.3 for now, there goes having an early night.....

I have a Powerbook Ti G4 667 Mhz, hopefully I'm the only case (not read all the replies yet)

Lovely... :O(

andrew
 
WHAT A FREAKIN" MESS!

All right: I updated my 12" AlBook and two problems: Bluetooth was disabled, battery life diminished. Resetting power manager brought back Bluetooth, and as far as I can tell, the calculated bateery life remaining lies: although it said 2 hours I got 4. So, so far so good.

Now, my 17" 1Ghz iMac has been in the shop for two weeks (freakin' firsttech in Minneapolis) so I could not update. So, when they post back an update to SW Update, will it be 10.2.8 and 10.2.8.5 as different updatews? The first will still be 40 MB in case people have not updated AT ALL and then a lighter one for those machines that got the buggy update? What a mess! I just hope the software engineers at Apple keep the coffee brewing and give us a correcrt update very soon.

I have a theory: Could they have moved up shipping of wireless keyboard/mice to stir up interest and thus also had to rush the OS update to support them? I would have been happier if they released a small update for wireless keyboard.mouse support then a polished system-wide update. I doubt this was the case, but in case it is, BLAH!
 
slight problems with 10.2.8

Like someone who previously commented, I left my eMac while updating, and it went to sleep--but I couldn't wake it up. When I rebooted the first time, it stayed permanently in the gray apple screen. The second reboot worked, but took forever. I haven't tried a third. Everything seems to be working fine now, as of yet.
 
Re: Apple Pulls 10.2.8 Software Updater

Wonderful. I updated a live server to 10.2.8 last night; normally I would have waited a while but it fixed the recent ssh vulnerability. It seems ok for now but it would be nice if Apple would let us know what's going on.
 
TiBook 667 (512Mb)

Updated fine. GUI is definitely faster and more responsive to user actions. You can particularly notice it when switching between options and tabs in system preferences - change instantly.

Also, the 'genie' dock effect is now always smooth.

So far I'm impressed.

I guess it may still explode though...
 
I've installed it and not had any problem but i'd already decided not to risk it on any other machine after the reports of problems started coming in.

especially as it doesn't really offer any advantage over 10.2.6 - most fixes seem to be related to bluetooth.

I also downloaded to 10.2.8 server combo this morning. (115MB) luckily i hadn't done anything with it yet.

its' now going in the bin.

what a waste of bandwidth:p
 
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