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Apple Releases AirPort Software Update, Firmware Updates Addressing SuperDrive Noise
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Anyone know if this solves the glitch that has prevented me and others from using airtunes? Ever since iTunes 9 has been released, I can't connect to airtunes speakers. iTunes sees the speakers and then reports:
"An error occurred while connecting to the remote speaker "myairport'sname". An unkown error occurred (-15000)."
I have to agree with the guy who was surprised about them offering a patch for a noise when there are glitches like these out there for so long (since September!)
"An error occurred while connecting to the remote speaker "myairport'sname". An unkown error occurred (-15000)."
I have to agree with the guy who was surprised about them offering a patch for a noise when there are glitches like these out there for so long (since September!)
other than the airport update this is the best 10.6 update out there.FINALLY my MBP is silent completely silent no other laptop I have ever had was that noisy on startup!
no love for my core duo MBP (MacBook Pro 1,1)... still obnoxiously loud superdrive sound upon waking
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Try starting your computer up in any quiet environment.. library, classroom, office. This helps a lot.
Well, it would help a lot, if it did what it claimed to. Like everyone else, mine still makes the noise on startup. Guess I'll just have to use Sleep more often.
I don't know if this update is the problem, but when I updated and restarted, my login password wouldn't work. I could log on to my guest account.
I booted up off the Snow Leopard disc and changed the password, but now I've got all kinds of issues. I can't open up any browser (Safari, Firefox or Flock), some of my calendars are gone, and if I hold down on a dock item, the dock disappears for a few seconds.
I'm running a MacBook Pro/2.33 GHz/3GB 667 MHz DD2/OS X 10.6.2
I booted up off the Snow Leopard disc and changed the password, but now I've got all kinds of issues. I can't open up any browser (Safari, Firefox or Flock), some of my calendars are gone, and if I hold down on a dock item, the dock disappears for a few seconds.
I'm running a MacBook Pro/2.33 GHz/3GB 667 MHz DD2/OS X 10.6.2
I'm pretty sure Steve would *much* rather you buy a newer macbook instead. Just wait 'til next Black Friday - I hear they are going to have a really good sale then...
still have issues
I updated and I've lost Airport functionality three times in two hours...
NEVER - not once an issue prior to the last update.
The superdrive is quiet now.
I updated and I've lost Airport functionality three times in two hours...
NEVER - not once an issue prior to the last update.
The superdrive is quiet now.
Me too. But not pointless, of the two I'd rather see the wakeup sound gone.
I think it's nice that Apple actually fixes some of these things from time to time.
So is there a consensus? I've read about people having issues after installing this update. Is it worth doing now? So far the noise isn't an issue for me and I value wireless and my passwords working higher...
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
Yeah, it's so silent, just like Mac OS X (not full of Warning sounds, shut down sounds etc. like in Windows).Aah, the bliss of silence!
Thank you Apple.
Thank god it fixed Airport! That was annoying as hell, as it regularly turned off and only a restart would fix it, and also regularly said it was on, but wasn't. So my sister would always keep telling me to reset it. Thank you Apple, took a while though.
I think you're right in that it goes though self-dianostics on the drive start-up. So it make perfect sense that it would still make the noise on system start-up. I was originally annoyed by the sound but then started to feel comfort from it giving me a audio clue that the machine woke normally. (but I think i'll get used the the silence!)
Well, this update did not include my late 2007 Santa Rosa MacBook. I still get that awful Superdrive noise when I wake it from sleep.
Why not include it? I mean, why pick and choose? Is a two year old computer really already off of Apple's radar for tweaking?
Lame.
Why not include it? I mean, why pick and choose? Is a two year old computer really already off of Apple's radar for tweaking?
Lame.
Except that update states "This update eliminates the noise made by the optical disk drive during system startup"
I was about to say the same thing! I was thrilled when I read that there is a firmware for the SuperDrive noise, but wasn't so thrilled after I learned that it was for the unibody MacBook. Why are we left hanging?
I'm not surprised though, there were no more tweaks to Leopard after Snow Leopard was released...
2-3 sec LONGER? That is my total wake up time. (late 08 unibody mbp 2.4/ snow leopard). What is your total time?
Also to those who miss the sound ... I bet you could use Sleepwatcher to play a sound on wake-up
Here's hoping I can get my home WiFi network going again... Used to share my network from my Mini, then it all went to heck after SL.
I was about to say the same thing! I was thrilled when I read that there is a firmware for the SuperDrive noise, but wasn't so thrilled after I learned that it was for the unibody MacBook. Why are we left hanging?
I'm not surprised though, there were no more tweaks to Leopard after Snow Leopard was released...
That's a little different.
Plus, I have Snow Leopard on my MacBook.
I suspect the fix was for SATA SuperDrives. Pre unibodys used IDE. Maybe new firmware for them later.
I have Snow Leopard too, but it's just a shame because the sound of the SuperDrive is annoying... every time I hear the sound, it's like the SuperDrive is slowly dying.