We do it all the time. Often we'll do a customer's software updates in their entirety because they don't have broadband or something.
Fixes a lot of issues right off the bat too so it keeps machines out of the service centre.
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.4
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We do it all the time. Often we'll do a customer's software updates in their entirety because they don't have broadband or something.
Fixes a lot of issues right off the bat too so it keeps machines out of the service centre.
they got updates available there? so u just grab a copy on your flash disc and you are good to go ?
Damn, I only just got the right amount of money to buy the Spec'd iMac I want, and now that 10.6.4 is out it makes it even better to buy. Then I look at buyers guide, 
but if the Mac Mini is any example Im not sure if I want to wait just to get slapped in the face with a higher priced iMac.
but if the Mac Mini is any example Im not sure if I want to wait just to get slapped in the face with a higher priced iMac. 
It was a god-send for me.. I've been having all sorts of issues with my NAS at work over SMB.
Damn, I only just got the right amount of money to buy the Spec'd iMac I want, and now that 10.6.4 is out it makes it even better to buy. Then I look at buyers guide,
Remember to check Apple's refurbished store. They have same warranty and are just as good as new with 10%-20% savings over new. I purchased a refurbished 27" i7 iMac a few months ago and it has been perfect.
Nothing to understand as it isn't. "SL is Apple's Vista" is a bit of hyperbole, said for what reason I cannot fathom.
And 10.6.3 for me has been AMAZINGLY stable and a huge improvement on all things across the board over 10.5 with the single exception of 10.6.0 having issues with CS3... which was fixed shortly after the release.
Damn, I only just got the right amount of money to buy the Spec'd iMac I want, and now that 10.6.4 is out it makes it even better to buy. Then I look at buyers guide,
They need to justify (Apple version of justify) higher price. I don't think they will just add 200 hundred to the current price.
Thanks, and probably will... I am usually not bleeding edge. If I was I would have been fired years ago.
However, I have instructed the staff and our student help to install 10.6.4.on test machines using a real account and SW package and try like hell to break it today.
Why?
I have been playing quite hard at home here with it and it is THAT good of an update not to at least see, and there are a few things like CS3 fixes that are a compelling enough reason.
CAN be the best place to buy Apple gear... Got my daughter an iMac, was 1,499.00, got it for 949.00. Looked like new, same warranty. First place I check now.
I lost GrowlMail and Letter Opener with the update.
Fixing GrowlMail:
http://langui.sh/2010/06/15/fixing-growlmail-in-10-6-4-mail-4-3/
Letter Opener 3.0.4 was made available yesterday as well.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22614/letter-opener
Fixing GrowlMail:
http://langui.sh/2010/06/15/fixing-growlmail-in-10-6-4-mail-4-3/
Letter Opener 3.0.4 was made available yesterday as well.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22614/letter-opener
Dockstar: awaiting reply
Letterbox: should be up tonight
I received an email back and the Dockstar fix should be released today.
They still haven't fixed the momentum scrolling issue on new 2010 MBP's.
Even if you turn it off in system preferences, it comes back after a reboot every time! But the setting remains as set to off!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11626238
Also, for everyone saying "Why haven't apple given us inertial scrolling on my old Macbook" etc, I can personally say that I HATE momentum scrolling. It makes me feel sick when viewing pages in safari.
Even if you turn it off in system preferences, it comes back after a reboot every time! But the setting remains as set to off!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11626238
Also, for everyone saying "Why haven't apple given us inertial scrolling on my old Macbook" etc, I can personally say that I HATE momentum scrolling. It makes me feel sick when viewing pages in safari.
No, it didn't.
No, they aren't.
No, they aren't.
Please do, and ****.
No, they haven't.
Good for you. Nobody cares.
"When did you stop beating your wife?"
I bet he doesn't.
Really? Were you there? Are you a developer? If not, does the WWDEVELOPERSC have any relevance to you?
Just reading through the Apple news digest of fixes etc. that came with this update, to be honest the update seems quite complete and is in your interest to apply it to all your machines (security point of view more than anything) so agree with you on trying it out on test machines and trying to break it
TODAY as you can see from the below list there are quite a few things that would be off interest to apply A.S.A.P. You can subscribe at
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Things fixed in this update includes
DesktopServices
Impact: A Finder operation may result in files or folders with
unexpected permissions
Flash Player plug-in
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player plug-in
Description: Multiple issues exist in the Adobe Flash Player plug-
in, the most serious of which may lead to unauthorized cross-domain
requests. The issues are addressed by updating the Flash Player plug-
in to version 10.0.45.2
Folder Manager
Impact: Unmounting a maliciously crafted disk image or remote share
may lead to data loss
Help Viewer
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to the
execution of JavaScript in the local domain
iChat
Impact: A remote user may upload files to arbitrary locations on the
filesystem of a user currently using AIM in iChat
ImageIO
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted TIFF file may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Kerberos
Impact: An unauthenticated remote user may cause an unexpected
termination of the KDC process, or arbitrary code execution
Impact: A remote user may cause an unexpected termination of the KDC
process, or arbitrary code execution
Impact: An unauthenticated remote user may cause an unexpected
termination of the KDC process
libcurl
Impact: Using libcurl to download files from a maliciously crafted
website may lead to an unexpected application termination or
arbitrary code execution
Network Authorization
Impact: A local user may obtain system privileges
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Open Directory
Impact: A man-in-the-middle attacker may be able to impersonate a
network account server
Printer Setup
Impact: Network devices may disable printing in certain applications
Impact: A user with access to the printer may cause an unexpected
application termination or arbitrary code execution
Ruby
Impact: A remote attacker may gain access to accounts served by Ruby
WEBrick
SMB File Server
Impact: A remote user may obtain unauthorized access to arbitrary
files
SquirrelMail
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail
Wiki Server
Impact: Viewing maliciously crafted Wiki content may result in a
cross-site scripting attack
In fact SL is Apple's Vista both have some missadventage.
1. both have missing features that are skipped to the next release
2. Vista was also amaizingli STABLE if you had a Chipset with propper driver support (not the intel that was curren't at that time).
3. They are both a step between two releases that brought many good changes.
4. Both implament 64bit support
...
and so on.
Combo Updater fails. Console has the usual stuff....
"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. Too many open files in system\"";\n PKInstallPackageIdentifier = "com.apple.pkg.update.os.10.6.4.combo";\n}
I had the exact same problem, booting into safe mode didn't help.
Here's how I solved it and managed to install 10.6.4
http://patjack.co.uk/updating-mac-10-6-4-snow-leopard-too-many-files-problem/
This is true on every release ever. Look back in the forums at each point release and there are multiple threads like this. On major updates you get a blizzard of "this breaks my XXXX, I'm downgrading".
My advice is (if you're nervous) to wait a week or so, then upgrade. I upgraded yesterday, no problems (so far), but no major improvements noticed.
10.4 was also 64Bit on Mac and so on...
XP was also 64Bit, but with Vista 64Bit it came first time preinstalled on Hardware by big companies like HP.
Solid update by apple. Think they must of tweaked the fan settings, cause I have noticed mine ramp up a bit more under heavy process (which I am more then OK with). Everything seems very solid on my machine now.
Access Denied on SMB Symbolic Links
IMPORTANT!
Before you upgrade Snow Leopard Server to 10.6.4 be aware that network SMB shares that have symbolic links are not accessible after upgrading from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4. This caused me a major problem until I found out this solution.
See this to fix the problem: http://www.samba.org/samba/news/symlink_attack.html
I had to make this change in /etc/smb.conf:
wide links = yes
I will work on a better way to handle this when the network is not in use. At least I got it working again.
IMPORTANT!
Before you upgrade Snow Leopard Server to 10.6.4 be aware that network SMB shares that have symbolic links are not accessible after upgrading from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4. This caused me a major problem until I found out this solution.
See this to fix the problem: http://www.samba.org/samba/news/symlink_attack.html
I had to make this change in /etc/smb.conf:
wide links = yes
I will work on a better way to handle this when the network is not in use. At least I got it working again.
What version of iPhoto is that? I still have such problems on my MB CD with GMA950 integrated graphics, mainly in full-screen mode when I play around too much with the sliders on the adjust panel - but I'm using iPhoto 7 ('08), so I'm kind of wondering whether an update to iPhoto's latest version would solve the issue. I wish there was a trial version you could download.
yes 2500$ and up. But that would be MAC PRO niveau (And they mostly had Server Boards inside, more server than a PC, even moste Workstations came with the normal XP) and most 80% or more is sold between 800$-2000$ and there I have never seen an XP 64Bit.