Apple doesn't really brick hardware just for the sake of it. They shouldn't be able to tell if you're using a PC card that was flashed with Mac ROMs anyway. You can always restore from a time machine if you have it.
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.4
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Apple doesn't really brick hardware just for the sake of it. They shouldn't be able to tell if you're using a PC card that was flashed with Mac ROMs anyway. You can always restore from a time machine if you have it.
10.6.4 made my comp go crazy
Anyone have issues after performing this update? I cant open mail, software update, or type anything in Safari before the program crashes and quits. Any suggestions? Am I looking at needing to do a clean install and restore from my time machine backup? I've tried shutting down several times, even did a hard reset and the same thing happens every time. Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
Anyone have issues after performing this update? I cant open mail, software update, or type anything in Safari before the program crashes and quits. Any suggestions? Am I looking at needing to do a clean install and restore from my time machine backup? I've tried shutting down several times, even did a hard reset and the same thing happens every time. Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
The hacked drivers are broken in point updates. If you spend time around the OSX86 community you'll notice that nobody updates until somebody re-releases a disk with the modified updates.
Unhappy with Update
So far after update:
1. My ATI 4890 will not boot dual screens, in fact will only bring up one 30" Cinema display after disconnecting the other. System Profiler show driver installed on non-parent PCIe slot, but not on Parent Slot.
2. I can no longer view ANY of my 45,000 pictures, RAW or jpg in any form but thumbnails in iPhoto.
3. iChat, which I use extensively with clients crashes every time I try to connect with video chat.
4. My MacPro 2,1 refuses to boot on selected boot drive, goes to option boot screen after choosing boot drive in system preferences every time I reboot.
5. My 16Gb RAM has become 14Gb of RAM
6. My SeriTek/2SE2 PCIe eSATA recognized, but does not work
7. On 1st through 4th reboot, G15 keyboard not recognized.
There are probably other things I haven't encountered yet being too busy dealing with what I have found so far. Recommending to all my clients not to apply this update. It's NOT going on my i7, 17" MBP either...
So far after update:1. My ATI 4890 will not boot dual screens, in fact will only bring up one 30" Cinema display after disconnecting the other. System Profiler show driver installed on non-parent PCIe slot, but not on Parent Slot.
2. I can no longer view ANY of my 45,000 pictures, RAW or jpg in any form but thumbnails in iPhoto.
3. iChat, which I use extensively with clients crashes every time I try to connect with video chat.
4. My MacPro 2,1 refuses to boot on selected boot drive, goes to option boot screen after choosing boot drive in system preferences every time I reboot.
5. My 16Gb RAM has become 14Gb of RAM
6. My SeriTek/2SE2 PCIe eSATA recognized, but does not work
7. On 1st through 4th reboot, G15 keyboard not recognized.
There are probably other things I haven't encountered yet being too busy dealing with what I have found so far. Recommending to all my clients not to apply this update. It's NOT going on my i7, 17" MBP either...
Unhappy with Update
Just downloaded 887 Mb 10.6.4 Combo pkg. I'll try a re-install. If that doesn't fix the issues, back to 10.6.3 so I can get some work done.
Just downloaded 887 Mb 10.6.4 Combo pkg. I'll try a re-install. If that doesn't fix the issues, back to 10.6.3 so I can get some work done.
It looks like they haven't fixed the wifi dropping problems and it's KILLING me...
What are they waiting for? It seems to be a basic feature and I'm really not the only one affected... http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2142725
I have Apple Airport Extreme, four computers; my MacBook signal has to go through the ceiling and yet it has never dropped out. My iMac signal has to go through 4 walls and a ceiling and again I never have seen it drop out. Maybe your router just sucks royally, but you have two many d-ckheads in your area which cause signal conflicts?
A lot of routers suck royally.
Dropping the dam internet connection constantly
The only reliable routers Ive seen/used are the Linksys ones.
Thanks for that - I might try to ask the guys here and see if they have a copy which they should do, as I am sure they update the machines in the shop.
Oh he was talking about modified kexts? I thought he was referring to PC cards flashed with Mac ROMS.
A lot of routers suck royally.
Dropping the dam internet connection constantly
The only reliable routers Ive seen/used are the Linksys ones.
Even the recently linksys ones have been pretty crap with those WAG and WRT models which have built in aerials and horribly unstable. I've given dlink, linksys, and Belkin; all of them useless. I'm no fanboy but it took me trying 5-6 other brands before I finally bit the bullet and got an airport extreme (dual frequency).
Did you install the the combo update or the delta? define 'laggy' - what was 'lagging'?
I initially installed just the update itself, then i installed the combo after hitting Google and seeing several others reporting the same thing.
As for the lag, it just felt like programs weren't opening as fast, and just general lag. I can't really quantify it which is why i say perhaps it was only in my head. But i can for sure say my boot time went from ~30sec to a minute or more.
It's not as though i reboot frequently or anything, but that was the first thing i noticed and after rebooting a dozen plus times it just irritated me and i did a fresh install. Not a big deal, i had been meaning to clean things up this just gave me the excuse. My buddy who got his MBP the same time as me reports longer boot times as well, so meh, i'll pass on this one for now.
What I did was backed up my bookmarks.plist, cleared out my library directory, cleared out the Caches directory in the /library directory, then cleared out the /tmp directory then rebooted, reset the pram - no problems since
Personally I'd upgraded regardless of any 'slow down' given the huge number of security bugs that have been fixed. Hopefully Apple will hold off an upgrade to Mac OS X until end of next year so that it'll give enough time for Mac OS X 10.6 to mature and form a stable base to 10.7.
Its not the Kexts. Netkas' hacks use oddities/generics in Apple's Driver's to make GPUs work. Whenever Apple updates a driver or changes something, it breaks.
Work gave me a sonicwall Firewall/Wireless for the VPN.
Awesomely stable though. Thanks for the tip on the Apple one though. I didn't know how stable they were and couldn't find any reviews under heavy usage.
To clarify. I have a Macpro 1.1.
A couple of months ago I upgraded my video card to an ATI 4870, which while supported by the current macpro is not officially supported by apple for my machine. I never installed ANY drivers for it. It just worked upon installing. To be honest..... talk of ktexts is over my head.
You think this update's gonna screw things up?
The updated OS with safari 5 seems to load a bit faster on my macbook pro - although still use firefox!
Oh, my 2 cents - Apple - PLEASE break LOCK with AT&T - I promise to buy an iPhone then - until then I'm the new owner of a HTC EVO 4G - it's AWESOME - but still like my itouch/iPad and Macbook pro - just wish you guys would go to Sprint (I own stock in Sprint - not AT&T).
Oh, my 2 cents - Apple - PLEASE break LOCK with AT&T - I promise to buy an iPhone then - until then I'm the new owner of a HTC EVO 4G - it's AWESOME - but still like my itouch/iPad and Macbook pro - just wish you guys would go to Sprint (I own stock in Sprint - not AT&T).
1. My ATI 4890 will not boot dual screens, in fact will only bring up one 30" Cinema display after disconnecting the other. System Profiler show driver installed on non-parent PCIe slot, but not on Parent Slot.
2. I can no longer view ANY of my 45,000 pictures, RAW or jpg in any form but thumbnails in iPhoto.
3. iChat, which I use extensively with clients crashes every time I try to connect with video chat.
4. My MacPro 2,1 refuses to boot on selected boot drive, goes to option boot screen after choosing boot drive in system preferences every time I reboot.
5. My 16Gb RAM has become 14Gb of RAM
6. My SeriTek/2SE2 PCIe eSATA recognized, but does not work
7. On 1st through 4th reboot, G15 keyboard not recognized.
Did you try to Reset Your PRAM to see if it helps? Plus try the 10.6.4 Update(Combo) to see if it helps.
Still Disappointed
Reset PRAM and PMU, emptied all caches, rebuilt permissions and did disk repair while booted on a non updated alternate boot drive.
Reinstalled 10.6.4 update from a fresh 887 Mb downloaded copy, no change at all.
Video issue should be resolved later today when netkas finishes building a new patch for 10.6.4 (netkas.org) But until then, back to 10.6.3. Too many things not working that effect my workflow to deal with it for now...
Reset PRAM and PMU, emptied all caches, rebuilt permissions and did disk repair while booted on a non updated alternate boot drive.
Reinstalled 10.6.4 update from a fresh 887 Mb downloaded copy, no change at all.
Video issue should be resolved later today when netkas finishes building a new patch for 10.6.4 (netkas.org) But until then, back to 10.6.3. Too many things not working that effect my workflow to deal with it for now...
Ok
Everything OK here with 10.6.4. I made the update with Apple Update and after the Reboot my MacBook Pro 2010 seems to boot faster (28 seconds). Mail did the convertion correctly and is woking ok.
Since I updated, I am not experiencing the mouse and keyboard freeze but we have to wait more to see is solved
Everything OK here with 10.6.4. I made the update with Apple Update and after the Reboot my MacBook Pro 2010 seems to boot faster (28 seconds). Mail did the convertion correctly and is woking ok.
Since I updated, I am not experiencing the mouse and keyboard freeze but we have to wait more to see is solved