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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.8

Personally, this update seems to be working fine on my aluminum macbook, but then again I've never had trouble installing updates. Perhaps it's my positive aura. ;) Or I'm just good at taking care of my Mac.
 
I've never had any trouble before either. My MBP was running 10.6.7 when I made the update.

I don't have Hands Off installed on my MBP - but do have Sophos installed. Since that's also a firewall...I'm going to uninstall that in safe mode and see if that fixes my problem.
 
Questions!

Okay!

I read somewhere (I forget) that Mac App Store downloads were throttled... Was this true? And does this update fix/change that?

Also, will you be able to use iTunes cards to buy this update? I don't have a credit card so I normally use my parents for things that require one.
I live in Canada and iTunes doesn't let me use iTunes cards on the App Store. Just wondering, cause I will be away this summer so it could save me a phone call to get my parents credit card info just to download Lion.

Thanks, please reply!
 
jvmxtra said:
2)external monitor flickering issue. Whatever happen to this? My external monitor STILL flickers.. wth is going on apple?
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How is the external screen connected? If you're using an adapter it could be that causing flicker. We've had some issues at work with non-Apple adapters.
 
jeb2u said:
10.6.8 has totally screwed up my early-2009 iMac. First time I logged in after the update I got all sorts of popups about krb5kdc and mDNSResponder asking me for approval. Then my home wifi network password (saved to keychain) was gone. And the OS clock was reset. I did a fresh restart and I'm getting the same problems.

Anyone else getting the same problems? Any ideas for solutions?
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I was having the same problems (through six reboots). After reading a bunch of posts on this forum and others I downloaded the 10.6.8 update (475 MB) from Apple directly (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1400) and re-applied it. I've rebooted twice now and I am no longer seeing any errors. No more process errors, time is properly kept over reboots (well... 2 so far), and suddenly it remembers all my wi-fi networks and passwords again. :)

Maybe something glitched during my "Software Update" install (275 MB) of 10.6.8.
 
One thing 10.6.8 failed to resolve from 10.6.7 (and possibly 10.6.6) is the incorrect battery life percentage indication in the bluetooth dropdown on the menu. It would constantly be at 100% for any bluetooth devices (Magic Mouse, wireless keyboard, Magic Trackpad) even when other programs e.g. iStat Pro would give you the correct indication. Fail.
 
MythicFrost said:
What's the chance Apple will release Lion July 1st? I'm hoping.
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You and me both. I can't wait- DP4 is still quirky, no scroll speed options, broken Safari. But for all those who are discrediting the experience because of the "iPhoney" features- use it before you curb your excitement. (I know the implications of saying that- but use your imagination; the features most "hated on" are the ones that aren't that prominent). The navigation in safari and full screen on a laptop is night and day- totally makes up for the lack of visual candy in Snow Leopard.
 
EGOvoruhk said:
My rules? Hahaha, right...



What!? That's not what I said at all. I said nothing about number changes, I said point releases

1.0 -> 1.1 is what is considered a point release in the software world
1.1 -> 2.0 is what is considered a major release

Windows 95 -> 98 would be a major release
OS 9 -> OS X would be a major release

Anything less is, well, not a major release regardless of how Apple spins it. I don't know why this is something offensive to all of you, it wasn't an insult. I only brought it up to him because you have less to worry about when it comes to compatibility when you're dealing with point releases, because core components are less likely to change. Just look at what moving from XP to Vista broke, or OS 9 to X
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Windows 95, 98 and ME are just marketing names much like Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion. If you actually look at the Windows 9x version numbers by your logic Windows 98 and ME were just point releases to Windows 95. Windows 95 was version 4.00, Windows 98 was version 4.10.1998, and Windows ME was version 4.90.3000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me
 
EGOvoruhk said:
Common practice (which is what you're describing) is not the same thing as being cast in stone.

Apple clearly has chosen to label their major releases as M.n releases; what other vendors call a point release, Apple labels as M.N.o.

The reason behind this scheme is marketing; the product "OS X" may near the end of its life show up as "OS X 10.12.3". Something from Apple named "OS XI" is going to be a clean sheet rewrite, sort of like Microsoft going from Windows 98 to Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista/7...
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EGOvoruhk said:
But the fact still remains that Apple themselves doesn't think their updates are significant enough to label them as such. They see no problem to changing versions with iOS, so it's not like they don't know the difference
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They've clearly invested in "OS X" as a product name. They're not going to screw with that, and if anything have chosen to mark major releases of the product with their big cat naming convention.

Sort of like MS giving different names for their major NT-based OS releases.

NT(n)/2000/XP/Vista/7/... makes *ever* so much more sense, right?
 
I can't download it, since there's not enough free space on my hard drive. Bummer. 120GB drives are too small these days. :)

*thinks back to his 20MB Mac SE*
 
DCJ001 said:
Since the Mac App Store is not included until 10.6.6...

and you need the Mac App Store to download 10.7...

you do the math.
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Still, you only need one SL machine to download Lion. Make a bootable flash device from that first download, and you're good for the rest of your (capable) Macs, even if they don't have SL installed.
 
MBP13 said:
This is my first time that I'm installing an update for Snow Leopard 10.6 so I'm a little excited lol.
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steveh said:
NT(n)/2000/XP/Vista/7/... makes *ever* so much more sense, right?
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But its not "NT(n)/2000/XP/Vista/7/",
it's
Microsoft Windows NT™
Microsoft Windows 2000™
Microsoft Windows XP™
Microsoft Windows Vista™
Microsoft Windows 7™​

Makes sense to me, or at least as much sense as

Apple OSX Cheetah™
Apple OSX Puma™
Apple OSX Jaguar™
Apple OSX Panther™
Apple OSX Tiger™
Apple OSX Leopard™
Apple OSX Snow Leopard™
Apple OSX Lion™​

As if the name really matters! And ignore the idiots who claim that Win7 is Windows NT 6.1 - they're clueless from the get-go.
 
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This will be the last

I doubt I wil be updating my orginal 2006 blackbook coreduo ever again. We have had our ups and downs over the years but all in all she's been great to me. started out with tiger ends with snowleopard.

I switched from pc(xp) to mac in 2006, then mac to pc(opensolaris) 2009, back to pc(windows 7) 2010 and finally back to mac 2011.

:apple:
 
Update rocks!!my xbench marks doubled!!! Even my iPad is faster, just because it was near my Mac as I was downloading it!!

And this post typed itself
 
HyperX13 said:
Update rocks!!my xbench marks doubled!!! Even my iPad is faster, just because it was near my Mac as I was downloading it!!

And this post typed itself
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I know right? Mine added a hologram of Steve Jobs standing on my keyboard saying thanks for updating.
 
PatrickCocoa said:
I've used Lion as well and haven't seen any slowdowns. Could you clarify what "ram performance" is? If you have any Lion/Snow Leopard benchmarks or timings I'd be happy to see them.

Your other comments are not speed related. Lion's UI is somewhat different, if you don't like it stay with Snow Leopard or switch to Windows or Linux.

I don't understand what "regular expose make use of the whole screen" means. I'm planning on moving to Lion but if there's some problem out there I'd like to hear about it.
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One shouldn't forget that a lot of the new Lion UI stuff can be turned off if you don't like it.
 
Capex said:
Okay!

I read somewhere (I forget) that Mac App Store downloads were throttled... Was this true? And does this update fix/change that?

Also, will you be able to use iTunes cards to buy this update? I don't have a credit card so I normally use my parents for things that require one.
I live in Canada and iTunes doesn't let me use iTunes cards on the App Store. Just wondering, cause I will be away this summer so it could save me a phone call to get my parents credit card info just to download Lion.

Thanks, please reply!
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Apple's content distribution system might limit download rates, but I think they have pretty fat pipes and want you to get your downloads as soon as possible.

I think you're talking about 10.7 for your second question, and yes, you'll be able to use an iTunes card to buy it just as you would anything else from the App Store. Some places provide a slight discount on $50 and $100 cards.
 
EGOvoruhk said:
I would say all 4 of them are major releases, but 2000 -> XP isn't really an upgrade path, they're two parallel products. One for home, and one for enterprise



That's only the kernel versioning. It was done for nothing more than software compatibility reasons. But if you want to think that, sure

As said before, I didn't bring Microsoft into the argument, and there are plenty of other development trees you can look at
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You may not of brought Microsoft Windows into the conversation, but it is a perfect example to understand the difference between marketing names and product versioning numbers. It is actually a very easy concept that you seem to fail to grasp, so here is a list of the Windows NT family that list both its versioning numbers and marketing names:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Releases

We can play the numbers game all day long, but in the end it's up to the developers(or a company in this case) to decide what is consider a "major release" and what is a "point release."
 
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