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Final word on 10.4.9?

r-sparks

r-sparks

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Time for a collective final word on 10.4.9?

I installed it without hassle on my C2D iMac and CD MacBook. Installed fine, rebooted fine, and I honestly can't tell any difference from before.

The sound on my iMac might be louder, but I can't tell for certain. Oh, and minimizing windows seems to be zippier on the iMac. But everything else is the same, including a handful of annoying problems. Still have annoying animation stutters on my iMac. The error beep still steps in a split second after it should.

But other than that, I'm happy with the upgrade 🙄
 
I noticed that i have to hold down cmd+alt+eject for just a half second long in order to put the computer to sleep. Other than that, i don't notice any change.
 
Yeah, i'm interested as well. I haven't updated yet. I always try to wait a couple of weeks since there seem to be problems right after updates are released.
 
One major difference for me was that the amount of phones that are now supported by iSync via Bluetooth has greatly increased.
 
10.4.9 implements updated graphics drivers. One of the many enhancements that were made, was the support for multithreaded OpenGL graphics on Intel Macs. This will be a standard feature on Leopard and will include PPC Macs, too.

Other than that, I have noticed no change whatsoever on OS X. I imagine that most changes were under-the-hood and in specialised areas, and normal users won't tell the difference.
 
r-sparks said:
Time for a collective final word on 10.4.9?

I installed it without hassle on my C2D iMac and CD MacBook. Installed fine, rebooted fine, and I honestly can't tell any difference from before.

The sound on my iMac might be louder, but I can't tell for certain. Oh, and minimizing windows seems to be zippier on the iMac. But everything else is the same, including a handful of annoying problems. Still have annoying animation stutters on my iMac. The error beep still steps in a split second after it should.

But other than that, I'm happy with the upgrade 🙄
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It does feel zippier and snappier... for real.
 
I upgraded my Rev C PowerBook without incident, but I haven't upgraded my wife's MacBook yet (not for any particular reason, just lazy).
 
werked gr8 4me & my QS 😛

everything seems a bit zippier in general, apps open a bit faster & resizing windows seems smoother too.......
 
MacBook Pro Hang

Well, my update wasn't as kind as some of yours. My MacBook Pro (C2) was lost to me for half a day.

Installed from Software Update. On reboot, it would hang after putting Spotlight in the menubar (in other words, the rest of the menu bar, my desktop, and my dock never made it.) Tried restarting several times - always froze at the same place.

Rebooted from an external HD. Ran the full update. Same result.

Fixing permissions multiple times before and after the full update.

Finally ended up booting in safe mode. It came up fine. I disabled all of my login items and then successfully booted up fine.

Still not sure which of my login items was causing the problem. I've only put one back. I'll slowly add them back until the problem comes back.

🙂
 
jsalzer said:
Installed from Software Update. On reboot, it would hang after putting Spotlight in the menubar (in other words, the rest of the menu bar, my desktop, and my dock never made it.) Tried restarting several times - always froze at the same place.
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thats wut happened to me only it didn't freeze
 
Has anyone found a work around for the new eject annoyance?



I checked in System preferences but can't find anywhere to switch it back to being able to just hit it.


It's fine on the powerbook i guess. but ti is totally unusable with my Mac Pro.
 
synth3tik said:
Has anyone found a work around for the new eject annoyance?



I checked in System preferences but can't find anywhere to switch it back to being able to just hit it.


It's fine on the powerbook i guess. but ti is totally unusable with my Mac Pro.
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On my Mac Pro the eject button works as before -- all I need is tap it and the DVD tray opens/closes. I'm using a Logitech wireless kb, but I don't think that should matter.
 
I updated my MacBook Pro to 10.4.9 and it was fine, works great and minimizing is snappier. And my skin in shapeshifter still works 🙂. I had no problems on restart either.
 
akadmon said:
On my Mac Pro the eject button works as before -- all I need is tap it and the DVD tray opens/closes. I'm using a Logitech wireless kb, but I don't think that should matter.
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hum, I may need to try a non Apple keyboard. Everyone else that I have talked to that is either using a laptop or an Apple pro keyboard has the same problem. It must be in the way that the Logitech senses the key pressing.

Good info to know, thank you.
 
My 'Eject' button is not as responsive as it was. I have to press it considerably longer and harder for it to open the drive. A little wierd, maybe im just going crazy
 
Xavier said:
My 'Eject' button is not as responsive as it was. I have to press it considerably longer and harder for it to open the drive. A little wierd, maybe im just going crazy
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I've found that annoying. I usually shutdown from the keyboard, and when I'm checking my email be going to work and am late, it delays me now when I tap like I did before and nothing happens, then I have to do it again, but holding eject. I wish they didn't change that. But I guess the reason was that if someone bumped it and didn't actually want it ejected. BTW, I had to hold it down on my old iBook G4.
 
It made my MBP hang at the boot screen, which costs me a few hours of fixing. I ended up being awake until 2 AM writing a report, which in 8th grade, is very late. I'll try again when my new backup drive (160GB Wetsern Digital) comes in the mail on monday.
 
I installed 10.4.9 on my 15" MacBook pro cand have had 0 problems with it. I can't even tell the difference to tell you the truth, lol.
 
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