Mac OS X 10.3.1 Update

[MacBandit]

Re: 10.3.1

Originally posted by chanoc
Before the update countless apps were crashing, including essential apps like Office and Photoshop. Updated and now the system is stable. Thank you Apple.

From the reports I have been hearing and the list of fixes Apple published this update shouldn't have fixed anything like that for you. Most likely it corrected some permissions that were off or if you did an update install of 10.3 it may have resolved some left over issues from that.

 

[Powerbook G5]

Finder crashed twice on me within 10 minutes of a clean install of Panther, which made me more than upset until I figured I'd check permissions, and much to my surprise, there was a *huge* (and I mean huge) list of permissions that were wrong. Once I fixed them, Panther was fast and stable. Don't ask me how or why, but for some reason, a clean install of 10.3 leaves your system a mess of bad permissions.

 

[sgtlmj]

Re: Went smooth as usual

Originally posted by sweetsdream
I think there are a lot of Windows users out there that would love to switch to Apple but all the see and hear are the problems. Maybe you are to blame and not Apple.

Aint skeerd, I'm switching anyway!!! This is so mild compared to board posts when 95, 98, Me and XP first came out.

I'm borrowing a relative's iMac G4 to upgrade to Panther for her. Just got the disks and did the clean install yesterday. Smooth is all I can say. It's an excellent opportunity to help her and for me to learn more about the Mac. I was ready to switch before I touched this thing, but now I'm hooked!

 

[coumerelli]

Re: Re: Went smooth as usual

Originally posted by sgtlmj
Aint skeerd, I'm switching anyway!!! This is so mild compared to board posts when 95, 98, Me and XP first came out.

I'm borrowing a relative's iMac G4 to upgrade to Panther for her. Just got the disks and did the clean install yesterday. Smooth is all I can say. It's an excellent opportunity to help her and for me to learn more about the Mac. I was ready to switch before I touched this thing, but now I'm hooked!

Welcome aboard, mate (That sounds awfully weird coming from someone up in WI, eh? )!

Anyway, it's great that the mac community is growing so well. As many problems as we've had with Apple, I still don't think of them as the lesser of the two evils. And although I'm not such a power user that I know everything that is discussed in these forums, I feel like I know enough to get me in trouble. I think the product that Apple has to offer is FAR superior to what other computer hardware/software companies have. They can't hold a candle to Apple!

Again, welcome, sgtlmj!