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Mac OS X 10.3.2 Released

Originally posted by Powerbook G5
Has 10.3.2 really been pulled? I hope if they do that they work on the performance problems that some of us are having, I feel as if my computer is running on reduced processor speed when it is in fact set to highest.
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i just, JUST downloaded it, so from my experience it has not been pulled.

12" rev. B 1ghz powerbook, 768 ram, no problems, except the battery won't go off of the "calculating ... until full", but i'm sure that's a battery update problem and not a 10.3.2 problem.
 
Yikes, too many issues. The always-on-fan in particular worries me. I think I'll give this one a week or so to clear up before I introduce my new 12" PB to a potetially-flawed build.
 
I hope they pulled it.

that update ruinned my airport connection.
I am connected via Ethernet now.
Anybody else have Airport problems?

It worked perfectly prior to this update.
 
UGH!
At this rate, 10.4 will be out before I can catch up. I still can't convince myself to drop the cash for 10.3 on my ibook600.

Perhaps since my other mac is running 7.5.3, I'm just following true to form.

Bad habits are hard to break.
 
I've noticed that there is more fade in / fade out candy eye.

Two examples I noticed - I didn't notice them in previous 10.3.x

Login Screen: click on user name, I can see the password section fade in, as the view changes.

Also, System Preferences. When you change between Preference Options, you see the current Preference Plain fade out, whilst the new Preference plain fades in.

iPhoto is definitely a tad faster, as is iTunes.

Loading Times of Apps: I have noticed there is a longer pause between the bouncing icon stopping and the application window appearing.

The Bouncy loading Application Icon seems to bounce less - giving the appearance the App has loaded faster.
 
my machine took forever to put the menu bar on the screen. but that was the first time booting up, i'll check more when i eventually reboot (but i hate rebooting...). but mounting windows shares and the network browsing works 1000x better.
 
Seems a little bit quicker here. First boot-up was a little slow, but not greatly. Airport/Bluetooth are working fine, in response to the few who asked. Unfortunately, it appears that mixed Network file sharing is still messed up. That was really all I wanted fixed. Guess I'll have to wait awhile longer.
 
Everything is good on my 12" rev B PB. The interface seems to be a little snappier (new drivers?) and airport reception has gotten better. Battery life is about the same.

I have noticed the fan, though. I was making a presentation in keynote and listening to iTunes. I closed all those apps and let it sit for a while and the fan still seems to be on. Granted, it is not spinning so fast noisily that you think it is going to lift off and fly away like a helicopter but still something to be concerned with.
 
for those of you checking out the "eyecandy" noted, you can do the Shift+Click trick to slow it down in System Preferences to see what they did in terms of fade in and out :)
 
Re: I hope they pulled it.

Originally posted by agentmouthwash
that update ruinned my airport connection.
I am connected via Ethernet now.
Anybody else have Airport problems?

It worked perfectly prior to this update.
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Same for me, it was working fine before. I'm on a iBook 500 with a standard airport card. Annoying!!!
 
Re: I hope they pulled it.

Originally posted by agentmouthwash
that update ruinned my airport connection.
I am connected via Ethernet now.
Anybody else have Airport problems?

It worked perfectly prior to this update.
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Airport is working better for me... before on my 1ghz 12" AlBook it was almost alyways showing 3 bars, even when next to the base, and now i'm getting 4 and a little faster than usual transfer
 
Re: Faster for me

Originally posted by liven2
I did find the startup the first time to be slower but after my second reboot it was just as fast as before, if not as faster.
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/System/Library/StartupItems/UpdateSettings/UpdateSettings runs once and is removed during the post-update reboot so startup will be slower.
 
My speed tests on Dual 2 G5.

Restart 56.87
Repair permission Restart 55.32
G5 Firmware permisssions reset (none) Restart 52.96
G5 Firmware Restart2 54.44
G5 Firmware Restart3 54.88
Photoshop 7 boot 9.33
Photoshop 7 boot 2 4.44
Photoshop 7 boot 3 4.19
Safari boot 3.13
Safari boot 2 0.89
Safari boot 3 0.94
iMovie boot 6.32
iMovie boot 2 1.66
iMovie boot 3 1.25
After 10.3.2 Update
Reboot 1.51.52
Reboot Permissions reset (none) 2 1.34.32
Reboot 3 1.35.44
Photoshop 7 boot 8.63
Photoshop 7 boot 2 4.33
Photoshop 7 boot 3 4.13
Safari boot 0.9
Safari boot 2 0.94
Safari boot 3 0.94
iMovie boot 7.03
iMovie boot 2 1.69
iMovie boot 3 1.21
Reboot 4 1.33.81
Reboot 5 1.35.60

So it looks like after the update reboot is much slower, but everything else about the same. I'm curious to see if it fixed some bugs. I'll post later.
 
this stinks

because of this update I have to call Apple tomorrow and complain that my airport doesnt work anymore.
this is annoying...

It worked great prior to this update.

I have a 15" 1.25mhz Powerbook
 
fan on 12" A pbk g4

Originally posted by UNIX X11
my PowerBook is making more noise than usual... and its NOT the fan, its the humming noise thats louder... :-\
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There may be two fans on the powerbook g4. One doesn't run as loud as the other. I am definitely experiencing this fan running all the time issue. I hate it! I loved having such a quiet machine and now it's ALWAYS running if I do anything at all. if the machine sits idle (without sleeping), the fan will stop, but the "humming noise" [smaller fan?] is certainly louder.

I hope that it doesn't take apple as long to resolve this fan issue as it did for them to resolve the battery issue (which I don't see any improvement in, by the way - although I just exchanged my old battery that got hosed by the 10.2.8 update for a new one from the apple store - used to get 2 hours max now I get 4.5 - 5 hours).
 
I withdraw my previous statement. After a second reboot, my bluetooth and airport both still work, as before. However, it appears that all mixed Network and filesharing protocols are broken. Clicking on "Network" in the finder brings up a big nothing.

In addition, I can't even click on my iDisk. It's like the icon is still there, but it isn't.

Looks like it needs some work, yet.
 
installed.

no problems at the moment

Dual 800 G4

arn
 
Well I'm in the process of DLing it now but my problem is I'm still on 56k so I've still got 35MB's to go.

I don't expect any problems since no one with my computer has had issues and I don't mess with my computer that much because I'm still learning all about OS X.
 
Finder Sound

After the 10.3.2 update, the Finder no longer has sound when playing a mp3 or other quicktime in the preview panel.
 
Don't listen to all the playa' hata's

Just kidding...

The update works great on my 15" AlBook 1.25". If anything, it's much faster due to the fade effect on the login screen and on the preferences pane.

Everything works great now. Mail is much quicker. Safari seems to render pages quicker. Hopefully this fixes some of the bugs from Panther and we are finally up to a "non-beta" status. IMO, Panther was released too quickly. They should have stuck with the original December release schedule. Maybe Apple is just moving to the Microsoft release schedule where every Windows release is beta tested by the public, and by service pack 1 it's finally stable.
 
Any issues with 17" 1.25 GHz G4 iMacs? That's what I'm using, and am still debating whether to get the update or not, as there seems to be a mixed bag of reviews. I'm not dying to move to 10.3.2, as 10.3.1 is working great for me, but if it'll make things better (and not worse!) then I'm all for it!
 
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