Mac OS X 10.3.3. build 7F38

[LordOfAllTerror]

Yeah its not out yet. Its 4:09 PM EST. Isn't it supposed to be out soon?

 

[rmassung]

In Panther, there are two ways to connect to network shares. The 1st way (the way I always do it, and apparently you as well) is to use Go -> Connect to Server, and give it a URL, or choose from a list of recent/favorite servers. This will place the network share you just logged into on the sidebar and/or on your desktop, depending on the way you have your Finder Preferences set. The other way to connect to a server is to browse the network using the handy dandy Network icon in the sidebar. The results are currently somewhat unmaclike in that once you connect to a server, there is no obvious way to disconnect from the server, short of logging out of the local system, or pulling your network plug. Interestingly, if you Change out a couple of the terms*, Windows works in the exact same way.

My interpretation of the new feature, is that when you connect to a server from the Network icon, the server will show up on the sidebar/Desktop just like if you had connected using the Go menu. This would make me happy, and i'd probably even use the browsing method more often if that was the case.

*the terms to replace are Go -> Connect to Server with Right click on My Network Places and chose Map Network Drive, and handy dandy Network icon with My Network Places

yes that is what happens, click on network in the sidebar, log into your local server or wherever and when you log on the server mounts and the icon appears in your sidebar for easy ejecting.

 

[martinol]

Apple seeded Mac OS X 10.3.3 7F38 on Thursday to developers. Key enhancements are said to include:


- iPods connected via USB 2.0 are now recognized by iTunes and iSync

Just usb 2 or will it work on usb 1 as well?

 

[johnnyjibbs]

Apple seeded Mac OS X 10.3.3 7F38 on Thursday to developers. Key enhancements are said to include:


- iPods connected via USB 2.0 are now recognized by iTunes and iSync

Just usb 2 or will it work on usb 1 as well?

It will work with USB1, but it will be very slow. Basically, Apple is conceding by allowing Mac users to use USB instead of FireWire. USB 2 was seen as a rival to FireWire but, now that Apple includes USB 2 on all its computers (ok except eMacs), it is conceding for ease of use. The USB 2 option was originally to help shift more iPods to PC user because many PCs still foolishly do not ship with FireWire.

 

[Matrix9180]

ahem **cough** **clears throat** 40!
You will see what I'm talking about soon enough...

 

[OutThere]

I'm ready and waiting for those graphic driver updates...Halo could use a serious boost on my computer. The SMB networking will be a welcome fix as well, I've become rather tired of having my entire computer come to a halt when I try to connect to an SMB share...

 

[ayampols]

New Graphics Drivers

So the description has the same details as 7F34? what was fixed or changed in 7F38?

The new graphics drivers are apparently 15-17% faster than those included with 10.3.2.

My new faster graphics driver likes to do this when I play my favorite games:

Mar 15 22:31:57 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:32:13 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:32:23 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:32:51 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:33:02 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:33:17 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:33:27 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:33:56 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:33:56 localhost diskarbitrationd[134]: Dungeon Siege [346]:16899 not responding.
Mar 15 22:34:06 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:34:22 localhost kernel: ATIRadeon9700::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space. Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x8401c100
Mar 15 22:34:24 localhost diskarbitrationd[134]: disk1s1s2 hfs 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Dungeon Siege Disc 2 /Volumes/Dungeon Siege Disc 2
Mar 15 22:35:28 localhost syslogd: restart

Yeah that last was a hard restart. Works every time.

 

[mayedag]

I'm just happy to hear the update has USB printing improvements. Hopefully I'll be able to use my HP LaserJet 1200 now. It's been dead ever since I upgraded to Panther.

I'm having the same problem with my HP LaserJet 1200. I've downloaded 10.3.3 but still cannot print? Any words of wisdom? Ugh!