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is it just me or did the sound levels change AGAIN.

first they were bad, could barely hear anything at like the first 3 levels.

then in one of the updates, probably 10.4.9 they made it louder, now they bring it back down

choose one!
 
ok so now that i have installed the 10.4.10 upgrade and its messed up my ability to connect to my extrernal hard drive how do i down grade to 10.4.9 i tryed installing the 10.4.9 combo upgrade but it wont allow me to.
You can archive and install from your Tigger disc, then update back to 10.4.9 :/
 
is it just me or did the sound levels change AGAIN.

first they were bad, could barely hear anything at like the first 3 levels.

then in one of the updates, probably 10.4.9 they made it louder, now they bring it back down

choose one!

Thanks, I was beginning to think I was going nuts. I remember that with 10.4.9 the volume in my MB increased (just one or two lines would suffice if I was in my room).
Now with 10.4.10 the max volume is the same. But 2 lines won't suffice, at least 6 lines are required to have the same volume as before.
 
Installed it on my iBook G4, and everything seems to be running great. Honestly, the only update I have noticed is that Safari seems much faster than it did before.
 
:D love an update
gives me something to download other than porn

Oh, bad news dude! You should have read the release notes...

"10.4.10 update includes Spotlight update to search and delete all pornography and Safari update to prevent access to all porno websites." :p
 
If Safari and the Finder really went faster(/snappier) every time people claimed they did after updates, they'd be pre-empting user input by now. :p

Hmm, sofar no problems anyway. Everything seems the same. Maybe it'll fix some of my Powermac's USB power management issues though.. I doubt it.
 
Just installed the update and everything seems to work fine except that i get this "thump" noise similar to the noise when you switch of/sleep the computer. It's only audible when i have my external speakers plugged in.

Every time the computer needs to make a sound you can hear this noise through the speakers and then after about 30 sec. of inactivity you can hear it again. Seems like the update switched on some power saving feature of the sound card... It sounds exactly like the sound you get through the speakers when you switch on the computer and then when you switch it off.

I'm on a 15" C2D MBP. Anybody getting the same issue?

:confused:

Yup, have same thing going on here. C2D MB. Thing is, I've noticed it even before the .10 update BUT it seems more frequent now. Not sure what it is because when I'm just using the MB speakers it doesn't do it.

Strange stuff for sure.
 
ok so now that i have installed the 10.4.10 upgrade and its messed up my ability to connect to my extrernal hard drive how do i down grade to 10.4.9 i tryed installing the 10.4.9 combo upgrade but it wont allow me to.

Go back and check page 10 where your question was already answered.
 
Yup, have same thing going on here. C2D MB. Thing is, I've noticed it even before the .10 update BUT it seems more frequent now. Not sure what it is because when I'm just using the MB speakers it doesn't do it.

Strange stuff for sure.
I have been noticing some kind of scratchy / pop noise from the external speakers whenever they have been idle for a while and something needs to make some audio start up, and this is on 10.4.9 on a C2D MB. I thought something was wrong and have been asking both here and on the Apple site. You are the first one that I have heard of that also has the same thing happen. Any idea where I can get more info on this?
 
venturing in the new realm of double digit updates... feels kinda weird

but i hope this means that maybe they will support Tiger a bit after leopard is out, since its such a widely used OS

Yeah, we've had 6.0.8, 7.5.5 (with 3 updates to that!), 10.2.8, and 10.3.9. Now we're to the first x.x.10. With Apple's 'double-dot' scheme, it's not really unexpected, as each number is a separate number, not a simple decimal progression.

As for support after the next release, if 10.4.10 is still the current when Leopard comes out, we'll probably see a 10.4.11, and that's it. That's the way it has been so far. Only one update after the new OS; usually to bring a few of the new OS's under-the-hood changes back. (For example, there is lots of software that requires "10.2.8 or later" or "10.3.9 or later", instead of just outright requiring 10.3 or 10.4. We'll probably see that. We'll see software with "10.4.11 or later" instead of outright denying Tiger.)
 
Yeah, we've had 6.0.8, 7.5.5 (with 3 updates to that!), 10.2.8, and 10.3.9. Now we're to the first x.x.10. With Apple's 'double-dot' scheme, it's not really unexpected, as each number is a separate number, not a simple decimal progression.

As for support after the next release, if 10.4.10 is still the current when Leopard comes out, we'll probably see a 10.4.11, and that's it. That's the way it has been so far. Only one update after the new OS; usually to bring a few of the new OS's under-the-hood changes back. (For example, there is lots of software that requires "10.2.8 or later" or "10.3.9 or later", instead of just outright requiring 10.3 or 10.4. We'll probably see that. We'll see software with "10.4.11 or later" instead of outright denying Tiger.)

I just wonder when we as consumers will stop the madness... I just bought a MacBook today. Why should I be forced to pay for for OS X 10.5 to get Nikon D300 support later this year or early next year? The same goes for Adobe with support for newer cameras.

We are like "John's" that have a favorite "whore". We are just willing to pay the price.
 
I have been noticing some kind of scratchy / pop noise from the external speakers whenever they have been idle for a while and something needs to make some audio start up, and this is on 10.4.9 on a C2D MB. I thought something was wrong and have been asking both here and on the Apple site. You are the first one that I have heard of that also has the same thing happen. Any idea where I can get more info on this?

I have a C2D MB as well. Since 10.4.10, I have this problem all the time. What it is is: Normally, on battery power, when you don't play any sounds for say, 30 seconds, power management kicks in and turns off the speakers / audio circuitry. When it turns back on, it makes a tiny pop sound.

For some reason, in 10.4.10, it is disabling the speakers/audio after 30 seconds or so, on AC POWER... when it should leave it on all the time. This means when my computer is plugged into my speakers, I hear a pop noise all the time when people send IMs, etc that are around 30 seconds or more apart.

ANNOYING. I don't know what to do about it other than leave music playing all the time. I guess its time to reformat and install 10.4.9 :D
 
Updated and my screen dims after a few minutes now. I went to check the energy settings preferences and he item wasn't checked and on top of that, my computer doesn't sleep unless I manually do it. Hmm this doesn't effect me at all but I find it wierd.
 
I have a C2D MB as well. Since 10.4.10, I have this problem all the time. What it is is: Normally, on battery power, when you don't play any sounds for say, 30 seconds, power management kicks in and turns off the speakers / audio circuitry. When it turns back on, it makes a tiny pop sound.

I'm now getting the same issue on my Mini CD1.66. Never had it in previous versions, it's something new with 10.4.10.

It's not a big deal, I'm sure I'll cope. Just a mild annoyance. But it's apparently not limited to the MBs.
 
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