OS X 10.4.6 Now Available

[shambolic]

Hmm... something must be wrong - this is the first Tiger update so far that hasn't broken TransparentDock

 

[snood]

Update completely borked my 12" 867mhz powerbook. Gave the weird error saying that the update was unsuccessful and to retreive the update from the trash and to try again. Of course running the update again did not work, and no other apps would load, they would just bounce once in the dock and nothing would happen. Could not mount any firewire drives either.

Tracked down my tiger dvd and am doing an archive and install as we speak.

happy 30th apple

Ouch.

Mmm. Thanks for those who said it went well but after a few of these I wonder if I should wait.

 

[zagato27]

Ok, just saw the news bout the new update. I'll try it but I'm cringing a bit. I originally downloaded 10.4.5 and then the number pad on my Macally Icekey keyboard wouldn't work. The Logitech MX1000 laser mouse developed problems ie. the application button would no longer function (it still isn't working). I had to go back to 10.4.4. Number pad is working but still issues with the mouse. Arrrrrgh, am I gonna do this? I'll be back.....maybe. Cheers

Good news, downloaded the update and everything seems to be working. Well, still have trouble with my Logitech MX1000. I just can't get the button working to change applications . Everything else is ok. Seems to be snappy performance. Yes, got the double boot. Nice to see that when repairing permissions that there is no longer a huge laundry list. Good to go. I'd be remiss if I didn't say Happy B'day to Apple (belatedly). Come on new iBooks! Cheers

 

[Doctor Q]

This is a bit hard to read, so I'll try some other styles.

 

[avensis087]

update worked perfectly for me. 108 MB seemed large compared to the PPC version. anybody out there praying that tomorrow brings something more special than an OS X update??

 

[bbyrdhouse]

This is odd

I have a Powerbook G4 1.67 Ghz with 1 Gig of ram, but when I installed the update it only recognizes 512 Mb.

I have swapped the ram around to see if this makes a difference but to no avail.

Each stick of ram is good because each of them work seperately.

I am on the phone (holding) with Apple Tech Support now to see what they have to say.

Argh....

 

[GhostFace]

My Aiport Extreme was fine with 10.4.4. Once I updated from 10.4.4 to 10.4.5 my signal has been very very week. I was hoping this update would fix it. No dice. Should i take my powerbook to apple and get a new airport? Any help would be great.

 

[2nyRiggz]

Ahh...look like some of those mail issues will be handled....mail always hangs on me. I'm still installing it(using xp)....glad to see spotlight spreading its wings.


Bless

 

[Stella]

...honestly, for those of you who get "errors" and all this junk about your Mac not starting up etc., what the heck do you run!? Leave the UI modifiers for the trash...

Hey, I don't use any haxies or anything like them... and still the update trashed the computer. repaired permissions, closed all apps... updated... FUBAR'ed.



Error 88 loading the kernel on start up... ( view this by going into Verbose mode )

 

[ModestPenguin]

sooo as I am running the installer, i get to the select destination screen and it says that i "cannot install Mac OS X Update (Intel) on this volume. This Volume does not meet the requirements for this update."

HELP?

Edit: I just restarted and am now getting the gray screen with an alternating logo of apple and a gray circle with a line through it....aggggh!

 

[jadekitty24]

Hhhmm...after updating I restarted, all seems fine. But I went into System Preferances then into Login Items and removed a few apps from the list. Despite the fact that I have the little padlock in the lower left-hand corner in the closed position it didn't ask me for my password. Bug?

 

[magi.sys]

I'm betting Aperture 1.1 is being released tomorrow

 

[Detlev]

YEAH BABY!!!! This is the 30th anniversary update. I knew they wouldn't let us down. Thank you Steve!! You go, man.

Back to reality:

Cool, Disk Utility's repair permissions feature will no longer report "We are using special permissions for..." messages.

 

[designed]

Seems like no dice for the Intel Mac's refusal to connect to a wireless network automatically. Had my home network on the preferred list and still had to point the network out before something happened.

Otherwise no comments on either direction.

 

[Eidorian]

"Addresses USB audio issues for PowerPC Macs; for example, latency is improved."


Nice, not that I experience any latency as it is, but now it should be super fast.

W00t.

I noticed my USB headset stopped locking my machine after 10.4.4.

 

[designed]

Can anybody out there help meeee?

Have you tried using the Apple Hardware Tester or other stuff (booting off the Tiger install disc to check the startup disk etc.) mentioned in the back of the User's manual?

The grey circle with the line through it wouldn't happend to be the power symbol, would it?

 

[cjboffoli97]

Update causes Safari speed problems

I updated to 10.4.6 (Intel/MacBookPro) and ran a permissions repair. I was surprised as some others have been that the permission repair fixed nothing. Probably the first time I have ever seen that. Everything seems fine except for Safari.

Before the update, page loads were virtually instantaneous. After, Safari seems to hang half-way through page loads. It doesn't matter what kind of page I try to load. They all lag. I tried resetting my DSL modem. I restarted my Airport Extreme. When I run java-based speed tests, the up and down speeds are fine. Page loads are still almost instantaneous with the Deerpark (Firefox) browser. Only Safari seems to be affected.

 

[ingenious]

damn... its a biggie... i had better get the dial up connection going

Yeah, I'm waiting 'til I get to school tomorrow. I always use the "Download and Save Package" option. Definitely saves time.

Uh, 10.4.x updates are not the same as MS service packs. A Microsoft service pack is the equivalent of a 10.x update. They release bug fixes and security updates just as frequently as Apple.

Not really. 10.x updates are like completely new Windows updates (i.e. XP vs. 2000). Service Packs are best equated to 10.x.x updates, IMO.

Can anybody out there help meeee?

Is it a PPC-based Mac? Apple said that PPC Macs would have to restart twice before the update was completely installed.

<snip>
-With the Mac OS X 10.4.6 system software update, PowerPC-based Macs will restart twice, instead of once, after the initial installation.
<snip>

Update completely borked my 12" 867mhz powerbook. Gave the weird error saying that the update was unsuccessful and to retreive the update from the trash and to try again. Of course running the update again did not work, and no other apps would load, they would just bounce once in the dock and nothing would happen. Could not mount any firewire drives either.

Tracked down my tiger dvd and am doing an archive and install as we speak.

happy 30th apple

You should've just downloaded the stand-alone update and tried again. They say to do that if they install process gets interrupted.

 

[Pistol Pete]

I'm betting Aperture 1.1 is being released tomorrow

Nice thought....I hope...

 

[Peace]

Edit: I just restarted and am now getting the gray screen with an alternating logo of apple and a gray circle with a line through it....aggggh!

What version OS X did you have on it before the update?
Had you been playing around with the dual-boot at all?
Do you have 2 partitions ?

 

[BollywooD]

works fine on my G4 ibook, although MainMenu 1.53 informed me it doesnt support 10.4.6 and quit.

I also had run the Mail appearance hack "cageFighter" and my icons were reset to the standard mail look.

other than that everything looks good so far.

 

[eddyg]

You should've just downloaded the stand-alone update and tried again. They say to do that if they install process gets interrupted.

The install process interrupts itself, for an as yet unknown reason. After that it leaves the system in an unusable state. You can't do anything. Can't start any process without an exception. You can't reboot, all that is left is a reinstall.

I don't have enough spare disk space for an Archive&Install so this leaves a nice fresh Tiger install. And I'll spend the rest of the day getting everything back again

So much for work today, and here was me thinking that this sort of issue was unique to Windows.

But on the plus side I get a chance to remove the crud, and anyway, this is the first time this has ever happened across three macs and many upgrades.

Cheers, Ed.

 

[snood]

I'm not sure if you've already begun the complete re-install yet, but I did not have enough space and used the terminal that is built into the tiger install disc to delete a few large files.

That, along with removing the printer drivers and additional languages, gave me just enough space to complete the archive + install. Definitely worth a shot if you can recall some large files on your system.

The install process interrupts itself, for an as yet unknown reason. After that it leaves the system in an unusable state. You can't do anything. Can't start any process without an exception. You can't reboot, all that is left is a reinstall.

I don't have enough spare disk space for an Archive&Install so this leaves a nice fresh Tiger install. And I'll spend the rest of the day getting everything back again

So much for work today, and here was me thinking that this sort of issue was unique to Windows.

But on the plus side I get a chance to remove the crud, and anyway, this is the first time this has ever happened across three macs and many upgrades.

Cheers, Ed.

 

[Macinbest]

Hmm... something must be wrong - this is the first Tiger update so far that hasn't broken TransparentDock

First thing I noticed too

 

[Multimedia]

Safari Appears To Be Much Faster

I don't think it's placebo when I say Safari Appears To Be Much Faster. Sites that took a long time to load now load in way shorter time.