Apple releases OS X 10.3.6
by Volker Weber
The 10.3.6 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and is recommended for all users.
Key enhancements include:
- improved file sharing for Mac (AFP), UNIX (NFS) and PC (SMB/CIFS) networks
- more reliable network automounts and launch of network applications
- improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphic drivers
- additional FireWire audio and USB device compatibility
- updated Calculator, DVD Player, Image Capture, and Safari applications
- improved compatibility for third party applications
- previous standalone security updates
You go first. :-)
Comments
I agree. Why would you change?
10.3.5 by far the best OSX release I ever had running on my Mac.
Now, _that_ would be a good reason, don't you think. Apple at least made their operating system better when releasing updates ;-)
I did it. So far so good.
I did it too. iMac G4 and 12" Powerbook. Works fine :-)
Downloading now.......
... and finished install. All the regular stuff works.
Everything seems OK after the update - no G5 problems so far this time round :-)
And here! iMac G4 all OK ;o)
12" iBook G3: 14 MB download, first startup after update took ages but subsequent boots ran as fast as usual. No problems so far.
5 mins download, 25 mins HDD-reorg (as usualy ;-)) everything works fine on my 12" G4 PowerBook. Access on my 200 GB 400-Firewire-ext. drive seems to be quicker (?).
OK, one small issue, but you're not affected: Safari sometimes doesn't change the mouse cursor to a hand symbol when hovering a link. Everything else is fine.
-Mo.
Two glitches - I needed to re-install the Java 1.4.2 update 2 pkg to get Java working again (affected web pages with applets, which produced an obvious crash of Safari, and stalled Acquisition connections, which use the Limewire Java libraries and may not be obvious to some).
And Sherlock now crashes on loading any channel.
I do not have either of there issues. Have you checked permissions before and after upgrading?
My problems where almost certainly due to beta software already installed on the machine.
This highlights a problem for developers when the html renderer is part of the OS (OS X & Windows) - what happens when you must develop/test/support multiple versions of the core html software? AFAIK there is no virtual machine software for OS X allowing multiple instances/versions of the OS (Such as Virtual PC on x86 and VMWare).
Regarding permissions - I am unable to successfully repair permissions on this machine. It was purchased early in 2001 with the first version of 10.0, and has not had a clean install performed on it since. Somewhere along the line, a problem occurred that prevents me from repairing permissions. I've never felt compelled to fix the problem.
The good news in this is that I have never had reason to perform a clean installation, either, which is far better mileage than any Windows machine I've touched. Since I increased the RAM from 384 to 640 MBytes a year ago, I rarely have reason to turn it of or reboot. This is what I want from a computer - something that just works.
Oops, even a preview sometimes isn't enough to catch the difference between 'where' and 'were' when you proof-read your own work!
No problems so far... Even the games are working :)
I encountered strange problems yesterday. They might be related to the iBook Logic Board Problem. They did not appear before the update, though. The screen suddenly was covered with thin colored lines and I had to perform a hard reset. On an other occasion, the screen was covered with horizontal white lines. The iBook is 2 years old and I haven't seen problems like that before. According to the serial number, it's eligible for the logic board repair program. Did anybody else had problems like this?
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