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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update

updated 04:15 pm EST, Wed December 15, 2004

Mac OS X 10.3.7 update

Apple has released via the Software Update utility. Key enhancements include improved AFP support for saving documents with long file names, improved OpenGL technology and updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers, improved FireWire device compatibility, an updated Preview application, and improved compatibility for third party applications. The 10.3.7 update is recommended for all users of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther." It also includes all previous standalone security updates.

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slipperfrog
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12/15, 05:04pm | report spam | close Reply |
yes, but...

Does this fix the "Cannot find server www.blahblahblah.com" problem in Safari? I'm getting that more often than not now, and I've moved back to Mozilla until it's fixed.

ZOM 77
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12/15, 05:04pm | report spam | close Reply |
awaiting bugs

hopefully this will just solve the problems with 10.3.6 and not create any new bugs.

libratem
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12/15, 05:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
I think I'll wait

to see if 10.3.7 hoses anyone else's LaCie FW800 HD the way 10.3.6 did mine.

DangeRuss
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12/15, 05:51pm | report spam | close Reply |
No issues yet

I've installed the update and ran my standard set of applications: iTunes, NetNewsWire, Safari, Firefox, iPhoto, Photoshop, Salling Clicker, VLC, etc...) and haven't had any issues. The menubar and Dock did take a little longer to show up, but that will probably be better on the 2nd boot.

ddukes
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12/15, 05:58pm | report spam | close Reply |
RE: I think I'll wait

Maybe next time you will read the README first before installing because it says this:

"Important: Please read before installing

* If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted."

koogz
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12/15, 06:01pm | report spam | close Reply |
Apple like M$

The only way I see that Apple could be like M$ is these constant friggin security updates... I remember the nightmare that was downloading 40mb, 80mb updates for Winblowz...

Of course I'm just happier than can be having switched to Mac over 2 years ago, and would never go back. Thank You Mr. Jobs. Y0u da Man!

ddukes
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12/15, 06:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
wrong article

You got the wrong article kooqz.

libratem
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12/15, 06:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
maybe next time

"Maybe next time you will read the README first before installing because it says this:

"Important: Please read before installing

* If you have a third-party FireWire hard drive connected, turn it off and disconnect it before installing this update. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted."

Maybe next time you'll find out the whole story instead of shooting from the hip and blowing your leg off.

Plugged in LaCie before upgrading to 10.3.6 and updated it with latest LaCie updater. Unplugged it and upgraded TiBook to 10.3.6. Rebooted, plugged in Firmware-patched LaCie per LaCie's instructions. Voila! Does not mount, and no longer works on other computers running 10.3.5 and before.

Sorry if that's confusing for you.

svento
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12/15, 06:26pm | report spam | close Reply |
display usb port problem!

I just installed the update and my keyboard no longer works when plugged directly into my Studio Display 17". (nor does any other usb device I just try, btw) I have a G4 Quicksilver with an ATI video card. I assume this problem is related to the ATI Driver update!

gbafan
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12/15, 07:13pm | report spam | close Reply |
USB != ATI Driver

nt

koogz
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12/15, 07:20pm | report spam | close Reply |
Wrong article.

What? I was cross-posting. I just installed the SECURITY UPDATE which was in my post, I just mentioned Microshate because if you read my fcuking post you would get it. got it?

Number41
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12/15, 07:25pm | report spam | close Reply |
DNS issue is FIXED!!!

And I quote (from the 10.3.7 ReadMe):

"Resolves an issue in which Safari, Mail, and other networking applications that use DNS lookups could experience intermittent connectivity issues with Security Update 2004-09-30 and Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later installed."

And I can testify that it is, indeed, fixed. =)

Huzza!!
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Number41

slipperfrog
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12/15, 07:42pm | report spam | close Reply |
re: DNS issue is FIXED!!!

Finally! It's been like this since the 10.3.5 update came out whenever that was. My old iMac had the problem, and my new iBook has never NOT had it. 8^P Glad to see they finally decided to fix the problem instead of just telling people to do some kludgy workaround.

Thanks for the heads up, number41!

njfuzzy
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12/15, 07:43pm | report spam | close Reply |
DNS

I had a few DNS issues when I first rebooted after the update, but none since. We will see if it is fixed.

Paul Huang
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12/15, 08:02pm | report spam | close Reply |
Preview 2.1.1

Preview continues to have problems if your file name contains non-ASCII characters.

hybrid
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12/15, 08:09pm | report spam | close Reply |
Display glitches

I still get the random bars of colour issue on my 1.5GHz Aluminum PowerBook after running the "Flurry" screen saver. My cursor also remains on the screen while the screen saver is active, which seemed to start after one of the recent updates. Anyone else having these problems?

Me�vv
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12/15, 08:11pm | report spam | close Reply |
Finally!!!

This means that the G5 Powerbooks are coming at last!

Musti
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12/15, 08:18pm | report spam | close Reply |
Preview is NOT updated

Certain CoreGraphics files were updated. Preview as version 2.1.1 before and after the upgrade here.

Oracle
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12/15, 08:19pm | report spam | close Reply |
Quicktime

update seems to have deleted my quicktime bookmarks and will not let me add them back.

spodie
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12/15, 08:25pm | report spam | close Reply |
OpenGL Fixed!

When I updated to 10.2.6, Diablo II:LOD ran slower than molasses with OpenGL. With 10.2.7, OpenGL works again with LOD. Joy!

Me�vv
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12/15, 08:30pm | report spam | close Reply |
Finally!!!

This must mean that the G5 Powerbooks are coming.

Person Man
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12/15, 09:21pm | report spam | close Reply |
Quit saying that!

Quit saying "this must mean G5 PowerBooks..." You're spamming the comments!

ecrelin
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12/15, 09:31pm | report spam | close Reply |
yeah G5's ?!? Duh?!?

Yea! Whoopie! they put out a bug fix! that must "mean" something. Does Me�vv want to bet cash that no G5's are on their way? Or is he just like the RIPE guy repeatedly posting stupid comments? Dual core G4's will be in powerbooks before G5's, wise up. Power4 based G5's will be replaced by Power5's before there is a G5 powerbook. Unless you want a laptop that doubles as a camp stove� sorry to respond to the dope Person Man et al but I couldn't help myself, now I'm spamming the comments.

BobbyG
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12/15, 09:36pm | report spam | close Reply |
update proliferation

who wants to bet we'll see a 10.3.10 and possibly higher before 10.4 is released?

bketelsen
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12/15, 09:45pm | report spam | close Reply |
Don't install!

I installed on my 1st gen dual 1.8 G5 and it disabled my IDE devices... The superdrive and 200GB ide drive I had as a secondary device on that ide channel. Now I can't see either one of them!

njfuzzy
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12/15, 09:48pm | report spam | close Reply |
No .10

We will never see a .10, .11, etc. Apple does their best not to confuse people... Plus, there are still two updates left (.8 and .9) before a release in the first half of '05.

panjandrum
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Disables QE on PCI hack

Unfortunately this update disables Quartz Extreme over the PCI bus for those of us who run that hack. This is a major issue for a large number of us for which QE over PCI works well and makes our computers much more responsive.

Anilan
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12/15, 10:20pm | report spam | close Reply |
Someone has to say it~!

It feels snappier...

Detrius
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12/15, 10:35pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: maybe next time

>Plugged in LaCie before upgrading to 10.3.6 and updated it with
>latest LaCie updater. Unplugged it and upgraded TiBook to 10.3.6.
>Rebooted, plugged in Firmware-patched LaCie per LaCie's
>instructions. Voila! Does not mount, and no longer works on other
>computers running 10.3.5 and before

I'm curious; by your description, you did not check to see if the drive still worked after the firmware update--before installing the OS update. It is FAR more likely that the firmware update killed your drive than it is that the 10.3.6 update killed you drive. I would go so far as to say that considering what you have said so far, it was definitely the firmware update that killed your drive--not the OS update.

I also get tired of people talking about how an OS update hosed their machine. I see bad RAM. I know what bad blocks on a hard drive will do to a system. I know that a corrupt directory structure and overlapped files will be exacerbated by a software installation. The OS update was the catalyst that finally brought the system to a state where you can see that there is a problem. It's not the OS update that caused the problem. I ignore all comments claiming "This OS update hosed my system! it won't boot anymore! A reinstall wouldn't fix it!" as ignorant users that don't realize they have hardware problems. Yes, I'm an a$$.

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ACDT, ACPT, ACTC 10.3

JEB
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12/15, 11:16pm | report spam | close Reply |
re: Finally G5's!!!

Hey, wow, I just downloaded 10.3.7

AND it came with $2500 for getting a G5 powrbook!

JEB
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12/15, 11:20pm | report spam | close Reply |
re: RIPE

Uhh, you know, RIPE guy has been doing good work on these boards, and some of us enjoy the humor. There are bigger fish to fry. I mean, uh, something like 5-10 RIPE fish to fry.

bketelsen
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12/15, 11:39pm | report spam | close Reply |
Windows XP SP2 Printer

This fixed my sudden inability to print to the printer shared off my XP machine. Finally!

ff11
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12/16, 12:29am | report spam | close Reply |
RE: maybe next time

Just so I can avoid blowing my leg off, did some time go by between updating the LaCie drive and installing 10.3.6 (did you reboot the computer amd disconnect/reconnect the drive in between)?

What I'm getting at is can you be sure your drive wasn't hosed by the LaCie updater?

medmuse
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12/16, 12:31am | report spam | close Reply |
DNS

DNS issue seems fixed (thank you!) but I still can't mount my external USB 2.0 HD with an ALi chip. It hasn't mounted since 3.4 and I was hoping this would resolve it; the USB kext logger work-around no longer functions either. Otherwise, I find no problems so far.

PDQ 266/512
Wallstreet 292/320

LouZer
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12/16, 12:58am | report spam | close Reply |
Blows!

This update blows. After installing it, it makes my 900MHz iBook run like it was a 900MHz iBook. WTF is this?

vri2i
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12/16, 01:01am | report spam | close Reply |
OS X rules!

I ran the update but "About this Mac" still shows my powerbook is a G4 ;)

LouZer
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Third-party problems?

The read me states:
You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)

Anyone know what some of these mods or problems are? No one's mentioned issues with Unsanity's APE, which enough people use to complain by now, I'd assume. But is there issues with other stuff?

rkehlor
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Third-party extras--

LouZer,
Seems to have no problems with the ones I'm running:
--AliasMenu
--FruitMenu (& latest APE from last week)
--Meteorologist
--iAddressX

blidd
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Detrius

ACDT = Apple Certicified Desktop Tecnichian?
ACPT = Apple Certicified Potable Technichian?
ACTC = Apple Certicified Technical Coordinator?

or are that just a bunch of wird letter combinations;-=)

Detrius
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Re: Detrius

Yup; that's them... spelling issues aside, of course.

Faceplant
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Well,

It is a LOT snappier, that i know fer shure! And snap is good.

libratem
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ignorance IS a burden

>I'm curious; by your description, you did not check to >see if the drive still worked after the firmware >update--before installing the OS update. It is FAR > >more likely that the firmware update killed your drive >than it is that the 10.3.6 update killed you drive. I >would go so far as to say that considering what you >have said so far, it was definitely the firmware >update that killed your drive--not the OS update.
> "This OS update hosed my system! it won't boot >anymore! A reinstall wouldn't fix it!" as ignorant >users that don't realize they have hardware problems. >Yes, I'm an a$$.

I won't argue with the latter point.

You obviously don't read macfixit.com. On nearly EVERY recent Mac update (especially the 10.3 debacle) people have lost data, had it corrupted, or had problems mounting the drives even AFTER following every caution made by the FW manufacturer and Apple.

This, even after first fixing disc permissions, doing firmware upgrades, etc.

After applying the firmware update my LaCie FW drive worked on an OS 9.2.2 machine.

I'm sure being an arrogant apologist is a fulltime job, however, so I don't expect you to research such things.

Detrius
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Re: Ignorance IS a burden

>You obviously don't read macfixit.com.

You have way too much faith in what you read online. The bottom line is that FireWire is quirky. It's a high voltage interface. The act of unplugging a drive and plugging it back in can fry an interface. The same weird quirks I see on Macs apply to PCs too. The OS update may be related, but it's not the source of the problem.

The only consistent issues I see that are related to OS updates is that the 10.2.8 combo update fails to install on 10.2.0 and 10.2.1 systems--you have to install something else first (like 10.2.6). The other is that you HAVE to do the firmware update on a slot-load iMac before booting into 10.2.0 or later.

If you have bad hardware, you will see the fruits of your problems after an OS update--even if you take every precaution (like repairing permissions, etc...)

As an example to the fact that you can't trust macfixit.com: They actually posted a message from a guy who said that 10.3.7 caused slow boots on his machine and that pulling RAM out fixed the problem. He then proceeded to say that he had been getting a lot of kernel panics. --blatant hardware problem unrelated to the 10.3.7 update.

BTW, I have a bridge for sale 100 miles north of Hawaii--if you are interested. I'll give you a great deal.

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Should I go back?

I just treated myself to Panther. Now I can no longer use my
aftermarket MP3. (RIO) No matter what I try iTunes will not
allow me to load new songs in. My iPod works OK.
Did I waist my hard earned money ?

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.3.7 Update

updated 04:15 pm EST, Wed December 15, 2004

Mac OS X 10.3.7 update

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yes, but...

awaiting bugs

I think I'll wait

No issues yet

RE: I think I'll wait

Apple like M$

wrong article

maybe next time

display usb port problem!

USB != ATI Driver

Wrong article.

DNS issue is FIXED!!!

re: DNS issue is FIXED!!!

DNS

Preview 2.1.1

Display glitches

Finally!!!

Preview is NOT updated

Quicktime

OpenGL Fixed!

Finally!!!

Quit saying that!

yeah G5's ?!? Duh?!?

update proliferation

Don't install!

No .10

Disables QE on PCI hack

Someone has to say it~!

Re: maybe next time

re: Finally G5's!!!

re: RIPE

Windows XP SP2 Printer

RE: maybe next time

DNS

Blows!

OS X rules!

Third-party problems?

Third-party extras--

Detrius

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Well,

ignorance IS a burden

Re: Ignorance IS a burden

Should I go back?

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