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zign · Oct 31, 2005, 07:13 PM

1) Genie effect is faster
2) Expose is snappier

The two things that worried me in tiger are no longer a problem. So far so good.

Scandalous Ion Cannon · Oct 31, 2005, 07:22 PM

Those were your 2 main concerns with OSX?!!

ironknee · Oct 31, 2005, 07:24 PM

it breaks my firewire...&^%$

zign · Oct 31, 2005, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Those were your 2 main concerns with OSX?!!

I didn't really have any problems with it

Those two just annoyed me

zign · Oct 31, 2005, 07:27 PM

Oh! IE no longer works. Interesting

alphasubzero949 · Oct 31, 2005, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by zign

Oh! IE no longer works. Interesting

Works fine here.

gregpins · Oct 31, 2005, 07:37 PM

Safari seems noticeably quicker, rendering and scrolling. Firefox banished from my dock for now.

zign · Oct 31, 2005, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by alphasubzero949

Works fine here.

I get a spinning disk.

iomatic · Oct 31, 2005, 07:49 PM

Q:

Can anyone report on the Airport drop-out-after-wake/spinning beach ball of death on PowerBooks? I had this happen with my DL 15", but reinstalled the OS, less some apps, and it works fine. I'd like to know if this has a nice li'l blanket fix.

Thanks.

voo · Oct 31, 2005, 08:02 PM

It seems great but does anyone use those mini stat dashboard widgets?

Seems with 4.1 and 4.2 the cpu heat monitor was reporting 19 - 20c, now with 4.3 reports 47c...

zign · Oct 31, 2005, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by voo

It seems great but does anyone use those mini stat dashboard widgets?

Seems with 4.1 and 4.2 the cpu heat monitor was reporting 19 - 20c, now with 4.3 reports 47c...

19-20C is a bit cool for CPU

47 sounds more realistic.

moodymonster · Oct 31, 2005, 08:08 PM

everything to do with the screen seems quicker - videos, flash, safari, dashboard, expose etc

disk first aid froze the computer when I did a verify disk - but it hadn't crashed -

it seems to have lots of teh snappy™

Brass · Oct 31, 2005, 08:10 PM

Yay!!! They FINALLY fixed SMB!!!! This has been broken for most of my Unix SMB servers since 10.4 was first released, and none of the recommened fixes (eg, encrypted passwords) were any help at all.

I can now do normal GUI file transfer again, without having to resort to iTerm and "scp". This is a MAJOR fix for me, and probably many others.

voo · Oct 31, 2005, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by zign

19-20C is a bit cool for CPU

47 sounds more realistic.

heh yes, its obvously fixed it then as the back of the G5 feels far from 19c. Though it be mint if it was 19c

rickey939 · Oct 31, 2005, 08:10 PM

Safari is hella-awesome.®

Brass · Oct 31, 2005, 08:10 PM

Yay!!! They FINALLY fixed SMB!!!! This has been broken for connecting to most of my Unix and Windows file servers since 10.4 was first released, and none of the recommened fixes (eg, encrypted passwords) were any help at all.

I can now do normal GUI file transfer again, without having to resort to iTerm and "scp". This is a MAJOR fix for me, and probably many others.

robby818 · Oct 31, 2005, 08:56 PM

i can't believe how much faster safari feels after the update. web pages load in a blink, still not as fast as my Windows machine but definitely noticable.

Groovy · Oct 31, 2005, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Brass

Yay!!! They FINALLY fixed SMB!!!! This has been broken for connecting to most of my Unix and Windows file servers since 10.4 was first released, and none of the recommened fixes (eg, encrypted passwords) were any help at all.

I can now do normal GUI file transfer again, without having to resort to iTerm and "scp". This is a MAJOR fix for me, and probably many others.

strange i never had any problems with any of the previous 10.4's. I move
files around all day via GUI over SMB to and from windows file servers
on our LAN. My home LAN works fine too. (2 macs 1 PC)

interesting how one person has so much trouble with some feature and someone
else has none. Things that make you go hmmm...

Groovy · Oct 31, 2005, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by robby818

i can't believe how much faster safari feels after the update. web pages load in a blink, still not as fast as my Windows machine but definitely noticable.

down load nightshift and get the nightly builds and you will REALLY see a jump.
As well as a chance to see the dev logs where they say how speed was increased
by such and such fix. They even post the % gain from their internal benchmarks.

very cool

Horsepoo!!! · Oct 31, 2005, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by Groovy

strange i never had any problems with any of the previous 10.4's. I move
files around all day via GUI over SMB to and from windows file servers
on our LAN. My home LAN works fine too. (2 macs 1 PC)

interesting how one person has so much trouble with some feature and someone
else has none. Things that make you go hmmm...

It's strange but it's true...

For the longest time, my Thinkpad laptop could see my 2x800MHz G4 but my girlfriend's Inspiron couldn't see it. For awhile I kinda ignored what people were saying about Samba thinking my computer was ok and that maybe my girlfriend's computer was messed up but now I think I'm pretty sure it was the good ol' Samba bugs in OS X. Why? 'cuz now my girlfriend's laptop see my Mac perfectly.

bowwowman · Oct 31, 2005, 09:19 PM

all is well here, and everything seems a good bit snappier too

Jerk_circus · Oct 31, 2005, 09:20 PM

is anyone else having weird artifacts on the corners of their itunes?I thought it might be my shapeshifter, but i reverted to aqua, and they were still there. I reinstalled itunes and the artifacts were still there, but different....they were sort of transparent. i just reapplied an SS theme and they're back.

Thats only a minor problem tough....Everything is much "snappier" I will admit, but my fans are blowing like CRAZY now! My G5 use to be silent, and now it sounds like an airplane ready to take off! I checked activity monitor to view the CPU usage, but the system was 96-97% idle... Anyone one else experience this? BTW, this is the first time I've ever had a problem with any Os X update.

Original G5 Dual 2.0
1gb Sdram
23" ACD
ss installed.
it worked fine under 10.4.2...

alphasubzero949 · Oct 31, 2005, 09:26 PM

Interesting...

At the login window, click through the text under "Mac OS X."

MacAttack · Oct 31, 2005, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jerk_circus

is anyone else having weird artifacts on the corners of their itunes?I thought it might be my shapeshifter, but i reverted to aqua, and they were still there. I reinstalled itunes and the artifacts were still there, but different....they were sort of transparent. i just reapplied an SS theme and they're back.

Thats only a minor problem tough....Everything is much "snappier" I will admit, but my fans are blowing like CRAZY now! My G5 use to be silent, and now it sounds like an airplane ready to take off! I checked activity monitor to view the CPU usage, but the system was 96-97% idle... Anyone one else experience this? BTW, this is the first time I've ever had a problem with any Os X update.

Original G5 Dual 2.0
1gb Sdram
23" ACD
ss installed.
it worked fine under 10.4.2...

I had the exact same problem with my fans blowing on my iMac G5 (rev. A) after installing the 10.4.3 update...no amount of restarting or shutting down seemed to help either.

I solved it by shutting down, and then unplugging the iMac from the wall for 10 seconds. Booted up quietly after that.

Hope that helps...

Xyphoid Process · Oct 31, 2005, 09:52 PM

No update to the Adaptec kernel extensions. 10.4.3 on my Sawtooth with an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card continues to cause kernel panics when the attached burner is turned on. Adaptec290X-2930.kext is still dated 20 Feb 02.

Jerk_circus · Oct 31, 2005, 09:59 PM

Thanks a lot MacAttack, I'll give that a try. Its strange, I checked the CPU temperature, and they're about normal. (A: 117ºF/50ºC B: 105ºF/43ºC) I searched some other threads about typical G5 temps, and I'm well within the range...Maybe this increased performance is due to some sort of increase in CPU "output"??? I really hope this works, because the noise is ridiculous! I might have to trade up for a Quad...(only in dreams)

Brass · Oct 31, 2005, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by Groovy

strange i never had any problems with any of the previous 10.4's. I move
files around all day via GUI over SMB to and from windows file servers
on our LAN. My home LAN works fine too. (2 macs 1 PC)

interesting how one person has so much trouble with some feature and someone
else has none. Things that make you go hmmm...

Yes, I don't usually get those bugs that only affect some users and not others. But I sure got the Samba one. In fact All my Macs got it, my brother's Macs all got it, but most of my colleagues did not get it. It has been exceptionally irritating ever since 10.4 was released.

I was starting to wonder sometimes if it was just that I'd screwed something up, but that didn't make sense. With the fix included in 10.4.3, I'm much relieved!

jdhindes · Oct 31, 2005, 10:20 PM

My Internet Explorer won't load after doing the update and my fans on my iMac were going wild when I tried to get IE to open. I just love operating system updates!

Jim

jersey · Oct 31, 2005, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by jdhindes

My Internet Explorer won't load after doing the update and my fans on my iMac were going wild when I tried to get IE to open. I just love operating system updates!

Jim

YOU SHOULD NOT BE USING IE. FOR ANYTHING. EVER. you should thank them for breaking it.

philcozz · Oct 31, 2005, 10:28 PM

10.4.3 killed my "Mail Tags" in Mail. Others are reporting same issue at Apple Discussions. Shame... I've become quite dependent on it. Oh well... Hopefully a fix will come.

kcmac · Oct 31, 2005, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by Groovy

down load nightshift and get the nightly builds and you will REALLY see a jump.
As well as a chance to see the dev logs where they say how speed was increased
by such and such fix. They even post the % gain from their internal benchmarks.

very cool

I have been using the nightlies. Seems like this Safari update is now just as fast. You might give it a try.

zign · Oct 31, 2005, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by jersey

YOU SHOULD NOT BE USING IE. FOR ANYTHING. EVER. you should thank them for breaking it.

Some sites work in IE only. I have IE just for one website.

IE no longer works for me either.

Thinine · Oct 31, 2005, 10:37 PM

If that's true, use the Debug menu to change Safari browser string to WinIE6.

opti · Oct 31, 2005, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by zign

Some sites work in IE only. I have IE just for one website.

IE no longer works for me either.

Most of those sites actually do work with other browsers, if you trick it by setting the user agent to MSIE. The creators are just too oblivious to know it.

The only thing I've come across that absolutely did not work with anything but MSIE was a field for setting an appointment date for an interview at a US Consulate.

opti · Oct 31, 2005, 10:43 PM

I noticed the down scroll button on my Logitech MX510 is still pulling up the app-switch menu (or whatever you call it), a bug introduced in 10.4.2. It still doesn't look like there's a way to fix that in Sys Preferences.

rickey939 · Oct 31, 2005, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by alphasubzero949

Interesting...

At the login window, click through the text under "Mac OS X."

Wow, very nice!

voo · 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by opti

I noticed the down scroll button on my Logitech MX510 is still pulling up the app-switch menu (or whatever you call it), a bug introduced in 10.4.2. It still doesn't look like there's a way to fix that in Sys Preferences.

god that is driving me nuts, I was trying to work out why that is and! now another one popped up.
With the MX1000 is I shift the scroll wheel to the left it pops up spotlight, like (command + spacebar)

The only way I can stop it currently is to map the buttons to expose for now, but once you unsign them the problem is back :/

Looks like the dashboard entry won't take them but the other 3 will, the one that brings up the task switcher and spotlight.

fisherKing · Oct 31, 2005, 11:09 PM

when will we get the ability to open safari to a bookmarks folder?
would be nice to set a folder to open in tabs as the default "home page"...

(i know i can do this with an applescript, and have...but would like to see this in prefs!)

rickey939 · Oct 31, 2005, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by fisherKing

when will we get the ability to open safari to a bookmarks folder?
would be nice to set a folder to open in tabs as the default "home page"...

(i know i can do this with an applescript, and have...but would like to see this in prefs!)

Probably never, though it would be an added feature I would use.

iomatic · Nov 1, 2005, 12:02 AM

For me, it's been GREAT. Run, don't walk to this update! My PowerBook had been sluggish all morning, and bam! it's like it got a speed pill. Same with the wife's iMac. Finally, a great update. No fancy Mouses or weird third party hax.

fisherKing · Nov 1, 2005, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by iomatic

For me, it's been GREAT. Run, don't walk to this update! My PowerBook had been sluggish all morning, and bam! it's like it got a speed pill. Same with the wife's iMac. Finally, a great update. No fancy Mouses or weird third party hax.

for me, happily, the weird mouse & hacks work great!
shapeshifter, fruitmenu, cleardock, mightymouse (the app, not the mouse); and my kensington mouse prefs...

naphtali · Nov 1, 2005, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

Wow, very nice!

OOooh what does that do?? Tell mee!!

Don't have access to my PowerBook now cos it's exam time and I've formatted it (I just can't take my hands off it.)

malique · Nov 1, 2005, 12:49 AM

Now the fans on my dual 1.8 g5 spin up again with no reason to about full speed for several seconds and then go down to normal.

We've had this before. Twice.

Randman · Nov 1, 2005, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by fisherKing

when will we get the ability to open safari to a bookmarks folder?
would be nice to set a folder to open in tabs as the default "home page"...

There's a tip on macosxhints on how to do just that.

ctj · Nov 1, 2005, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by alphasubzero949

Interesting...

At the login window, click through the text under "Mac OS X."

This works in 10.4.2 also... I never noticed it before!

Scandalous Ion Cannon · Nov 1, 2005, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by malique

Now the fans on my dual 1.8 g5 spin up again with no reason to about full speed for several seconds and then go down to normal.

We've had this before. Twice.

Same here with my dual 2. Retarded.

BoulderDash · Nov 1, 2005, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by zign

Some sites work in IE only. I have IE just for one website.

IE no longer works for me either.

IE 5.2.3 (5815.1) is working fine for me after the 10.4.3 update. See ya,
BD

tkmd · Nov 1, 2005, 01:30 AM

Pith helmet is broken for me now. Anyone else hav e this problem?

Tesseract · Nov 1, 2005, 01:34 AM

10.4.3 did not break IE. msn.com did, about a week ago. You have to change your home page. See the other thread for details.

poocat · Nov 1, 2005, 01:49 AM

I hate that I booted up IE to check. Must... leave... Macnn...
(It works, of course... blank homepage.)